Consultancy for Labour Market Assessment NGO Job RACIDA

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Purpose and Objective

To support the ELEVATE project, RACIDA, in partnership with IOM, plans to conduct a Labor Market Assessment using a Market Systems Development approach. The study aims to examine the role of individual and household labor as an alternative source of income contributing to the local economy. It will assess the alignment between labor demand and supply, identify existing and emerging economic and market opportunities, and explore the barriers and requirements for accessing gender-sensitive and decent employment. The assessment will focus on Mandera East Sub County, and its findings will guide the design of inclusive labor market strategies and programs that strengthen the economic resilience of displacement-affected communities and empower marginalized groups

The main objective of this study is to assess context specific information on existing and potential economic opportunities in the labor market, it also seeks to assess the associated priority skills needs demanded by the labor market currently and in the future compared with available skills and determine challenges individuals have in getting market relevant trainings and finding decent jobs both in wage and self-employment sectors in Mandera County. Specifically, labor market assessment will address the following objectives:

• Understand how different farm and non-farm employment opportunities contribute more/less to enhance economic resilience of displacement-affected communities, host communities and empowerment of marginalized groups
• Determine the key growth sectors of the economy that currently absorb labor, and which are likely to see significant increases and decrease in employment in the future in Mandera County and specifically in Mandera East Sub County
• Determine the current demand for specific job market skills and what market opportunities exist for self and wage employment for men and women in the formal and informal sectors
• Assess the profiles and preferences of workers, current level of skills and capacities in the local population, attitudes towards wage and self-employment and trainings and determining the skills gaps in relation to the job market requirements
• Map out the existing labor market institutions including training service providers in the target sectors and assess the relevance of skills training courses offered by the training providers against skills demand by the key employment sectors in the Sub County
• Understand the roles that informal and cultural norms play in shaping the labor market system
• Understand involvement and participation of women, youth, persons with disability in labor market ownership
• Understand seasonality of labor demands in various sectors
• Assess internal and external bottlenecks of market growth vis-à-vis a labor population
• Identify unique challenges that women, youth, minority communities, persons with disabilities face to participate in the labor market

Consultant Academic and Professional Qualification -20%

Statistics, Economics, Market Systems Development or related field

Consultant Prior Work Experience-35%

Detailed and specific experience in undertaking similar roles highlighting.

• Demonstrated experience in conducting Post-Distribution Monitoring or related projects in the past three years (sample reports are required during the bid analysis).
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation with more than 5 years proven experience of undertaking project evaluations, monitoring and assessments in the sectors of Agriculture, Food Security, WASH, Agriculture and Livelihoods/CVA.
• Experience working in Kenya is preferred.
• Fluency in English is Mandatory.
• Knowledge and experience of emergency response and humanitarian response in East Africa is preferred.
• Understanding of political, social and cultural context in ASAL counties in Kenya is essential.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• The consultancy team must have a statistician able to analysis quantitative and qualitative data. It is preferred that this person have both professional and academic background in statistics and econometrics.
• Ability to write clear and useful reports (please provide examples of previous work). – Attention to details is essential
• Bidder must attach detailed CV

Application Requirements

Application materials should include the following:

• A Technical Proposal detailing the consultant’s understanding of the task, proposed methodologies, expected activities and deliverables, proposed workplan, and the composition of the consultancy team to be engaged. The outline of the Technical Proposal is outlined in 6.1 and the team composition requirements are outlined in 6.2
• A Financial Proposal detailing the costs that the consultant expects to be required to complete the assignment. The consultant is expected to account for all logistics and travel costs associated with the assignment.
• Detailed CVs of all professional staff who will work on the consultancy team.
• Must submit a certificate of Incorporation/ Business Registration
• Must submit a certificate of Tax Compliance
• Must Submit Business KRA PIN
• Must Submit Business CR12 certificate.
• At least three professional references from previous clients and full contact details of the referees.

How to Apply

Proposals MUST be submitted via email to RACIDA General Procurement: Procurement@racida.org on or before the deadline indicated on the synopsis of the RFP.

The Technical Proposal must conform to the proposed outline provided in 6.1. The proposed Team Composition should conform to 6.2.

Bidders’ submissions of technical and financial proposal should be submitted via email with the subject line “RACIDA/IOM/2025/DSO150/001”

All bidders must use the RFP reference number as the subject line of their email submission.

Technical proposal and financial proposal shall be submitted as separate attachments.

Neither technical nor financial proposals should exceed 10MB. The proposal with any subsequent modifications and counterproposals, if applicable, shall become an integral part of any resulting contract.

Proposal must be written and submitted in English by 21 August, 2025 23:59 PM East African Time .