TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR) FOR CONTEXTUALIZATION OF MANUAL /GUIDELINE AND RELEVANT CONTENT ON MENTORSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS SESSIONS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAM at GRiC / COSITA

TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR) FOR CONTEXTUALIZATION OF MANUAL /GUIDELINE AND RELEVANT CONTENT ON MENTORSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS SESSIONS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

Background

GRiC is a locally led nonprofit organization that partners with grassroots organizations and communities to create a holistic ecosystem that promotes sustainable education for children and youth in East Africa. At GRiC, we believe that education is a powerful tool for social justice and transformation. We apply a strong gender lens to all our work, ensuring that no child is left behind.

However, for many children in the communities we serve, access to quality education remains a distant dream, particularly for girls who face deeply rooted systemic, cultural, and economic barriers. As a gender-responsive organization, GRiC is intentional about addressing these disparities by not only designing inclusive programs but also building the capacity of grassroots organizations and our internal team to understand and tackle gender inequality in education. Currently, GRiC is working in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda with grassroots organizations to understand and serve the local communities’ needs, especially in education.

Community Support Initiatives Tanzania (COSITA) is a local non-governmental organization based in Manyara, Tanzania, registered under the NGO Act, 2002, with registration certificate number 00NGO/00004247, issued in 2010, to operate on the Tanzanian Mainland. The organization is working in local communities in the sectors of health, education, human rights, and socio-economic to empower local communities, especially women, youth, and children. In implementing its activities, COSITA has come across different stakeholders, donors’ networks, and partners organizations.

Among many activities, COSITA is working with local communities, especially the girls’ education in secondary schools, where young girls are supported through a girls’ scholarship program. The girls’ scholarship program is an educational initiative designed to increase access to quality education for girls, particularly in underserved and marginalized communities. This program often targets areas where cultural, economic, or social barriers prevent girls from attending or staying in school.

By offering financial support, the program helps cover school fees, uniforms, books, and other necessary materials that families might otherwise struggle to afford. This support can be life-changing, especially in areas where education for girls is not prioritised. Scholarships can empower girls by not only enabling them to attend school but also by affirming their right to learn and grow.

To bridge this gap, we are committed to equipping grassroots organisations with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to champion girls’ education within their communities. Our work integrates gender-transformative approaches that challenge harmful norms, promote equitable learning environments, and create long-term opportunities for girls to thrive in and beyond school.

About This Assignment

Through this assignment, the consultant should contextualize a user-friendly mentorship manual that will include the relevant content of life skills sessions/ guides for mentorship to be used for adolescent/secondary school girls in schools supported by the GRiC scholarship program. The consultant will conduct ToT sessions with the project coordinator on mentorship facilitation and training delivery.

Specific roles include:

1. To review the existing manual, contextualize a mentorship framework, and adapt it to suit the unique needs and realities of communities we are serving.

Deliverables

1. Contextualized mentorship and a life skills manual/guideline
2. Orientation to the project coordinator on how to deliver impactful training sessions to CBO representatives

Qualifications of the consultant

We are seeking the services of a consultant with:

1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education, Social Work, Gender Studies, project management, and community development, or a related field
2. Additional certification in mentorship and coaching of life skills, training of trainers (ToT), or instructional design is highly desirable

COSITA & GRIC Do List

• Shortlist and grant the contract to the best consultant
• Review the manual guideline and content on life skills sessions and suggest, comment, or provide inputs for improvement
• Process the agreed payment to a hired consultant involves 50% after the first submission of the manual and training sessions, and the other 50% upon the compilation and submission of the manual and life skills session, but also after the ToT and submission Evaluation and recommendation report

Next steps

Interested and qualified consultants are to submit a technical and financial proposal to cositainfo@gmail.com, copy jackmushi487@gmail.com, and info@gricafrica.org by 18th August 2025, expressing their interest and the cost for delivering the assignment.

Given the anticipated large volumes of applicants, GRiC will only communicate with a consultant who demonstrates and meets the technical qualifications for this assignment. The selected consultant will have an inception meeting with the leadership at GRiC to clarify the assignment and deliverables in depth. All the materials developed in this process remain the property of GRiC and will be used for teaching and learning purposes in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

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