Jobs Kenya

Job Field: Sector in NGO/Non-Profit

  • Face-To-Face Fundraiser

    Face-To-Face Fundraiser

    Job Summary
    To recruit new monthly donors for the organisation in Kenya
    Minimum Qualification: Bachelor
    Experience Level: Mid level
    Experience Length: 3 years
    Job Description
    Main purpose of the Job: As a secondary aim it also seeks to communicate organisation’s campaigns to the general public. Description of responsibilities:
    Deliverables

    Achieving fundraising targets individually by recruiting donors daily.
    Aligning fundraising targets in conjunction with the existing strategy.
    The targets set address the key management targets:
    10 validated sign-ups per week, age (25+), average gift (Ksh 800+). Providing regular feedback on set daily and/or weekly objectives to the team leader. The objectives can consist of key performance indicators (sign-ups per hours, average gift) as well as qualitative targets (focusing on stopping certain group of people, improving script, improving in objections cycle etc.).
    Coordination and communication Assist with ensuring that fellow team members’ numbers and performance standards are sufficient to meet fundraising targets. Assist with the training of your new team members’ with the support from the team leader.
    Assist with keeping fellow team members motivated and energised to perform at their best.
    Debrief with the team and team leader regularly to address areas of concern. Maintain daily communication with team members to ensure you are all on the same page.
    Ensure Greenpeace standards and job expectations are met.
    Ensure effective use of recruiting turfs and provide regular feedback on any arising challenges.
    Ensure that your Greenpeace campaign knowledge it’s up to date, especially on local issues.
    Ensure that you are well informed about aims and directions of the DDC.
    Administration Completing daily/weekly performance forms to be submitted to team leader upon request.
    Fill in time sheets accurately on a daily basis for submission to team leader at the end of every shift

    Skills and requirements:

    Ability to meet fundraising targets and work with deadlines.
    Face-to-face fundraising/sales experience.
    Experience of working in teams taking leadership roles.
    Excellent oral communication skills to be inspiring and persuasive.
    Outgoing personality with a positive attitude.
    Self-confidence and conviction – ability to take leadership role in difficult situations without becoming disparaged.
    Ability to work unsupervised – professionalism, reliability and punctuality. Must be a team player. Ability to commit to continuously changing shifts

  • Deputy Chief Of Party/senior Technical Advisor

    Deputy Chief Of Party/senior Technical Advisor

    Job Description
    Department/Location: Nairobi, Kenya, with travel to SomaliaReports To: Chief of PartyClassification: This is a managerial, exempt-level position
    Overview:
    IBTCI seeks candidates for a Nairobi-based Deputy Chief of Party (Technical)/Senior Advisor for Analysis, Monitoring & Evaluation (AM&E) to design and oversee: implementation of evaluations, analyses, and assessments. The selected candidate is required to start immediately and will serve until the scheduled end of the project (end-July 2019).
    Essential

    Ensure quality of all assessments, analytical reports, and evaluations.
    Provide guidance to the USAID/Kenya and East Africa Mission’s Somalia Field Office (USAID/KEA/SFO) in updating the Office PMP to align with the new strategy and create project log frames and M&E Plans for the USAID/KEA/SFO, in compliance with ADS 203.
    Design and manage collection of baseline data on USAID projects in Somalia at the Intermediate Result (IR) and Development Objective (DO) levels.
    Design and implement training of USAID staff in performance management concepts and processes; standardization of partner M&E Plans, work plans, and quarterly reports; and verification of partner data quality, and provide advice to IPs on these same processes, as needed.
    Advise all IPs on the creation of aligned log frames and M&E Plans for their activities.
    Review and revise intermediate results of technical staff in their results frameworks, for more effective implementation and monitoring.
    Review and discuss indicators and reporting with IPs and USAID staff.
    Operationalize indicators by assisting USAID technical staff with definitions, data collection, and data analysis.
    Provide technical assistance, as needed for USAID, IP, and government counterpart staff (to the extent they are involved in USG projects).
    Ensure that quality standards and schedules for the program are met.
    Ensure effective and efficient performance for all aspects of the contract and overseeing all quality control and reporting.
    Interact professionally with senior Mission, Embassy and government officials.
    Travel is essential, and may include travel to fragile and conflict-affected areas. An average of 25% to 35% travel for project implementation and/or project management of business development initiatives. (Percentages may vary depending on portfolio of projects and IBTCI practice needs).
    Other duties as assigned.

