Job Opportunity at SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania

 

Position: Consultancy

Terms of Reference
Consultancy on Competency needs and Skill gap analysis in light of
the current Labour Market SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania

1. Background

SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is a Local Non-Government Organization (NGO) affiliated to SOS Children’s Villages Kinderdorf International, a worldwide childcare organization that work to protect and care children who have lost parental care, or who stand at risk of losing it. 

 
Established 74 years ago, SOS Children’s Villages International currently has children’s villages and other program in 135 countries around the world. Globally it runs two major programs namely, SOS Family care program (SFC) at SOS Children’s Villages and Family Strengthening Program (FSP) supporting families in local communities. SOS has been working in the United Republic of Tanzania since 1991 and runs Children’s Villages in Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Zanzibar and other programs in Iringa rural, Mufindi, and Pemba.

Specifically, SOS CV Tanzania works to create a world where the society cares for children in need, help them to shape their future, and participate in the development of their communities. For over 27 years that SOS CV has been working in Tanzania, its core business has been to provide care for the children that have lost parental care and those at risk of losing parental care. The children that SOS CV Tanzania cared over the years are transforming into young men and women who need jobs and/ skill sets that will enable them to become self-reliant and marketable to the demands outside. At the moment, there are over 1,655 young people between the age of 14 and 25+currently participating in our programs in the 7 locations according to the program database (June 2019).

SOS CV Tanzania seeking competent and highly experienced consultant to identify the gap in skills/competencies which make young people who participate in SOS CV Tanzania’s programmes across selected locations (Mwanza, Arusha, Mufindi, Iringa, Pemba, Unguja and Dar es salaam) less competitive in the youth market and to recommend market-driven ways in which SOS CV Tanzania can address these gaps. Upon successful completion of the study, SOS CV Tanzania intend to use the findings and recommendations’ to develop effective interventions to address identified gaps in the youth labour market in Tanzania.

In 2016, SOS Children’s Villages adopted Strategy 2030 and has put the most disadvantaged children at the heart of it, with the central message: ‘No child should grow up alone’. The strategy directly relates to the SDGs in key areas such as poverty, inequality, education, health, social and child protection, and decent work.

2. Objectives of the Study Consultancy Objectives

The primary purpose of this assignment is to study, from a gender perspective, the youth labour market in Tanzania, the youth who are participating in the SOS CV Tanzania’s programmes, and the members of the SOS CV Tanzania staff team who are implementing youth development programmes in order to;

1. Identify sets of skills/competencies which are marketable in the youth labour market,
2. Determine actual sets of skills/competencies among young people who are participating in SOS CV Tanzania’s programmes,
3. Identify skill/competency gaps among these young people,
4. Establish the level of capacity among staff members to address the identified skill gaps among young people, and
5. Recommend market-driven, practical ways in which SOS CV Tanzania can address these gaps and provide participating young people with effective career guidance.
6. Consultancy Scope

This consultancy work shall involve three main activities. The consultant shall;

1. Analyse the current youth labour market in Tanzania in general and in selected SOS Tanzania’s programme locations to identify marketable skills/competencies, high potential growth sectors and employment trends where the government and other actors are creating decent employment. More specifically, this will involve;

• Assessing and identifying existing types of jobs and marketable skills/competencies;
• Determining constraints and barriers faced by vulnerable young people in entering and remaining in the labour market; and
• Analyse the most viable value chain that could help beneficiaries (boys and girls) generate income and access market.

2. Analyse the current level of skill/competency among young people in the programmes in selected locations and identify the gaps/needs and interest among them.
3. Analyse skills/competencies which members of the SOS CV Tanzania’s programme staff team need or require to successfully address identified skill/competency gaps among young people who are participating in SOS CV Tanzania’s youth programmes.
4. Methodology

The tools and specific methodological approach will be discussed and agreed between SOS CV Tanzania and the consultant. However, in executing this assignment the consultant is expected to use a mixed methodology;

• Review of secondary data, including the program documents and existing reports;
• Interviews with the young people (in school and out of school) and graduates, government ministries, private companies, and service providers;
• Participatory and consultative: the consultant shall conduct these assessments in consultation with the government line ministries, business community representatives, youth groups, skilled and employed youth, NGOs working on youth issues;
• Data collection (field): the consultant will use a mix of key informants’ interviews, focus group discussions, and market observations to respond to the objectives outlined above.
• Field visits and field observations.
• A collective participatory feedback session (involving the management)
• Any other method which is relevant to this assignment.

The consultant will work closely with the Program Director, Gender Officer and Youth Focal Person, Human Resources Coordinator & Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator.

5. Time Line and Work Plan

The consultancy will be carried out between August-September, 2019, over a period of 30 days ending 13*h September, 2019.

6. Key Deliverables

It is expected that the Consultant will produce the following deliverables:

• Work plan for undertaking the labour market analysis and skill gap assessment; detailing the methodology including the main research methods, the sampling framework, proposed sources of data, procedures for data collection and analysis. The proposed tools will be discussed and by SOS CV TZ before data collection commences.
• Present tools and context and provide advice on how best to capture and analyse data.
• Labour market analysis and skill/competency gap analysis findings.
• A participatory workshop to share findings;
• Presentation material for dissemination of the process and findings;
• A draft and final report which should include the Youth development and Empowerment Strategy (next 3 years) and a Capacity Development Plan
• A summary of recommendations to be used for the planning and future programming.

7. Person specification

SOS CV Tanzania aims to contract a consultant with experience of conducting labour market analysis and skill gap assessment for young people and staff especially for large INGOs or other institutions engaged in care and development work. The consultant should have the following skills and qualifications;

• Advanced University degree from an accredited academic institution preferably Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Statistics or related field.
• Strong background and experience in conducting research and produce analysis.
• A minimum of 10 years progressively responsible experience in the relevant field.
• Strong facilitations skills and hands-on experience of working in participatory ways with young people.
• Technical expertise in analysing the youth labour market in Tanzania and the ability to draw strong and valid conclusions.
• Good report writing skills are essential
• Ability to present challenging findings from the participatory gender audit and analysis with actionable propositions to move forward
• Excellent command of oral and written Swahili and English.

Interested candidates should submit their CV with a technical and financial proposal in sealed envelope before 30 July, 2019:

SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania
National Office
White Star Tower (ground floor)
Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni
P.O. Box: 80462,
Dar es Salaam-Tanzania.