Deadline of this Job: 11 January 2023
Purpose of the assignment
To better influence and engage with the private sector in Kenya, Oxfam in Kenya is seeking the services of a consultant to:
• Explore and analyse the current trends of the private sector work in Kenya, which helps facilitate co-creation of private sector engagement strategies and innovative programme ideas including but not limited to the global and national challenge and workstreams – valuing women’s work (VWW), climate justice and recovery, renewal and resilience (RRR).
• Identify scopes and key areas of programme design, secure funding, and manage risks within the important sectors/areas and selected value chains, including opportunities and approaches to build partnership with the private sector, leveraging their investment
• Identify the linkage, the ability and the opportunity to influence UK Government and UK based multinational businesses to take action to respect human rights and the planet, in-line with international standards and commitments, and to empower women and marginalised communities across their global supply chains.
SECTION 1 PS Trend and Priorities
Overall objective of the section:
• Do mapping of current private sector work and key actors in Kenya (key economic dynamics, cross border supply chain dependencies, role of informal micro entrepreneurs, SMEs/MMEs and MNCs etc.)
• Identify and analyses specific economic sectors (including food/agriculture, extractives, banking/finance, digital service), thematic areas of engagement (e.g gender, workers’ rights, living wage, decent work, climate change, humanitarian, land rights) and potential entry points for engagement (e.g local/national/international commitments/ standards in each sector/area)
• Distinguish their roles including as advocacy targets, as allies, as interlocutors/brokers/funders and opportunities for Oxfam to engage them in their respective roles including in standard/ norm setting, corporate accountability (compliance with Business and Human Rights), in providing services and solutions including capital and social services among others
• Identify the linkages/connections with UK-based companies (if any), the British investment trends/priorities in Kenya in accordance with the UK government’s partnership strategy and how Oxfam can leverage on the linkages for strategic advocacy
SECTION 2 Thematic Deep Dives
Overall objective of this section:
• The thematic questions will be applied across selected sectors/ value chains and companies (focus on UK-based or with relation with UK-based companies)
• Private Sector and Gender Inequality
• What are thematic gender gaps/issues: Gender Pay Gap Reporting, Living Wage / Living Income, Gender disaggregated data, Unpaid care/domestic work, Women land rights/women workers’ rights, Women in senior leadership roles, Gender Responsive Policies and Practices
• Which UK private sector actors are active in this space? (Either list of companies or sectors/value chains)
• How are private sectors engaging in this space? E.g., what type of initiatives are undertaken, including existing business models, good/bad practices and case studies.
Business and Human Rights or similar rectified frameworks
• What are the key themes and issues in the Business and Human Rights (B+HR) space, particularly the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs)?
• Which private sector actors are active in this space? (Either list of companies or sectors/value chains)
• How are private sectors engaging in this space? E.g. what type of initiatives are undertaken, including existing business models, good/bad practices and case studies.
Private sector and climate change
• What are the main areas of climate work (e.g climate risks, mitigation, adaptation, zero carbon, carbon offsetting, energy, waste management, climate finance, loss and damage, …)
• What are the issues and initiatives in those areas?
• Which private sector actors are active in this space? (Either list of companies or sectors/value chains)
• How are private sectors engaging in this space? E.g. what type of initiatives are undertaken, including existing business models, good/bad practices and case studies.
Purpose of the assignment
To better influence and engage with the private sector in Kenya, Oxfam in Kenya is seeking the services of a consultant to:
• Explore and analyse the current trends of the private sector work in Kenya, which helps facilitate co-creation of private sector engagement strategies and innovative programme ideas including but not limited to the global and national challenge and workstreams – valuing women’s work (VWW), climate justice and recovery, renewal and resilience (RRR).
• Identify scopes and key areas of programme design, secure funding, and manage risks within the important sectors/areas and selected value chains, including opportunities and approaches to build partnership with the private sector, leveraging their investment
• Identify the linkage, the ability and the opportunity to influence UK Government and UK based multinational businesses to take action to respect human rights and the planet, in-line with international standards and commitments, and to empower women and marginalised communities across their global supply chains.
SECTION 1 PS Trend and Priorities
Overall objective of the section:
• Do mapping of current private sector work and key actors in Kenya (key economic dynamics, cross border supply chain dependencies, role of informal micro entrepreneurs, SMEs/MMEs and MNCs etc.)
• Identify and analyses specific economic sectors (including food/agriculture, extractives, banking/finance, digital service), thematic areas of engagement (e.g gender, workers’ rights, living wage, decent work, climate change, humanitarian, land rights) and potential entry points for engagement (e.g local/national/international commitments/ standards in each sector/area)
• Distinguish their roles including as advocacy targets, as allies, as interlocutors/brokers/funders and opportunities for Oxfam to engage them in their respective roles including in standard/ norm setting, corporate accountability (compliance with Business and Human Rights), in providing services and solutions including capital and social services among others
• Identify the linkages/connections with UK-based companies (if any), the British investment trends/priorities in Kenya in accordance with the UK government’s partnership strategy and how Oxfam can leverage on the linkages for strategic advocacy
SECTION 2 Thematic Deep Dives
Overall objective of this section:
• The thematic questions will be applied across selected sectors/ value chains and companies (focus on UK-based or with relation with UK-based companies)
• Private Sector and Gender Inequality
• What are thematic gender gaps/issues: Gender Pay Gap Reporting, Living Wage / Living Income, Gender disaggregated data, Unpaid care/domestic work, Women land rights/women workers’ rights, Women in senior leadership roles, Gender Responsive Policies and Practices
• Which UK private sector actors are active in this space? (Either list of companies or sectors/value chains)
• How are private sectors engaging in this space? E.g., what type of initiatives are undertaken, including existing business models, good/bad practices and case studies.
Business and Human Rights or similar rectified frameworks
• What are the key themes and issues in the Business and Human Rights (B+HR) space, particularly the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs)?
• Which private sector actors are active in this space? (Either list of companies or sectors/value chains)
• How are private sectors engaging in this space? E.g. what type of initiatives are undertaken, including existing business models, good/bad practices and case studies.
Private sector and climate change
• What are the main areas of climate work (e.g climate risks, mitigation, adaptation, zero carbon, carbon offsetting, energy, waste management, climate finance, loss and damage, …)
• What are the issues and initiatives in those areas?
• Which private sector actors are active in this space? (Either list of companies or sectors/value chains)
• How are private sectors engaging in this space? E.g. what type of initiatives are undertaken, including existing business models, good/bad practices and case studies.