    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    Prior experience in a high threat environment.
    Excellent communication, team management, and leadership skills.

    Minimum Requirements:

    At least 10 years of overseas experience in international development designing and managing evaluations (impact and performance), analyses and assessments, including the design of the evaluation methodology, participatory data collection methods and protocols, and data verification techniques.
    At least seven years of demonstrated experience developing performance management plans, monitoring project implementation, and verifying data from large development projects.
    At least seven years of experience recruiting, forming and successfully managing teams, and ensuring the quality of their products.
    Willingness and ability to travel to various project sites in Somalia as needed.
    Oral and written fluency in English required.
    Proven ability to create quality reports and presentations required.

    Education: Master’s Degree in monitoring & evaluation, democracy and governance, public policy or related field required.
    Supervisory Responsibility: This position does have supervisory responsibilities.
    Travel: Travel to Somalia required
    No phone calls please. All candidates will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.
    IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.

  • Programme Policy Officer (Protection And Gender Officer) Monitoring Review and Evaluation Officer Administrative Assistant (Assets Management), VAM Officer NOC

    Programme Policy Officer (Protection And Gender Officer) Monitoring Review and Evaluation Officer Administrative Assistant (Assets Management), VAM Officer NOC

    STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
    Education: Advanced University Degree in one of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, International Development, Gender Studies, Law, Human Rights, Political Science or related field; must have specialization in gender- and/or protection-related fields
    Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of gender-transformative approaches to humanitarian assistance, application of humanitarian protection principles; understanding of PSEA and other forms of gender-based violence in emergency and other humanitarian settings; understanding of gender and protection components of civil-military relations; and other humanitarian policy issues and its linkages with humanitarian assistance.
    Work Experience: Must have 2-3 years of professional experience focusing specifically on (both or either) gender and protection in humanitarian contexts.
    ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
    The Job holder will be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. The position is typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity. 
    JOB PURPOSE
    WFP seeks to recruit a Programme Policy Officer (Protection and Gender Officer) who will work on integrating and mainstreaming protection and gender at the strategic, programmatic and operational levels across all locations of WFP’s presence in Kenya. The incumbent will provide expert advice to Management and support staff with programming and implementation that is consistent with WFP’s Humanitarian Protection and Gender commitments.
    KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
    Provide technical support to the Country Office

    Provide strategic and technical support for the mainstreaming of humanitarian protection, gender equality and women’s empowerment across WFP operations in the country;
    Gather and analyse primary information from stakeholders (affected populations, INGOs, UN agencies and others) on the situation and experience of crisis affected populations and provide advice and support for principled humanitarian interventions;
    Lead the implementation of the Country Office Gender Action Plan (2017 – 2020) and ensure that project goals, objectives, processes and activities are gender sensitive and meet the needs and priorities of women, men, girls and boys;
    Support WFP and partner staff in implementing the Humanitarian Protection Policy and Accountability to Affect Population commitments to ensure WFP operations and programme activities take beneficiaries’ protection concerns into account and facilitate safe, dignified, and accountable food assistance;

    Monitoring and Reporting on protection and gender issues

    Ensure systematic protection and gender analysis, and provide policy advice on specific protection / gender issues that impact on WFP humanitarian operations;
    Monitor and report on programme, activity and implementation related protection and gender issues;
    Support the country office to undertake context and protection risk analysis and formulating appropriate protection risk mitigation and response activities;
    Ensure that protection and gender considerations are integrated into all monitoring, evaluation and analysis frameworks, activities and outputs;
    Provide assistance in data collection, compiling lessons learned, establishing indicators to support knowledge sharing on protection and gender;
    Ensure protection and gender issues can be captured through the Beneficiary Feedback Mechanisms and responded to appropriately. Provide advice, guidance and follow-up in relation to protection and gender aspects of the Beneficiary Feedback Mechanism.

