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Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract
The Consultant will report to: Program Manager, NE-CMS
The Consultant will work closely with: Governance and Advocacy Coordinator, NE-CMS
Description
The Northeast Conflict Management and Stabilization (NE-CMS) Program is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to improve security and reduce support for violence in Borno State in Northeast Nigeria. Following two previous phases of the program starting in August 2016, the NE-CMS program entered Phase III in August 2019 for an additional two-year implementation period, which is expected to result in:
The consortium aims to achieve these outcomes through a range of activities: engaging government in capacity building and mentorship, supporting traditional leaders and communities to conduct advocacy and accountability activities; encouraging dialogue and psychological trauma healing among diverse stakeholders to generate trusting relationships, nurture reconciliation, and mitigate potential future crises; and establishing parallel safe spaces for women and youth to ensure that they can effectively contribute to peacebuilding. NE-CMS operates in five targets LGAs, namely: Maiduguri Municipal Council (MMC), Jere, Dikwa, Damboa, Gwoza. A key output expected of Outcome one of NE-CMS, as stated above, is Capacity Building for Participatory Governance. This assignment will contribute significantly to delivering on this output, hence the actualization of Outcome 1 of the NE-CMS program.
Mandate Protection
People’s participation in the electoral process means giving their consent to the candidate they vote for to govern on their behalf. A candidate who wins a majority of the votes is said to have won the people’s mandate to govern. People’s right to choose and vote for candidates of their choice and participate in an electoral process is a fundamental right.
However, citizens also have a responsibility to play, including engaging in the electoral process and ensuring the process is free and fair. Protecting people’s mandate means mobilizing and empowering citizens to engage election stakeholders to conduct elections within the law, monitor and expose corruption, fraud, election flaws, and defend their votes. Lack of mandate protection negatively affects democracy and good governance. It, therefore, requires the collective effort of all stakeholders and Civil Society actors.
To protect the people’s, mandate will require a combination of skills and tools namely:
Consultancy Objectives
The overall objective of this consultancy is to empower the Good Governance Committees (GGC) Women Council (WC), Youth Support Network (YSN) and LGA officials in NE-CMS-supported LGAs with the skill to engage election stakeholders, government actors, and the civil society to protect the people’s election mandate in their communities. The training targets a total of 35 participants. Specifically, the training will empower the participants with a combination of skills required to protect the peoples' mandate, namely:
Deliverables and Timeframe: (February 22 – March 22, 2021)
For effective mandate protection training, the Consultant will be expected to develop training modules to cover the following areas:
S/N |
Key Task |
Billable Days |
Key Deliverables |
1 |
Development of training content explaining clearly methodologies required for delivering on the training objectives. |
3 |
|
2 |
Accept and incorporate NE-CMS input into facilitation guide and agenda |
2 |
|
3 |
Implement Mandate Protection Training and support participants to develop action plans to guide the application of learning |
8 |
|
4 |
Articulate and submit training report, incorporate recommendations and next steps |
3 |
|
Total |
16 |
|
Methodology
Skills and Experience Required of the Consultant
The Consultant is expected to have the following skills and qualifications:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications, attaching their Cover letter, CV, Certificates and a brief concept note and other supporting documents that would aid in the selection process to: mdg-quotations@mercycorps.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note: All applicants must attach their financial officer per day or for the total duration of the service.
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