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Company Profile
Established in 2002, ICI is a humanitarian foundation that promotes partnership among the chocolate and cocoa industry, cocoa-producing governments, civil society and NGOs to support the elimination of child labour in cocoa-growing communities. Our head office is in Geneva, Switzerland and we have operations in Ghana and Ivory Coast with National Offices in Accra and Abidjan.
ICI has developed a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) that allows industry partners to manage responsibly the risk of child labour in their cocoa supply chain. In line with the Ghana Child Labor Monitoring System (GCLMS), the system is based on the presence of Community Facilitators (CF) within cocoa-growing communities who raise awareness on the issue of child labour; identify cases and implement remediation activities. (www.cocoainitiative.org
Job Description
INTERNATIONAL COCOA INITIATIVE (ICI)
TERMS OF REFERENCE: CHILD LABOUR PREVALENCE SURVEY, GHANA
October 2021 v1.2
Project
ICI is seeking a consultant to conduct a quantitative baseline survey of child labour prevalence among a random sample of approximately 2000 households, spread across 40 communities in Ghana. The names of these communities will be provided by ICI.
Three questionnaires will be used:
- Household survey (administered to the head of household or spouse and including basic demographic data about household members and livelihoods)
- Child survey (administered to children age 5-17 within sampled households and including information about children’s work and education)
- Community survey (including basic information about the presence and absence of key infrastructure eg. schools, water points etc.)
The data will be used as part of a broader impact study to understand the impact of an intervention called a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System.
Timeframe
Data collection must be completed between November and December 2021.
Deadline for applications
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25 October 2021
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Selection of consultants
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26-29 October
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Research design and preparation of tools
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1-12 November
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Training of data collection team
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15-19 November
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Field data collection
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22 November-10 December
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Data cleaning and report drafting
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10-20 December 2021
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Analysis
The consultant conducting the survey will be responsible for preparing a clean dataset containing all key outcome indicators, accompanied by a comprehensive codebook and documentation of indicator construction, and short summary report with descriptive results on key indicators (basic demographic characteristics of households and children, child labour and education status), a description of the methodology followed, and additional observations during data collection.
Deliverables
- The consultant will be responsible for providing the following deliverables:
- Sampling strategy (based on information on communities provided by ICI)
- Mobile data collection forms (based on questionnaires provided by ICI)
- Approved workplan and schedule, including training plan
- A clean dataset containing all key outcome indicators collected from the 2000 households and 40 communities, accompanied by a comprehensive codebook and documentation of indicator construction
- A short summary report with descriptive results on key indicators (basic demographic characteristics of households and children, child labour and education status), a description of the methodology followed, and additional observations during data collection
Required Skills or Experience
ICI is seeking a consultant with proven experience conducting large-scale surveys of child labour, including interviews with children, in rural areas of Ghana. Household, child and community-level interviews must be conducted by trained data collectors, with prior experience interviewing children.
- Participation in the survey will be voluntary. Heads of household will be asked to give their informed consent prior to starting interviews, children will be asked their assent.
- The consultant will use data collection tools developed by ICI, which have been extensively field tested and build on tried and tested methods of interviewing children about child labour. ICI staff will support the training of the data collectors on the use of these tools.
- Recognising that children involved in child labour represent a vulnerable population group, the consultant will follow local guidelines on working with vulnerable populations. For any children identified at immediate risk (for example a child in a situation of forced labour), an identification and referral process will be set up to ensure that follow-up and support can be provided.
- During data collection, each child, household and community will be assigned a unique identifier, enabling personal data to be stored separately and ensuring anonymity of participants during the analysis phase.
How To Apply
Interested contractor should send a technical and financial proposal, describing the contractor’s relevant experience and capacity to undertake the study for the child labour prevalence survey. The proposed budget and technical proposal must be submitted by email with the email subject: “Child labour prevalence survey consultancy” to [email protected] by 25th October 2021.
The offer must include:
- Information on prior experience and how the contractor meets the requirements above, including at least one example of a previous survey of child labour prevalence with children. (2 pages, max.)
- Technical and financial offer, including the total amount offered in Ghanaian Cedi. Note that the budget should detail all staff and material costs, including travel expenses and other fees. (2 pages, max.)
- CVs of the study team leader and other key team members
- Contact details of two referees.
Child protection
- ICI’s vision is of thriving cocoa-growing communities where children’s rights are respected and protected, and where child labour has been eliminated. To this end, ICI expects all children assisted or impacted by its operations to be protected from physical, emotional and psychological harm, and all forms of abuse and exploitation.
- ICI has zero-tolerance for all forms of child neglect, abuse (sexual, physical, emotional, and psychological) and exploitation (sexual and commercial).
- ICI commits to put the best interest of the child first, and at the centre of its work, irrespective of a child’s ability, ethnicity, faith, gender, sexuality and culture.
- ICI recognizes its responsibility to ensure and to promote a safe and secure environment for children. To effectively manage risks to children, ICI requires the commitment, support and cooperation of all staff, associates, partners, suppliers, service-providers and visitors. By applying at ICI, you automatically agree to the above term and uphold the principles described herein.
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