Consultant at Adeso

TERMS OF REFERENCE: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS TRAINING

Organization: Adeso - African Development Solutions, www.adesoafrica.org

Project: DEPP - Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Program

Position Type: Short-term Consultancy

Study/Assessment Topic: Leadership, Governance and Ethics Training

Position Location: Nairobi with travel to Garissa and Marsabit

Duration: The consultancy period will be based on call basis for specific dates of training schedules based on the counties within the period of up to 30th May 2019.

Reporting To: Project Manager – DEPP

Working With: The Innovations Lead

Starting Date: Immediately

Application Deadline: 12th August, 2018

PROJECT SUMMARY

Adeso is leading in the implementation of Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Program (DEPP) Innovation Lab is a 22 months’ project under the AIM (Adeso, iHub MasterCard) Consortium. The objective of this program is to increase preparedness and resilience of disaster-prone communities in Garissa and Marsabit counties of Kenya by drawing on their deep knowledge of pastoralist.

The Consortium has formed Maarifa Kona community innovations labs in Garissa and Marsabit where rural communities are participating to find ideas, prototype and scale innovations for commercialization. It is from this background that a number of community innovators are engaged with the labs to refine and prototype their ideas.

BACKGROUND FOR CONSULTANCY

In order to inculcate leadership, management, ethics and governance skills in Innovators, there needs to be a lean progress of capacity building to help realize their objectives. These unique skill are required to enhance the capacity of the innovators to understand the dynamics of their surroundings to engage with community, donors and Mentors in a structured and objective manner.

Creating a strong organizational culture can improve innovators engagement, increase productivity, and enhance financial performance. Particularly this development should increase efficiencies in processes, resulting in increased capacity to adopt new technologies and methods.

Objectives of the Consultancy

• To design basic leadership and ethics code and manual for the innovators.
• To provided one on one training and capacity development in the areas of leadership, governance and ethics.
• To inculcate culture of good leadership and governance to the innovators.

METHODOLOGY

Leadership, governance and ethics training will ensure that innovators understands the goals and expectation of ADESO as organization and their innovation process. This training will be provided through module based training, and presentations. Adult training methodologies will have to be employed to improve innovators understanding. Methodologies of delivery should ensure knowledge and skill building techniques are employed that allows the successful building and management of innovation ethics framework.

SCOPE OF WORK

The training will be undertaken in phases within the counties of Nairobi, Garissa and Marsabit on different occasions. This will be an incremental training that basically is meant to provide and build capacity of community innovators in leadership, governance and ethics.

CONSULTANCY PERIOD

The consultancy period will be based on call basis for specific dates of training schedules based on the counties within the period of up to 30th May 2019.

DELIVERABLES

• Leadership and Ethics code and manual for the innovators
• Training Manual for Leadership, Governance and Ethics;
• Training report demonstrating a participatory training approach and a list of post training actions for improving and understanding leadership, governance and ethics.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters’ Degree (or equivalent degree/experience) in Business Administration/Management, Leadership and Governance, Public Administration, Economics, or a related field is mandatory.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Leadership and Ethics development and training.
• Experience in provision of policy advice and technical assistance in Leadership, Governance and Ethics training.
• 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.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Swahili skills. Good presentation and communication skills.

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.