Consultancy services for Delivery of Socio-emotional Skills Development, On-The-Job Experience and Support RPL Implementation to Refugee Youth Selected to Participate in NYOTA Component 1

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Country: KENYA Name of Project: NATIONAL YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS ADVANCEMENT (NYOTA) Credit No. IDA-7355-KE/ GRANT NO: E210-KE Assignment Title: Consultancy Services For the Provision for Delivery of Socio-Emotional Skills Development, On-The-Job Experience and Support RPL Implementation to Refugee Youth Selected To Participate in NYOTA Component 1 The Government of Kenya, with financing from the World Bank, invites eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the assignment indicated above under the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Project. The NYOTA Project aims to increase employment and earnings and promote savings for targeted youth at national scale. The Project is expected to reach 820,000 vulnerable youth across all 47 counties of Kenya, including refugees in Garissa and Turkana counties. The Project beneficiaries are youth aged 18-29 years, and up to 35 years for persons with disabilities, with little or no education, who are unemployed or in vulnerable employment. The consulting services (“the Services”) will be responsible for the delivery and design of Socio-emotional Skills Development (SESD) to 5,000 refugee youth. As SESD precedes OJE, the NGO / Service Provider selected for this consultancy should customize the approved NYOTA SESD curriculum that enables refugee youth and hostcommunity to integrate smoothly and maintain consistent participation, thereby strengthening readiness for and retention in OJE. In addition, the consultancy shall be responsible for delivery of On-The-Job Experience for five months and transitioning of the 5,000 refugee beneficiaries into paid employment for at least 6 months post OJE. The initial contract period shall be twelve (12) months. The contract may be renewed in twelve-month periods, subject to satisfactory performance against agreed deliverables, continued need for the services, availabilit