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 “Building Bridges Between Actors and Victims: Strengthening CDTD’s Governance and Organizational Capacity” is to contribute to gender equality and the increased enjoyment of human rights for 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 mentorship consultant or individual to support in the Development and implementation of CDTD’s mentorship plan for young women leaders. Having this mentorship plan developed and implemented will give the organization a clear direction to carry out leadership and mentorship activities for the young women leaders in our programs and the staff. This will ensure their leadership potential is nurtured and strengthened to take up leadership roles.
4.0 Project deliverables:
In a bid to have the mentorship plan for CDTD developed and implemented, the consultant will be expected to;
- Develop CDTD’s mentor-ship plan for young women leaders that gives the organization a clear direction to carry out its leadership and mentorship activities for the young women leaders in our programs and the staff.
- Facilitate in a one-day brainstorming session with CDTD staff on the draft mentorship plan.
- Facilitate in a one-day validation meeting with CDTD’s staff on the final mentorship plan.
- Prepare a report on the two staff engagement meetings for CDTD within 7 days.
5.0 Duration and timelines:
This assignment is to be delivered within 1 working day after contracting. The development of the plan is to take 2 days while the meetings with CDTD will take a day each. Total Consultation days are 4.
6.0 Qualifications and competencies:
The candidate preferably has an undergraduate degree and/or professional certifications in human resources; leadership development; diversity, equity and inclusion; mentorship; and/or coaching.
The candidate should have at least 10 years of professional experience in human resources, organizational development, leadership development, mentorship and/or coaching, preferably in the International Development/Humanitarian Aid Sector.
The candidate should have experience accessing, tailoring and using mentorship and professional development tools, facilitating trainings and project management.
The Applicants must describe and explain how and why they are the best candidate to meet the requirements of this solicitation by indicating the following experience in a cover letter of no more than 2 pages:
•Leading mentorship and other leadership development programs
•Collaborating and working with a diverse group of young women
•Designing and implementing mentorship programs
•Facilitating trainings and workshops
•Adapting existing tools to local contexts
•Responsible for project management
•Providing guidance, tools and leadership to mentors
•Good communication skills; and
•Writing and documenting program handbooks.
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 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 23rd January 2023, 1700 hours (EAT
