Please note the deadline to submit is Monday April 10th, 2023
The Equality Fund is an international feminist fund based in Canada. We are a ground-breaking collaboration harnessing diverse actors to catalyze new momentum for women’s rights and feminist movements. Building on the experience of the MATCH International Women’s Fund, and with significant contributions from the Government of Canada and other donors, we provide resources to women’s rights and feminist organizations from the grassroots level to the regional and global stage. Women’s rights organizations and feminist movements around the world are at the forefront of change—holding the line, resisting rights violations, demanding equality, and driving solutions to get us there. The Equality Fund’s strategy is to support the priorities that they identify.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Equality Fund is seeking to contract an individual consultant with relevant experience in using storytelling approaches for monitoring, evaluation and learning.
Based on feedback received from Equality Fund grantee partners, there is an interest in learning how to use storytelling effectively to narrate stories of change, both at the institutional level and to illustrate the impact of their work with the communities that they serve. The webinar would be open to grantee partners under the Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Caribbean project and the Catalyze partners, who will be asked to register for one of the two webinar sessions, for English-speaking participants and for Spanish-speaking participants. The webinars would be hosted on Zoom, a platform that is familiar to the grantee partners.
The consultant will be asked to undertake the following tasks:
- Design content for a 90-minute webinar for Equality Fund grantee partners to deepen their skills in using storytelling approaches to narrate their stories of change.
- Deliver two webinars (the same content would be delivered at both webinars, with
provisions made for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking participants) as outlined
above.
DELIVERABLES
- Proposed plan for the MEL storytelling webinar: Prepare a brief document / presentation articulating the outline and content of the webinar, accompanied by a proposed timeline for the webinars.
- Delivery of two webinars on MEL storytelling: Design and deliver a series of two webinars (1.5 hours per session) to deepen the skills of Equality Fund grantee partners to narrate their stories of change.
- Debrief to MEL core group:Participate in a debrief session with the MEL core group to share insight from the webinars and opportunities for future, ongoing learning.
CRITERIA/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Expertise in MEL methodologies, specifically using storytelling approaches for monitoring, evaluation and learning to tell impact stories.
- Minimum of five years of relevant experience in conducting training, with a track record of successful consultancies;
- Strong facilitation skills and flexible approach to work;
- Highly organized, analytical, adaptive and responsive to feedback and changes in direction when needed;
- Availability to undertake this consultancy during the month of May 2023.
The Equality Fund implements gender-responsive procurement practices, actively seeking to maximize support for women’s organizations and suppliers working to advance gender equality.
We believe that expanding and diversifying our pool of suppliers is a powerful tool to build a more competitive and robust supplier base. The ultimate objective of our feminist approach to procurement is to ensure that EF is able to thoughtfully consider whether it has, or can find, suppliers who are aligned with the mission of advancing gender equality, while at the same time
meeting the need for timely delivery of high-quality goods and services at competitive prices.
We believe that it is possible to seek value-alignment with our suppliers, as well as our investments and programming.
Additional elements include positive role models in advertising/promotions materials, joint work with equality-seeking women’s organizations, advocacy initiatives, and other impact-oriented initiatives.
Responses do not need to be lengthy, but we appreciate any information you choose to share.
- Applications due: 10th April 2023
- Consultancy duration: 1st – 31st May 2023
- A financial proposal in Canadian dollars, including all costs, fees, and expenses required to carry out the consultancy. The Equality Fund expects this project to take a maximum of six (6) days.
- A short description on how the consultant would approach the assignment
- A short summary of the consultant(s)’ relevant experience and CV
Senior Officer, Learning & Impact
Email: kmena@equalityfund.ca
