TERMS OF REFERENCE
The consultant will support in strengthening ecosystem partnerships for youth livelihoods including wage employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship, for enabling sustainable opportunities for young people at scale. This will involve driving government engagement for the continued scale-up of YuWaah-supported livelihood models, along with managing identification and partnership-building for other new scalable wage employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship models, largely with government but also with other stakeholders, for their scale-up and sustainability. The role will also involve development of an outcome-based financing (OBF)/pay-by-results approach and facilitating related partnerships to strengthen livelihood outcomes within government systems in select states as well as at the center.
- Minimum requirements:
- Experience of working with central and/or state government entities such as MoRD, NRLM/SRLMs, MSDE etc.
- Experience managing large scale rural development/livelihood programs involving multiple partners and agencies.
- Knowledge of outcome-based financing approaches in the context of skilling/livelihood or other social development programs will be an advantage.
- Experience working with multilateral/bilateral institutions on government-facing programs will be an advantage.
- Experience developing large scale rural development/livelihood program proposals, budgets, project plans, and advocacy pitches/notes.
Shortlisted candidates will be requested to submit a technical proposal prior to the interview. The proposal should address the following: Design a government engagement and scale-up strategy (3-5 pager) for adoption of a specific livelihood model of your choice - wage employment, self-employment, or entrepreneurship (e.g., youth, rural communities, persons with disabilities, young women, etc.) by a state or central government scheme in India. The model should use outcome-based funding as an approach to improve program/scheme outcomes and overall impact. (Use of ChatGPT or other LLM tools is discouraged; candidate needs to submit a proposal based on original thinking.) The strategy must: identify realistic government partner(s) and the scheme/budget line for adoption; be scalable to multiple geographies; be cost-effective and sustainable; include a clear engagement pathway, key milestones and risk mitigation approach; and specify measurable outcomes (e.g., adoption milestone, beneficiaries reached).
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- An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
- A detailed technical proposal
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