Budgeting & Budget Monitoring Essentials Training

Terms of Reference

Provision of Customized Capacity Building

1. Introduction

SOS Children’s Villages Palestine seeks to enage a competent trainer or company to provide capacity building in finance focused topics for some of its staff.

2.  About SOS Children's Villages

SOS Children’s Villages is a worldwide organization in 133 countries that enables children to have a loving home with parents or caregivers. SOS Children’s Villages – Palestine is a member association of SOS Children’s Villages International.  We began our work in Palestine in 1966, the first SOS in the Middle East.

We work together with a single vision: every child belongs in a nurturing/family environment and grows with love, respect and security. Among other services, we provide family-like care (FLC) for children who have lost parental care and for whom this type of care setting is in their best interests.

We also work with vulnerable families and communities to empower families to take care of their children and prevent child-family separation. This is done by providing family strengthening services (FS). 

SOS Children’s villages Palestine takes its Values as top priority in communicating and reflecting the brand image of the federation:

Courage: We take action

Commitment: we keep our promises

Trust: We believe in each other

Accountability: We are reliable partners.

Openness is a vital element of our federation culture. Through openness we learn from our work and each other. Transparency is also a cornerstone of the trust our donors, partners and beneficiaries place in us and should be visible on our official website.

3.  Aim of the assignment

To enrich, improve and scale up the professional working capacity of finance & non-finance staff in fields of: financial management for development sector, international donors standard rules and regulations, NGOs Budgeting Essentials & NGO Budget Monitoring Essentials.

Assignment will ideally take place starting end of August to September 2023. 

4. Description of Topics and deliverables

A. Budgeting & Budget Monitoring Essentials

Training Hours: 24 Training Hours divided into 6 Sessions.

Methodology: Face to Face lectures and case studies.

Training shall take place in Bethlehem, SOS Premises

Main Topics:

1. Financial Planning for NGOs.
2. Activity Based Budgeting.
3. Project Breakdown sheet.
4. Reviewing and summarizing the budget.
5. Budget components: Direct costs, Indirect and support costs.
6. Cost Recovery.
7. Multiple donor funded projects.
8. Budget Management: Analysis and Techniques.
9. Budget risks.
10. Variance, deviations and variations Analysis.
11. Budget forecast techniques.
12. Taking action on variations.
13. Donors’ accountability and reporting.

5.  Qualifications of the Supplier

• Proven and solid knowledge and experience in providing trainings to non-profit organizations staff.
• Professional certifications or credentials in development field.
• Ability to provide the trainings in English.
• Technical capacities to ensure smooth, on time and high quality of services
• Provide ongoing technical support as well as support services.

6.    Application: we are kindly asking for your proposals

Technical Offer:

• Company Profile
• Resumes
• Certifications, registrations etc.
• Experience and history.
• References
• Precise training Syllabus and methodology.

Financial Offer:

• Should be in ILS Including VAT.
• Should have clear breakdowns for cost items, one-time fees, periodic charges, transactions charges.

Please submit your offers to:

SOS Children’s Villages National Office

4th Floor, Nazzal Building

Nativity Street

Bethlehem

For technical queries, please address your questions to:

Yasser Issa

Interim Finance & Controlling Director

[email protected]

+972598211642

Deadline to receive offers: Monday, 21 August, 2023 at 3:00pm.