Consultancy for Internal Control Review, Kvinna till Kvinna

About the context

The Swedish organisation the Kvinna till KvinnaFoundation (Kvinna till Kvinna) supports women in conflict affected areas and post conflict regions to increase women’s power and influence. Today we cooperate with more than 130 women’s organisations in the Western Balkan region, the South Caucasus, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. Kvinna till Kvinna started its work at the beginning of the 1990’s in the Western Balkans in response to the atrocities of the war with a focus on women, peace and security. We collaborate and support local women’s rights organisations that play an active part in promoting women’s rights and gender equality. An important part of Kvinna till Kvinna’s work is to support local partner organisations to strengthen their organisational and financial capacity.

As part of this capacity development, Kvinna till Kvinna is contracting a consultant/s to perform an assessment of the internal control systems of two current re-granting partner organisations in North Macedonia; Akcija Zdruzenska and *National Network to end violence against women and domestic violence (National Network).*Through the internal control review of these organisations we hope to deepen the understanding of the organisations’ strengths and weaknesses, in order to support them to build even more solid internal systems. These organsiations are selected for the assessment in their capacities of re-granting to smaller, local civil society organisations. The learnings from this assessment will be important for Kvinna till Kvinna’s knowledge and practice regarding support to women’s foundations and re-granting organisations.

The assignment

This assignment aims at assessing the internal control systems of two current partner organisations in North Macedonia, Akcija Zdruzenska and National Network to end violence against women and domestic violence (National Network).
Through the internal control review of these organisations we hope to deepen the understanding of the organisations’ strengths and weaknesses, in order to support them to build even more solid internal systems. One thing that will be of extra interest is their systems and routines for re-granting to smaller, local civil society organisations. The learnings from this assessment should be useful for Kvinna till Kvinna’s learning and practice regarding support to women’s foundations and re-granting organisations.

Read the full Terms of Referens here.

Required skills and competencies

• University degree in relevant discipline;
• Previous experience from conducting Internal Control Reviews of civil society organisations. If assigned be Sida it is considered a merit;
• Excellent command of English, including writing skills;
• Ability to plan and meet requirements on time;
• Fluency in the local language (Macedonian) is an asset, but we will also consider international candidates.

Submission

Tenders must include a CV in English, a planned methodology and cost for the assignment (see more details in the ToR) and be sent to Kvinna till Kvinna no later than the 8th of March 2024, via the link below.

For any questions, please contact Jessica Poh-Janrell, Grant Manager, [email protected].