Center for Domestic Training and Development
Consultancy: Development ofalearningand knowledge management system for CDTD.
1.0 Organizational background:
Centre for Domestic Training and Development is a National, Non-Governmental Women Rights Organization that works towards better human rights and employment outcomes for Domestic Workers, especially girls and women in Kenya, through advocacy, skills training, job placement, education and protection. Established in 2001, CDTD’s mandate is to equip unskilled women and prospective local and migrant domestic workers from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds with transitional skills for survival and employment. CDTD implements numerous programs to mitigate the vulnerabilities faced by girls and young women at risk of abuse and exploitation, while creating opportunities for them to recover and reintegrate into society. Over the years, CDTD’s holistic programming has benefitted child and adult victims and survivors drawn from: Abusive Domestic Work, Worst forms of child labor (WFCL), SGBV – Sexual and Gender Based Violence; illegal migration; refugees and asylum seekers; forced migration, local and cross-border trafficking settings among others.
CDTD offers courses in labour relations and rights, life skills, entrepreneurship education, housekeeping, laundry, childcare, food production and service, literacy and continuing education, and HIV/AIDS education. CDTD has endeavoured to dignify domestic work using a five-pronged approach of Protection, Skills Training, Economic Empowerment, Mobilization, and Advocacy. Owing to their vulnerability, occasioned by poverty and lack of education, most program beneficiaries have suffered untold abuse and human rights injustices in the hands of employers. To counter the gross abuse of human rights in the Domestic Labour Sub-sector, CDTD equips the youths and young women not only with skills but also empowers them with information on their rights and obligations so that they can negotiate fair terms and conditions of employment.
2.0 Project background:
In 2021, CDTD was selected as a beneficiary of the URAIA Trust, Women Voice and Leadership (WVL) program, funded by the Global Affair Canada (GAC) through CARE International and CARE Kenya. The WVL project is anchored on Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) which puts gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at the heart of international development, humanitarian peace and security. The overarching goal of the project is to contribute to gender equality and the increased enjoyment of human rights on women and girls in Kenya. WVL’s objective is to strengthen Women Rights Organizations (WROs) in Kenya to enhance their governance, management, programming, and sustainability by enhancing their ability to deliver quality services and increasing the effectiveness of their platforms to effect policy, legal and social change.
3.0 Assignment Objectives:
It is on this background that CDTD is seeking the services of a qualified consultant or individual to support in the development of a learning and knowledge management system for CDTD. Once developed, this system will ensure that CDTD staff have information to improve efficiency in work and will support CDTD in harnessing, developing, sharing and effectively using organizational data, learning and knowledge to improve organization-wide activities, current practice and future developments.
4.0 Project deliverables:
In a bid to have the learning and knowledge management system developed, the consultant will be expected to;
- Develop and deliver a CDTD Learning and Knowledge management system.
- Hold a meeting with CDTD staff and train them on the developed learning and knowledge management system.
- Produce a report on the training meeting held with the staff within 7 days of the training.
5.0 Duration and timelines:
This assignment is to be delivered within 1 working day after contracting. The development of the learning and knowledge management system is to take 4 days and the training for the staff 1 day. Total Consultation days are 5.
6.0 Qualifications and competencies:
Education: Master’s degree in Mass Media, Development, or relevant fields.
Professional Experience:
- Minimum of 6 years professional experience working on various assignments on organizational systems strengthening as related to Development/Human Rights Advocacy.
- Proven experience in providing consultancy for establishing organization systems, policies and procedures specialized on knowledge management and communications
Functional / Technical Knowledge:
- Significant knowledge in Organizational Development aspects and strengthening systems of CSOs pertaining to knowledge management, communications & campaigns, branding, and public relations
- Undertaken similar assignments for CSOs in developing Knowledge Management & Communication Strategy
- Ability to analyze and consolidate information from multiple sources
- Excellent written communication skills in English
7.0 Payment and submissions:
CDTD will finance the cost of the consultancy to undertake the work. The amount to be paid will be negotiated with the consultant based on their proposed budgets. 60% payment shall be done upon contracting after a successful selection process and the balance shall be settled after approval of the learning and knowledge management system and a training report.
How to apply
For the selection and the award of the contract purposes, eligible consultants with relevant experience in conducting a similar exercise should send their detailed proposals together with their resume to the undersigned via email to procurement @ cdtd.org not later than 20th February 2023, 1700 hours (EAT).