TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) Invitation to Bid for BD Consultancy Service PD-ADD- 03863
Action Against Hunger
Ethiopia
Role description
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)
Invitation to Bid for BD Consultancy Service
PD-ADD- 03863
2. Purpose of the Consultancy
3. Objectives of the Consultancy
- Rewrite and strengthen proposals using donor-oriented language and positioning;
- Ensure alignment of proposals with donor priorities, technical guidance, compliance requirements, and scoring criteria;
- Improve clarity, coherence, flow, strategic framing, and logical consistency of proposals; • Strengthen theories of change, problem statements, results frameworks, and value propositions;
- Facilitate proposal design and co-creation processes before an initial draft is available;
- Support or lead drafting of concept notes and proposals from inception where required;
- Ensure strong integration of cross-cutting themes including climate resilience, localization, gender, nexus, systems strengthening, resilience, innovation, and sustainability;
- Improve executive summaries and strategic messaging;
- Strengthen donor-facing positioning of ACF Ethiopia;
- Support rapid turnaround proposal reviews during live proposal development processes.
- Proposal Design, Review and Strategic Rewriting
- Facilitate proposal design discussions and strategic brainstorming sessions with technical and program teams;
- Support development of proposal structures, strategic narratives, theories of change, and positioning before drafting begins;
- Review draft concept notes, proposals, log frames, and supporting documents;
- Rewrite sections using donor-sensitive and strategic language;
- Improve narrative quality, readability, and persuasiveness;
- Ensure consistency across technical, operational, financial, and results sections;
- Strengthen framing around impact, scalability, sustainability, and innovation;
- Where required, lead the drafting and writing of full concept notes and proposals from inception to final submission.
- Donor Alignment and Compliance
- Assess alignment of proposals against donor priorities and guidance;
- Ensure compliance with solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria;
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or weak positioning;
- Advice on how to improve competitiveness and scoring potential.
- Strategic Positioning Support
- Strengthen articulation of ACF Ethiopia’s comparative advantage;
- Improve positioning of consortium approaches and partnerships;
- Support framing of resilience, nexus, and systems approaches;
- Ensure proposals clearly demonstrate value for money and operational feasibility.
- Technical and Editorial Quality Assurance
- Conduct final quality assurance reviews before submission;
- Ensure consistency in terminology, style, formatting, and messaging;
- Improve flow between sections and technical coherence;
- Ensure proposals remain concise while strategically compelling.
- Advisory Support
- Provide strategic recommendations to proposal teams;
- Support brainstorming and proposal structuring sessions where required;
- Advise on donor engagement and strategic positioning opportunities.
- Revised and strengthened concept notes and proposals;
- Written proposal review comments and strategic recommendations;
- Compliance and alignment review against donor requirements;
- Improved executive summaries and strategic narratives;
- Final proposal quality assurance review prior to submission;
- Facilitation of proposal design workshops and co-creation sessions where required;
- Drafting of full proposals and concept notes from inception where requested;
- Optional coaching/support to proposal development teams.
- A cover letter expressing interest and outlining relevant experience.
- Detailed CVs highlighting qualifications and previous work.
- A brief proposal (maximum 15pages) outlining the proposed approach, methodology, similar consultancy done the last 4years, at least three references, work-plan and financial proposal.
- Company registration certificate
- Tax registration and compliance certificate
- A copy of national ID/Passport for owner/director/manager