Business Analyst at Centre for Social Cohesion Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE)

Project Title: Hadin Kan Mu Karfin Mu (Our Unity, Our Strength): Reinforcing the resilience and reintegration of conflict affected women and children and promoting community peacebuilding in North East Nigeria

Project intervention Areas: Borno State: Gubio IDP camp, Teacher’s Village IDP camp, Sulumri host community, and Shehuri North host community in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council; Bulabulin Sallake and Kamchege IDP camp in Dikwa LGA; GSSS IDP camp and host community in Bama LGA

Reporting to:  Executive Director

About organization

Centre for Social Cohesion, Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE) is a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting the ideals of self-sustainability, equality and social justice to the members of the society, it was founded in the year 2014 out of the need to give succour and support to the victim of arm conflict and natural disasters in Nigeria. CENSCOPE focuses mainly on promoting social cohesion, preventing and countering violent extremism, conflict management, mitigation of human right abuses, promoting the principle of good governance and good public policy formulation, empowerment and provision of lifesaving and livelihood skills to victims of violent conflict, as well as promoting political participation and social inclusion on the basis of gender, religion and disability.

About the project

CENSCOPE in partnership with International Alert is implementing a social cohesion project Hadin Kan Mu Karfin Mu (Our Unity, Our Strength): Reinforcing the resilience and reintegration of conflict affected women and children and promoting community peacebuilding in Borno state North East Nigeria in the following locations: Gubio IDP camp, Teacher’s Village IDP camp, Sulumri host community, and Shehuri North host community in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council; Bulabulin Sallake and Kamchege IDP camp in Dikwa LGA; GSSS IDP camp and host community in Bama LGA

Project Goal and Specific Objectives

The project’s overall goal is to reinforce the resilience and reintegration of conflict affected women and children and promote community peacebuilding.

The specific objectives are:

• Community and religious leaders are equipped to understand and address challenges to reintegration

• Stigma against women and children associated with Boko Haram is reduced

• Community members work collaboratively to identify and resolve conflict related to reintegration

Project activities to be implemented are:

The project will begin with a baseline assessment in new areas of implementation to identify the specific conflict dynamics, stakeholders and entry points. The project strategy and workplan will subsequently be adjusted in line with the findings of the assessment. We will also dedicate time during project start-up for identification of participants for activities, based on the baseline assessment, and consultation with other stakeholders in the activity sites (including camp management and other stakeholders)

Activities to achieve Objective 1: Community and religious leaders are equipped to understand and address challenges to reintegration

• Capacity building for a diverse and representative group of community leaders (men, women, youth, religious, minority, and any other relevant groups):

• Learning and exchange visits

• Coaching to support facilitation of peacebuilding activities

• Capacity-building and policy advocacy for state agencies

Activities to achieve Objective 2: Stigma against women and children associated with Boko Haram is reduced

• Support sessions for women and girls SGBV survivors

• Support sessions for families with women and girls SGBV survivors

• Small-scale initiatives for vulnerable women and girls

• Media programming to engage communities on stigma reduction, reconciliation and peace

Activities to achieve Objective 3: Community members work collaboratively to identify and resolve conflict related to reintegration

• Community action committees (CAC)

• Sociocultural and sporting activities

• Peace club activities for children to reduce stigmatization

Scope of Work

The Consultant will:

• Based on the report of the market assessment, support the distribution of the business kits to beneficiaries across all project sites. 

• Support the project to establish cooperatives in each project site to manage business activities

• Support established business cooperatives with monthly meetings for sustainability of the cooperative business plans.

• Develop and implement an appropriate training methodology on financial literacy and business management for cooperative members

• Develop monitoring tools to assess the impact and effectiveness of the economic activities and register the cooperatives with corporate affairs commission.

Duration: 

This scope of work will be delivered within a period from July 13th 2020 to 30th September, 2020. Specific dates for each of the above deliverables will be agree between project implementation team and consultant

Requirements: 

The following are required skills and experience:

• A degree or masters from a recognized university or institutions in relevant field (Economics, accounting, Business administration, Management, Statistics and Finance)

• Proven experience in conducting similar research exercises.

• Proven experience in conducting grassroots training on financial and economic issues and supporting community economic inclusion programming.

• Excellent skills in quantitative and qualitative data analysis software.

• Excellent written and spoken English.

• Excellent report writing skills.

• An excellent communicator and ability to be conflict and gender-sensitive when addressing sensitive issues.

The following are desirable skills and experience

• Knowledge of Hausa, Kanuri, Fulani or Shuwa

• In-depth knowledge of the socio-cultural, economic, and political context of Northeast Nigeria, specifically Borno State.

• Knowledge and experience of gender and conflict sensitive approaches

• Please note that companies/corporate bodies, think tanks, research institutions, CSOs, as well as individuals are welcomed to the bid.

Confidentiality, Data Protection and Data Ownership

The consultant will ensure the confidentiality of those participating in the survey at all stages.  All data is confidential and is the property of the project.  No data or other information from this survey will be released to third parties without the written approval of CENSCOPE. The consultant will submit all data and questionnaires to CENSCOPE at the end of the study.  

Relevant CENSCOPE policies on ethics, data protection, dishonest practices and code of conduct will be provided to the successful candidate. S/he is expected to fully comply with these policies.