Consultant to Develop a Stoke Curriculum on Paralegal Education at IDLO - International Development Law Organization

The Consultant’s duties and responsibilities will include the following:

•  Carry an inception meeting with the CLE and IDLO to discuss the TORs and scope of the assignment, methodology, and expectations, and develop an inception report demonstrating an understanding of the assignment.
•  Undertake a robust and participatory training needs assessment (TNA) and trend analysis of the developments in legal aid training and service provision, including a review of the existing training curricula on legal aid services.
•  Based on the findings of the TNA, carry out desk research on the ideal models and approaches for training legal aid service providers on legal aid services, including from other comparative jurisdictions.
•  Informed by the findings of the TNA, develop a standard Curriculum on legal aid services using a participant-centred training methodology.
•  Integrate the principles of equality and non-discrimination into the curriculum.
•  Present the draft Curriculum on legal aid services in stakeholder consultative meetings with key legal aid service providers, such as CLE, NLAS, LSK, paralegal networks, etc., for feedback.
•  Consider and incorporate feedback from stakeholder consultations into the Curriculum on legal aid services, and present the same during the validation and launch.
•  Refine and submit the final Curriculum on Legal Aid Services to CLE and IDLO.

DELIVERABLES

•  An Inception Report is detailing the understanding of the assignment, methodology, timelines, work plan, potential risks, and mitigation measures.
•  A Training Needs Assessment Report in Legal Aid Services
•  A stoke Curriculum on Legal Aid Services, presented in a publication format
•  A stoke Curriculum on legal aid services presented in illustrative language.
•  An Assignment Completion Report and sources of information relied upon.

DURATION

The consultancy contracts will run for six months, from December 2022 to May 2023.

Job Requirements

Education

•  A Bachelor’s Degree in, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline from a university recognized in Kenya.
•  Professional Certification in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting from a university recognized in Kenya.

Work experience

•  A minimum of 7 -10 years of professional experience in:
•  Design and implementation of MELR Frameworks
•  M&E approaches, methodologies, and tools
•  Formative and summative results-oriented evaluation of systems and processes
•  Quantitative and qualitative data collection methods
•  Designing qualitative and quantitative indicators at appropriate levels
•  Familiarity with principal M&E methodologies based on OECD DAC standards and evaluation criteria, basic evaluation standards and principles, results-based management concepts, and the logical framework approach.
•  Demonstrated experience in conducting stakeholder mapping databases and developing online databases.
•  Demonstrated experience leading assignments of similar nature for large government agencies, learning, or corporate institutions.

Technical competencies

•  Excellent analytical, writing, and editing skills.
•  Database design key competence required.
•  Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
•  Excellent work ethic founded on integrity, impartiality, confidentiality principles objectivity.
•  Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills and ability to work in a politically sensitive environment.
•  Experience managing complex or multi-agency MER initiatives is an asset.