Invitation
for Expression of Interest
TechnoServe
Background
TechnoServe
(TNS) is a nonprofit international development organization founded in
1968.
Its
mission is to help entrepreneurial men and women break the cycle of poverty by
building businesses that create jobs, income, and economic opportunities for
their families, their communities, and their countries www.tns.org.
TechnoServe has been implementing the Young Women in Enterprise program since June 2006 with funding from the Nike Foundation.
TechnoServe has been implementing the Young Women in Enterprise program since June 2006 with funding from the Nike Foundation.
The
program targets in-and-out of school girls aged 14-24 years. Since its
inception, YWE worked with over 4,000 girls in low income areas of Nairobi.
Organized in enterprise clubs of 30-40 girls, participants are trained on
entrepreneurship, financial literacy, life skills and employability.
After
training girls receive hands on support to start businesses, to open bank
accounts and start savings and to find employment.
Case
study
The
YWE program current funding is in the wrap up phase during which we are
exploring multiple opportunities for funding to scale and replicate the program
based on the lessons learnt.
TechnoServe
is currently documenting the YWE model to share knowledge with donors and
stakeholders about girl programming, position ourselves as the go to
organization on girl economic empowerment and to develop new partnerships and
funding streams.
To
document the YWE model, TechnoServe is now searching for an organization or
individual who will review and revise a comprehensive draft case study to be
used for fundraising, dissemination of the model and to inform future girls
programming.
The
draft case study has been reviewed and feedback received from internal
TechnoServe reviewers and the donor for YWE.
Tasks
- Read
draft case study and feedback received from the donor reviewers and in
discussion with TechnoServe develop a work plan for refining the case
study.
- Develop
a persuasive storyline throughout the case study
- Clearly
illustrate how the program activities and results impacted the program
beneficiaries and their households and their communities, thus
demonstrating the program significance to girls in Kenya.
- Point
out clearly at least 3 key messages to get out to the audience(
donors)
- Identify
and develop powerful selected girl’s beneficiary profiles
- Identify
and use best practice format for a captivating read by the intended
audience. This will include working on graphics, design layout, high
quality photographs and captions.
- Package
the presentation for publication and website posting.
Deliverables
- A
soft PDF copy of the YWE case study document that is printable and of a
length of no more than 13 pages of A4 size or equivalent content material
on or before 28th December 2012.
- Originals
of all photos, graphics and captions developed for the case study
Interested
applicants should submit an expression of interest, including the following
information:
- Brief
proposal (no more than 6 pages) indicating your capability, proposed approach
and itemized budget.
- Detailed
CVs of proposed lead consultant or project manager
- Give
at least three references
Applications
should be sent to ke-recruit@tns.org with the subject indicated as either
“EOI for Case study” to be received by COB 11th Dec 2012.
Full
terms of reference will be provided after submission of
applications.
TechnoServe
Kenya reserves the right to accept or reject any application and is not bound
to give reason for its decisions.