Consultant for training to offer corporate governance training in Adjumani and Ngora tender job at Self Help Africa (SHA)

Self Help Africa (SHA) is an Irish based, International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) implementing rural development, sustainable livelihoods, and food security programmes in nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, SHA has been operational since 1989, implementing various programmes across all regions of the country.
Self Help Africa with funding from Irish Aid is implementing a 5-year ‘’Sustainable Food for All’’ project in 2 districts of Adjumani and Katakwi (2023-2027) to ensure 2,000 refugees and their host communities attain improved access to and consumption of sustainable, diverse, and nutritious food among lowincome farming households. To achieve this goal, the project adopted market systems approach, fostering partnership and collaboration among different actors in the ecosystem to increase income opportunities for targeted beneficiaries through strengthened relationships and networks. Emphasis is placed on facilitating the partnerships to deliver interventions in collaboration with other market actors from the public and private sectors. The approach focuses on facilitating market actors to deliver relevant training, extension services, business services, and market linkages to the HHs; it builds capacity within the system itself and builds on the incentives of the actors to sustain change. This market-based approach better ensures that successful activities are adopted and driven by the market; and that these new services and business models continue to reach more and more HHs beyond the project itself.

Specific objectives/scope of tasks for the consultant
Expectations for the Trainer
The trainer is expected to:
• To familiarize participants with corporate governance principles and their relevance to the partners
• To define and clarify the roles and responsibilities of the board, management, and other stakeholders.
• To build capacity in strategic planning, decision-making, and risk management.
• To strengthen accountability, transparency, and reporting systems within the organization.
• To foster ethical leadership and effective conflict resolution mechanisms.

The Terms of Reference for the assignment can be downloaded at
https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/category/tenders Qualified candidates should submit technical and financial proposals by E-mail as follows: - procurement-uganda@selfhelpafrica.net
Please type “Consultant / Training to offer training for Corporate Governance UGK4” - [your consultant(s)/Consultancy firm name]” in the subject line of the e-mail.

The closing date for receiving the applications is no later than Close of Business on Monday 28th May 2025
Please do not send certificates at this stage. Due to the anticipated high volume of applications, kindly note that only shortlisted applications will be contacted.

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