Kenya-Based Research Consultant or Firm – Violence Against Women and Children Consultancy NEW

Kenya-Based Research Consultant or Firm – Violence Against Women and Children

Location: Kenya
Deadline for Application: Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Submit to: [email protected]
Subject line: Expression of Interest – VAW/VAC Research Kenya

About Bodmando Consulting Group
Bodmando Consulting Group is a registered international development and humanitarian consulting enterprise headquartered in Wakiso district, Central Uganda but with a team of 15 field staff spread across East and West Africa, South Asia and the MENA region. We are a women led research institution that designs innovative solutions to tackle poverty, health inequities, gender inequality and social injustice. Our expertise is built on the premises of systems thinking, human centred design and intersectionality. Bodmando’s technical services include Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Policy, Strategy and Programme Design, Institutional Strengthening, Capacity Building and Development of Toolkits. Our research team is composed of multidisciplinary staff with a technical background in several thematic areas including 2 programme managers who oversee our global operational activities. Bodmando is sensitive to Gender Equality and Social Inclusion and in this regard, 60% of our staff are women, people with disabilities and other marginalized populations.

Research on VAW/VAC

As part of a joint research bid involving a consortium of institutions, Bodmando is seeking to engage a Kenya-based private consulting firm or independent research consultant to join a multidisciplinary team for a research study on violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC). The consultant/firm will provide in-country research leadership in co-designing and delivering the study in Kenya.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in joint planning meetings and contribute to overall study design.
• Adapt and contextualize research tools for use in Kenya.
• Lead ethical approval processes with relevant Kenyan institutions, if required.
• Recruit and train field researchers or enumerators as needed.
• Coordinate and implement data collection activities (qualitative and/or quantitative).
• Ensure adherence to safeguarding, confidentiality, and informed consent protocols.
• Conduct or support qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis.
• Participate in validation meetings and internal peer review processes.
• Support dissemination and stakeholder engagement within Kenya.

Minimum Requirements:

• Legally registered consulting firm or consultant based in Kenya.
• Minimum of 10 years’ demonstrable experience in VAW/VAC research.
• Proven ability to apply feminist, participatory, and intersectional methodologies.
• Deep understanding of ethical standards in conducting sensitive research.
• Ability to collaborate within a multi-institutional research consortium.

Preferred:

• Prior involvement in consortium-led or donor-funded research initiatives.
• Experience engaging with grassroots women’s rights and child protection actors.