Deadline: 4-Feb-21
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a call for proposals on Developing Standard Operating Procedures and Systems Nigeria Jubilee Fellowship Programme.
In response to this complex development challenge, the Federal Government – under the leadership of the Office of the Vice President with support from UNDP is establishing a Fellows Programme (NJFP) as a platform for providing outstanding Nigerians with practical ‘on-the-job’ skills and leadership competencies through a twelve-month fully paid placement opportunity.
Through this programme, highly qualified recent graduates will be provided with a unique work opportunity within Private Sector institutions, Government, UN Agencies, and Development Organizations with the intention of enhancing their professional and leadership capacities to meaningfully participate in the social and economic development prospects of their country. In addition, opportunities will be provided to horn business development and entrepreneurial competencies.
It is expected that this programme will also contribute towards improving the employability of the Fellows; help to kick start their careers in the international development and public sectors, while also transferring requisite skills and competencies for those seeking to venture into entrepreneurial activities in the private sector. In so doing, the Fellowship will also assist in reversing the brain-drain problem and tackle irregular emigration by making young professionals especially new graduates more competitive on the domestic labour market.
A first cohort of 20,000 fellows will be inducted into the programme in June 2020 with the objective of growing the enrolment incrementally in subsequent years.
With 19% of Nigeria’s population aged between 15-24, 27% between 25-49 years and the population expected to have doubled by 2050, investing in Nigeria’s human capital becomes more urgent than ever. While unemployment and underemployment reach 40%, Nigeria produces about 600,000 graduates to the labour market every year. Despite this human capital and technical expertise, the employment and labour markets in public and private sector do not favor recent graduates with little or no experience, thereby contributing to rising unemployment outflux of highly skilled talent as economic migrants in search of greener pastures.
Award Information
- Proposals amounts should not exceed $ 60,000.
- Duration: 50 days.
- Location: Abuja.
Eligibility Criteria
The firm, organisation or institution submitting applications will need to demonstrate the following key qualities:
- Minimum of 10 years of organisational experience and expertise in the field of human capital development and planning, youth development and empowerment, collaborative leadership;
- Demonstratable experience in the management of youth talent management, fellowships and leadership development programmes in Nigeria;
- Experience in designing and implementing youth engagement, leadership development, mentoring and coaching programmes targeted at building work experience in the private and public sector;
- Demonstratable experience in designing and implementing standard operating procedures for such fellowship programmes; monitoring and evaluation systems for measuring impact; selection criteria for effective targeting and financial management systems for efficiency and accountability;
- Demonstrated experience in designing technology-based fellowship enrolment processes; membership/alumni databases, communication and public outreach systems;
- Strong experience in resource mobilisation from private and public sector entities;
- Excellent coordination, organization and planning skills, with the ability to work under pressure.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=74417
