Background

With funding from the Swedish Embassy, Mercy Corps Launched the PROSPECTS IV programme with the goal to increase incomes, job quality, and job security for urban female and male youth. The program kick-off Pilot Phase implementation in two defined urban areas – Monrovia (Montserrado County) and Ganta (Nimba County) – through Partnership with key actors in the sectors of Poultry, FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods), Tech, and Informal Norms and potential expansion to secondary locations and counties contingent on the results of Pilot Phase activities. In total, the programme is planned to last about four years with a budget of about 5.5m USD – and aims to directly benefit 16,400 young people through the course of implementation. One of the first Market Systems Development (MSD) programs in Liberia, PROSPECTS IV will focus on urban youth employment, based on the following Theory of Change:

Purpose of Consultancy

Communication plays a vital role in the visibility of our work and ensuring we account to stakeholders appropriately, this consultancy seeks to: 1. facilitate open, transparent, timely, and effective exchange of information; 2. aid in the accomplishment of our program objectives; 3. be an effective means of demonstrating the success of our work; 4. outline communication approaches and channels that will be used to support the work we do. 5. Identify key communication tools, including new ways to communicate more effectively both internally and externally. And facilitates comprehensive communication approaches around our focus and thematic areas and increases outreach to our target audiences. The consultant is responsible for writing and publishing articles on PROSPECTS-IV events/activities on multi-media outlets, set-up a communication database, and coordinating communication and media (set-up a visibility Plan from Feb -April.26, set-up radio programs)

Objectives, activities, and deliverables:

1. Drafting Articles for Event

The consultant will attend major events/activities and capture keys learnings to be used in Articles and published

Activities:

1. Attend major Events/Activities
2. Capture learning from Past events and post on different Mercy corps Media handouts
3. Capture learning and draft articles for past and present events
4. Finalize Draft Articles and Published on Media Outlets
5. Support on Prospects (1-4) Video documentary and Story of change Development
6. Support on Prospects-IV close out events planning

Deliverables:

1. Captures Learning from Varoius event and share on different media outlets/handout
2. Draft Articles and published on different media outlets
3. Develop articles from pass events and publish
4. Provide guidance and work with consultant on development of Video and story of change
5. Support on hiring of media outlets and distributions of invites for events and activities

2. Coordination of Communication and Media

The consultant will work closely with the project team to prepare a communication workplan Feb- April 2026

Activities:

1. Together with the project Team, Finalized and shared a clear Visibility Plan
2. Identify stakeholder for radio program and finalized plan to hosting of events
3. Plan comms for key activities, Attend and capture photos for Media outlets update.

Deliverables:

1. Visibility Plan finalized Shared.
2. Radio Stakeholder identified for Prospects-IV and radio program kick-off
3. Plan Comms Activities and attend, capture and update media
4. Set up Communication Database for Prospects-IV

The consultant will draft a finalize a detail Communication Database for Prospects

Deliverables:

1. Communication database finalized and shared

Timeline

Below is a list of consultant activities with estimated days of effort and timelines. The Consultancy will last for 3-month period. Start date is on Feb 2026.

Mercy Corps Responsibilities

• Provide Communication materials & support where needed
• Organize transportation to events/Activities Location

Cost of the Consultancy:

The Communication Consultant shall be paid a service fee of 1,500 USD taxable under the Law of the Republic of Liberia. For entire consultancy