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| Company | Oxfam |
| Industry | NGO/IGO/INGO |
| Category | Consulting |
| Location | Accra |
| Job Status | Contractor/Co... |
| Salary | GH¢ |
| Education | Qualified |
| Experience | N/A |
| Job Expires | Feb 28, 2020 |
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Company Profile Oxfam is a rights-based global development organization with more than 70 years of experience in more than 90 countries worldwide. Oxfam’s mission is to end the injustice of poverty and inequality through systemic change and the advancement of political, economic and social rights. Oxfam has been working in Ghana since 1986, managing programs related to food security and livelihoods, universal access to education and healthcare and transparency and accountability in extractive industries (mining, oil and gas). Oxfam’s experience in Ghana and strong partnerships with government institutions, Ghanaian civil society organizations and NGOs supports the delivery of active and innovative programs and advocacy work seeking to improve the livelihoods of Ghanaians and strengthen citizen accountability. Oxfam in Ghana currently works in 11 out of Ghana’s 16 administrative regions. Job Description Terms of Reference, Oxfam in Ghana Political Economy, Social and Gender Analysis
Background, Rationale and Purpose of the Analyses
Following from the end of the 2009 - 2015 Joint Country Analysis and Strategy (JCAS) and as part of the Vision 2020 process, Oxfam in Ghana launched Oxfam Country Strategy (OCS) in 2015. During this period, Oxfam in Ghana transitioned onto One Oxfam platform bringing together Oxfam GB, Oxfam US and Oxfam IBIS under one country line management. The OCS has been in implementation since April 2016 and will end in March 2020. The OCS has a vision of contributing to a Ghana of active citizens, equitable development, and a responsive and effective state, which is setting a trend in Africa for accountable and progressive policy and practice.
However, recent developments (internal and external context) have underscored the need for a step change to improve the quality of influencing work in Ghana. These developments include Ghana joining the league of lower middle-income countries, growing inequalities, the growing role of private sector and the Sustainable Development Goals in delivering and accounting for development. Others are the growing role of China, and Government of Ghana’s flagship programs in youth employment, Agriculture and Education, the commencement of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, creation of additional districts and regions, Ghana hosting the secretariat of the Africa Continental Free Trade Zone, the President’s vision of a Ghana Beyond Aid and push for enhanced Domestic Revenue Mobilisation. These and many other significant changes in the development landscape have therefore made it imperative to conduct systemic power analysis, stakeholder analysis and disaggregated social, political economy and gender analyses to inform the next Oxfam Country Strategy.
Additionally, as Ghana’s domestic revenues increase at the dawn of an oil era, it also is gaining greater independence from donors with the potential to set a trend for a new wave of development in Africa that responds to the interests of all its citizens. As dependence on donors reduces, government is set to have the flexibility to develop and implement responsive and equitable policies. But for this to happen, there need to be strong and vibrant movements that truly represent the interests of all sectors of society – particularly those groups that are most marginalized from decision-making – which set the policy agenda and which demand accountability from the government. The challenge for Oxfam is to ensure that this marks a shift towards greater accountability to all Ghana’s citizens, including the most marginalized.
Among the internal developments in Oxfam is the approval of the design for impact proposals by Executive Board which will see Oxfam reduce its footprints across the world by exiting some countries and transforming other country operating models into impactful programs. As part of the internal change management process in Oxfam, the Executive Board approved the overall proposals for the Country Map Review (CMR) and models for future Oxfam. Ghana among two other West African countries were designated to rethink and transform their country operating models into Influencing Hub. The vision sees Oxfam in Ghana working as an Influencing Hub where we treat influencing as both a process (set of strategies, tactics and approaches) and an outcome of our work (as an end in and of itself - being an influential program that inspire other country programs).
These internal and external developments call for strategic process of reviewing Oxfam’s operations in Ghana as part of a global systematic change process to transform the way it works by critically reviewing the environment in which it works, analysing opportunities for its operations in Ghana taking the opportunity of the economic conditions, existence of strong civil society organization and a highly democratic pace and good governance. As part of the process of objectively understanding the external contexts within which Oxfam in Ghana is operating and how to effectively respond to the world out there by better understanding how to read the signals of change, this TOR therefore sets the key steps for the context analysis.
Aim of the Political Economy, Social and Gender Analyses
The political economy, social and gender analyses aim to provide a deeper understanding of how change happens, - including how power and resources are distributed and contested and how these affect development outcomes for various stakeholder groups in Ghana. This will be guided by an understanding that the ultimate and sustainable change that Oxfam seeks is systemic and longer-term within a fast-changing, hyper-connected and turbulent world. This process and output will contribute to the development of a clear power analysis, theory of change, stakeholder analysis and disaggregated social and gender analyses and Oxfam’s Value proposition in Ghana.
The analyses will specifically assess the external contexts and underlying drivers of change/driving forces to inform Oxfam in Ghana and partners on possible necessary adjustments and future strategic directions. The analyses shall examine both general and specific aspects of the political (Inclusive and Accountable Governance), economic (Just Economies), social (gender justice, safeguarding and social inclusion), technological (digital rights and space), environmental (climate change), legal and ethical contexts (human rights), and then based on analytical findings, propose applicable recommendations for future strategic directions including cooperation mechanisms, partnerships and funding modalities in terms of relevance to the changing development landscape in Ghana and beyond (global priorities and emerging issues).
The specific aspects of the analyse will focus on the trends, challenges, opportunities, players and actors within the following systems change areas: inclusive and accountable governance, just economy, gender justice, safeguarding and social inclusion, climate change, and digital rights and civic space.
Key questions of the Review
Using the systems thinking approach to change and trend analysis, the contextual analysis will seek to broadly answer the following questions:
Scope and approach and methods, establishing the basic methodological requirements
The scope of this assignment is limited to political economy, social and gender analyses - including how power and resources are distributed and contested and how these affect development outcomes for various stakeholder groups in Ghana. This will include but not limited identifying the main drivers of and blockers to gender equality and women’s rights in the social, political, technological, environmental, legal, and economic arenas in Ghana.
The analyses will employ a participatory methodology, engaging all key stakeholders including Oxfam and partner staff who should be provided with an opportunity to provide input and comment to the consulting team. This will entail a synthesis and review of relevant literature, coupled with some key interviews with partners, beneficiaries, other stakeholders (Donors, Governments, INGOs) and staff to generate insights on the external contexts. Key approaches will include: literature review; consultation with a varied group of stakeholders in Ghana (INGOs, CSOs, Donors, Government); and a participatory validation workshop. The desk assessment will conclude with an inception report, which specifies the next steps, including a refined methodology for the data collection / field visits. The analyses will be organised in four phases, namely: Inception; Field mission/visits to some partner locations for data collection; Data analysis and de-briefing (presentation of key findings and preliminary conclusions and recommendations); and reporting (Draft and Final reports).
Schedule, budget, logistics and deliverables. Include outline of the political economy analysis report
The consultancy is expected to begin end of February 2020 and conclude by April 2020. The assignment is estimated to take a total of 35 working days. The days will thus be spread and allocated for the assignment as detailed below.
Required Skills or Experience Consulting Team
Consultants: Two-to-three international development consultants with expertise in international political economy, civil society and organisational development, governance, youth and gender justice. The consulting team should have the following skills and competencies:
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