Job: Consultants Needed for Review of How to Promote Local Leadership in Civil Society Support

The Center for Church-Based Development CKU, the Disabled People’s Organisations Denmark (DPOD), the Danish Youth Council (DUF) and Civil Society in Development (CISU) are seeking an experienced consultant or a small team of consultants to conduct a comprehensive review of best practices and lessons learnt from Danish pooled funds in supporting local leadership and locally-led development.

Assignment Overview

• Conduct an in-depth analysis of how four Danish fund managers (CISU, CKU, DUF, and DPOD) promote local leadership and locally led development.
• Produce two main deliverables:
  • Learning Document – with recommendations on improving approaches to local leadership and locally-led development.
  • Best Practice Publication – showcasing effective strategies and key messages for use in policy and public debates.

Requirements

The assignment is expected to be completed by a small team of consultants, who between them have proven experience with:

1. Danish civil society, including small to medium sized voluntarily based organisations, and civil society in the Global South/majority world.
2. The local leadership/#ShiftThePower agenda and locally led development.
3. Managing different data collection methods including participatory methods, strong analytical and report writing skills, as well as facilitation of learning workshops. 
4. Formulating complex messages in an easy-to-read and interesting manner.

It is an advantage if the consultants have a research network in several countries in the Global South/majority world and can combine data collection in Denmark and in the global south. It is also preferred that the consultant team possess combined competence in the field of data collection and communication of messages.

Read the full terms of reference here.

Duration: November 2024 – March 2025 

Budget Ceiling: 250,000 DKK (including tax and IVA)

Application Deadline: 31st October 2024

Interested? Please send an Expression of Interest (including approach to the assignment/methodology) of max. 3 pages, a financial proposal and updated CVs for all team members to CISU Advisor, Rikke Sig Hansen at [email protected]. An example of previous work on communicating simple key messages should also be attached.