Re-advertising Call for Consultancy

Rationale

Masar and UNICEF are in the process of establishing a “Citizens of Today Alumni”, with a role of supporting young advocates through knowledge and expertise transfer. The aim of this initiative is to establish a national platform to promote youth participation, engagement, and volunteerism.

The Alumni is expected to consist of past 63 members from Youth Initiatives (YIs), who were active coordinators, core team members, researchers, young advocates in their respective YIs. To be part of the COT Alumni youth must be between 25 and 30 years old and willing to assist current and new core teams in their civic engagement efforts and advocacy project implementation.

The Alumni is a capacity-building initiative that provides previous YI members with an opportunity to enhance their leadership skills and give back to CoT. The Alumni consists of male and female youth from across the country who serve as ambassadors for CoT by supporting in planning networking events, serving as PAR trainers, participating in advanced leadership trainings, serving as Mentors for current YIs.

The objective of this assignment is to hire a consultant to develop “Youth Citizens of Today (CoT)” alumni governance structure, bylaws, role, membership, engagement with Masar, UNICEF and other key players. The consultant will also develop a 3-year actionable strategic plan for the alumni.

The Consultant shall perform the following tasks:

• Define the vision, mission, and values of the Alumni including duties and responsibilities of the members.
• Develop and propose the organization of the Alumni including: membership, the internal governance, regulations and bylaws, operational structure, frequency of meetings, sustainability recommendations.
• Propose the engagement/ relationship between the Alumni, Masar Association and UNICEF.
• In consultation with the Alumni core group define the 3-year strategic plan and related action plan to ensure that CoT’s sustainability after the closure of the project.