    Networking and Coordination

    Establish working relationships with relevant local and regional non-state actors, key domestic political and civil state actors, think tanks, academic institutions, human rights organizations, UN, development and donor partners to coordinate and enhance principled humanitarian protection and gender impact;
    Support the development of relationships with protection mandated agencies and inter-agency fora to strengthen coordination and advancement of protection, Accountability to Affected Populations and gender as related to food and nutrition security;
    Represent WFP in interagency working groups, conferences and seminars as necessary;

    Training and capacity growth

    Develop and implement protection and gender training including on gender analysis, protection assessments, Gender Based Violence, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Accountability to Affected Populations and other related subjects;
    Strengthen WFP workforce and partners’ protection and gender analysis capacities and improve their ability for protection and gender mainstreaming in project design and throughout the cycle.

    4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
    Purpose

    Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
    Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
     Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
     Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

    People

    Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
     Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
     Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
     Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

    Performance

    Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
     Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
     Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
     Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

    Partnership

    Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
     Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
     Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
     Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

    FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
    Capability Name
    Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
    Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance
    Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.
    Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)
    Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
    Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.)
    Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
    Emergency Programming
    Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.
    Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government
    Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.
    OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS
    Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of gender-transformative approaches to humanitarian assistance, application of humanitarian protection principles; understanding of PSEA and other forms of gender-based violence in emergency and other humanitarian settings; understanding of gender and protection components of civil-military relations; and other humanitarian policy issues and its linkages with humanitarian assistance.
    DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

    Strong analytical, writing and communication skills
    Sound knowledge and skills in training and facilitation
    Knowledge of UN system policies and functions pertaining to:

    protection principles in humanitarian assistance; and
    promotion of women’s and girls’ empowerment and gender equality

    Languages: Proficiency of English is required; knowledge of national language(s) and/or another UN language is desirable
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    WFP is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.  Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
    FEMALE APPLICANTS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
    if you have any queries please write to Nairobi.queryhr@wfp.org.
    DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
    The deadline for the application is 21 June 2018.
    Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

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  • Programme Officer

    Programme Officer

    Job Description

    Job Purpose
    To contribute to CAFOD’s involvement in the Eritrea in line with the agreed strategy, by taking the lead on the day-to-day management of CAFOD-supported programmes, engaging in programme development; securing institutional funding for CAFOD supported programmes and partnerships; and contract management. The scope of the post falls into the following broad functions: 

    Programme management and development in line with the direction set by the Country Strategy: in co-operation with partners, developing and managing CAFOD supported long-term development programmes;
    Managing effective relationships with partners: developing and nurturing partnerships and providing or facilitating capacity development support, where appropriate;
    Internal and external representation: of the Eritrea programme, in co-ordination with the Programme Manager, Eritrea and the Emergency Response Group, as appropriate;
    Financial management and monitoring of programmes and projects: developing and managing budgets, and monitoring expenditure in line with agreed parameters;
    Systems and compliance: ensuring the effective use of CAFOD’s systems to share programme knowledge and inform decision making. This includes ensuring compliance with agreements, regulations and requirements attached to our work;
    Thematic focus: complement partners’ thematic understanding on Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change and resilience building, Education for marginalized children, and other cross-cutting areas on gender, HIVAIDS, Social Protection and Accountability, contributing to the development of relevant interventions that bring about positive change for poor and vulnerable communities in Eritrea.

