Oxfam employs more than six thousand people in 90 countries who share a commitment to work together to end poverty and suffering. It is committed to ensure diversity and gender equality within the organization and welcomes applications from women, person with disability and under-represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status. The organization has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence and has established a permanent country office in 1972. Since then it has responded to all major emergencies in the country. Oxfam’s current program focuses on Economic Justice & Resilience, Gender and Women’s Leadership and Humanitarian Capacity Building and Response

A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can stop poverty and suffering in their tracks. More than 8,000 people already commit their time and talents to our humanitarian and longterm development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for a qualified Consultant or a Consultancy Firm for “Annual Outcome Survey 2021: “Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls”.” We are inviting for proposal from interested consultancy firm / individual to undertake this assignment.

Background:

Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. Oxfam since the beginning of the journey in Bangladesh wants to create a vibrant and equitable society where women and men both can demonstrate their knowledge, skills and leadership towards resilient societies through good governance process – with a focus on improving the lives and promoting the rights of women and girls. We work directly with communities, partners and women's rights organizations to challenge the systems that perpetuate inequality and keep people poor. Together we seek to influence those in power to ensure that women trapped in poverty have a say in the critical decisions that affect them, their families and entire communities.

Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls Youth in Action (Creating Spaces) is an Oxfam Canada project that takes action to reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG), including child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) in six countries. Since 2016, Creating Spaces has reached approximately 363,000 women, girls, men and boys, working with 24 local partner organizations, to provide our expertise in building networks of change, increasing capacity, and creating spaces for women and girls to be safe, respected and included.

Programming Vision and Approach: Creating Spaces’ central vision is to reduce VAWG and the prevalence of CEFM in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Creating Spaces’ interventions are grounded in a Theory of Change (ToC), which sets out the project’s interventions, assumptions, and outcomes, and frames its approach to activities. The ToC includes three pillars: Prevention, Response, and Sustainability.

Under Pillar 1 (Prevention), Creating Spaces engages key community actors to support and promote positive gender norms. The project raises awareness of positive gender attitudes and behaviours through training women on leadership, conducting media, edutainment, and public awareness campaigns; providing knowledge and skills training on legal frameworks; and engaging and influencing decision makers, including political and religious leaders.

Activities under Pillar 2 (Response) focus on supporting women and girls who have experienced (or at are risk of experiencing) violence. Doing so has included: connecting women and girls with quality social and legal services; building the leadership skills of women and girls who have experienced violence; providing opportunities for these women and girls to make a living; and strengthening services shelters, counselling support, and legal aid.

Pillar 3 (Sustainability) has aimed to build the knowledge and capacity of institutions and alliances to influence continuing change. This has included: strengthening the capacity of local implementing partner organizations; conducting research; using information and communication technologies to monitor social services; and convening and facilitating linkages and alliances between civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders.

Objective:

The objective of Creating Space annual outcome survey will be to obtain the project’s immediate outcomes level indicators to report against it’s annual targets. Most of the immediate outcome indicators are related to measure the improved knowledge, understanding, capacities & skills on VAWG, CEFM, and influencers' economic activities, women and girls and influencers of project implementing countries.

Please refer to the detailed ToR (Click here) for this assignment.

• The individual/firm must submit the following documents along with Technical & Financial Proposal.
• The financial proposal should include 15% VAT only. Oxfam will deduct Income Tax and VAT as per government rules and policies at source from the agreed consultancy amount for national consultant and firms

For Individual Consultant

• Maximum 2 pages’ profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number along with detailed CV.
  
• TIN certificate and any other relevant document (if necessary).

For Consultancy Firm

• Maximum 2 pages’ firm profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number.
• Lead Consultant’s (who will lead the assignment) Maximum 2 pages CV highlighting related assignment completed, role in of the completed assignment.
  
• Other Team members’ (who will involve in the assignment) one paragraph short CV highlighting related assignment completed and role.
  
• Firm’s Certificate, TIN and VAT registration.
  

Please mention the assignment title “CS Annual Outcome Survey 2021” in the subject line and send the application to hrbd@oxfam.org.uk.

Submit two separate PDF files with following names:

1. Financial proposal
2. Technical proposal

The Technical proposal should include following parts

• Cover page
  
• Table of content
  
• Understanding of the assignment (pls. don’t copy & paste)
  
• Experience in handling similar assignments, a work-plan, methodology
• Certificate: TIN and VAT registration
  
  

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 08 December 2021

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We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

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Empowerment:Everyone, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen
Accountability:We take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.
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We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.