Consultant (Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) at STAR-Ghana Foundation

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Company: STAR-Ghana Foundation

Location: Ghana

State: Jobs in Accra

Job type: Full-Time

Job category: Consulting Jobs in Ghana

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Job Description

Terms of Reference

Project: Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE)

Reporting to: Head of Results and Learning

Introduction:

STAR-Ghana Foundation seeks a consultant to undertake a baseline study for the phase II of the Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) project. This study will provide a benchmark of all project indicators at the outset against which targets will be set and subsequent progress and changes will be measured.

Closing Date: 3rd February 2025

Duration: 20 days.

Budgeted Amount: GHS 250,000 (Inclusive of all taxes)

Background

STAR Ghana Foundation is a national center for the promotion of active citizenship and philanthropy. It works towards the development of a vibrant, well-informed and assertive civil society able to contribute to sustainable national development and inclusive access to high quality public services for all citizens. The Foundation’s strategic approach focuses on supporting the creation and utilization of spaces for collective and coordinated citizens’ engagement with local and national duty bearers as a means of promoting inclusion, transparency, accountability and responsiveness in governance and decision making at both local and national levels.

On the back of growing threats of violent extremism and its implications for Ghana, STAR-Ghana Foundation implemented the Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) project (emergency) aimed at strengthening resilience of three border communities (Garu, Fielmou and Sapeliga) in the Upper East region who had an influx of displaced people from Burkina Faso in 2023. With the lessons learnt, STAR-Ghana Foundation is implementing the second phase of the project: Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) Phase Two to build resilience and strengthen capacities of ten (10) vulnerable border communities in Upper West and Upper East regions of Northern Ghana to collaborate with other actors to prevent and mitigate drivers of radicalization and violent extremism. The project addresses these three key drivers: Limited and poor access to economic resources and employment opportunities, increase misinformation and disinformation due to high illiteracy on PVE and low digital literacy, and exclusion of social groups (young people, women, ethnic and other minority groups) from decision-making. Hence, the project aims to provide secured livelihood skills development and small business startups opportunities to vulnerable groups (youth, women, refugees), enhance awareness of PVE and digital literacy and increase the agency of marginalised social groups

The project has...