TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTED SHORT-TERM JOB ORIENTED CURRICULLUM FOR AGRI-BUSINESS IN SOMALIA

Title of Consultancy

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SCI Contracting Office

Save the Children Somalia/land Country Office

Period of Consultancy

The duration of this assignment overall is 45 days, including preparation of the curriculum and resources as well as training of instructors. Specific schedules will be agreed upon with the selected individual consultant/consultancy firm.

Consultant type required

Consultancy Firm/Individual

Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs

Save the children will pay the consultant fee in a lump sum and will not reimburse any incurred costs during the assignment. The consultant will cover their own Logistical arrangements, costs; including food, accommodation, local transport and all cost associated with data collection work and whole activities.

Taxation Provisions

The consultancy firm/Consultant shall be responsible for all taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office.

Travel requirements

The consultancy firm/Individual Consultant will cover all travel costs (tickets) and arrange local travel to field sites.

Security requirements

The consultancy firm/individual Consultant will comply with standard of Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training (applicable to international consultants) prior to travel to Somalia. 

Professional quality and Expertise

The following are the minimum requirements for the Consultant Firm/individual to be considered for carrying out the assignment.

·         Advanced University degree in education, agriculture, learning psychology or Pedagogy, economics, environment or related field

·         At least 7 years’ experience in market-oriented curriculum development and training, especially in agri-business or related field

·         Experience in client-centered training development and facilitation including the use of participatory tools for information harvesting.

·         Demonstrated experience and proven record in employment or workforce development using market systems approach

·         demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling, and succinct analytical report wide variety of stakeholders including the private sector that inform quality curriculum development.

·         Excellent communication and documentation skills.

·         Strong background and experience in using participatory design process during curriculum development process to align to client needs.

·         Demonstrable experience in conducting research prior to curriculum

·         Interested consultant (s) who meet the consultancy requirements are requested to submit their bid and each application package should include the above required minimum requirements.

Applications can be submitted by:

Protected Email box below

·         Email should be addressed to [email protected]

·         Should you need any clarifications please direct your queries to [email protected] and expect responses within maximum of two working days.

·         Note – this is a sealed tender box which will not be opened until the tender has closed. Therefore, do not send tender related questions to this email address as they will not be answered.

The subject of the email should be TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE   DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTED SHORT-TERM JOB ORIENTED CURRICULLUM FOR AGRI-BUSINESS IN SOMALIA

·         All attached documents should be clearly labelled so it is clear to understand what each file relates to.

·         Emails should not exceed 15mb – if the file sizes are large, please split the submission into two emails. 

·         Do not copy other SCI email addresses into the email when you submit it as this will invalidate your bid.

All applications MUST be submitted on or before the closing date below to be considered for the assignment. Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

Interested consultants shall submit their applications through the above procedures or before 19th May 2026, EAT at 11:59 PM.