    Job Scope
    The post-holder will be responsible for building effective working relationships with peers across the International Development Group, as well as with colleagues in the Emergency Response and Advocacy Groups, and the International Programme Funding Unit. This is in order to develop and maintain horizontal links between programmes, learning, innovation, good practice, and fundraising within and between regions or areas of work. The role has also a number of cross-divisional and cross-organisational functions linked to work with CAFOD’s Education, Communities & Supporters, Fundraising, Finance and Media teams. The post-holder will be expected to undertake frequent travel (approximately 12 weeks per year)
    Accountability
    The post-holder reports to the Programme Manager Eritrea. This role does not involve line management or budget management responsibilities.
    Key Responsibilities
    Programme management and development in line with the direction set by the CSP

    In co-operation with partners, develop and manage CAFOD-supported programmes (this includes long-term development and advocacy), contributing to the development and review of CAFOD’s Eritrea strategy and programme frameworks;
    Jointly responsible with partners for the effective implementation, monitoring, evaluation (including facilitating external evaluations) and reporting on programmes, in line with jointly agreed standards programme cycle management (PCM) & donor requirements;
    In agreement with partners, jointly develop programme and project proposals and assess the existing capacities to manage and implement the work. This includes leading on preparation of high quality programmes and projects in line with the Eritrea strategy and programme frameworks; and reports for external funders, in liaison with the Programme Manager, Eritrea, and the development of partner capacity development plans to address capacity issues;
    Contribute to the development of resource development plans, as well as to identifying new funding opportunities through donor mapping exercises;
    Keep up-to-date with donor policy developments and trends, both within the relevant country/sub-region/sector, and more generally, and represent CAFOD in funding review groups/networks in the countries/sub-regions as appropriate.
    Promote, capture and disseminate learning from partners and programmes, and ensure that this informs future programme development;
    Realise CAFOD’s principles by acting in line with CAFOD’s partnership standards, and by promoting and supporting partners’ adherence to jointly agreed accountability, gender, safeguarding children, supply chain management/procurement good practice, and other standards, as these emerge;
    Contribute, where appropriate and in agreement with partners, to advocacy and information work in support of partners efforts, with relevant stakeholders in the region and/or globally;
    Oversee and support (where appropriate) the work of Programme Accompaniers and consultants working on CAFOD-supported programmes;
    Respond to emergencies as they occur, as requested by the Programme Manager, Eritrea, and in co-ordination with CAFOD’s Emergency Response Group;
    Keep up-to-date with development issues and trends, both within the relevant country or sector, and more generally;
    Monitor the political and security context to contribute to CAFOD’s organisational risk assessments and security plans.

    Programme funding and partners’ fundraising capacity

    In agreement with partners and the Country Programme Manager, assess existing partner capacities and systems to manage and implement institutionally funded programmes and, jointly develop programme and project funding proposals;
    Lead, co-ordinate or support the preparation of funding applications with donors such as: ECHO, DEC, DfID, EC, UN, Comic Relief, Big Lottery Fund, etc.;
    Contribute to investing in partners’ capacities, by jointly identifying funding needs, developing plans to strengthen capacities, e.g. proposal writing, programme development, monitoring & evaluation, etc., or identifying sources of support. This can be through identifying who is best placed to offer such support or by the direct provision of specific capacity strengthening initiatives;
    Support partners in accessing the tools and support required to secure and effectively manage institutional funding, as well as strengthening partner capacity in donor mapping and developing donor engagement strategies;
    To work with CAFOD’s Country Programme Manager on designing a partners’ institutional funding capacity strengthening initiative/strategy.  

    Contract Management

    Working with Country Programme Manager and partners to manage various contracts, including financial and narrative reporting, and monitoring and evaluation (including facilitating external evaluations) of institutionally funded programmes, in line with jointly agreed standards (Programme Cycle Management), donor requirements, and CAFOD’s value of Stewardship;
    Responsible for reporting to donors – including financial reporting and ultimately responsible for the quality of those reports before submission.
    Support programme staff and partners on the development of plans, accounting frameworks and work plans, etc.

