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  • Posted: Feb 27, 2020
    Deadline: Mar 20, 2020
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    Adeso is a humanitarian and development organization that is changing the way people think about and deliver aid in Africa.


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    Consultancy Services for Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Skills

    PROJECT SUMMARY

    Adeso in partnership with the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund has implemented the Pastoral Youth Education Initiative (PYEI) to support vulnerable populations in Marsabit County to access critical educational opportunities. Marsabit County is plagued by some of the lowest levels of educational attainment in all of Kenya, and, for various, reasons, youth and women are particularly excluded from educational opportunities. The PYEI seeks to mitigate these unfortunate realities and pressing issues by enhancing the economic and social opportunities for pastoral youth and women through improving their access to quality educational opportunities.

    The theory of change envisioned in PYEI is that supporting their educational and economic opportunities, Adeso will strengthen the economic and educational prospects of young people and women in Marsabit, County.

    The overall objective of PYEI is to strengthen the educational and economic opportunities available to women and young people in Marsabit County, and the specific of objectives of PYEI are as follows:

    • Provide secondary educational opportunities for promising students: PYEI scholarships target students who had either dropped out of school or who had been prevented from enrolling due to a lack of finances.
    • Provide for the vocational training for 35 young persons who would otherwise have not been able to attend.
    • Strengthen economic capabilities of TVET graduates through the provision of business start-up kits.
    • Provide educational opportunities through non-formal education centers.
    • PYEI has the following expected outputs:
    • TVET students and graduates find attachment for practical hands on training.
    • TVET graduates are prepared for private enterprise upon receiving material assistance through the start-up kits.
    • Mentorship Holiday Camp.
    • Students attend school with the support of scholarships.

    BACKGROUND FOR CONSULTANCY

    To inject business development and entrepreneurship skills for the TVET students, a workshop for capacity building have been underlined to help them manage financial resources through building their financial skills. Adeso therefore seeks to foster entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills among the TVET students to solve challenges that hinder enterprise and management of new business.**

    METHODOLOGY

    Entrepreneurship and financial literacy training will offer basic training to the TVET student under the PYEI project, covering basic financial record keeping, marketing, costing, business planning and practical business skills. **

    SCOPE OF WORK

    The training will be undertaken in Marsabit in a three day workshop. **

    CONSULTANCY PERIOD

    Three (3) days

    DELIVERABLES

    • To train a group of TVET graduates of financial management and literacy skills.
    • To equip a group of TVET graduates to be able to utilize and make maximum use of the basic tools necessary for practicing acquired skills provided to them.
    • To provide skills for entrepreneurship and business development.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Masters’ degree (or equivalent degree/experience) in Business Administration/Management, International/Rural Development, Economics, or a related field.
    • Minimum five (5) years of experience in Business and Entrepreneurship Development training and support.
    • Experience in provision of policy advice and technical assistance on entrepreneurship, financial literacy on business goals.
    • Experience in Facilitation/training skills/especially in adult learning methodologies.
    • Knowledge and experience of community engagement;
    • Demonstrated excellent training delivery analytical, writing and editing skills;
    • Prior working experience with communities in Northern Kenya is desirable.

    COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

    In consideration of the fees paid, the Consultant expressly assigns to Adeso any copyright arising from the works the consultant produces while executing this contract. All images (whether used for online or print purposes) must however bear the consultant’s photo credit, as specified by international intellectual property rights. The consultant may not use, reproduce or otherwise disseminate or authorize others to use, reproduce or disseminate such works without prior consent from Adeso.

    Method of Application

    All applications should be sent to consultancy@adesoafrica.org by the 20th March 2020 with Consultancy title on the subject line. The selection committee will review all applications as they arrive. All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered.**

    Each application package should include the following:**

    • An application letter addressing the selection criteria including how the consultant’s previous experience matches the consultancy objectives as well as the interest for the position. It should also indicate the candidate’s availability and consultancy rates. The letter should be no longer than two pages;
    • A sample of recent work;
    • Updated CV including relevant work experience and qualifications;
    • Contact details of 2 references.

    Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed. Adeso is an equal opportunity employer.

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