Consultance : Consultation pour la réalisation d’un documentaire vidéo dans le cadre du projet Fankisha Kukabili Janga pour l’amélioration du secteur des premiers intervenants au Kenya.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background and Rationale

Kenya is subject to recurrent, cyclical, and erratic disasters characterized as natural (climatological, hydrological, biological, and the like) or man-made (technological, social, chemical, and the like). When disasters occur in Kenya, local actors are the first to respond. However, these local actors are undermined by gaps and shortcomings within the Kenya Disaster Response System.

As such, Johanniter International Assistance (JIA), and three local NGO first responders – The Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance (RACIDA), St. John Ambulance of Kenya, and Merti-Integrated Development Programme (MID-P) (hereafter referred to as the consortium members) – commissioned a systemic analysis of Kenya’s Disaster Response System to identify key areas for investment and capacity building. The analysis revealed several categories of barriers that hinder effective service delivery by first responders in Kenya, which relate to policy, legal and institutional frameworks, structures and systems, resources and community/public awareness.

Based on these gaps, the consortium was established to strengthen the capacity of the three nationals first responders (RACIDA, St. Johns Ambulance of Kenya, and MID-P) to accomplish the following: a) increase their technical capacity; b) improve their in-country fundraising capacity for timely interventions; c) increase their public recognition and accountability; d) share and develop the “Knowledge Products” of first responders, i.e. share and document best practices to better learn from successes and failures. The consortium was to coordinate their activities with other actors such as the police, the County Steering Committees, the Northern Frontier Alliance in ASAL, etc. to avoid duplication, exploit synergies and ensure the transmission of relevant information.

As such, the First Responders Consortium sought to create awareness around the first responder system and to increase engagement of communities in the first responder system in order to build accountability and transparency for both first responders and local governments. Therefore, one of the outcomes of the strengthened partner capacity was that partners would have the technical know-how to conduct social audits and hold civil society actors and government accountable in their various roles in the first responder’s system. In addition, as part of their role as social auditors, partners will gain an understanding of the Auditor General’s and Budget Controller’s reports and raise questions about the allocation and use of emergency funds. The findings from these different forms of social audits will be documented to promote transparency, internal learning and sharing with relevant stakeholders. This video documentary will include the establishment of a grievance mechanism, documentation of lessons learnt and dissemination of the Auditor General’s report. Each of the three partners is expected to conduct and document a county-level social audit and establish a grievance mechanism.

Qualifications and Experience of Consultant

The freelance consultant/consultancy firm must have the following experience and expertise:

  • i. Possess a degree in Journalism/ Communication or a relevant field from an accredited university.
  • ii. At least five years of experience working on similar projects.
  • iii. Ability to showcase previous video work he/she produced.
  • iv. Demonstrated experience working in the pastoral community setup.
  • v. iv. In-depth knowledge of and experience working in Isiolo, Mandera, Embu, Kiambu, and Nairobi. v. Fluency in English and Kiswahili is required. Knowledge of other relevant local languages is desirable.

Application requirements

  1. Submit a technical proposal detailing the understanding of the assignment, proposed methodologies, expected activities, and deliverables with a work plan/timeline (in PDF format).
  2. Submit a financial proposal in KES only. The financial proposal should detail the professional fees and other necessary costs to complete the assignment.
  3. Provide a detailed CV of the professional working on the consultancy project.
  4. Provide referees from a former line manager/HR Officer for your last 3 contracts.
  5. Provide work certificates on letter heads
  6. If applying as a firm, a certificate of Incorporation/Business Registration must be provided.
  7. Submit a valid tax compliance certificate.
  8. The individual/firm consultant must not be black-listed or sanctioned by any government or institution.

Application requirement

Written response to this TOR in terms of proposal detailing understanding of the task, proposed methodologies of the Survey, expected activities and deliverables, and financial bid.

Detailed CVs of all professional(s) who will work on the Survey.

Professional references: Please provide at least 3 references from your previous clients and full contact details of the referees.

Bidders’ submissions of technical and financial proposal should be submitted via email [email protected] with the subject line

“ToR/RN01015-05.016/ Video Documentary Consultancy / 2023”

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