Call for Consultants: Baseline Assessment 46 views

Reach for Change is a global non-profit organization with its headquarter in Stockholm, Sweden. The organization is operational in 11 countries across the globe out of which three countries are in Africa. Reach for Change was registered in Ethiopia as a foreign organization in 2015 with registration number 3419 with the aim to positively impact the lives of young women and children in Ethiopia and build the capacity of local social entrepreneurs. Recently, Reach for Change (RFC) launched project called “Catalyzing green Business in Ethiopia” intends to cultivate a strong pipeline of new green enterprise start-ups that will create green jobs and contribute to RFC’s vision by piloting an approach to inspire young people to start sustainable, green businesses, and supporting them to do so. The project is being implemented in Addis Ababa in partnership with selected private and public TVETS and Universities.

As part of this project RFC has planned to conduct a baseline assessment to understand the status of target groups of the project based on the identified key performance indicators. Accordingly, RFC Ethiopia is looking for qualified and experienced consultants (individual) to carry out the baseline assessment. The key deliverables of the consultancy and the time line are included in the ToR. This consultancy task will be undertaken ideally during the period from the end of May to early September.

Required Experience and Qualification

• This assignment will be commissioned to a qualified individual consultant who has:
• Proven experience in designing and carrying out impact assessment, baseline, evaluation and operation research of business development projects/interventions
• Very good understanding of social entrepreneurship approaches, and green entrepreneurship, and green economy
• Experience in conducting assessments of entrepreneurship training, business development and ecosystem development interventions
• Experience of coordinating diverse teams and communicating with individuals/groups at all levels.
• Knowledge and experience of using participatory methodologies
• Experience on qualitative and quantitative research methods and analysis
• Strong analytical, presentation and writing skills in English language
• Proficiency in computer skills including developing professional layouts.
• Proficiency in computer skills including developing professional layouts.