Ghana
Consultancy: Child Labour Prevalence Survey (Ghana)
Location
Ghana
Department
Knowledge & Learning
Contract Type
Contract
Application Deadline

ICI is seeking a consultant to conduct a quantitative endline survey of child labour prevalence among a random sample of approximately 2100 households, spread across 42 communities in Ghana. 

The consultant conducting the survey will be responsible for preparing a clean dataset containing all key outcome indicators, accompanied by a comprehensive codebook and documentation of indicator construction, and short summary report with descriptive results on key indicators (basic demographic characteristics of households and children, child labour and education status), a description of the methodology followed, and additional observations during data collection.

Timeframe 

March 2024 - August  2024

Deliverables

The consultant will be responsible for providing the following deliverables: 

  • Sampling of households within communities (based on information on baseline communities provided by ICI)
  • Approved workplan and schedule, including training plan
  • A clean dataset containing all key outcome indicators collected from the 2100 households and 42 communities, accompanied by a comprehensive codebook and documentation of indicator construction; each of the 3 data sets data must contain unique identifier codes for households and communities, so that children can be matched to households and households can be matched to communities
  • A short summary report with descriptive results on key indicators (basic demographic characteristics of households and children, child labour and education status), a description of the methodology followed, and additional observations during data collection

How to apply

Interested contractors should send a technical and financial proposal, describing their relevant experience and capacity to undertake the study for the child labour prevalence survey. The proposed budget and technical proposal must be submitted by email with the email subject: “Your family name_Child labour prevalence survey consultancy” to recruitment-gha@cocoainitiative.org by 10 January 2024. 

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