Requisition ID: req49763
Job Title: Consultant - Conflict Sensitivity Assessment
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Consultant
Employment Type: Part-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Location: Nigeria
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
Background of the project The Opportunities to Learn (OTL) activity is a USAID five-year funded project implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), in partnership with Plan International, the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Inclusive Development Partners (IDP), and Restoration of Hope Initiative (ROHI). USAID-funded Opportunities to Learn (OTL) project aims to address the immediate educationneedofout-of-schoolchildren(OOSC)andyouthinupto17LocalGovernmentAreas(LGAs) in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states through safer new and existing non-formal-education whilelaying the groundwork for sustainable improvement of education systems at the community andgovernmentlevels. OTL aims to ensure out-of-school children and youth in Northeastern Nigeria are safely able to gain foundational skills, including literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional skills, toprogress to higher levels of education, training, and/or engagement in the workforce. The crisis in northeast Nigeria remains among the most severe in the world. Over 8.3 million people need humanitarian aid. 1.38M needs education services across the BAY states. As a result of the crises, children in northeast Nigeria have been deprived of a normal childhood due to the conflict, high poverty rates, inflation, the impact of COVID-19, and the breakdown of the social protection safety net. Over the years, children have been exposed to persistent violence, insecurity, abuse, neglect, exploitation, and conscription into NSAGs. The objectives of the education sector include ensuring increased access for conflict-affected boys and girls to inclusive, quality, basic education, and vocational skills opportunities within a safe learning environment, and ensuring students receive quality and conflict-sensitive educational services to enhance their learning and resilience. The education sector also aims to increase and maintain the capacity of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), and communities to plan and deliver timely, appropriate, and evidence-based education in emergency responses. Girls and boys are exposed to grave violations of children’s rights, such as limited access to education, child marriage, sexual and gender-based violence, emotional/physical violence, and trafficking. Boys face the risk of forceful recruitment/re-recruitment by NSAGs, trafficking, and child labor. Parents and caretakers have been exposed to stress/violence, and need child protection services, ranging from mental health psychosocial support to livelihood interventions. Humanitarian programmes operating in conflict contexts can have both positive and negative impacts on conflict dynamics. As a result, they must take a conflict-sensitive approach to ensure they cause no harm to communities impacted by the conflict. The goal of OTL is to ensure OOSC and youth in Northeastern Nigeria are safely able to gain foundational skills, including literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional skills, to progress to higher levels of education, training, and/or engagement in the workforce. To ensure systems are strengthened and can sustain the provision of quality education, OTL is working closely with MoE, SUBEB, SAME LGEA as well as community structures to deliver education services across the BAY states. This is done through planning, implementation, and monitoring of all activities. This further ensured ownership and sustainability, especially in preparation for handing over 65% of NFLCs to the government at the end of the project. Given the above, the OTL will use the USAID Checklist for Conflict Sensitivity in Education Programs to analyze the operational and technical aspects of government (SAME, SUBE, MoE, and LEAs) education programs. This is to ensure the reduction of conflict and tensions, which promotes equity and social cohesion and builds peace when taking over 65% of NFLCs to the government at the end of the project. Scope of work Deliverables: All deliverables will be agreed upon with the IRC Child Protection and Education Technical Advisors, the OTL Chief of Party, the OTL Safety Lead, and Programs Lead. Outputs to include: Activity Deadline Responsibility Recruitment of the consultant 25 March 2024 IRC Inception 1 - 5 April 2024 Consultant Desk Review of key documents 8 – 12 April 2024 Consultant Stakeholder workshop 15 – 26 April 2024 Consultant/OTL/ Government partners Data Collection 29 April – 3 May 2024 Consultant/OTL/ Government partners Analysis 6 – 10 May 2024 Consultant Workshop+ validation with Partners in Maiduguri 13 – 17 May 2024 Consultant Debrief – lessons learned 20 May 2024 Consultant/Chief of Party/CP AT/PL/PMs/Safety lead/ Final Report 24 May 2024 Consultant Consultancy Fee: Payment amount should be inclusive of all costs including travel, hotel fees, vehicle hire, training/workshop fees, and all other logistics needed by the consultancy.
Qualifications
All applications should be submitted through the email: NGHR.ConsultantsApplications@rescue.org The closing date for applications is 15th March 2024 Note: Applications lacking any of the above requirements will not be considered.