Consultancy Title: Program Documentation and Storytelling Consultant -PROSPECT I-IV

Project Location(s): Across PROSPECTS Series Implementation Counties: Montserrado, Grand Bassa,

Bong, Margibi, Nimba

Timeline: March 20 – April 20, 2026

Background

Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian and development organization operating in over 40 countries, with a

mission to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by empowering people to build secure, productive, and

just communities. In Liberia, Mercy Corps has led key initiatives in youth empowerment, peacebuilding,

economic development, and resilience programming.

Since 2013, with support from the Swedish Embassy; Mercy Corps has implemented the multi-phase

PROSPECTS Program, designed to increase economic, social, and civic opportunities for adolescents and youth,

particularly young women and marginalized groups. Over 13 years, PROSPECTS has made significant

contributions to youth employment pathways, skills development, psychosocial well-being, and community

stability across five counties.

PROSPECTS I–IV Overview (2013–2026)

PROSPECTS I (2013–2016): Focused on enhancing skills, employability, and positive youth engagement.

PROSPECTS II (2016–2019): Expanded to include entrepreneurship, business development services,

market-driven skills, and youth leadership opportunities.

PROSPECTS III (2019–2022): Strengthened community resilience, social cohesion, and youth livelihood

systems.

PROSPECTS IV (2022–2026): Emphasizes sustainability, scaling successful models, private-sector integration,

and evidence-driven empowerment.

Across all phases, the program has supported thousands of youths in Montserrado, Grand Bassa, Bong, Margibi,

and Nimba counties.

Rationale for Documentary Development

As PROSPECTS nears completion in 2026, Mercy Corps aims to capture and synthesize compelling impact

stories showcasing the program’s transformational effect on youth, communities, and systems across Liberia. A

well-documented impact story booklet will serve as:

• A historical archive of a 13-year flagship program
• A learning and advocacy resource
• Evidence for donors, partners, and government stakeholders
• A tool to inform future program design and upscale proven models

Purpose of Consultancy:

To document, develop, design, and publish a high-quality PROSPECTS I–IV Change Stories Booklet. The

consultant will remotely guide a team of enumerators, former PROSPECTS staff, who will identify and

document stories from project participants across all counties.

The consultant will develop templates, train enumerators, synthesize collected data, craft compelling stories,

and produce a visually appealing, standardized booklet ready for public dissemination.

OBJECTIVE:

Overall Objective: To produce a professionally designed impact story booklet that illustrates PROSPECTS’

achievements, lessons, and transformative impact from 2013–2026.

Specific Objectives:

• Develop a standardized story of change template.
• Train enumerators on ethical story collection, interviewing, and documentation.
• Guide enumerators in identifying and capturing beneficiary stories across PROSPECTS phases.
• Synthesize raw documentation into clear, compelling, evidence based stories.
• Design and publish a 25–35-page impact story booklet using Mercy Corps branding guidelines.
• Deliver all final files in print ready and editable formats.

Ac tivities, and deliverables:

Methodological Approach

The consultant will apply:

• Participatory and inclusive methods

• Ethical story gathering principles

• Youth-centered and gender-responsive storytelling

• Data accuracy and confidentiality measures

• Sequential quality assurance (review → edit → design → validation)

Timeline

The Consultancy will last for a one month 10-days period. The start date is on March 20, 2026

Mercy Corps Responsibilities

• Provide background documents and communication materials.
• Facilitate access to all sessions, participants, stakeholders and required resources.
• Provide logistical and administrative support, including venue and transport.
• Review and approve deliverables.

Cost of the Consultancy:

Estimated level of efforts 26 days @ 350 daily rate

Cost for enumerators level of efforts 5 days + 10 enumerators @ 50 daily rate (excluding transportation and

communication) Solicitation and analysis for selection will be done on a rolling basis.