Consultancy: Design of the Girls Not Brides Kenya Project (2027-2030)

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Girls Not Brides

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 22/06/2026
  • Location: Kenya
Child protection/ Children’s rights Human rights
Background and purpose
Girls Not Brides is developing a project design for Kenya covering 2027–2030. The design will provide a clear, strategic basis for deciding where to invest, what to fund, and how activities connect into a coherent long-term strategy to reduce child marriage. It must be oriented towards transformational change – deep, lasting shifts in laws, systems or the implementation of commitments – rather than incremental improvements.

The primary purpose is to produce a project design that can be implemented between 2027 and 2030, including a pathway to potential scale-up should further investment be made and subject to available funding. A secondary objective is to capture key facts and insights on child marriage in Kenya in a Project Design Workbook for internal future reference.

Scope of work and deliverables
Working closely with a small internal design team and guided by the Project Design Workbook, the consultant will lead the design process and deliver:

  • Situational analysis covering the national level and up to six high prevalence child marriage counties (political will, policy/legal landscape, funding, programming, civil society, accountability, government stewardship, and key systems).
  • 2–3 prioritised opportunities for transformational change, each framed as a problem statement Girls Not Brides is well-placed to address.
  • A full project design including theory of change, results framework, tactics (mobilise, equip, influence, fund), geographic focus, sustainability approach, high-level budget, MEL outline, risks and governance.
  • A pathway to a scaled-up project, showing how the design could evolve into broader, system-wide impact over time.
  • Participation in validation, incorporating feedback from the Secretariat and member organisations into the final design.
  • Final documentation: a completed Project Design Workbook and a 2-page summary.

Who we are looking for
The consultant must demonstrate (essential):

  • Strong, current working knowledge of the child marriage landscape and actors in Kenya – across government, legal, civil society, programme and community levels (consultants based in Kenya or with experience working in advocacy spaces in Kenya are strongly encouraged to apply).
  • Proven experience designing high-quality, fundable programmes, including theories of change and results frameworks for policy, , advocacy and influencing work (not service delivery focused projects).
  • Experience leading and facilitating strategic planning for social impact, with a consultative approach.
  • Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce concise, decision-oriented documents.
  • Experience with civil society coalitions, adaptive programme design, and MEL for advocacy is desirable. Full criteria set out in the Information Pack.

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