Recruitment of an Individual Consultant to Develop the Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) Sub-Window Manual and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Country: The Republic of the Gambia Project Name: The Gambia Resilience, Inclusion, Skills and Equity Project Project Number: P179233 Reference No.: GM-CPCU - MOFEA-573311-CS- INDV Selection Method: Individual Consultant Selection Assignment Tittle: Request for Expressions of Interest - Recruitment of an Individual Consultant to Develop the Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) Sub-Window Manual and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Project Background The Government of The Gambia has secured Additional Financing (AF) under the Resilience, Inclusion, Skills, and Equity (RISE) Project (P179233), supported by the International Development Association (IDA) and the Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF), to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to climate and disaster-related shocks. The AF introduces a new Subcomponent 3.4: Strengthening Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) and Adaptive Social Protection (ASP), which aims to integrate prearranged disaster risk financing mechanisms with shock-responsive social protection systems. This includes the establishment and capitalization of an Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) Sub-Window under the Social Protection Fund (SPF). The ASP Sub-Window will serve as a dedicated, rules-based financing mechanism to enable timely and predictable delivery of emergency cash transfers to poor and vulnerable households affected by shocks such as droughts, floods, and food price crises. Objectives of the assignment The main objective of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive, rules-based ASP Sub-Window Operational Manual and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that will guide the governance, management, and utilization of funds for shock-responsive social protection interventions. Scope of Services: The consultant will develop the ASP Sub-Window Operational Manual addressing the following elements: Institutional and Governance Framework Define explicit time benchmarks for each step in the response chain (trigger confirmation, activation