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Better Life Options and Opportunities Model Plus
(BLOOM+) Project
Terms of reference for Consultant for a Mid-term Review
Background:
Plan International Nigeria in partnership with Mothers Against Child Abandoment (MACA) and Africa Community Development Organisation (ACDO) is implementing BLOOM+ in Cross River State (CRS). CRS has seen recent economic growth in agriculture and service sectors (tourism and hospitality), but this growth has not led to significant reductions in unemployment in the State. In fact, unemployment of young adults aged 15-24 in Cross River State in 2012 was 35.9% compared to 23.9% in Nigeria, and the rate increased each year from 2009 to 2011 in all categories (male, female, rural and urban). The unemployment rate is said to be higher for females than males in both rural and urban areas and the Cross River State government acknowledged the challenges of school dropouts and unemployed youths. The government is currently focused on attempting to tackle these challenges with several youth-focused projects, including a microfinance enterprise fund. However, these projects could be described as a drop in the ocean of employment opportunities when compared to the number of unemployed youths in need of jobs in the State. The State Government is actively seeking new partners to help address these challenges, build youth skills, and stimulate interest in its programs.
Through the BLOOM+ project Plan International Nigeria intends to help the state mitigate and reduce these identified youth challenges by targeting young people ages 14-16, in two adjoining Local Government Areas (LGAs): Odukpani and Calabar South by building critical life skills and preparing young people for work.
Project summary:
The Better Life Options and Opportunities Model (BLOOM) is a non-formal education program developed in 1987 that has since been adapted and applied in more than fifteen countries. The model is focused on gender-transformative delivery of life skills and empowerment of adolescents, and particularly girls.
The project in Nigeria was first implemented in Akwa Ibom State from 2006-2011 reaching more than 600 out of school youth (51% of beneficiaries) re-enrolled in formal or vocational education. Plan International Nigeria is working to implement BLOOM in Cross River State, where the levels of school dropped-outs and unemployed youths are high and the government has shown interest to support youth development. One of Plan's additional strategies is to reinforce curricular content and place priority emphasis on locally relevant, age appropriate, transferrable employment-relevant skills (now BLOOM+) for the target populace.
The goal of the BLOOM+ project is to help 1,200 adolescent girls (80%) and boys (20%), aged 14-16, envision and attain productive future, through:
1. Improving youths’ life skills and capacity to make healthy choices;
2. Building youths’ capacities in transferrable employment-relevant skills;
3. Fostering community and government support for personal and career development opportunities for adolescents.
Plan International Nigeria
Plan International is an independent child-centered international development organization committed to advancing the rights of children and fight against poverty. Plan has no religious, political and government affiliation. Plan International has supported girls and boys and their communities around the world to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights, free themselves from poverty and live positive fulfilling lives. Plan International commenced operations in Nigeria in 2014 and in 2015 started the BLOOM+ project in Cross River State. Plan International Nigeria works with communities, civil society organizations, development partners and governments to bring hearts and minds together for children.
Consultancy Assignment:
Length of Assignment
10 days
Dates of Assignment
TBD
Reporting to
BLOOM+ Project Manager and Plan International Nigeria Head of Programmes and Business Development
Key Working Contacts
Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor, and Project Manager
Project
BLOOM+ Project
Responsible Persons for TOR
Plan International Nigeria- Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor
Purpose/Objectives of the Consultancy:
To evaluate the progress and quality, of the BLOOM+ project implemented by Plan International Nigeria and its partners in Cross River State, through a mid-term review and make recommendations to improve implementation in the remaining second half of the project. It will be important for the consultant to consider the findings of a previous baseline evaluation conducted in 2016 to determine the level of progress made since the beginning of the project.
Objectives:
The objectives of this mid-term evaluation are:
Relevance – How well is the BLOOM+ Project suited to the context of the target group and how consistent are the outputs with the project’s aims and objectives?
The effectiveness of the programme:
The progress of the project
Methodology:
The consultant will submit a draft methodology to Plan international for approval.
The methodology will include but will not be limited to:
Expected roles of the consultant
This includes:
LOE/Expected deliveries/Time frame
The consultancy will be for nine days – inclusive of reporting period. Project staff will arrange for all meetings with community members and project beneficiaries.
Expected deliverables
Days allocated
Desk review of project documents and reports
2 days
Hold Focus Group Discussions with beneficiaries, guardians, facilitators, TAG/PSC members and partner/Project staff
4 days (2 days per LGA)
Conduct key informant interviews with above persons
1 day
Hold a meeting with TAG/PSC/Staff to share feedback
1 day
Document process and submit report to Plan International Nigeria
2 days
Selection criteria for consultant
Desirable
Procedure for recruitment of consultant
The potential consultant should:
Deadline
26th June, 2017
Complete applications should be submitted electronically to: Nigeria.consultant@Plan-international.org stating the job title in the subject of the email
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