Consultancy on Moderator Services at Habitat for Humanity International

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CONSULTANCY ON MODERATOR SERVICES

Background

Almost a quarter of the world’s population lives in substandard shelter, impacting their health and livelihoods and their children’s education. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity has helped more than 10 million people worldwide improve their shelter conditions. Yet, Habitat’s construction efforts alone cannot keep pace with the massive and growing need. In fact, no response by governments or private philanthropy alone can meet the shelter needs of 1.6 billion people.

Habitat for Humanity established the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter (Terwilliger Center) to work with housing market systems by supporting local firms and expanding innovative and client-responsive services, products and financing so that households can improve their shelter more effectively and efficiently. This is based on the understanding that the role of local markets is critical. Indeed, most low-income people already use available market options to put a roof — no matter how frail or insecure— over their heads. These transactions in the local market far outstrip any philanthropic effort to improve shelter. Therefore, Habitat for Humanity strives to make markets work more effectively for people in need of decent, affordable housing. Ultimately, Habitat can have exponentially more impact by improving systems that make better housing possible for millions more families.

Housing Construction Skills and Labour Programme in Kenya

The Terwilliger Center in Kenya is currently implementing a Market Systems Housing Construction Skills and Labour Programme aimed at stimulating improved access to quality housing construction services, and improving the job quality and conditions of housing construction workers/artisans/fundis. The programme focuses on four main components: (I) upskilling of artisans; (ii) facilitating artisans to competitively access markets, (iii) stimulating demand for quality housing construction services; and (iv) communication uptake for policy to influence and facilitate sensitization of the regulatory framework for practicing artisans and uptake by the market. The programme anticipates that majority of the artisans reached will be youth.

The Terwilliger Centre is currently in part collaborating with Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Institutions, Market aggregators of artisanal services and policy and regulatory bodies in the housing construction labour sector.

Partnership with Kenya Engineering Technology Registration Board

Habitat’s Terwilliger Center signed an MOU with Kenya Engineering Technology Registration Board (KETRB) in February 2019. KETRB is a state organ established in accordance with the Engineering Technology Act No 23 of 2016 Part II Section 3. (1) to set standards for engineering technologists and technicians, register and issue licenses to qualified persons as per the provision of the Act. The Board is also mandated to verify that engineering professional services and works are undertaken by persons registered under the Act as well as ensure that standards and professional ethics for health and safety of the public are observed.

The purpose of this MOU between Habitat and KETRB is to facilitate the recognition and registration of housing construction artisans who play an important role of providing skilled labour for adequate housing; support market uptake of services by qualified and registered artisans and improve the livelihoods of these artisans.

Round Table Forum

Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center is currently facilitating KETRB to hold a round table forum that will bring together actors in the housing construction labour sector to deliberate on various challenges affecting access to quality and affordable housing construction labour and how KETRB may support and partner with other sector actors in mitigating and solving these challenges sustainably. The Round table will also validate assumptions as to the role of KETRB in rallying key actors in the sector to address these challenges. Of specific interest to KETRB will be low cadre housing construction artisans who offer housing construction labour in the wider market. KETRB will through this forum validate their role in supporting these artisans in line with their mandate; and the ease to registration and licensing as guided by the Engineering Technology Act. The forum will also explore how to leverage the Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) environment in this endeavour.

The Moderator

The moderator will be the key facilitator for this round table forum and will guide presentations and discussions in line with the forum’s objectives. The moderator will also synthesise key emerging discussions relevant to the housing construction skills and labour subsector and the role of KETRB and other partners, and guide participants towards key actionable ideas for uptake by participating actors. The moderator will also provide inputs to the rapporteur for finalization of the forum report and action points.

Deliverables:

• An expertly moderated forum and guided to meet the objectives with clear understanding of actions for each actor moving forward.

• Engaging presentations and discussions that bring out key salient issues in the housing construction skills and labour sector and required support, especially to housing construction artisans.

Duration of the Task

The moderator will be engaged for 2 days. This shall include 0.5 days for preparation ,1 day for the half day forum and debrief session with KETRB, and 0.5 days of inputting the rapporteurs report.

Key Competencies

The moderator will be a recognised technical expert in the built environment sector with a keen focus on housing construction skills and labour subsector.

In addition, the consultant will have:

• Relevant degree from a recognized institution
• Working understanding of Kenya’s polices and regulations affecting the labour and technical training sectors
• Demonstrable experience working with a wide range of stakeholders in public and private sector
• Proven experience in moderating similar forums.
• Proven analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.