Tender Description

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA

SOMALI DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (SoDMA)

Multi-National Climate Disaster Risk Financing Project (CDRF–ADRiFi Project – Somalia)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

Sector: Multi-Sector – Climate Disaster Risk Finance

Financing Agreement reference: Grant No. 5550155002203 (GEF)

Project ID No.: P-Z1-K00-165

Assignment Reference: SO-SODMA-ADRIFI-ICS-04-2026

The Federal Government of Somalia has received financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the African Development Fund toward  the cost of the Multi-National Climate  Disaster  Risk

Financing Project (CDRF–ADRiFi Project – Somalia), and intends to apply part of the agreed grant amount to payments under the contract for a National Individual Consultant to support the operationalization of the Gender Equity and Inclusivity Oversight Function (GEIOF) within the Federal Government of Somalia’s Climate Data and Services Institutional Framework.

The Somali Disaster  Management Agency (SoDMA)  has already formally established the GEIOF  by a decision of the Office of the Commissioner. The assignment is to operationalize and institutionalize that existing function, not to establish a new body or alter its approved mandate, authority or membership.

The services include: (i) reviewing the GEIOF  establishment decision and conducting an operational- readiness assessment and institutional consultations; (ii) preparing committee operating procedures, coordination arrangements, focal-point nomination templates, a roles-and-responsibilities matrix, reporting tools, a first-year meeting calendar and work plan; (iii) developing gender-responsive climate and disaster risk management data guidance, including sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated data (SADDD) standards, inclusion indicators, monitoring and quality-assurance tools and an implementation roadmap; and (iv) delivering one orientation and capacity-building workshop, facilitating one stakeholder validation workshop, and supporting SoDMA to prepare  and document an initial GEIOF  committee  meeting and related actions.

The assignment will be carried out over four (4) calendar months from contract commencement, with an estimated level of effort of up to sixty (60) working days. The primary duty station is Mogadishu, Somalia, with consultations as required.

The Somali Disaster  Management Agency  (SoDMA), as the Executing Agency,  now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants should 

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submit a signed Expression of Interest, an updated curriculum vitae and supporting information demonstrating relevant qualifications and experience, including descriptions of similar assignments. Applications are invited from individual consultants; this is not a consulting-firm or joint-venture selection.

The minimum qualifications include: a Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Institutional Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change or a closely related field; at least seven (7) years of general professional experience in gender equality, disability or social inclusion, institutional governance or capacity strengthening; and at least three (3) years of directly relevant experience in climate services, disaster risk management, climate-related early warning or gender- responsive climate/disaster governance. Applicants should also demonstrate experience with inter- institutional governance arrangements, gender-responsive  monitoring and SADDD  tools, stakeholder consultations and capacity-building, and strong communication skills in English and Somali. Experience on multilateral development bank-financed projects is an advantage.

Eligibility,  shortlisting and selection shall  be conducted in accordance  with the African Development Bank’s Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations (October 2015), the applicable financing agreement and approved  project procurement arrangements. The consultant will be selected using the Individual  Consultant  Selection  (ICS)  method,  based  on  documented  qualifications  and  relevant experience, subject to  applicable eligibility and conflict-of-interest requirements. Only shortlisted applicants may be contacted for further assessment or negotiations.

Interested consultants may obtain further information and the detailed Terms of Reference at the address below during office hours, Saturday to Thursday,  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mogadishu time (UTC+3), or from the SoDMA website: https://sodma.gov.so/eng /.

Skills Required

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