Request for Proposal – Consultancy to Conduct an Advocacy Training at ACDI/VOCA

Scope of Work

The firm or individual consultant task will be to;

• Co-develop an advocacy strategy guide for Tanager to use to develop a client advocacy plan.
• Develop an advocacy trainer of trainer (ToT) training guide for gender and nutrition champions that includes a minimum of two case studies of successful examples of community gender and nutrition advocacy
• Facilitate advocacy training in-person using the developed guide in Nairobi, Kenya. Training should be interactive, incorporate practical learning, and be highly visual.
• Support the training participants to conduct a step-down training in Tanzania through coaching.

Deliverables

By the end of the assignment, the consultant should:

• Submit an inception report
• Develop a four-day advocacy training package (ToT)
• Prepare and administer a pre-test and post-test.
• Conduct a four-day in-person training to Tanager and LSP staff (gender and nutrition experts) in Nairobi, Kenya (Pax 10-12 people)
• Submit a training report detailing the knowledge change and provide practical after training recommendations for use by Tanager to provide further support to clients.
• Submit a general advocacy strategy guide for Tanager
• Submit an assignment report including support (Max 10 pages)

All deliverables will be approved by Tanager.

Qualifications

The lead consultant should have:

• Master’s degree or other advanced degree in health promotion, communication, advocacy, social development, international relations, nutrition, gender, agriculture, or related/relevant field. Please note an additional team member should have complementary qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of experience in communication for change in the development sector, and with a bias in nutrition and/or gender in agriculture.
• Excellent communication skills both written and spoken Kiswahili and English
• Experience in developing training manuals for field-level officers
• Strong training skills for ToT
• Computer literacy with good PowerPoint skills, infographics design, and visuals
• Evidence of extensive work experience and proven record in advocacy, policy, and social campaign
• The consultant must be available to conduct in-person trainings Nairobi, Kenya