SKILLS AUDIT
Consultancy, Research Jobs
- Zimbabwe Environmental Law As…
- Expires 03 Aug 2025
- Harare
- Part Time
Job Description
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO) is a public interest environmental law organization that promotes environmental justice, sustainable natural resource governance, and climate action. In line with the 2025–2029 Strategic Plan, ZELO seeks to strengthen its internal capacity and align its human resources with its evolving programmatic and institutional goals.
To this end, ZELO is commissioning a comprehensive skills audit to assess the current skills and competencies within the organisation, identify gaps, and provide actionable recommendations for capacity development and human resource planning.
Objectives of the Skills Audit
The main objectives of the skills audit are to:
• Evaluate the current skills, qualifications, and competencies of ZELO staff.
• Identify gaps between existing skills and those required to achieve strategic objectives.
• Inform succession planning, talent development, and recruitment strategies.
• Enhance alignment between staff capabilities and ZELO’s strategic programmatic areas.
• Support a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant/team will undertake the following tasks:
• Review of strategic documents: including ZELO’s Strategic Plan, organogram, job descriptions, past performance assessments, and capacity development plans.
• Design and administer skills audit tools (questionnaires, self-assessment forms, interviews, focus group discussions).
• Assess skills and competencies across the organisation, including management, programme, administrative and support staff.
• Map current staff competencies against key focus areas of the organisation (e.g., environmental justice, legal reform, climate change, energy governance, extractives governance, policy advocacy, MEAL,financial management, media/communication, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning).
• Identify skills gaps and emerging needs or trends, for instance related to digital advocacy, gender mainstreaming, Environmental, Social Governance (ESG) reporting, systems thinking, organisational learning, and adaptive leadership.
• Develop a skills profile matrix and recommendations for individual and organisational capacity development.
• Facilitate validation sessions to review and refine findings with staff and management.
• Produce a final report detailing findings, skills gap analysis, and actionable recommendations.
Methodology overview
• The consultant is expected to propose a participatory and inclusive methodology that combines:
• Document review
• Structured questionnaires or online surveys
• One-on-one interviews and/or focus group discussions with ZELO staff
• Self and peer assessments
• SWOT or gap analysis
Deliverables
The consultant shall produce the following key deliverables:
• Inception Report detailing the approach, methodology, tools, and work plan.
• Draft Skills Audit Report with preliminary findings and skills matrix.
• Facilitation of Validation Workshop with ZELO staff and management.
• Final Skills Audit Report, including:
• Current skills inventory
• Skills gap analysis
• Recommendations for training, recruitment, succession, and performance development
• Skills development/strengthening roadmap
Duration and Timeline
• The assignment will run for a total of 30 working days spread over 4–6 weeks,
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
The consultant or team should possess the following:
• Proven experience in conducting Human resource audits or organisational capacity assessments.
• Knowledge of organisational development, HR systems, and strategic workforce planning.
• Familiarity with civil society operations, especially environmental and governance-focused NGOs.
• Strong facilitation, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Knowledge of ZELO’s thematic areas will be an added advantage.
Reporting and Supervision
• The consultant will report to ZELO’s Finance and Administration Manager or designated representative and work closely with the Management Team.
Competencies:
• Prior experience or track record working with an organisation or organisations, focused on environmental governance is an advantage.
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, is required
How to Apply
• Interested individuals or firms should submit:
• A technical and financial proposal with a cover letter clarifying the assignment title
• Updated CV(s) of the consultant(s)
• At least two references from similar assignments
• Sample of a previous skills audit or similar assessment
Send the following information by email to procurementzw@gmail.com . In the subject of the email please state: the title of the TOR
