Hivos seeks to engage a Capacity Strengthening and Consortium Governance Support Partner to facilitate organizational strengthening, consortium coordination support, and regional learning processes across the Urban Futures program in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The assignment is intended to support collaborative learning and organizational strengthening processes and is not intended to create a management or enforcement function over consortium partners.
About Urban Futures
As of February 2024, Hivos, in partnership with the Botnar Foundation and local implementing partners in Zambia and Zimbabwe, officially launched the Urban Futures (UF) Project (2023–2027) in response to the growing implications of climate change, rapid urbanization, and food insecurity in urban areas.
The Urban Futures program aims to contribute to inclusive, climate-resilient cities and urban food systems where young people collaborate to voice their priorities, influence decisions, and seize opportunities in the food sector. It focuses on shorter, fairer, and more sustainable value chains that provide healthy, affordable, and attractive food options for all.
The project is implemented across 10 city-regions in five countries:
• Colombia (Cali and Medellín)
• Ecuador (Manabí-Manpanor and Quito-Chocó Region)
• Indonesia (Bandung and West Manggarai)
• Zambia (Chongwe and Kitwe)
• Zimbabwe (Bulawayo and Mutare)
In Southern Africa, Urban Futures works through Lead Partners and Consortium Partners who drive interventions at city-region level. The program brings together civil society, government, private sector, and communities to build more sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient urban food systems.
About the assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen consortium governance, organizational systems, collaboration, and learning across Urban Futures partners in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The assignment will support partners to improve coordination mechanisms, strengthen internal systems and communication practices, enhance collaboration among consortium members, and facilitate collective reflection and learning processes that contribute to more effective program implementation.
The assignment is not intended to provide management, enforcement, contractual oversight, or compliance enforcement functions over partners.
Download the full Terms of Reference (PDF)
In the Terms of Reference, you will find information about the objectives, scope, deliverables, timeline and requirements for this particular assignment.
Submission
Submit applications to proposals.hubsaf@hivos.org by 21 June 2026 with the subject line: “UF Regional Capacity Strengthening and Consortium Governance Support Partner”
