Consultancy-Advanced Training on SGBV Prevention and Response Programming

Deadline Date ‎2022-‎06-‎15Consultancy Announcement
Advanced Training on SGBV Prevention and Response Programming
Naseej Project Partners

1. Background
   This capacity building activity in Iraq is planned as part of the project
   entitled Naseej - Connecting Voices and Action to End Violence Against Women
   and Girls in the MENA Region funded by the EU and implemented by Oxfam in
   Iraq, in OpT and in Yemen.
   Since ‎2020, the Naseej project has been providing grants to Civil Society
   Organisations (CSOs), Women-led (WLOs) and Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs)
   to realise actions against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and for
   gender equality, through programming and advocacy. The project has also
   included capacity strengthening actions with the grantees and partners to
   support their technical and organisational development as civil society actors
   working on gender equality and women’s rights.
   This activity is planned to be delivered in the final stages of the project
   implementation and contributes to the project’s exit strategy. More generally,
   it is part of Oxfam’s strategy to continuously support the development,
   sustainability and strategic positioning of CSOs, WLOs/WROs in view of
   empowering the feminist and women’s movements for gender justice in Iraq. In
   this perspective the activity is meant to provide insights and recommendations
   to continue our support to our partners beyond the scope of the Naseej
   project.


2. Purpose and Objectives
   The capacity-building activity seeks to provide technical guidance to
   consolidate and expand the capacity of Naseej partner WROs and CSOs on key
   dimensions of SGBV programming. These key dimensions of SGBV programming refer
   to the work these WROs and partners have been undertaking under the project
   and which they might need, expect or simply want to further improve for
   sustaining/increasing the scope of their services and advocacy efforts to end
   SGBV.
   It is meant to provide both a concluding technical overview of standards,
   evidence and/or good practices in these key dimensions of SGBV programming
   relevant to the partners’ work, building on the capacity strengthening efforts
   they have made in the project, and provide key insights on areas for further
   consolidation as recommendations for future development and strategic advice
   in that regard.

1. Scope and Methodology
   The activity will consists in a training workshop with Naseej partners. It
   will build upon the conclusion of capacity assessments, and observations and
   self-assessments of Naseej partners along key dimensions: (i) needs-based
   project development, (ii) strategic planning on elimination of SGBV, including
   gender, power and conflict analysis, (iii) comprehensive case management and
   standards in service provision, (iv) awareness raising contributing to
   elimination of SGBV (seeking transformative change).
   Not all Naseej partners have undertaken the same kind of interventions or
   interventions in a comprehensive approach under the project, so that the
   conclusion on capacity levels and needs for further strengthening will differ
   depending partners, and so will their expectations under the training. For
   instance, for some partners with sensitive and direct intervention with
   survivors consolidation of capacity and training on new evidence and good
   practices in service provision is critical, while partners who have been
   focusing on advocacy will find benefit in training on strategic planning and
   gender, power and conflict analysis.
   In this perspective, the exact scope of the training will therefore be
   informed by the conclusion to be made by Oxfam and with the consultant at the
   beginning of the consultancy. Aligned with the key dimensions of Naseej
   partners’ work the training will tentatively address the topics outlined
   hereafter, albeit with varying degrees / exact scope and extent of details
   depending on the conclusion of capacity strengthening requirements:


2. Needs-based project development: understanding issues of missing data and ethical guidelines in SGBV-related research and evidence data sharing, identification of evolving needs of the survivors of SGBV across Iraq and prioritisation of problems and response strategies.


3. Strategic planning on eliminating SGBV: from service provision to transformative programming, and key elements of gender, power and conflict analysis impacting programming on elimination of SGBV.


4. Survivor centred approaches, trauma-informed, feminist-informed: comprehensive case management and standards in service provision to SGBV survivors and individuals/groups at high risk of SGBV, both at service level and as an organisation.


5. Transformative awareness raising contributing to elimination of SGBV: methods and tools for community engagement, including involvement of men in strategies eliminating SGBV.
   The participants will include: the partners themselves, the Naseej project
   team and possibly other Oxfam Gender Justice staff.
   The selected consultant is expected to deliver in-person training (estimated:
   ‎2*‎3-day workshop,i.e. for ‎2 groups) in Anbar (Ramadi) and Diyala (location
   TBC) respectively. Each training group will include up to ‎15 individuals with
   varied skills. The training plan should include a combination of presentations
   and practical exercises (with emphasis on practice). The consultant will also
   assess participants’ skills and knowledge through a pre-training and post-
   training tests. The training plan will be developed in English and training
   materials in Arabic. The workshops will be delivered in person in Arabic and
   English, where relevant.


