TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR) FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SCHEME DEVELOPMENT 64 views

Organizational Profile

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)’ is an Ethiopian civil society organization re-registered on September 19 2019 before the FDRE Civil Societies Organizations Agency in accordance with Proclamation No. 1113/2019. The objectives of the Organization includes increasing the participation and contribution of lawyers in the area of human rights through trainings and other capacity building activities, supporting lawyers across the nation and help exchange of ideas, information and experience for better protection of human rights and prevalence of human rights, litigating human rights before courts and other relevant organs to ensure protection and promotion of human rights recognized under the FDRE Constitution and other laws, awareness creation for justice organs on international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, providing free or low cost legal services for victims of human rights violation particularly disadvantaged communities, influencing the government to enact new laws or amend existing ones to give full protection for human rights, familiarizing the idea of human rights defenders (HRD) among the lawyers etc.

To achieve its objectives, the LHR has been implementing different human rights related projects in collaboration with donor organizations. As part of these projects, the LHR gives due regard to evidence-based advocacy by relying on research outputs that are undertaken by experts commissioned in accordance with internal rules. Accordingly, the LHR seeks to hire a qualified Research, Publication and Networking Coordinator with the support obtained from National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a US based non-profit organization.

Service Required  

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)’ seeks proposals from competent Consultants to develop a Performance Management Scheme.

Assignment Objectives

1. Strategic Direction of LHR
2. Strategic Objectives
3. Performance Management Scheme
   1. Performance planning,
   2. Coaching & feedback,
   3. Reviewing performance and
   4.  Developing the performance improvement plan.
4. Employees’ Role
5. Manager/Supervisor Role
6. Steps of Performance Planning
7. Coaching and Feedback
8. Performance Review
9. Developing Performance Improvement Plan
10. Team, Department and Corporate Performance Review

Reward Management.

Performance Management Scheme Composition

The Performance Management Scheme shall:

• Define and clarify mission, vision, values, objectives and strategy
• Define strategic priorities and action plans
• Develop more effective communication and collaboration
• Develop an effective internal evaluation mechanism
• Propose a financial reporting system
• Develop a sustainable fundraising strategy
• Propose improvements to organizational structure

Roles and Responsibilities

LHR’s Roles and Responsibilities

LHR is responsible for:

• Selecting, contracting and managing the Consultant
• Covering the costs of and managing communications and logistics associated with the assessment
• Actively engaging with the Consultant during the assessment
• Identifying stakeholders and relevant documents as needed

Roles and Responsibilities of the Consultant

The Consultant is responsible for:

• Preparation of a work plan and an appropriate Assessment Framework
• Actively engaging with staff, Board members and other stakeholders through the use of participatory processes
• Regular progress reporting to LHR
• Production of deliverables in accordance with the requirements and timeframes of the Terms of Reference.

Deliverables

The consultant will provide the following deliverables:

•  An Analysis Framework based on these Terms of Reference
•  A Performance Management scheming workshop
•  A Performance Management Scheme document including:
  • Executive summary
  • Background
  • Performance planning,
  • Coaching & feedback,
  • Reviewing performance and
  • Developing the performance improvement plan.
•  The report together with the annexes shall be written in English and shall be presented in electronic form in MS Word format to facilitate comments and PDF format.

Duration of the Assignment

The consultant is expected to complete the work within 30 working days from the signing of the contract.

Payment Schedule

The consultant will be paid 30% of the agreed sum for development of the Performance Management Scheme at the signing of the contract and the rest at the completion of the work.

Qualifications of lead or individual consultant

• Minimum Master’s degree in Law, human rights, social science.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in design and/or monitoring & evaluation of development projects.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of socio-economic and political context of the country.
• Excellent written and spoken skills in Amharic and good English.
• Excellent research, analytical and communication skills, both oral and written
• Understanding of Human Rights sector would be a definite asset
• Having  knowledge of and/or proven expertise in participatory approaches in conducting assessments and facilitating Performance Management Scheming processes, and Performance Management scheming document preparation