Call for Proposal The National Consultant – Baseline Study For Care Connect
Since the end of November 2023, Penabulu, as a locally-rooted national organization, has received Prospective Affiliate status from Oxfam International with a transition period of two years thereafter before fully becoming Indonesia’s representative in the Oxfam International confederation as Penabulu Oxfam. Becoming part of the global Oxfam network will provide more opportunities and strengthen Penabulu’s role as a local organization for the empowerment of Indonesian civil society, connected to the global movement to fight poverty and injustice based on the belief that the future is equal. Penabulu will continue Oxfam in Indonesia’s mission of building lasting solutions to poverty and injustice with a focus on improving 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.
The “Care Connect: Action for care workers in the Philippines and Indonesia” (Care Connect) project, spearheaded by Oxfam Canada (OCA) in partnership with 5 local organizations, is a $5.95 million, 4-year initiative designed to transform gender dynamics and improve the lives of women and girls in these countries. The project aims to enhance empowerment, socioeconomic well-being, and the enjoyment of rights among women and girls. This initiative addresses the multifaceted challenges of care work, which includes both unpaid and paid domestic care tasks. Despite the critical role of care work in human well-being and economic sustainability, it remains undervalued and poorly compensated, with significant issues such as child labor and gender-based violence being rampant, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. The Care Connect project emphasizes the need to recognize, redistribute, and reduce unpaid care work while ensuring decent work and fair wages for paid care workers. It also promotes representation, social dialogue, and collective organizing and bargaining for DCWs, drawing on the International Labour Organization’s “5R framework.”
As Care Connect project is now undergoing the beginning phase of its implementation period, Penabulu Foundation is seeking a National Consultant (Individual / team) to conduct Baseline Study for the project. The specific objectives of the baseline study are:
- To provide an analysis of the current context of the project locations in line with the project outcomes
- To provide thematic data on care work (paid and unpaid) for domestic and other care workers
- To provide baseline values and establish benchmark on key project outcome-level indicators.
The National Consultant will be responsible for the overall co-design of methodology and tools with the Lead Consultant, leading the overall coordination for primary data collection, ensuring safe, ethical, and high-quality data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, and reporting. In particular, the consultant needs to ensure that data is collected against the key performance indicators with baseline values clearly tabulated in the final report. The management of the national consultant will be led by the Penabulu Foundation.
Consultants are invited to submit a proposal by email to: operation@penabulu.id with the subject line: “Proposal for Care Connect Indonesia – Baseline Study”. Proposals should be received no later than Tuesday, 10th September 2024 at 5 pm (Jakarta Time). The body of the proposal should be no longer than 10 pages and should include the following:
- A cover letter outlining relevant experience in reviewing similar projects and models, including experience reviewing or working on care, as well as experience in the relevant geographies
- A high-level summary of the baseline study, highlighting: any additional proposed research questions, overall methodological approach, data analysis plan, potential technical and operational challenges, and strategies to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables
- A list of key activities, linked to the proposed activities, within a scheduled timeframe
- An estimated budget, budget proposal detailing the daily rate of consultancy fee, level of effort and operational cost required to conduct the study (all tax inclusive). Note that all expenses related to in-country data collection (and potential travel) will need to be incorporated into the budget
- A statement indicating the consultant’s availability for the duration of the contract and flexibility up to a three-month contract extension should delays arise
- The proposal should also include the following:
- List of two references who can attest to the teams’ expertise as it relates to this assignment
- Curriculum vitae of consultant and/or team members
- Preferred: Two examples of similar work recently completed
- Confirmation of availability for the assessment period October 2024 – December 2024 with a possible extension for 3 months
Penabulu Foundation will review all proposals closely against this outline. It will determine a shortlist of potential candidates and finalize a contract by September 30th, 2024. The consultancy is expected to start in October 2024.
For more detail explanation can be download the ToR as attached
