Call for Consultants: MINDS Regional

Training Workshops on Elections and

Governance

Deadline: November 30, 2017

The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) is now accepting applications from individual or corporate consultants to update workshop content for the MINDS Regional Training Workshops on Elections and Governance. MINDS is inviting a suitably qualified consultant/s to review the current workshop content and update it according to the aims of the MINDS Youth Program on Elections and Governance and the main objectives of the regional training workshops.

The engagement should take no longer than three (3) months. The consultancy will therefore, comprise three main tasks:

1. Reviewing of current workshop content
2. Proposing recommended changes, and
3. Updating workshop content.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Be an African citizen. (Applicable to individual applicants).
• Be a registered, compliant legal entity within at least one African country. (Applicable to organizations).
• Have at least five (5) years’ individual or organizational experience in designing or developing learning content or learning experiences targeted at African youth in relation to civic engagement in general, or elections and governance specifically.
• Have a sound understanding of the different electoral systems applied in African countries, the electoral cycle, and a broad understanding of governance processes and youth participation in elections and governance in Africa.
• Have access to the input of a diverse team (including but not limited to age, gender and geographic location/ exposure to the African continent).
• Be flexible to travel, should that be necessary.
• Be able to write and fluently present in English.

Submission of Interest

Applicants are required to submit an electronic expression of interest with the following documents:

• A detailed CV or organizational profile outlining leadership and ownership structures, values, previous clients and a list of three references.
• A three-month project plan AND budget estimate based on the information provided in the Terms of Reference. Applicants must state clearly any assumptions they make in arriving at a preliminary budget. The consultant’s total budget must not  exceed USD 20 000 and it must include all expenses directly related to the project, including costs that MINDS may have to cover before the final payment is made to the consultant, for example, travel costs to facilitate meetings.
• Up to three samples of the most recent work done to design and develop learning content/ experiences for African youth in relation to civic engagement in general, or elections and governance specifically.

The full Terms of Reference (TORs) are available here.

The documents above must be emailed to info@minds-africa.org in PDF version on or before 17:00 hours South African time on Thursday the 30^th of November 2017. Late applications will not be acknowledged or considered.

MINDS will contact shortlisted organizations and may request more information before making the final selection. To all applicants (excluding late applicants), MINDS will communicate the outcome of the selection process by Monday the 11^th of December 2017.

For more information, visit Mandela Institute for Development Studies.