Request For Afghanistan Institue for Civil Society (AICS)
Request For Short Term Assignment for the development of AICS’ 5-year strategic plan
AICS is recruiting a short-term consultant/consultancy to develop/revise a 5 years strategic plan for the organization. Working closely with the AICS strategic planning committee and Executive Director, the consultant will facilitate the development of a 5-year Strategic Plan for AICS. This will be achieved through reviewing existing reports on NGOs and civil society in Afghanistan, consultation with AICS stakeholders and stakeholders in general relevant Afghanistan’s national NGOs context, and review of AICS’ key strategic objectives. The consultant will use broad stakeholder/project partner/beneficiary’s consultations and analysis to develop the strategic plan.
Review the vision, mission, and strategic objectives of AICS and consult relevant literature on NGOs and civil society in Afghanistan
Assess and analyze AICS’ internal and external environment and undertake a stakeholder mapping and analysis, synthesis the results and identify strategic opportunities not limited to the available focused areas and current geographic scope.
Conduct a consultative process, apply appropriate tools for analysis, identify focus areas and develop strategic objectives and key result areas for the same;
Review AICS’s institutional capacity, organizational set-up, financial and administrative systems against the AICS mandate and the identified strategic objectives and key result areas like Education, Health/Nutrition, Wash, Economic Inclusion, Climate Change, Women Economic Empowerment, Agriculture, Capacity Building, Certification, Research, Policy Engagement etc.
Propose a strategy for achieving strategic objectives and key results.
Hold stakeholder meeting/s to validate the draft Strategic Plan.