Engagement of the Project Officer - Targeting for GEWEL 2 for the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) for 2 years.

Republic of Zambia MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES (MCDSS) SOCIAL CASH TRANSFER - PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CONSULTING SERVICES – Individual Consultant Selection (Open; National) COUNTRY: ZAMBIA NAME OF PROJECT: GIRLS' EDUCATION AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND LIVELIHOODS FOR HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT – GEWEL 2 CREDIT NO: P181391 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT REFERENCE NO: MCDSS/SCT/C/2025 The Government of Republic of Zambia, with support from the World Bank and the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescent (GFF), is implementing the Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods for Human Capital Project (GEWEL 2) with the main objective of promoting human capital development and productivity among poor and vulnerable girls and women, while strengthening adaptive social protection delivery systems. The project is being implemented across three Government Ministries, namely the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), Ministry of Education (MOE), and Ministry of Health (MOH), as well as the Gender Division in the Office of the President. The project has four components, (i) the Foundational Social Cash Transfer and Nutrition (SCT) implemented by the Department of Social Welfare at MCDSS and MoH; (ii) Keeping Girls in School and Beyond (KGS) implemented by MOE; (iii) Supporting Women’s Livelihoods for Climate-Smart Productive Inclusion (SWL) implemented by the Department of Community Development at MCDSS; and (iv) the Institutional Strengthening and Systems Building for Cash ‘Plus’ Delivery (ISSB) implemented by the Department of Planning and Information at MCDSS and Gender Division. Specifically, the Social Cash Transfer Project Implementation Unit (PIU) under the MCDSS will be responsible for implementation of Component 1 of the project which is, the Nutrition – Sensitive Foundational Social Cash Transfer. This component will ensure the...