Consultancy to develop a Baseline Report

Reporting to: Chance for Childhood Country Representative

Geographical Location of the Project: Huye & Bugesera Districts

About Chance for Childhood
Chance for Childhood is an award-winning charity working in Africa to support the most vulnerable children, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict, and kids behind bars. Our vision is of a world where no child is forgotten!

We work with African visionary community leaders to implement locally relevant yet far-reaching projects that create lasting change within the justice, education, and social protection sectors. This enables us to focus on ‘hard to reach’ children, both in terms of their complex needs (e.g., street children with learning difficulties) and location (e.g., urban violent slums or remote rural areas). Together we make ideas and impact both sustainable and scalable to protect, educate and empower even more of the world’s most disadvantaged children.

Our interventions in Africa are in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Project Background
The current consultancy will be conducted in Rwanda where Chance for Childhood Rwanda has started to implement a 1-year Family Strengthening and Community Based Support for Care of Children with Disabilities in Families programme in collaboration with UNICEF Rwanda in 2 Districts (Bugesera & Huye). The project aims to achieve successful reintegration of children with disabilities and prevent new family separation, through innovative strategies to deliver results for children and their families by:
• Facilitating referrals access to disability‐related specific services like education, healthcare and (re) habilitation, and social protection.
• Engaging with key players including local government, DPOs, FBOs, the wider community, and families to set up peer support groups and build resilience and
• Increasing the capacity of communities to support children and their families through awareness raising and sensitization of communities and local leaders to systematically address social norms, stigma, and discrimination. To achieve the above-mentioned results, CfC conducted the baseline data collection which will show the reality of situation faced by families of children with disabilities and their communities, that CfC & UNICEF will should respond to by providing a comprehensive package of intervention.

Consultancy Purpose
The consultant will be expected to provide an analysis of the qualitative & quantitative data collected by CfC team and to generate a report indicating a comprehensive report reflecting the following objective:

To document the existing context in which children who experience disability, and their families, live.

Please refer to the Terms of Reference (ToR) for additional information.

Qualifications and Competence requirements
• At least 5 to 10 years of experience in conducting qualitative and/or quantitative research and impact evaluations in the areas of Social sciences, international development, or any related discipline.
• A demonstrated strong awareness and understanding of Inclusive development concepts both in Rwanda and Globally, is strongly preferred.
• An excellent command of English (Speaking and Writing)
• Adherence to Chance for Childhood’s Values
• Adherence to Chance for Childhood’s safeguarding Policy.

The consultant will be selected based on their relevant experience and expertise, rigor of their design, availability, and value for money.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to submit a proposal outlining the following in line with the details provided in the tender above:
• A detailed CV
• Cover letter with an expression of interest
• Technical proposal
• Financial proposal with detailed budget breakdown

Please submit your application to apply@chanceforchildhood.org with subject line “Baseline report writing”. The submission deadline is on Wednesday 24th November 2021 close of Business (GMT+2).

Only candidates fulfilling the requirements will be contacted. The successful candidate will be expected to start on 30th November 2021. Candidates are requested to specify their availability date in their cover letter.

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