For Oxfam Pilipinas

Philippine Nationals Only

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

About Oxfam Pilipinas

We seek lasting change. We at Oxfam Pilipinas dream and work for a future where Filipinos are free from poverty. For more than 30 years, serving in a country where close to 27 million now live in poverty, we have relied on the power of people to carry out programs designed to achieve our shared vision. Central to our strategy is working with partners to transform the unequal power relations, structures, norms, and values that cause poverty and inequality, including gender-based violence and injustice. 

We strive to apply a feminist lens to all our analyses and actions. We seek to save lives, provide access to services, and reduce the impact of disasters, particularly on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We belong to the larger Oxfam family of over 20 organizations networked with partners and grassroots communities in all corners of the globe. We are part of a global movement for genuine change, seeking to rid the world of the scourge of poverty, with gender justice at the core of what we do.

Background

The "Care Connect: Action for care workers in the Philippines and Indonesia" project, spearheaded by Oxfam in partnership with six (6) local organizations is a four-year initiative designed to transform gender dynamics and improve the lives of women and girls in these countries. The project aims to enhance empowerment, socioeconomic well-being, and the enjoyment of rights among women and girls. This initiative addresses the multifaceted challenges of care work, which includes both unpaid and paid domestic care tasks. Despite the critical role of care work in human well-being and economic sustainability, it remains undervalued and poorly compensated, with significant issues such as child labor and gender-based violence being rampant, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. The Care Connect project emphasizes the need to recognize, redistribute, and reduce unpaid care work while ensuring decent work and fair wages for paid care workers. It also promotes representation, social dialogue, and collective organizing and bargaining for DCWs, drawing on the International Labour Organization's "5R framework."

Care Connect's approach is deeply rooted in feminist and gender-transformative principles, aiming to dismantle patriarchal norms and empower women's rights actors and organizations. By integrating human rights, gender, and environmental considerations into its design, the project seeks to address poverty, inequality, and the disproportionate burden of care work on women and girls. The project involves multi- stakeholders, including employers, unions, opinion leaders, and community members, to champion the cause of care workers, specifically domestic workers, barangay health workers, and day care workers. In Indonesia, the project will focus on West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara, while in the Philippines, it will target Mindanao, Luzon, Eastern Visayas, and the National Capital Region for public engagement and advocacy.

To effectively address the challenges related to women’s and girls’ rights, particularly their right to participate in various activities, and to advocate for improvements in the care sector especially domestic, barangay and day care workers (such as policy and program development, changes on wage increases, decent working conditions, social protection, occupational health and safety, and social security for paid care workers), a comprehensive Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Plan is essential to be developed.

With this, Oxfam Pilipinas is seeking a consultant to develop the Care Connect SBCC Plan to transform social norms around paid and unpaid care work.

Scope of Work

The consultant is expected to provide the following services during his/her consultancy period:

• Output 1: Inception Report

With support from the Care Connect project team and the Policy Advocacy and Communications (PAC) unit, develop a detailed Inception Report that outlines the consultant's approach, methodology, work plan, and timeline for developing the SBCC Plan.

This report will also reflect on Oxfam Pilipinas and its partners’ past work, such as care-related studies, and campaigns like “I Laba You” and community-level care awareness under WECARE.

The report will also introduce initial parameters for integrating these insights and building on Oxfam Pilipinas' extensive work, and provide an initial reflection on the communication approach for the campaign.

• Output 2: Detailed framework for the regional and national consultations

Develop a detailed framework for the national and regional consultations in close collaboration with Oxfam Pilipinas’ focal person, including:

• Output 2.1. A comprehensive review of the past care-related work and studies by other organizations, partners, or by Oxfam (e.g., WECARE) and studies (e.g., care policy scorecard and review of local care ordinances by Notre Dame, care infrastructure research) among others and the ongoing research being conducted by the Care Connect project team and implementing partners (LEARN and PKKK).
• Output 2.2. A plan for engaging target participants through the consultation process, which include tools such as:
  - Output 2.2.1. Online Survey for Target Participants. Develop and distribute an online survey for selected participants to gather data relevant to the consultations.
  - Output 2.2.2. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Questionnaires. Design FGD questionnaires for national and regional consultations to explore key issues in-depth.
  - Output 2.2.3. Hybrid Interviews with Target Participants. Conduct hybrid interviews with target participants to gather qualitative insights into their perspectives and experiences.
  
  

• Output 3: Report on the Results of the Consultations. Develop a comprehensive report on the outcomes of the consultations, including an executive summary and a visual data presentation to clearly communicate key findings.
• Output 3.1: Executive Summary/Report Briefer. Produce a brief summary highlighting key findings, insights, and recommendations from the consultations.
• Output 3.2: Visual Data Presentation/Infographic. Create an engaging visual presentation or infographic to highlight the results of the consultations.
  
  
• Output 4: SBCC Plan with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Plan, campaign tools, and materials. Develop the SBCC Plan based on the consultations, including a MEAL and relevant digital (social media) campaign tools and materials. Ensure the framework shifts from traditional performance management metrics to a human learning systems approach, which may involve systems mapping, tracking actors and linkages, and assessing the advocacy system over time. The plan shall emphasize adaptive learning, stakeholder engagement, and signs of systemic change.
  
  
• Output 5: Training of Trainers and Pilot Testing. To conduct a Training of Trainers (ToT) for the project team to ensure that all teams are properly equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge for the effective rollout of the SBCC Plan. As SBCC is a new approach for all parties involved, the ToT shall focus on providing both foundational and advanced knowledge and skills in SBCC. Additionally, the consultants will conduct Pilot Testing to ensure the approaches and materials are practical and ready for implementation.
  
  
• Ensure proper archiving of all materials, including raw and editable files, developed through course of the consultancy in Oxfam Box storage.
• With support of the Care Connect project team, manage the documentation and submission to Financial Team of any invoice forms, vouchers, receipts, expense sheets, and analogous documents in relation to reporting or any other reasonable documentation needed for proper billing.

Period of Engagement : March 2025 – September 2025

Other Responsibilities 

• Adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights.
• Perform priority organizational tasks related to his/her competencies as may be assigned from time to time.

Organizational Values:

• Equality -  We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.

• Empowerment - We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.

• Solidarity -  We join hands, support, and collaborate in working towards a just and sustainable world.

• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions

• Courage - We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Note: All offers of consultancy will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.