6. Deliverables
   The completion of the assignment includes the following deliverables:
   - Detailed training plan (English)
   - Training materials (Arabic)
   - In-person training (Arabic, English) (estimated: ‎3-day workshop for ‎2
   groups = ‎2*‎3-day workshop)
   - Pre-test (Arabic, English)
   - Post-test (Arabic, English)
   - Final brief report (‎5 pages maximum excluding annexes) with a summary of
   the technical overview provided to participants through the training, lessons
   learned from the training and/or recommendations for further capacity
   strengthening, tentative list of indicators to measure partners’ progress in
   SGBV prevention and Response-related skills to be used during the final
   evaluation (English).


7. Supervision and Management
   The assignment will be supervised by the Naseej Project Manager and Gender
   Justice Programme Manager in close coordination with Partners Focal Points in
   Diyala and Anbar. The final payment will be released upon written approval of
   all deliverables by the Naseej Project Manager and Gender Justice Programme
   Manager.


8. Ethical Requirements
   Care will be taken to maintain safe programming and safeguarding, and follow
   responsible and ethical data policies[‎1] including informed and voluntary
   consent in information sharing, and confidentiality. In particular, all
   partners involved in the Naseej project undertake action, one way or another,
   on issues of women’s rights, gender equality and SGBV. In this view, it is
   expected that the Consultant abide by ethical standards – in particular on
   SGBV-related research/programming – when discussing or reviewing their
   technical / organisational strengths and areas for improvement with
   participants, and guide participants to follow those same standards. Safe
   protocols should be put in place for any event of disclosure and/or requests
   or consented need for referrals.


9. Time Frame
   The assignment is expected to be carried in June-July ‎2022. The consultancy is
   estimated to require around ‎10-‎15 working days. The timeline will be refined
   based on the work plan submitted by the consultant.


10. Budget
    A full financial plan should be submitted by the consultant for their fees
    using the template attached with detailed breakdown of costs: per cost
    category (e.g. daily fees, equipment, …); and per task/deliverable.
    [‎1] Oxfam’s Responsible Program Data Policy
    (‎2015). https://oxfam.app.box.com/s/upzivp7d34rvkmydvn5b2ca3t7mp0c57Knowledge and Experience
    - Training and facilitation skills;
    - Fluency in English and Arabic;
    - Ability to travel to Anbar and Diyala;
    - Experience in delivering training for non-profit, national and
    international organisations, preferably working on SGBV programming, gender
    inequality and/or protection issues;
    - Solid knowledge on SGBV interventions and Gender in conflict contexts.
    Excellent knowledge of international guidance, technical standards and
    approaches in SGBV protection programming, from research, prevention to
    response (including case management and standards in services, Women and Girls
    Safe Spaces …) and advocacy; robust understanding of issues of safety,
    confidentiality and ethical requirements in the work around SGBV;
    - Proven experience in delivering trainings to increase organisations’
    capacity in SGBV programming, with details list of topics / scope of
    trainings;
    - Knowledge of project/programme cycle management;
    - Familiary with Oxfam’s mission; adherence to the organizational code of
    conduct and safe programming principles.HOW TO APPLY:
    Interested individuals, with relevant experience and skills based on the ToR,
    can submit their Expression of Interest (EOI), including the following:


11. Cover letter of no more than ‎1 page introducing the consultant and intention to deliver the assignment. The cover letter should also indicate the consultants’ availability for the proposed period.


12. The technical proposal should provide details on proposed methodology responding to the ToR and the deliverables; capacity in line with the competencies required for the assignment, including references to experience with similar assignments; CV of the individual directly involved in the assignment, including their specific roles; and three professional referees. A technical proposal should not be longer than ‎7 pages, excluding annexes.


13. The financial proposal includes a one-page budget of the offer, covering all major anticipated costs. An accompanying work plan must be submitted too.


14. Statement on the willingness to follow Oxfam’s Code of Conduct and guidance regarding safe programming*.
    Please submit the EOI and other documents by midnight Iraq time by ‎15 th
    June ‎2022 to
    [email protected] with
    Organisational Capacities - Naseej in the subject line. No EOIs will be
    accepted after the deadline. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
    All questions or clarifications of a technical nature are to be sent to:
    [email protected] no later
    than 14th June ‎2022, ‎5 pm. Interested applicants can collect the Terms of
    Reference (TOR) at Oxfam in Iraq Country Office, starting from ‎29 th May
    ‎2022 (during working hours).* Alternatively, the Oxfam Logistics team can
    send the ToR via email upon request .**
    TOR Link:
    https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/‎17317/description
    This invitation to tender has been issued for the sole purpose of obtaining
    offers for the provision of the services requested in this TOR. Oxfam reserves
    the right not to enter in or award a contract as a result of this invitation
    to tender. Oxfam also reserves the right to terminate any contract issued as a
    result of this invitation to tender as set out in the contract terms and
    conditions.