Mentoring and coaching Consultancy - Jordan

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.



The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

Terms of Reference-Mentoring and coaching Consultancy

Objectives

NRC Jordan seeks a consultant(s) experience in designing specialized mentoring and coaching support programmes to be implemented by the NRC T2E team in Jordan. The Primary Objectives of the Consultancy are:

• Enhance NRC Jordan’s understanding of the models of mentoring and coaching, how they can be applied to employment service programming, and what are the best practices for refugee integration
• Define the mentoring and coaching needs of Syrian refugees and Jordanian job seekers entering the entry-level or semi-skilled labour market
• Define the mentoring and coaching needs of Syrian refugees and Jordanians employees that work for employees that participate in the T2E programme
• Design mentoring and coaching service package for pre and post-placement T2E participants the reflect the needs of the specific target population, and that promotes increase engagement from job seekers and improved retention from employees
• Build the capacity of NRC and partner staff on the Mentoring and coaching service package through comprehensive trainings on all tools developed 

Required Competencies

Qualifications of the consulting company

The application must be sent in PDF files as an attachment to the resume. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Applications should include the following:

• CV
• Cover Letter
• Sample of previous consultancy report/lessons learned/evaluation document (as required)
• Proposed budget, detailing consultancy fees, international travel, per diem, insurance costs and communication.

Any costs related to procurement and provision of equipment, material, services required to complete the consultancy should be included in the fees. No additional costs shall be charged separately. 

Experience and qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in designing, conducting and carrying out assessments focused on mentoring and coaching programming
• Strong Analytical and Reporting Skills with experience in sampling methodologies, form generation, structured team trainings in data collection (qualitative and quantitative), and generating professional grade reporting.
• Graduate level degree in economics (development /labour), social development, or relevant theme (must justify)
• Understands and has experience with employment mentoring and coaching
• Background in assessing human resource systems, employment services, and/or livelihood interventions (desired)
• Country and/or Regional experience work experience and contextual understanding (e.g., Jordan Compact, Jordanian labour market dynamics, and key stakeholders)

Manner of Submission

Expressions of interest should be submitted strictly through email address: jordan.procurement@nrc.no by 21^st September 2019

Failure to meet the closing date and manner of submission will result in the bid being rejected.