TOR for Advocacy Coaches
Individual strategic advocacy support
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About the project:
This assignment is part of the project “Eastern Partnership – COVID-19 Solidarity Programme”, funded by the European Union and implemented by People in Need. The project aims to support Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute towards the longer-term socio-economic resilience of vulnerable groups. Within this project, both well-established and grassroots CSOs received support from People in Need Armenia.
The project is divided into two phases. The first phase was focused on strengthening the operational capacity of the CSOs, provision of humanitarian assistance, and service delivery in the psycho-social, economic recovery, and education sectors aiming at mitigating short to medium-term negative impact of the hardships on vulnerable populations. Within the first phase, 3 Calls for Proposals have been launched, and 17 grantees were funded including 15 CSOs and 2 CSOs consortia. The second phase of the project is focused on the barriers that prevent the vulnerable population from exercising their rights and contribute to the resilience of the CSO sector. One of the key elements of this phase is building advocacy capacity and creation of advocacy strategies for 6 CSOs. This phase has been launched on September 6, with a Call for Partnership, which aims at identifying CSOs to advocate for the improvement of services and policies to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on employment opportunities for vulnerable populations making them more competitive in the labor market.
The identified CSOs will focus on one or several targeted groups: unemployed, women, youth, people with disabilities, and displaced people. The CSOs will be selected by an evaluation committee based on the written application and the interview.
Main objective:
People in Need Armenia is looking for two skilled Trainer(s)/Experts(s) to facilitate the development of advocacy strategy with CSOs and provide them with coaching support throughout its implementation. The advocacy strategy will be prepared during a participatory workshop (2 days and 1-day follow-up session), the trainers/experts are as well expected to deliver ad hoc practical coaching support in an amount of 2 to 8 hours a month per organization in the period of 9 months. The organizations will also receive financial support (up to 4,000 EUR) to implement their advocacy strategies.
The delivery of the workshop, a follow-up session, facilitation of the development of advocacy strategies, and on-the-job coaching will be offered in total to 6 grassroots and well-established CSOs and CSOs consortiums. The tailored-made advocacy strategy should be developed in a participatory manner with the involvement of the CSO.
Each trainer will provide the workshop and other activities for 3 CSOs. It is expected that each trainer will deliver a 2-day workshop, 1 follow-up day for each organization, and coaching throughout the period of the project. The number of hours will be discussed with the selected candidates. The planned duration of the workshop is indicated in working days (1 day = 8 hours, 50% of planned workshop time will be added to the preparation of the workshop and follow-up session). The workshop would preferably take place offline, depending on the restrictions at the time they can also take place online.
Workshops should be delivered in Armenian.
Both individuals and legal entities can apply for this call.
Responsibilities:
The expert will be responsible for:
Remuneration:
The total available budget per expert is projected at the amount of 150 EUR (including all the taxes and social/medical contributions) per working day (including preparation for the workshop, workshop delivery, follow-up session) and 20 EUR per hour for coaching support.
Qualifications and expertise required:
Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a file containing:
Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Deadline: October 11, 2021
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
About the project:
This assignment is part of the project “Eastern Partnership – COVID-19 Solidarity Programme”, funded by the European Union and implemented by People in Need. The project aims to support Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute towards the longer-term socio-economic resilience of vulnerable groups. Within this project, both well-established and grassroots CSOs received support from People in Need Armenia.
The project is divided into two phases. The first phase was focused on strengthening the operational capacity of the CSOs, provision of humanitarian assistance, and service delivery in the psycho-social, economic recovery, and education sectors aiming at mitigating short to medium-term negative impact of the hardships on vulnerable populations. Within the first phase, 3 Calls for Proposals have been launched, and 17 grantees were funded including 15 CSOs and 2 CSOs consortia. The second phase of the project is focused on the barriers that prevent the vulnerable population from exercising their rights and contribute to the resilience of the CSO sector. One of the key elements of this phase is building advocacy capacity and creation of advocacy strategies for 6 CSOs. This phase has been launched on September 6, with a Call for Partnership, which aims at identifying CSOs to advocate for the improvement of services and policies to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on employment opportunities for vulnerable populations making them more competitive in the labor market.
The identified CSOs will focus on one or several targeted groups: unemployed, women, youth, people with disabilities, and displaced people. The CSOs will be selected by an evaluation committee based on the written application and the interview.
Main objective:
People in Need Armenia is looking for two skilled Trainer(s)/Experts(s) to facilitate the development of advocacy strategy with CSOs and provide them with coaching support throughout its implementation. The advocacy strategy will be prepared during a participatory workshop (2 days and 1-day follow-up session), the trainers/experts are as well expected to deliver ad hoc practical coaching support in an amount of 2 to 8 hours a month per organization in the period of 9 months. The organizations will also receive financial support (up to 4,000 EUR) to implement their advocacy strategies.
The delivery of the workshop, a follow-up session, facilitation of the development of advocacy strategies, and on-the-job coaching will be offered in total to 6 grassroots and well-established CSOs and CSOs consortiums. The tailored-made advocacy strategy should be developed in a participatory manner with the involvement of the CSO.
Each trainer will provide the workshop and other activities for 3 CSOs. It is expected that each trainer will deliver a 2-day workshop, 1 follow-up day for each organization, and coaching throughout the period of the project. The number of hours will be discussed with the selected candidates. The planned duration of the workshop is indicated in working days (1 day = 8 hours, 50% of planned workshop time will be added to the preparation of the workshop and follow-up session). The workshop would preferably take place offline, depending on the restrictions at the time they can also take place online.
Workshops should be delivered in Armenian.
Both individuals and legal entities can apply for this call.
Responsibilities:
The expert will be responsible for:
- Designing of the participatory advocacy strategy planning workshop (2days sessions and 1-day follow-up session) of 3 civil society organizations based on information from selfassessment of CSOs, with close cooperation with PIN project team:
- Advocacy strategies should contain: defining advocacy goals, objectives, target audiences, advocacy approach, risks, messages, and plan of activities for 9 months.
- Delivery of the abovementioned workshop in cooperation with PIN project team in the period of October to November 2021. The follow-up coaching sessions should be delivered through the period of 9 months.
- Submission of the following deliverables in a timely manner:
- Brief capacity building module description
- Workshop agenda
- Support materials (including any presentations, worksheets)
- Photos/screenshots from the coaching sessions
- List of participants
- Outline of recommendations for follow-up
Remuneration:
The total available budget per expert is projected at the amount of 150 EUR (including all the taxes and social/medical contributions) per working day (including preparation for the workshop, workshop delivery, follow-up session) and 20 EUR per hour for coaching support.
Qualifications and expertise required:
- Extensive experience in advocacy and campaigning work.
- Experience with advocacy strategy planning and process of preparation of advocacy strategy.
- Experience in leading and facilitation of participatory workshops and coaching.
- Ability to perform tasks and fulfill responsibilities within the fixed time frames.
- Proven communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with coaching, mentoring, and consultancy.
- Knowledge of the Armenian civil society environment, as well as political environment considered as an advantage.
- Knowledge of English is an asset
Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a file containing:
- CV indicating the expected qualification.
- A brief concept of the participatory advocacy strategy planning workshop matching the indicated requirements.
- Availability to commit for 10 months.
- 2 references related to leading similar types of workshops/coaching.
Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Demonstrated advocacy and facilitation experience of the coach.
- The quality of the proposed concept.
Deadline: October 11, 2021
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.