Consultancy: Preventing and mitigating consequences of violence against women and girls and addressing possible drivers of child early and forced marriage
Period of Performance: April 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021
Description of services:
Save the Children US (SCUS), as part of the USAID funded MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) project, is hiring a consultant based in Nigeria who will work with three implementing agencies to lead formative assessments needed to unpack the specific, social factors that drive gender-based violence (GBV), child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and early adolescent pregnancy to inform the social and behavior change action plans to be implemented by local partners. The consultant will work directly with implementing organizations based in Sokoto state to conduct participatory exercises to identify key influencers and the social norms that drive the key behaviors of interest.
Scope of Work for Consultant:
The consultant will work closely with the implementing organizations to unpack, understand and analyze the various social norms that influence the adoption of family planning among adolescents and youth, prevention of gender-based violence (GBV), child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and meet the specific norms, context and needs in the communities using the participatory, qualitative approaches outlined in The Social Norms Exploration Tool (SNET). The implementing organizations will lead the SNET, community entry and engagement activities under the scope of MCGL with close collaboration with the consultant in Sokoto state.
To support the SNET, the consultant will:
Provide technical and capacity development assistance on SNET through series of workshops, ongoing mentorship and engagement with the implementing partners. Specifically, the consultant will:
Deliverables
Consultant qualifications
If interested, please apply by submitting your CV to Alicia Hurlburt at ahurlburt@savechildren.org by March 15, 2021.
Tagged as: Nigeria, Save the children
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