Invitation for Expression of Interest
TechnoServe Background
TechnoServe (TNS) is a nonprofit international development organization founded in 1968.
Its mission is to help
entrepreneurial men and women break the cycle of poverty by building
businesses that create jobs, income, and economic opportunities for
their families, their communities, and their countries www.tns.org.
TechnoServe has been implementing the Young Women in Enterprise program since June 2006 with funding from the Nike Foundation.
TechnoServe has been implementing the Young Women in Enterprise program since June 2006 with funding from the Nike Foundation.
The program targets
in-and-out of school girls aged 14-24 years. Since its inception, YWE
worked with over 4,000 girls in low income areas of Nairobi. Organized
in enterprise clubs of 30-40 girls, participants are trained on
entrepreneurship, financial literacy, life skills and employability.
After training girls
receive hands on support to start businesses, to open bank accounts and
start savings and to find employment.
Case study
The YWE program current
funding is in the wrap up phase during which we are exploring multiple
opportunities for funding to scale and replicate the program based on
the lessons learnt.
TechnoServe is currently
documenting the YWE model to share knowledge with donors and
stakeholders about girl programming, position ourselves as the go to
organization on girl economic empowerment and to develop new
partnerships and funding streams.
To document the YWE
model, TechnoServe is now searching for an organization or individual
who will review and revise a comprehensive draft case study to be used
for fundraising, dissemination of the model and to inform future girls
programming.
The draft case study has been reviewed and feedback received from internal TechnoServe reviewers and the donor for YWE.
Tasks
- Read draft case study and feedback received from the donor reviewers and in discussion with TechnoServe develop a work plan for refining the case study.
- Develop a persuasive storyline throughout the case study
- Clearly illustrate how the program activities and results impacted the program beneficiaries and their households and their communities, thus demonstrating the program significance to girls in Kenya.
- Point out clearly at least 3 key messages to get out to the audience( donors)
- Identify and develop powerful selected girl’s beneficiary profiles
- Identify and use best practice format for a captivating read by the intended audience. This will include working on graphics, design layout, high quality photographs and captions.
- Package the presentation for publication and website posting.
Deliverables
- A soft PDF copy of the YWE case study document that is printable and of a length of no more than 13 pages of A4 size or equivalent content material on or before 28th December 2012.
- Originals of all photos, graphics and captions developed for the case study
Interested applicants should submit an expression of interest, including the following information:
- Brief proposal (no more than 6 pages) indicating your capability, proposed approach and itemized budget.
- Detailed CVs of proposed lead consultant or project manager
- Give at least three references
Applications should be
sent to ke-recruit@tns.org with the subject indicated as either “EOI
for Case study” to be received by COB 11th Dec 2012.
Full terms of reference will be provided after submission of applications.
TechnoServe Kenya reserves the right to accept or reject any application and is not bound to give reason for its decisions.
Source: joballfind.blogspot.com/, Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 5, 2012.