INVITATION TO TENDER
PURPOSE
Laois County Childcare Committee is seeking a consultant to engage
with the organisation to complete its governance journey and prepare a
report on its compliance with the Governance Code. The purpose of this
engagement is to identify with the stakeholders what the organisation
has achieved and identify key governance measures the organisation
needs to put in place to complete the governance journey.
ROLE OF LAOIS COUNTY CHILDCARE COMMITTEE
Laois County Childcare Committee is responsible for implementing the
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
(DCEDIY)?national programmes through its local implementation plan
(LIP).
MISSION STATEMENT
Our aim is to provide a planned and co-ordinated approach to the
support and development of high quality childcare in County Laois that
responds to the assessed and different needs of communities in the
County.
RESEARCH TO BE UNDERTAKEN
* Review and analyse the organisational governance procedures and
practices
* Review of the organisations operating systems.
TASKS
The consultant will undertake the following tasks:
* Desk research: a review of LCCC?s current policies and processes,
work plan and any other relevant documents.
* Facilitated Sessions: These sessions facilitated by the consultant
will focus on a series of prescribed questions (already agreed).
* Complete the reporting template.
TIMESCALE
The work should begin in early March with consultations to be
completed over a four/five week period. It is anticipated that the
final report will be submitted to LCCC by the first week in May
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OUTPUTS
The successful tender for the project will produce the following
reports:
* The contractor will liaise with the Co-ordinator on a weekly basis
and/or as required for the purpose of providing progress updates.
* Final report to LCCC.
METHODOLOGY
The successful consultant will carry out an initial discussion with
LCCC. From this a literature review will be carried out. The
successful consultant will facilitate a number of online discussions
(no. of sessions to be agreed) with LCCC. The findings of these
discussions will be incorporated into the final report. The successful
consultant will liaise with the Management Committee/ Co-ordinator
throughout the process.
BUDGET
It is estimated that the research will take no more than 8 days to
complete, between literature review, online sessions and report
writing. The budget available for this consultative work is
?4,**Apply on the website** inclusive of VAT.
REQUIREMENTS
Tenders should demonstrate:
* Relevant research experience, an understanding or experience of the
CCC?s.
* Proven experience of working with voluntary board members
* Proven experience in change management consultation.
* Experience of qualitative research, including facilitating group
discussions.
* Commitment to the values of the CCC?s.
* A proven commitment to professionalism.
* Evaluation and report writing experience.
* Experience that demonstrates ethical standards will be met
throughout the research process and ensuring that data protection and
confidentiality provisions will be met.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROCESS
In no more than 2,**Apply on the website** words, submissions should
include the following:
* Overall approach to the work and the tasks outlined
* Proposed methodology for the work to be undertaken
* Name and contact details of the tenderer / organisation and the
personnel who would be involved in the delivery of the work
* Previous experience of all personnel involved in undertaking the
work (copies of previous work can be attached to tender if preferred)
* Detailed costings for the work to be undertaken
* Timeframe for the completion of the tasks of the research
* Details of two referees
SUBMISSION
Tenders should be submitted by email only to?LCCC?s Secretary
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website**/**Apply on the website**/**Apply on the website** at 5pm.
Please mark the subject line of the email LCCC Tender?.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
