OXFAM GALS PARTICIPATORY GENDER REVIEW CONSULTANCY (NIGERIAN NATIONALS ONLY)

INTRODUCTION.

Oxfam is a confederation of 20 affiliates operating globally in more than 120 countries working to see a world without poverty. Oxfam is a world-wide development organization that mobilizes the power of people against poverty. Around the globe, Oxfam works to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. Oxfam save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes and campaigns so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them.

In Nigeria, Oxfam works to influence policy change in favour of the poor and most vulnerable, promoting food security and supporting small scale farmers to improve the livelihoods of men and women in rural areas. We respond to humanitarian needs of the people in the North Eastern part of Nigeria (Adamawa State precisely) where insurgence had led to loss of thousands of lives and rendered many people homeless.

Oxfam in Nigeria focuses on:

• Meeting vulnerable people’s needs; saving lives.
• Sustaining increased incomes for the poorest.
• Transforming attitudes about women’s roles and rights.
• Increasing active citizenship, and the accountability and transparency of public and private sector.

Central to Oxfam’s work is the belief that power relations need to change to enable poor people to demand and claim their rights. Oxfam works with a wide variety of development partners and allies, such as community organizations and civil society groups at the local, state and national levels to achieve our goals.

RATIONAL

Oxfam LINE project in late 2020 and first quarter this year engaged a consultant on GALS to train its staff, stakeholders, and beneficiaries on the methodology. Having trained about 340 trainers across the six LINE implementing LGAs in Bauchi state, the community entry phase kicked started in April 2021 through LINE implementing partners, LGA stakeholders and champions trained, in which 3161 individuals were reached with the GALS methodology across the 60 communities in six LGAs focusing on couples.

The GALS methodology having various tools which enables planning of individual selves and family needs a follow-up of visions and sharing of more tools which supports the households. Thus, Terms of Reference specifies engaging a qualified consultant to carry out a monitoring of the initial GALS community entry phase known as “participatory gender review” (PGR) also, sharing of other tools on GALS methodology in the LGAs of implementation.

OBJECTIVES

• To enable participants to use visual diagrams to review the gender and livelihoods achievements so far using different tools.
• Deepening of the gender changes; reviewing the individual and collective visions and planning the next milestones
• To see the extent of achievements recorded by the community champions in the communities along the above objective.
• To ascertain household negotiation, income contribution and decision making capacity of women in the communities
• To know the womens’s production level at the household and in their businesses
• To document the actual number of community members reached with GALS methodology and to acertain the extent of social changes amongst men and women’s behaviour using the GALS methodology.
• To see the changes as regards men supporting women’s empowerment.
• To investigate opportunities for sustainability of the GALS results

REQUESTED SERVICES & OUTPUT

1. Prepare and present schedule of workplan for the duration of consultancy (activities and methodology)
2. Provide training manual/material for participants.
3. Lead the Participatory gender review process across Oxfam implementing LGAs with focus on all trained individuals/couples on GALS.
4. Compile training reports for each activity and on the key emerging issues and provide recommendations for future interventions.
5. Maximum of 10 to 15 slides PPT summary report for the activity.

SCOPE & FOCUS OF WORK

• Work with the Ministries of Agriculture and Women’s Affairs in Bauchi to ensure that relevant topics are covered during the trainings.
• Prepare training/activity guides by reviewing and familiarizing with GALS taking into consideration the context of Bauchi State
• Report on the training and support follow-up M&E.
• Facilitate the training and provide guidance to Oxfam trainers and participants
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan for GALS methodology.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

• Advanced degree in education, gender or women’s studies, human rights, international development, social sciences, or related field.
• At least 10 years direct experience in Gender and Social Inclusion in the development sector.
• At least 5 years’ experience in training the Gender Action Learning System methodology.
• Demonstrable experience in working with development partners, private sector and government as key stakeholders.
• Sensitivity to regional gender and cultural balance, with demonstrated knowledge of key gender equality principles.
• Ability to communicate in Hausa and English languages.
• Proven experience in working in a team approach to achieving program deliverables
• Demonstrated experience in programmes related to the following sectors such as Women’s rights, gender justice, Protection, Livelihoods, Nutrition, Food security, Women empowerment, Governance, among others.

CONTENTS OF QUOTATION/SUBMISSION

The following should be included in expression of interest:

• Two relevant referees for professional services and assignments previously carried out.
• Curriculum vitae of proposed consultant(s) showing relevant experiences
• An expression of interest which should include a workplan showing timeframe from the TOR.
• Total cost of delivery of assignments accompanied with a cost break down in days spent and the related fee.