Consultancy For Education Sector Analysis & Education Sector Plan Development (2021-2024) for Ministry of education culture and Higher education federal government Of Somalia

Type of Service

Education Sector Analysis & Education Sector Plan Development (2021-2024) for Ministry of education culture and Higher education federal government Of Somalia

Location

Mogadishu with frequent travel to member states: Jubaland, Hirshabelle,Galmudug , Hirshabelle and Southwest

Positions

10 positions (two positions in each of the above states and two positions at Federal level)

Send documents to

CSS.LOGISTICS@savethechildren.org

Deadline

7/10/2020

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Title of Consultancy

Education Sector Analysis & Education Sector Plan Development (2021-2024) for Ministry of education culture and Higher education federal government Of Somalia

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SCI Contracting Office

Save the Children – Southern state  Somalia Area Office

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Period of Consultancy

6 months based on performance

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Consultant type required

Individuals 

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Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs

The consultant will cover his/her  admin and travel arrangement

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Taxation Provisions

Consultant shall be responsible for all Taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office named above

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Travel requirements

The consultant (s) will required to  travel within Sourthern state areas of  federal member states .of Jubaland, Hirshabelle,Galmudug , Hirshabelle and Southwest and Will be based in Banadir region under the MOECHE

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Security requirements

Consultant will comply with standard Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training prior to travel to Somalia

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Qualification and Experience

At least a post-graduate degree (Master’s or above) in educational planning, economics of education or related field of study;

5 years’ experience in the field of education and/or other related areas including operational and planning work in the education sector;

Consultancy experience in undertaking education sector analysis, development of education sector plans or other related research;

Excellent facilitation skills and communication skills in Somali and English with fluency in written and spoken Somali and English;

Good analytic and report writing skills;

Must have sensitivity to diverse opinions and issues arising from differing social and cultural perceptions;

Ability to work effectively in teams;

Experience working with government ministries, preferably the Ministry of Education and Development Partners;

Must have willingness to travel and work in a challenging environment.

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Evaluation Criteria

Compliance with Consultancy requirement

Provision of required information & documents; responsiveness to ToR’s

Consultant Experience

Qualifications and general experience of the individual/team

Proven specific experience in performing similar assignments especially in Somalia.

Adequacy of Work Plan & Methodology

Methodology and techniques to be applied well stipulated

Clear description of tasks in their Scope of Work

Bidder’s Price Quotation

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Application Procedure

Interested consultants should submit their applications via email to  HYPERLINK “mailto:css.logistics@savethechildren.org” css.logistics@savethechildren.org

The applications should be submitted in PDF format as one document comprising Technical and Financial sections as detailed below.

Technical proposal – including but not limited to :

Consultants understanding of the assignment and context

Approach to the assignment

Methodology

Tools

ANNEX 1 : Consultancy Terms of Reference

Education Sector Analysis & Education Sector Plan Development (2021-2024) for Ministry of education culture and Higher education federal government of Somalia

Background

The Somali Government collapsed in 1991 and since then the country experienced varying degrees of instability and conflict. All sectors in the country have been adversely affected by more than two decades of instability. The Somali provisional constitution was endorsed in 2012 marking Somalia’s slow transition and start of recovery. Since 2012, the country has witnessed a marked shift in the political landscape with the formation of the Federal Member States (FMS): Jubbaland State, South West State, Hirshabelle State, Galmudug State and Benadir Regional Administration. Together with Puntland State and Somaliland, these four Federal Member States and Benadir Regional Administration, make up Somalia’s political landscape.  The challenges that Somalia faces are complex, multifaceted and differ depending on the regional and state level contexts.

In 2017, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MOECHE) undertook a sector analysis and developed an Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) 2018-2020 focusing on the critical education needs of the country in the short term as well as systems and capacity development set foundations for the development of a more enhanced sector plan in the coming years. As the current ESSP is expiring in December 2020, a new sector plan is needed in order to boost both access, quality and system strengthening of the education sector. The new ESSP is aimed at setting priorities and plans for Somalia’s education sector for the period of 2021-2024. The MOECHE together with the Federal Member States of Jubaland, South West, Hirshabelle, Galmudug and Benadir Regional Administration will be carrying out the Education Sector Analysis and the ESSPs development in each of the above FMS. This will involve the quantitative and qualitative analysis of a broad range of available data and literature on the sector.

Therefore, the MEOCHE together with Federal Member States Ministries of Education seek competent, qualified and experienced national education consultant (s) to support the Ministries in the respective member states and MEOCHE in the Education Sector Analysis and ESSP development.  The MOECHE has selected Save the Children as Grant Agent to provide technical and financial support to the process of ESA and ESSP development

The Assignment will be Accomplished within 6 Months.

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

Under the overall leadership and technical guidance from the MOECHE and FMS MOEs, the national consultant (s) is expected to provide assistance to undertake the following activities:

For the Education Sector Analysis (ESA):

Conduct desk review work and relevant data collection from the education sector for the sector analysis and sector plan preparation;

Closely work with the Technical Working groups (both federal and FMS) and international consultants supporting this assignment;

Facilitate discussion meetings or workshops with regards to education data validation with the stakeholders including government, education partners, private education providers, schools, civil society etc; 

Collect up to date data/information, successful initiatives and lessons learnt from the education sector that will add value for the sector analysis;   

Assist in the analysis of the data gathered from the thematic areas (from pre-primary to higher education) into meaningful information that can inform the sector plan preparation;

Assist in drafting, reviewing and finalizing the sector analysis report.

For the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP 2021-2024):

Assist in identifying key priority areas based on the Education Sector Analysis;

Based on the identified key priorities, develop strategies and activities that can lead to achieve the key priorities; 

Support in drafting an Education Sector Strategic Plan;

Facilitate stakeholder consultation workshops (MOECHE, ESC members, FMS, ESC members, donors, cluster partners, civil society groups, etc.) on the draft state level ESSP;

Support in the development of a realistic yearly Action Plan for the ESSP.

                         Duration of the Assignment

The Assignment will be Accomplished within 6 months from October 2020 to March 2021.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

The minimum required documents;

Technical proposal clearly capturing the approach and methodology

Financial proposal

Past similar experience – please attach the previous stamped contract

Relevant CVS of the lead consultants

Firm/ individual profile

INTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD SUBMIT THE MINIMUM REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WITH EMAIL; CSS.LOGISTICS@savethechildren.org WITH THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL BODY, “EDUCATION SECTOR ANALYSIS & EDUCATION SECTOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT (2021-2024) FOR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CULTURE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA”

Applications will close by 10:00AM on 7^th October 2020