Consultancy for AIM Research & Learning Partner in Ghana for Community Assessment.

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Consultancy for AIM Research & Learning Partner in Ghana for Community Assessment.

BRAC International

Publication Date: 27 August, 2025

Last Date of Submission: Date: 10th September 2025 Time: 10:30 am Netherlands Local Time)

Job Location: Ghana

Background

BRAC International (BI) is a leading non-profit organisation with a mission to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential. BRAC’s institutional expertise on successfully implemented programmes is applied across 10 countries, touching the lives of over 130 million people, where our models are adapted according to the country’s context.

Overview

Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women in Partnership with BRAC,
or AIM, is a multi-faceted, seven-country program designed to equip 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Africa with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life-skills training, along with the tools to start and scale their own businesses. From 2022 to 2027, the five-year, $267 million program will integrate several of BRAC’s globally recognized,
evidence-based approaches, drawing from Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA), Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG), microfinance and other programs. Implemented in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Kenya, AIM is part of the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy, which seeks to enable access to dignified and fulfilling work for 30 million young Africans, 70 percent of whom will be young women, by 2030. AIM
applies a “best-of-BRAC” approach, achieving social and economic development for AGYW by drawing from several programmatic models already shown through rigorous research to achieve positive impact in a way that is both scalable and cost-effective. The goals of AIM are to:

• foster the agency and voice of AGYW to act on their aspirations
• enable AGYW to engage in sustainable livelihoods
• create an enabling environment for AGYW, including support for their engagement in advocacy

BRAC International seeks a research and learning partner in Ghana to execute a community assessment. Applicants must have a physical presence in Ghana, experience studying women’s empowerment, and a deep understanding of value chains in Ghana.

The partner will use in-depth interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) to answer questions including but not limited to:

• What challenges or barriers are likely to emerge in establishing and maintaining effective partnerships and coordination with stakeholders during AIM’s setup and implementation? How can they be addressed early on?
• What are the primary value chains in rural and urban communities? What are the opportunities and barriers to accessing these value chains?
• What is the process and level of registration for VSLAs? Are there any policies that hinder AGYW aged 12-17 to be part of saving and lending groups?
• How frequently do AGYW migrate or leave the community, and what are the main reasons for their movement (e.g. seasonal work, marriage, schooling)?

The Terms of Reference(ToR) and RFP documents can be downloaded from the
here.

Applications must be submitted to bi.procurements@brac.net by September 10, 2025, Time: 10:30 am Netherlands Local Time).

About the Organization

BRAC International (BI) is a leading non-profit organisation with a mission to
empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease,
and social injustice. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people
with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential. BRAC's
institutional expertise on successfully implemented programmes is applied
across 10 countries, touching the lives of over 130 million people, where our
models are adapted according to the country's context.