Job Title: Consultant – Real Time Evaluation (RTE)
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Sector: Monitoring
& Evaluation
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Employment
Category: Consultant
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Employment
Type: Part-Time
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Open to
Expatriates: No
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Location: Nigeria
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Work Arrangement: In-person
Job
Description
The project started on the 22nd May 2023, In Nigeria, The proposed is
implemented by a Consortium led by the IRC and implemented together with COOPI,
ALIMA, and LHI.
The IRC has been responding to critical lifesaving
needs in Nigeria, largely focused on the NE, since 2012 and began emergency
response activities in the NW in 2021.
Since 2014 COOPI has been providing humanitarian
assistance to vulnerable populations in Yobe and Sokoto through multiple
sectors: Food Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition, Shelter, WASH, Protection
and Education in Emergencies (EiE).
ALIMA has been implementing health and maternal and
child healthcare coupled with trainings for MoH activities targeting internally
displaced persons in Nigeria’s Borno state since 2016.
LHI, a growing national organization, started out in
Sokoto in 2004 and has since grown into several other states in the NW (Sokoto,
Kebbi & Zamfara), NE (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, and YOBE), SE (Ebonyi), and
Abuja.
LHI has implemented several health and nutrition
projects, working with different INGOs on interventions supported by several
donor partners such USAID, GAC, UNICEF, World Bank, EU, BMZ, KFW, SIDA across
these locations.
LHI has been implementing a USAID technical health
assistance project implemented by Palladium Group since 2020, LHI has been a
recipient of grant under contract of the Integrated Health Project, (IHP), and
presently, IHP is in the final stage of engaging LHI to deliver a capacity
building (training and mentoring) on nutrition-based food approach focusing on
RUTF for SAM, food approach for MAM and data management, ensuring comprehensive
quality nutrition services.
LHI has
implemented several health and nutrition projects, working with different INGOs
on interventions supported by several donor partners such USAID, GAC, UNICEF,
World Bank, EU, BMZ, KFW, SIDA across these locations. LHI has been
implementing a USAID technical health assistance project implemented by
Palladium Group LHI is 2020, LHI has been a recipient of grant under contract
of the Integrated Health Project, (IHP), and presently, IHP is in the final
stage of engaging LHI is delivering a capacity building (training and
mentoring) on nutrition-based food approach focusing on RUTF for SAM, food
approach for MAM and data management, ensuring comprehensive quality nutrition
services. IRC is working in the sectors of Health.
Scope of work
The temporal scope of the RTE will focus on the period February 2023- January
2024 as most of displacement responses were supported by humanitarian agencies.
The RTE will also review the context, international
humanitarian actors, national actors with the donor landscape and incidents in
Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina in the secondary data analysis and primary data
collection stages.
To ensure the evaluability of the RTE given the
available time, resources, and capacities, field visits and interviews
conducted with field staff, country office staff, and IRC regional teams. The
RTE will include relevant actors including government agencies.
The bandits induced displacement crisis in NW raises
issues and priorities relevant to the SAP objectives stated in the IRC Plan and
Budget ambitions for 2022-2024.
This includes Strategy for expansion with
coordinated response capabilities. Real-Time evaluation is a formative
evaluation of intermediary results. This is dynamic and will provide real-time
learning to enable rapid adjustments and course corrections.
The RTE supports IRC’s commitment to ensuring
quality assurance, standards, and a culture of learning in its disaster
response. RTEs aim to improve service delivery and accountability to
beneficiaries, donors, and other stakeholders, and to capture lessons for the
improvement of IRC’s disaster response system.
The purpose of the RTE of the IRC NW Response in 2023-2024 is to assess and
provide lessons to inform the IRC response to the ongoing bandit induced crisis
affecting NW Nigeria.
It will specifically focus on the challenges
confronted by and opportunities available to IRC in their response to an
emerging crisis with multiple stakeholders and political sensitivities.
Particular attention will be given to the degree to
which the displaced IDPS have been proactively supported by local actors. . .
Lessons from the RTE will inform how the IRC can best support local actors to
respond to the varying needs of vulnerable displaced in NW project locations.
While recommendations from the RTE will be specific
and realistic for the IRC they are also expected to inform IRC strategic
decisions and planning to support a sustainable and effective IRC response to
future displacement affected populations.
Payment Rate and Schedule:
The payment rate opens agreed, the payment will be done open completion of the
service.
Qualifications
The consultancy is open to individuals or teams of
national and international expert consultants with specialist knowledge and
research expertise in multisectoral humanitarian response assessment such as
Multisectoral Need Assessment (MSNA), In-depth Evaluation, and research
studies. The consultants should have the following qualifications, skills, and
experience:
- master’s degree in Humanitarian/Development Studies, Statistics,
Education, Economics, Social Sciences, or any other relevant studies.
- Relevant bachelor’s degree with extensive expertise, knowledge, and
experience working in humanitarian or development fields preferably in
Northeast Nigeria.
- Proven experience in conducting project-level evaluations in
multi-sector as the sole evaluator or the head of the evaluation team.
- Previous experience in Humanitarian Emergencies, project management,
monitoring, and evaluation experience preferably in Northeast Nigeria is
an added advantage.
- Strong cross-cultural communication and facilitation skills.
- Strong and proven research and analytical skills.
- Experience with research/evaluation in emergencies, particularly in
sensitive environments.
- Provide 3 sample evaluation reports of previous projects.
- Proven familiarity with the context of Northeast Nigeria,
geographical region, and/or culture of the focus population.
- A relevant 5 years of significant experience in conflict sensitivity
analysis and ethical qualitative research and analysis on conflict issues,
causes, or approaches to conflict transformation (essential).
- Proven experience in conducting context and conflict analysis and
development of tools for the integration of Conflict sensitivity-related
dynamics into the strategic and operational framework.
- Conflict sensitivity expertise in complex humanitarian contexts,
preferably in sub-Saharan Africa
- Fluent in English, written and oral as well as proficiency in local
language from NE Nigeria is an advantage.
- Excellent writing skills and ability to articulate the linkage
between findings, analysis, and program recommendations.
- Flexible attitude towards receiving feedback.
All
applications should be submitted through the
email: NGHR.ConsultantsApplications@rescue.org
The
closing date for applications is 17th Jan 2024
Note:
Applications lacking any of the above requirements will not be considered.
Method
of Application
Interested and qualified applicants should follow
the link below to submit CV and application letter.
Location: Nigeria
Application
Deadline: Not
Specified
>> CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE
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