Vacancy: Terms of Reference: Child Labour Prevalence Survey, Ghana

Date	07 Nov 2023
Location	Accra

Job Type	Fixed term (Renewable)
Description	Company Profile International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) (www.cocoainitiative.org) is a multi-stakeholder organization, uniting the forces of civil society, certifiers, the cocoa and chocolate industry, and international institutions, and working with governments to address child and forced labour in the cocoa sector. 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 November 2023 Project ICI is seeking a consultant to conduct a quantitative endline survey of child labour prevalence among a random sample of approximately 2100 households, spread across 42 communities in Ghana. The names of these communities will be provided by ICI. Three questionnaires adopted from the questionnaires used for the baseline study, will be administered: - Household questionnaire (administered to the head of household or spouse and including basic demographic data about household members and livelihoods) Child questionnaire (administered to children aged 5-17 within sampled households and including information about children’s work and education) Community questionnaire (including basic information about the presence and absence of key infrastructure eg. schools, water points etc.) Data will be collected with KoboToolbox forms and stored and managed on an ICI Kobo platform. 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 May and June 2024. Deadline for applications 10 January 2024 Selection of consultants February 2024 Introduction to the research design and tools March 2024 Training of data collection team April 2024 Field data collection May-June 2024 Data cleaning and report drafting July-August 2024 Requirements 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. Adjustments can be made in collaboration with the ICI team during the field-testing phase. - 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. 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 of households within communities (based on information on baseline communities provided by ICI) Approved workplan and schedule, including training planA clean dataset containing all key outcome indicators collected from the 2100 households and 42 communities, accompanied by a comprehensive codebook and documentation of indicator construction; each of the 3 data sets data must contain unique identifier codes for households and communities, so that children can be matched to households and households can be matched to communities 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 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: “Your family name_Child labour prevalence survey consultancy” to [email protected] by 10 January 2024. Please apply using an offer as a single document. 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, and qualification / profile of enumerators to be hired Contact details of two referees. NB: a sister study will take place in Côte d’Ivoire (see Terms of Referenceon ICI website). Candidates who wish to do so may submit a global proposal, including both projects. By submitting your application, you consent to us processing your data for the purpose of evaluating your application for this consulting position. We will keep your application data confidential and only use it for recruitment purposes. Once the consulting position is closed, your application will be deleted. Please note that only those candidates who match the above requirements and who have been selected for interview will be contacted. ICI Core Values All ICI staff members and partners are expected to adhere, respect and always promote at any time ICI Core Values: HUMANITY, INTEGRITY, NEUTRALITY, PARTNERSHIP, INNOVATION. Please refer to the ICI website for more details (https://www.cocoainitiative.org/about-us/our-organisation/our-values) Child safeguarding 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. By applying at ICI, you automatically agree to the above term and uphold the principles described herein. Equal opportunity and non-discrimination ICI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunities and non-discrimination for all employees and employment/consulting applicants and to providing employees with a fair work environment free of discrimination. Disclaimer ICI and preferred recruitment partners will NEVER ask candidates for fees for any purpose during the recruitment process. No recruitment fee, no hiring fee, no security deposit, no software or equipment charges are charged to candidates applying to ICI. Note Please note, employers receive numerous applications per posting and will only shortlist the most qualified candidates. 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