Request for Proposal: Community Engagement Communication Consultant (Individual Consultant) at Girl Effect

The selected consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

Community Mobilization and Coordination

• Mobilize, coordinate, and maintain strong relationships with community champions, schools, health providers, CHPs, child protection officers, parents, and adolescents.
• Serve as the main local liaison for Girl Effect, Tunaweza Empowerment CBO, Migori County Government teams (GBV and Child Protection Units), Nairobi/Migori County Health teams, and other stakeholders.
• Support planning, logistics, and execution of trainings, community sessions, events, monitoring visits, and baseline/endline assessments.

Facilitation of Community Sessions

• Organize and facilitate community dialogues and forums using Girl Effect’s media assets, discussion guides, and WAZZII 3.0 digital tools.
• Lead conversations on child marriage, girls’ education, gender norms, MNH, and adolescent health, encouraging reflection and action.
• Promote integration of digital tools (chatbots, concierge, Champions App) into offline conversations.
• Gather session feedback and share insights with the project team to inform continuous learning.

Champion Support and Capacity Strengthening

• Support recruitment, onboarding, and supervision of community champions under Tunaweza CBO and other partners.
• Coordinate and co-facilitate training workshops to build champions’ skills in facilitation, mobilization, safeguarding, digital tool use, and health messaging.
• Provide continuous mentorship, troubleshooting, and motivation to ensure champions deliver impactful sessions.

Government and Partner Engagement

• Serve as the link between the project and county/sub-county offices (Child Protection, GBV, Health, Local Administration).
• Support rollout of community messaging in high-risk child marriage hotspots and WAZZII 3.0 engagement areas, aligning with official reporting, referral, and health service delivery structures.
• Facilitate collaboration between champions, CHPs, and government officers to strengthen protection, reporting, and health uptake mechanisms.

Monitoring, Learning, and Reporting

• Document attendance, feedback, key discussion points, health service referrals, and champions’ performance.
• Submit timely reports, workplans, and recommendations.
• Support Girl Effect’s Evidence & Insights team with endline data collection, ensuring community buy-in and data quality.
• Capture stories of change and lessons learned for donor and partner reporting.

Flexible Surge Support

• Be available for additional tasks such as extra trainings, launch events, urgent dialogues, troubleshooting, or media rollouts to ensure responsiveness to evolving community needs.

Deliverables

• Community Mobilization Plan: Detailed plan outlining how champions, schools, parents, and adolescents will be engaged in Migori and Nairobi.
• Training Reports: Attendance sheets, training materials, and post-training summaries for all champion and stakeholder training sessions.
• Discussion Session Reports: Session attendance, discussion summaries, feedback forms, and photo documentation (where appropriate).
• Government Engagement Log: Record of meetings, agreements, and joint activities with Migori County GBV Office, child protection officers, and volunteers.
• Final Pilot Report: Comprehensive report summarizing activities, insights, challenges, outcomes, and recommendations for scale-up.
• Ad-hoc Deliverables: Any additional reports or updates required to respond to emerging needs or opportunities during implementation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience coordinating community-based projects focused on GBV, FGM, child marriage prevention, or similar social issues
• Strong background in community mobilization, facilitation, and stakeholder relationship management.
• Demonstrated experience working with local government structures, child protection officers, and community volunteers.
• Knowledge of participatory training methods and experience delivering capacity-building workshops.
• Skilled in documentation, basic reporting, and feedback collection.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse community members, leaders, schools, parents, and adolescents.
• Commitment to safeguarding, gender equality, and child protection principles.
• Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity about the cultures within which Girl Effect operates.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Swahili, with an ability to cut through complexity and communicate effectively to multi-disciplinary audiences.
• Commitment to realizing girls' potential and to the Girl Effect's vision and values.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications studies and related fields.
• 3+ years of experience.