Consultant for quality assurance of SIDA application

About the Palme Center

The Palme Center is a Swedish non-profit organisation, founded in 1992, by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), and the Swedish Cooperative Union (KF) and the Social Democratic party. The organisation works in the spirit of Olof Palme for human rights, democracy and peace. Today, the Palme Center together with its 26 member organisations from the Swedish labour movement support civil society organisations, trade unions and progressive political parties around the world.

The Palme Center´s operations are implemented in 30 countries in Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Western Balkans and Eastern Europe. In 2023, over 170 civil society organisations, including trade unions, women´s organisations, grass-root movements, think-tanks and informal education organisations were supported by the Palme Center. The support enabled these change actors to mobilise people, advance the rights of their constituents and thereby improve their societies into becoming more peaceful, democratic and inclusive.

Purpose and description of the assignment

The purpose of the assignment is to provide Palme Center with relevant knowledge, advice and quality assurance on our Application to Sida, within the CSO Strategy. The end goal is to submit a high-quality application which clearly shows Palme Center and its partners relevance to the CSO Strategy.

Scope

The assignment will include the reading of a couple of drafts, providing feedback, recommendations and quality assurance during February 2025. The expected time for this assignment is 2-3 full working days.

Qualification requirements

The consultants shall have:

• 5 or more years of documented experience in proposal writing and programme development and specifically experience with Sida CSO.
• 5 or more years of experience providing PMEL support to civil society organisations, including capacity-building support.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, strong proficiency in English.

Deadline

If you are interested in the assignment, please submit your tender, including your CV and hourly rate in SEK, USD or EUR, including VAT as applicable, valid for 2025, as well as examples if available or summaries of three relevant deliverables you have successfully prepared in the past which corresponds to the above-mentioned qualification requirements by January 13th, 2025.

Palme Center is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or disability.

The tender will be assessed based on the following criteria:

• How well the tender and consultant meets the requirements in the ToR
• Assessment of the tender’s linguistic quality, clarity and presentation.
• Assessment of the consultant’s overall capacity and competence in relation to the assignment’s specific needs (e.g. in terms of knowledge, experience, logistics, assignment management, resources, etc.)
• Whether or not the evaluator is assessed to be neutral in relation to the Palme Center
• General assessment of the tender as a whole.
• Price assessment.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Frida Perjus, CSO Grant Coordinator at frida.perjus@palmecenter.se.