Title of Consultancy: Project design consultancy – Transparency Vanuatu

Application Closing Date: 12^th November 2021

Consultancy Start and End Date: 22^nd. November – 15^th December

Location of Consultancy: Vanuatu

BACKGROUND

Transparency Vanuatu (TV) is a local civil society organisation with a vision that Vanuatu be a place in which government, politics, business, civil society, and the daily lives of its people are free of corruption. TV is a member of Transparency International (TI), the global civil society movement leading the fight against corruption through more than 100 independent Chapters and affiliates worldwide. TV works with powerholders and communities and citizens to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability, and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of our society.

In 2021, TV launched its new Strategic Plan for 2021 to 2023. Building on the progress made since TV’s inception in 2001, this ambitious plan sets out the work of TV into the future. The strategy is organised around three strategic priorities, while also building the strength and sustainability of TV as an organisation. The three strategic priorities are:

1. Protect the Public’s Resources
2. Secure Integrity in Politics
3. Expand Civic Space for Accountability

TV now requires the resources and funding to deliver this strategy. As such, TV is seeking a consultant to lead the design process of a new project to operationalise the strategic priorities and access funding from the TI Secretariat and other donors. The design process must be participatory and will involve facilitating workshops with TV’s staff, board, and youth volunteers, and developing concept notes for targeted donors (in the required format), as well as a full proposal, including monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plan to access funds from the TI Secretariat. Additionally, the consultant will work closely with key TV staff to build their capacity in project planning and design and key tools and processes to manage donor projects.

OBJECTIVES

• Build the capacity of the TV team to develop project proposals, access funding from institutional donors and plan and deliver projects.
• Design a project to operationalise the 2021-2023 Strategic Plan and support TV to access further funding from the TI Secretariat.
• Develop concept notes of further project areas that can be used to scope further funding from institutional donors.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINE

• Facilitate workshops with TV staff, volunteers and board to design a project to operationalise the Strategic Plan – by mid-November.
• Facilitate a workshop or interviews with key stakeholders to inform project design – by mid-November.
• Write up the project design, MEL plan and logframe or activity plan and validate with TV leadership – by late November
• Develop 1 to 3 concept notes of further project areas that can be used to scope further funding from institutional donors – by mid-December.

All presentations and reports should be submitted in English, in electronic form, in accordance with the deadlines stipulated above. The Consultant is responsible for editing and quality control of language. The TI Secretariat retains the sole rights with respect to all distribution, dissemination, and publication of the deliverables.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The Consultant should have the following qualifications:

• A minimum of five years of relevant experience in project design and capacity strengthening. Experience working non-profits in Vanuatu and the Pacific strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the Vanuatu context.
• Experience designing and facilitating training and workshops with diverse stakeholders. 
• Ability to operate under strict time limits and apply high production and technical standards for the purpose of maintaining high level of professionalism.
• An excellent command of written and spoken English. Ability to facilitate workshops in Bislama as well is essential.
• A strong understanding of the work of Transparency International and anti-corruption and governance programmes.

REMUNERATION AND COSTS

The Consultants should provide their estimated total fee as a lump sum or as standard daily or hourly rates as gross inclusive of taxes and other charges. Transparency Vanuatu will budget for all workshop-related costs but please include all consultancy costs, including any proposed travel.

CONTACT INFORMATION

The application should include the following documents in English:

• A short outline of the strategy proposed to complete this project, together with some initial ideas and suggestions as well as a full budget
• Motivation letter and Curriculum Vitae
• One sample of relevant previous work (confidentiality guaranteed)

Please indicate “Project design consultancy” in the subject line of your email application. Applications should be sent in English by email to Katy Mackey at PacificConsultancy@transparency.org by close of business of 5^th November.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

TV is committed to diversity and inclusion. Selection of candidates is made on a competitive basis and we do not discriminate on the basis of national origin, race, colour or ethnic background, religious belief, sex, gender identity and expression or sexual orientation, marital or family status, age or ability. We kindly ask applicants to refrain from including in their application information relating to the above as well as from attaching photos.

Data protection

Transparency Vanuatu will treat your application as confidential and will only use the data provided in relation to this consultancy opportunity.