Terms of Reference - Private-Sector Partner for CTEVT-Certified Vocational Training, Workplace Exposure and Job Placement

Terms of Reference

Private-Sector Partner for CTEVT-Certified Vocational Training, Workplace Exposure and Job Placement

Project: Skills for Dignified Work: Empowering Urban Women in Lalitpur

Location: Lalitpur Metropolitan City 

Partnership Type: Formal Partnership to deliver CTEVT-certified vocational training for 25 young women, provide structured workplace exposure, and link to paid employment

Assignment Duration: Approx. 4 months starting from 1 December 2026

Reports to: Programme Officer / M&E cum Documentation Officer, Yuwalaya

Application Deadline: 25 November 2026

ABOUT YUWALAYA

Yuwalaya is a youth-led civil society organisation based in Lalitpur, Nepal, working since 2013 to promote the rights, dignity, and sustainable livelihoods of marginalised girls, young women, and women workers. As an implementing partner of Oxfam Nepal's Valuing Women's Work (VWW) Gender Justice project, Yuwalaya has deep community roots in Lalitpur's domestic worker communities and a strong track record of rights-based advocacy, women's organising, and livelihood programming.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Skills for Dignified Work project is a 7-month initiative funded by Oxfam In Nepal (OIN) targeting 25 young women (aged 18–35) from low-income, Dalit, Janajati, migrant, and other marginalised households engaged in domestic and informal labour in Lalitpur. The project delivers six integrated outputs;

1. Output 1: Women receive CTEVT-certified Vocational skill training
2. Output 2: Women build Leadership, confidence, agency and negotiation skills
3. Output 3: Women improve labour rights awareness and digital/financial skills
4. Output 4: Women form networks and strengthen collective voice 
5. Output 5: Women access formal employment opportunities with fair wages and contracts
6. Output 6: Evidence generated for advocacy, learning and policy influence

Domestic workers are classed as ‘unskilled helpers’, which limits the wages they can ask for and the jobs they can reach. Output 1 enrolls the women in TVET/CTEVT-certified courses in market-demanded skills of their choice, such as advanced housekeeping, cleaning services, etc. subject to market demand and course availability. Output 5 aims for at least 20 women to secure written contracts with dignified income more than current income. 

This assignment connects the two, i.e. training partner is also an employer-linked partner.

Link: Detailed ToR

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should send the following to yuwalaya.youth@gmail.com and pcc.yuwalaya@gmail.com with the subject line "Application for Private-Sector Partner ":

• Cover letter
• Legal registration in Nepal with valid tax registration and tax clearance.
• CTEVT affiliation or recognition Copy of PAN/VAT certificates
• Technical and Financial Proposal
• Legal registration in Nepal with valid tax registration and tax clearance.
• CTEVT affiliation or recognition for the proposed course(s), or a signed arrangement with anaffiliated institute that will conduct and certify them.
• Trainers who meet CTEVT requirements, and facilities and equipment adequate forwomen, including women-safe facilities.
• A verifiable employer network, shown by written vacancy commitments or letters of intent.
• A safeguarding and PSEAH policy or written commitment to Yuwalaya’s and Oxfam’s requirements, and financial statements for the last two years showing operational capacity.

Applications from women-led institutions and institutions led by Dalit and Janajati communities are strongly encouraged.

Yuwalaya reserves the right to negotiate the scope, plans or fee with shortlisted institutions. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further discussion.