Position: Expert Consultant/Consultancy
Location: Two garment factories in Lahore and one in Karachi, Pakistan
Programme Duration: August 2024 - February 2025
Budget: Up to £18,000
Application Deadline: 9am GMT, Monday 5 August 2024
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a leading membership organisation focused on addressing human rights impacts in supply chains. By working with companies, trade unions and NGOs we are uniquely placed to tackle the challenges faced by workers around the world. We support businesses to identify and reduce human rights risks in supply chains, through guidance and collaboration across our membership.
We are seeking an experienced consultant or consultancy to support in the delivery of a living wages/social dialogue programme in two garment producing factories in Pakistan, as part of the programme ‘Living wages in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India with PST brands’.
Qualifications:
- A comprehensive organisational track-record of working in the RMG/industrial sector, especially within the following thematic areas: workplace-based social dialogue, freedom of association, gender equality, living wages.
- Experience of working with garment factories and supply chains in Pakistan, in particular engaging with workers and factory management.
- Comprehensive track-record in conducting action/participatory research including surveys and other qualitative studies for donor-funded projects. The consultant(s) need to include at least one person with practical experience in statistical tools (SPSS).
- Demonstrated experience in producing reports and documents for a business audience.
- Experience in designing and delivering training programmes for workers and factory management in garment factories in Pakistan.
- Strong analytical and writing skills.
- Strong project management skills, including timely and clear communication and managing project expectations, and working under tight timelines.
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Urdu.
Expected deliverables:
- Delivery of capacity-building and awareness raising programmes in participating factories including adaptation of all materials to the local context/language. Provisions of a detailed training plan at the start of the assignment.
- Data collection for baseline, needs assessment and endline. This will include both quantitative and qualitative data to be collected at factory level. Consultants will be expected to analyse the data and share findings with ETI team, as well as provide a clean and complete raw dataset.
- Monthly progress reports reflecting activities conducted, results achieved, challenges and learnings gathered. Brief event reports to be provided e.g. kick-off meeting/consultation meetings/follow-up visits, validation workshop, ToT, training.
- Pictures of the interventions, meetings, BCC campaign events (can be taken through mobile phone).
The final output of the assignment shall be two reports: (i) a comprehensive project completion report that includes comparison of baseline and endline data and shows results, outcomes and learning, (ii) one living wage report detailing the impact of low wages on workers. Both reports need to cover analysis of the data/information contributing to the project’s objectives and should include an executive summary of no more than 3 pages. Both reports should also be accompanied with PowerPoint presentations.
Application Process:
To learn more about this opportunity, please download the Terms of Reference (ToR) at the top of this page. Please submit your CV(s), evidence of similar work, and a proposal (max 3 pages) outlining your methodology, timeline, and budget to hr@eti.org.uk with the subject line "Delivery Partner to Implement ETI Programme on Living Wages/Social Dialogue in Pakistan" by 9am GMT, Monday, 5 August 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Travel to Lahore and Karachi is required and should be included in the budget proposal.
We are looking forward to receiving your application.