International Consultancy Expert in Cost Analysis, Dakar, Senegal, (10 months)

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Job overview

Job overview

In Senegal, the strengthening of the social services workforce is in a context characterized by: (i) persistent high child protection risks (violence, child marriage, child labour, exploitation), (ii) significant levels of monetary and multidimensional poverty affecting children and vulnerable households, and (iii) strong territorial disparities between urban, rural and border areas.

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At the institutional level, child protection benefits from relatively structured decentralized coordination mechanisms through the Departmental Committees for Child Protection (CDPE). The social services of the Justice (Open Educational Action Services (AEMO) are also well distributed in the 46 departments. On the other hand, social protection does not have equivalent mechanisms of decentralized coordination, which limits the convergence of services and weakens the reference and support paths of households. In the education sector, Academic Inspections (AIs) and Education and Training Inspections (ETIs) play a key role in the prevention, identification and referral of children at risk, although their articulation with social services varies significantly across territories. At the same time, budgetary constraints, pressure on public payroll and lack of consolidated workforce data, labour ratios and unit costs complicate medium-term planning as well as political and fiscal dialogue with the Ministry of Finance. In this context, an integrated approach combining institutional analysis, workforce assessment, ratio analysis, costing and investment planning is essential to inform fiscal reforms and trade-offs. Specific objectives: In addition to the general objective, the assignment aims to achieve the following specific objectives:

• 1. To analyse the extent to which the current configuration of the social services workforce in Senegal can meet the needs of child protection and social protection, taking into account territorial disparities.

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• 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of existing coordination mechanisms, including the CDPEs but also the Comites Communals de Protection de l’Enfant (CCPE), Comité Villageois de Protection de l’Enfant (CVPE), among others, and identify institutional bottlenecks affecting the convergence between child protection, social protection, education and health.
• 3. Determine the ratios of social workers required for adequate minimum coverage of needs, based on international orientations and Senegalese demographic realities.
• 4. Estimate the current and projected costs associated with recruiting, training, supervising and operating the quality social services workforce.
• 5. Identify funding gaps and analyse different options for financing the social services workforce as well as the functioning of sustainable CDPEs, compatible with Senegal’s macro-budgetary constraints.
• 6. Provide evidence to inform policy and fiscal dialogue, in particular with the Ministry of Finance and relevant sectoral ministries.
• 7. Provide operational recommendations for better consideration of costs by the Government. How would you make the difference? Methodology The consultancy will adopt a mixed, progressive and participatory methodology, adapted to the institutional and territorial context of Senegal.
• 1. Literature review and analysis of secondary data Review of national policies, strategies, legal and regulatory frameworks, budget documents, sectoral reports, administrative data and relevant surveys. This phase will establish a consolidated understanding of institutional arrangements, existing commitments and structural constraints.
• 2. Institutional and functional analysis

Responsibilities

In-depth analysis of the roles, responsibilities and interactions between key actors, including social services, CDPEs, CCPEs, CVPEs, AIs, IEFs, social protection actors as well as health and education stakeholders. The Anal

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