CONSULTANCY:  Engagement of CSO/NGO for Amplifying Youth Project

Country: Jamaica

Post Level: National/International Consultancy

Type of Consultancy: Engagement of CSO/NGO

Deadline: 18 January 2021

Expected start date:  February 2021

Period of assignment/services:  Nine (9) months

Background:

The Amplifying Youth Voice & Action to address Citizen Security & Safety Project aims to strengthen the mechanisms which ensure youth participation in decision and policymaking through the development of an incubator for youth-led organizations. This incubator’s success is hinged on partnerships and targeted capacity strengthening delivered through a coalition of diverse stakeholders from the Government, International Development community, Civil Society, Academia and the Private Sector. The incubator will be a capacity-building initiative to boost the competency of the participants in implementing youth-led citizen safety & security interventions. The youth-led organizations will also be given grants to implement community level micro-projects.    

The project’s result will be achieved through two key outputs:      

• Output 1: Mechanisms strengthened to enable youth participation in decision making and actions to address Citizen Security & Safety    
• Output 2:  Youth empowered to implement innovative & sustainable solutions for Citizen Safety & Security   

One of the key strategies of the Project is to provide select youth groups with funding. As such, UNDP is seeking to partner with an establish Non-Governmental Organisation to provide on-granting and technical assistance towards the achievement of Output 2. Specifically, the NGO will manage the disburse funds on behalf of UNDP to the financing of the youth-led microprojects and provide technical support for the implementation of each micro-project and mentorship services to the youth-led organizations.

Scope of Works:

The selected NGO will be expected to execute the following tasks:

• Lead and manage the on-granting component of the AYVA project:
  • Ensure the disbursement and management of ten grants valued at US$10,000 each to the selected youth-led organisations to facilitate implementation of the micro-projects;
  •  Provide technical and quality assurance oversight for the ten youth-led micro-projects;
  • Support the youth-led organisations, as necessary, in establishing a presence and relationship in the selected community to reduce potential implementation barriers;
  • Provide mentorship and allocate the relevant needed skilled personnel to support the youth-led micro projects.
• Support the Technical Working group by participating in any consultations necessary to enable the successful implementation of the project including the selection of the ten youth-led organisations;
• As part of the TWG and Incubator coalition, provide technical inputs to the development and implementation of the incubator curriculum;
• Produce monitoring reports as indicated in the UNDP Responsible Party Agreement.
• Establish partnerships with stakeholders in respective communities within which the micro-projects are being implemented.

For the detailed terms of reference (TOR) please visit our website at  https://www.jm.undp.org/content/jamaica/en/home/procurement.html

Application Procedure:

Visit our website:    https://www.jm.undp.org/content/jamaica/en/home/procurement.html  

for the TOR and follow the instructions for submission.

Please e-mail your submission using the following:

Attention:- Operations Unit, 1-3 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 5 Jamaica via e-mail to: procurement.jamaica@undp.org  with subject line “Engaging CSO – Amplifying Youth Project”