Background
The Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) is a national landowner led membership organization, established in 2013 to serve the collective interests of over 200 community and private conservancies. KWCA works to create an enabling environment for conservancies to thrive by advocating for the right policies, laws and incentives and supporting them through information sharing, and capacity building. KWCA recognizes that conservancies represent a strong mechanism to promote wildlife stewardship and custodianship by local communities and landowners that share land with wildlife.
In the last 10 years, KWCA has grown from a relatively nascent start-up organization to a more effective and established organization that now plays a critical national leadership role in the country’s conservation, environment and natural resources sector. In addition, KWCA has evolved into a respected and trusted authority in community conservation locally and globally as is evidenced by its growth in membership growth and strategic partnerships.
KWCA works with a lean team (current 20 staff) and is keen to attract and retain talent. Last year an Organizational Capacity Assesment was carried out and one of the outcomes/actions was that we needed to develop a competency framework and succession plan that aligns with our staff development aspirations. Both these documents will support in the continued and smooth operations for KWCA and the impactful work that we do.
Objective of the assignment
KWCA is looking to acquire consultancy services from a firm/agency/individual to undertake the development of a comprehensive competency framework that will serve as a basis for succession planning. KWCA further seeks the Consultant to develop a succession plan for the Association. Target employees for succession and therefore this assignment are the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and Managers/Team Leaders.
Scope of Work
The tasks in this assignment shall be as follows:
- Develop a competency framework for KWCA.
- Identify and assess key and critical positions that must be earmarked for succession.
- Design and agree with the leadership team the knowledge, competencies, skills, and attributes necessary for success in these critical positions and refine the competency framework developed.
- Conduct succession assessments of identified staff earmarked for succession to identify those who have the potential to fill key roles now and into the future.
- Develop detailed profiles for each potential successor that outlines their current capabilities, experiences, strengths, areas for improvement, and career aspirations.
- Develop tailored individual development plans for each potential successor.
- Identify future experiences and development actions that potential leaders at KWCA will need to address and prepare for in order to execute against current and future organization needs.
- Develop a succession management policy and framework
- Hold a Workshop to sensitize the Senior Management Team on the policy and framework.
Key Deliverables
- Competency Framework developed and approved and relevant competencies and skill requirements clearly identified and documented.
- Succession Management Policy & Framework
- Report on the Senior Management Team sensitization workshop
Required qualifications and skills
- An advanced Degree in Human Resource Management or related field
- At least 10 years of professional experience in Human Resource with extensive experience in Talent Management Recruitment and Selection, and Organization Development
- Consultancy experience preferably working with NGOs will be an added advantage
- Experience developing Competency Frameworks
- Experience developing and implementing Succession Management Frameworks under the end – end scope of Talent Management
- Registered with the Institute of Human Resource Management Kenya (IHRM(K) as a Human Resource Practitioner
- Flexible, creative, detail-oriented and well organized
- Ability to maintain the highest standards of confidentiality and professionalism with sound judgement
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Submission of Proposal
The proposal should demonstrate sound knowledge, technical skills and capacity as required by the nature of work of the assignment and understanding of the requisite tasks set forth in the scope of work.
Eligible Consultants should submit the following;
- Technical and financial proposals
- Date and activity schedule
- CV of designated personnel
- Minimum of 2 recommendations from previous assignments
The proposals should be emailed to [email protected] indicating clearly on the email header the title of the consultancy by Friday 04th April, 2025.
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