Engagement of a Facilitation Team for a Three-day Governance and Strategic Leadership Workshop at Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN)

The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) is a non-governmental, non-profit making coalition, made up of organizations with a shared vision to transform Nigeria into a country where every citizen is food and nutrition secured. We pursue this lofty goal by engaging government and non-state actors to raise awareness, sustain commitment and actions to effectively tackle under-nutrition in Nigeria. The coalition was formally launched on the 7th of August, 2014.
We have a common vision with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, clear accountability and sustainability framework. The guiding principles of the alliance include; Evidence based decision making, Gender mainstreaming, Equity, Feed- back, Diversity, Value for money Transparency and Integrity.Procurement number: CS-SUNN/2026 – 10/001

Date of Committee Review: 29th October 2026

Proposed Date of Workshop: 4th – 6th November 2026

Location: Abuja

Background

Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) is a multi-stakeholder civil society alliance advancing food and nutrition security through policy advocacy, accountability, systems strengthening, capacity development, and citizen engagement. CS-SUNN intends to convene a practical three-day workshop for its Board of Trustees (7), Steering Committee (8), and National Secretariat Management (7).

The workshop will establish a shared institutional view, clarify mandates and decision rights, strengthen strategic and fiduciary oversight, improve the governance-management interface, and produce time-bound governance actions. It is a facilitated learning and application process, not a substitute for a full independent organisational, financial or programme evaluation.

Purpose

CS-SUNN seeks an independent corporate organization, firm/agency, or facilitation team to prepare, design, and deliver the workshop; consolidate its governance tools and decisions; and facilitate a subsequent implementation review. The approach should combine concise expert input with substantial application to CS-SUNN’s circumstances.

Objectives

Provide a shared understanding of CS-SUNN’s vision, mandate and strategic priorities.
Clarify mandates, fiduciary duties, authority limits and accountabilities of the three leadership groups.
Distinguish governance, strategic oversight and management responsibilities, including reserved, delegated, consulted and reported matters.
Strengthening oversight of strategy, performance, finance, risk, safeguarding, ethics and sustainability.
Identify governance strengths, gaps, risks and opportunities.
Agree practical recommendations and a prioritised 90-day and 12-month Governance Improvement Plan with owners, milestones and review arrangements.

Scope of Work

Preparation

Leadership briefing to confirm scope, participants, confidentiality, decision authority and outputs.
Inception note, workplan, document request list and final agenda.
Confidential pre-workshop questionnaire and anonymised synthesis.
Focused review of governance, strategy, performance, financial, risk and compliance documents.
Tailored cases, tools, participant materials and evaluation instruments.

Workshop delivery

Facilitate all three days using approximately 30 percent expert input and 70 percent applied learning.
Use plenary dialogue, group work, case simulation, mandate and decision mapping, peer exchange, reflection and action planning.
Manage time, participation, sensitive discussion and psychological safety.
Close each day with a structured reflection and decision log; assign unresolved matters for further work rather than force premature agreement.

Reporting and follow-up

Consolidate decisions, commitments, unresolved matters and evaluation findings.
Finalise the decision-rights matrix, governance calendar, dashboard requirements and Governance Improvement Plan.
Facilitate an implementation review approximately 90 days after the workshop.

Deliverables

Deliverable
Minimum content

1. Inception package
Inception note, workplan, final agenda, document request and confirmed facilitation approach.

2. Diagnostic package
Questionnaire, anonymised governance snapshot and baseline synthesis.

3. Workshop package
Participant workbook and/or slides, cases, practical tools and evaluation instruments.

4. Applied governance outputs
Mandate and decision-rights matrix, governance calendar, dashboard requirements and 90-day/12-month improvement plan.

5. Final workshop report
Decisions, commitments, unresolved issues, evaluation results and recommended follow-up actions.

6. Follow-up review note
Implementation status, evidence, barriers and agreed corrective actions following the 90-day review.

Proposed Facilitation Team

We propose a three-person core team to provide senior governance leadership, strong group-process support, and focused technical expertise. Bidders may combine the co-facilitation and documentation functions if capacity is demonstrated. Any alternative configuration must show full coverage without weakening participation, documentation or technical quality.

Role
Core responsibilities
Minimum profile

Lead Governance Facilitator / Team Lead
Overall design; document synthesis; core facilitation; sensitive dialogue; decision synthesis; quality assurance; final accountability.
Senior nonprofit governance and board-development specialist with strong adult-learning and strategic leadership facilitation experience.

Co-Facilitator and Learning/Documentation Specialist
Group exercises; participation support; decision and action capture; learning assessment; evaluation; drafting of tools and report.
Demonstrated participatory facilitation, learning evaluation, documentation and action-tracking experience.

Technical Legal Resource Person – Governance, Legal Compliance and Institutional Risk
Provide expert legal guidance on nonprofit governance, statutory and regulatory compliance, fiduciary duties of Board members, conflict-of-interest management, ethics, accountability, and institutional risk. Review relevant provisions of the CS-SUNN’s Constitution and Governing Manual and recommend amendments to strengthen governance, clarify roles and decision-making authority, and ensure consistency with applicable laws and regulations.
A qualified legal practitioner with an LL.B. and a current licence to practise law in Nigeria, with at least 7 years of relevant post-call experience, including demonstrated experience in nonprofit governance, corporate or institutional compliance, constitutional and policy review, and legal advisory services.

Qualifications

Team Lead

Master’s degree in governance, public administration, management, organisational development, law, development studies, business administration, social sciences or a related field.
At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, with substantial work in governance, institutional strengthening, strategic leadership, organisational development or board effectiveness.
Demonstrated nonprofit governance, board development, organisational strategy and governance-management interface expertise.
Experience facilitating senior boards, committees and management teams in civil society, nonprofit or multi-stakeholder settings.
Knowledge of fiduciary oversight, finance, risk, ethics, safeguarding, sustainability and performance governance.
Advanced adult-learning, participatory facilitation, conflict-management, consensus-building, analytical writing and discretion.
Relevant certification and Nigerian civil society/development-sector experience are advantages.

Other team members

Co-Facilitator: relevant postgraduate/professional qualification and evidence of senior workshop support, evaluation, action capture and concise reporting.
Technical Resource Person: relevant advanced academic/professional qualification and practical advisory experience in the technical area.
All members must demonstrate confidentiality, independence, inclusive practice and ability to work with senior governance actors.

Application Requirements

Technical proposal demonstrating understanding and a practical methodology.
Team composition, role allocation, availability and level of effort, with the Team Lead clearly identified.
CVs highlighting directly relevant assignments.
Evidence of at least three comparable assignments and client/reference details were available.
One or two suitably redacted samples of relevant governance/facilitation outputs.
Financial proposal separating professional fees, reimbursable costs and applicable taxes.
Disclosure of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.

Suggested Evaluation Criteria

Criterion
Weight

Understanding and methodology
25%

Team Lead qualifications and relevant experience
30%

Complementary team composition and deployment
20%

Comparable past performance and work samples
15%

Financial proposal and value for money
10%

Clarification contact/deadline: sokoronkwo@cs-sunn.org