Call for Technical Support Consultant(s)

Hashtag Nonprofit NPC; Pietermaritzburg; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Part time

Job summary

A nonprofit organization is seeking Technical Support Consultant(s) in Pietermaritzburg to provide advisory and capacity building services. The role involves supporting ecosystem development and partner onboarding through effective workshops and communication strategies. Applicants should have expertise in group-based savings methodologies and facilitation skills to drive social change.

Qualifications

• Experience in group-based savings methodology to impact rural and informal economies.
• Strong design and communication skills for scaling plans.
• Ability to facilitate workshops for NGOs and partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory/capacity building to SaveAct's partners.
• Assist in developing conditions for partner onboarding.
• Support refinement of digital tools for efficient work.

Skills

Group-based savings methodology

Workshop design and facilitation

Coaching and advising

Job description

Overview

Call for Technical Support Consultant(s) at SaveAct

SaveAct has recently been awarded funding to engage with stakeholders around its savings methodology and how it can address the livelihood needs of women and youth. The focus is on making the case for an ecosystem of collaborators with a shared vision for change, sharing the value proposition, and assisting interested parties to understand the potential for catalysing far-reaching change, and exploring the contribution they could make to develop a collective initiative.

About the work

The services of one or more consultants are sought to provide short-term advisory/capacity building, research and facilitation services to SaveAct. SaveAct is working with partners to promote enabling ecosystem to scale its programme.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Group-based savings methodology, that enables access to finance in the rural and informal economies and its potential to effect deeper social and economic change.
• Design, advice and communication to support SaveAct’s scaling plans.
• Workshop design and facilitation skills to enable consultations with NGOs and SaveAct’s partners, that would equip them and other stakeholders to envision their collective potential to effect societal change.

How to apply

Requirements: The relevant person(s) should submit their CV (maximum of 2 pages) and their daily rate. You are requested to prepare a short submission of one to two pages as to why you are qualified in terms of the above requirements and your suitability to contribute to the following components of work:

1: Building the Ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Attending to the need for a strong and focused organisation responsible for providing professional services to actors in the programme ecosystem. This includes:
• Skills required, ways of working, coaching and advising on systems for scale
• Assisting SaveAct to communicate its ecosystem and partner propositions
• Assisting SaveAct in creating an environment conducive to onboarding partners into the programme and enabling successful application of our core methods
• Ways of developing a learning-centred and reciprocal culture within the ecosystem and amongst partners, and co-developing methods conducive to a vibrant and inclusive community of practice with a wider enabling ecosystem
• Supporting SaveAct in establishing what partners need to do their work efficiently and effectively and refining the role that digital tools can play to secure ease of planning, implementation, reporting and learning.

2: Model Replication

This Involves Supporting SaveAct In

• Reviewing experiences in testing the programme replication pipeline, including selection and onboarding of NGOs interested in adopting SaveAct’s methods, the structuring of implementation arrangements, and tracking and learning from partner experiences. Periodic reports on the issues and actions required, and the overall learning outcomes will be needed.
• Synthesizing lessons and disseminating learning notes that inform design and practice relevant to SaveAct, partners, and ecosystem actors.
• Advice on how to handle new and atypical partner requests and facilitating the review of particular arrangements and experiences related to partnering with the purpose of strengthening design and implementation.

Timing And LOE

Submissions are to be emailed to [e-mail] by 3 October 2025 at close of business. Consultants will need to be available to commence work on a part-time basis from 7 October 2025. Some remote work is possible, with in situ work being done in Pietermaritzburg/ KwaZulu-Natal.

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• Date posted: 26 September 2025

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