Oxfam has maintained a long‑standing presence in Kenya, working in partnership with civil society organisations, community groups, and movements to address poverty, inequality, humanitarian need, and injustice. Over time, Oxfam’s work in Kenya has evolved in response to national dynamics, shifting development priorities, and changes within the global Oxfam confederation.
As part of Oxfam’s confederation‑wide commitment to localization and the redistribution of power to the Global South, Oxfam Kenya (OKE) has undergone a significant institutional transition. This has resulted in OKE becoming a fully autonomous national affiliate, with independent governance, leadership, and strategic decision‑making authority, while remaining part of the global Oxfam confederation.
This transition represents a fundamental shift in OKE’s role and operational model. OKE is no longer operating as a country programme of an international NGO, but as an independent Kenyan organisation that both contributes to and draws value from a global confederation. OKE must therefore articulate its identity, positioning, and value‑add within Kenya, the region, and the wider confederation.
The Oxfam Kenya Strategy 2026–2031 is intended to be an affiliate strategy, rather than a traditional country programme strategy. While programmatic priorities will be included, the primary focus is on:
The strategy will be informed by Kenya’s political, social, economic, and climate context, and aligned with Oxfam’s values and approaches, including feminist, rights‑based, and decolonial principles. OKE intends to develop this strategy through a participatory, staff‑led process, supported by an external consultant acting in a facilitative and analytical role.
The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate and support the development of the Oxfam Kenya Affiliate Strategy (2026–2031) through a structured, participatory, and time‑bound process. The assignment is designed to ensure that OKE is able to articulate a clear, coherent, and forward‑looking strategic direction that reflects its identity and role as an autonomous national affiliate.
This assignment differs from traditional strategy consultancies in that the emphasis is on facilitation, structured engagement, and synthesis, rather than externally driven strategy formulation. The consultant is expected to work closely with OKE leadership, staff, and governance bodies to enable reflection, support analysis, and translate emerging insights into a consolidated strategic framework.
This is explicitly not a country programme strategy consultancy. The focus is on supporting OKE to define its strategic positioning, institutional identity, and contribution within the confederation framework, while ensuring coherence between programmatic work, partnerships, and organizational direction.
Summary of purpose:
The consultant will be engaged to provide independent facilitation, analytical rigour, and structured documentation support throughout the strategy development process. The role requires the ability to guide discussions, manage diverse inputs, and maintain momentum within a defined timeframe, while ensuring that OKE retains full ownership of strategic decisions.
The consultant is expected to operate in a non‑directive manner, creating the conditions for effective participation and constructive dialogue across different stakeholder groups. This includes supporting leadership decision‑making processes, ensuring alignment across teams, and capturing both explicit and implicit insights emerging from consultations and workshops.
The role also requires strong synthesis capability, as the consultant will be responsible for consolidating multiple streams of input into clear, structured outputs that support informed decision‑making and final strategy articulation.
The consultant will:
The consultant will not:
The consultant will provide support across several interrelated areas, ensuring that the process moves systematically from framing, to data collection, to synthesis, to articulation. The scope is designed to balance comprehensiveness with the practical constraints of a time‑bound process.
The consultant is expected to adapt their approach as needed, while maintaining alignment with the agreed process plan. This includes ensuring that engagement methods are appropriate, that outputs are timely and actionable, and that the strategy development process remains focused and disciplined.
The assignment will include both process facilitation responsibilities and technical responsibilities related to analysis and drafting, requiring a combination of facilitation and strategic thinking skills.
The consultant will:
The outputs of this consultancy are intended to be concise, coherent, and usable, supporting both internal alignment and external communication. The emphasis is on producing a strategy that is clear in its direction, accessible in its presentation, and grounded in the realities of OKE’s operating context.
The consultant will be responsible for ensuring that outputs reflect the discussions and decisions of OKE stakeholders, while maintaining clarity, consistency, and logical structure across the document. Drafts are expected to go through iterative review and refinement based on feedback from SMT, staff, and the Board.
Outputs should be delivered in a format that supports both formal approval processes and subsequent use for communication, resource mobilisation, and operational planning.
The consultant will deliver:
The consultancy will be implemented within a maximum six (6) week timeframe, following completion of contracting and onboarding. The timeline is intentionally compressed, requiring careful planning, disciplined execution, and efficient use of stakeholder time.
OKE will put in place an agreed internal process framework, which will define engagement points, decision moments, and sequencing of activities. The consultant will be expected to work within this structure, while providing technical guidance on pacing, facilitation design, and sequencing as needed.
The consultant must be able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, including stakeholder engagement, synthesis, and drafting, while ensuring that the process maintains clarity and momentum.
Key features of the timeline:
OKE is seeking a consultant (or consulting team) with a strong combination of strategic facilitation experience, analytical capability, and contextual understanding of the NGO and development sector. The assignment requires both technical competence and the ability to work effectively in participatory and leadership‑driven environments.
The consultant must demonstrate relevant professional and practical experience, including prior work on similar strategy processes. This includes experience facilitating multi‑stakeholder processes, developing organizational or affiliate strategies, and working in complex institutional contexts.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the consultant’s ability to:
Minimum requirements:
Interested consultants are expected to submit comprehensive proposals that demonstrate both technical capability and alignment with the nature of the assignment. Proposals will be assessed based on clarity of approach, relevance of experience, and overall value for money.
The technical proposal should demonstrate a clear understanding of the assignment and outline a structured, realistic methodology for delivering the work. The financial proposal should provide sufficient detail to enable assessment of cost realism and alignment with proposed activities.
Preference will be given to proposals that clearly demonstrate:
Required submissions:
How to apply:
Proposals shall be sent to KPConsultancyServices@oxfam.org.uk not later than 20th May 2026 5.00 PM.
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