    Managing effective relationships with partners

    Develop, nurture and manage relationships with CAFOD’s partner organisations in line with the principles and standards set in our Partnership Policy, guidance and tools, and in agreement with the Country Representative or Programme Manager;
    Work with partners to regularly assess the quality of the relationship, ensuring that effective communication channels are in place, and that any shortcomings are addressed;
    Invest in partners’ capacities, by jointly identifying needs, developing plans to strengthen capacities, identifying sources of support, and allocating resources. This can be through a facilitator or by direct provision of specific capacity strengthening support;
    Support partners in accessing the tools and support required to successfully implement capacity development plans;
    Organise (and where relevant accompany) partners’ visits.

    Internal and external representation

    In co-ordination with the Country Programme Manager develop, nurture and sustain relationships and effective communications with relevant stakeholders, including local government, national networks, other agencies working in/on Eritrea including other Caritas/CIDSE agencies; donor organisations, and create opportunities to share CAFOD’s programme experiences with donor staff;
    In agreement with the Country Programme Manager, sustain relationships with relevant bi-lateral agencies, including DfID and the EC, seeking opportunities for programme funding, where applicable;
    Communicate with other teams within CAFOD to ensure that the programme is well understood, and that information is available for fundraising and other communication, including publications, media briefings, education, etc. This may involve participation in sessions/events with Supporters, communities of practice, working groups, etc., as agreed with the relevant manager.
    Where appropriate, liaise with the International Programme Funding Unit to ensure coherent donor engagement strategies are developed and maintained;
    Work with partners to regularly assess the quality of the relationship, ensuring that effective communication channels are in place, and that funding-related issues are timely addressed;
    In agreement with partners, contribute to raising the profile of partners’ work with relevant donors in the region and/or globally.

    Financial management and monitoring of programmes and projects

    In close co-operation with the relevant roles in the finance, prepare, manage and monitor budgets relating to both CAFOD and partner-led expenditure, as agreed with the Country Programme Manager;
    Deliver the programme within agreed budgets or instigate budget revisions according to evolving needs, in line with CAFOD’s finance guidelines and procedures;
    Develop relevant risk registers and monitor them in conjunction with the Country Programme Manager;
    Where appropriate, commission and manage (with partners) audits for programmes and projects;
    Carry out partner financial profiles and reviews, in co-operation with the finance team.

    Systems and compliance 

    Effectively use CAFOD’s programme management information systems to ensure programme and project information is up-to-date. This will include producing management information to support decision making;
    Ensure compliance with agreements, regulations and requirements attached to our work, including liaising with IPFU donor leads on donor compliance requirements.
    Ensure compliance with agreements, regulations and requirements attached to our work. 

    Thematic focus:

    Complement partners’ thematic understanding on Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, WASH, DRR, Climate Change and resilience building, Education for marginalized children, and other cross-cutting areas on gender, HIVAIDS, Social Protection and Accountability, contributing to the development of relevant interventions that bring about positive change, contributing to the development of relevant interventions that bring about positive change.

    Notes:

    This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification;
    If considered useful and appropriate, specific percentages per function/areas of responsibility can be assigned by agreement between the post-holder and his/her line manager. 

    Child Protection
    CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children and young people and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children, seeing these interests as paramount.
    This post-holder is likely, or potentially, required over the length of the time that they are in post: 

    to have contact with children (people under 18) in the course of their work;

    to see the same child more than once or otherwise to have the chance to build a rapport with a child through their work;

    and CAFOD is unable to guarantee that this contact with children will be at all times supervised by someone with an enhanced criminal records check and a check of the data barring list for children. They will require the Enhanced Disclosure including a Barred List check for Children.
    Key Competencies
    Essential

    Understanding our context

    Understanding Catholic identity; Works comfortably with secular and Church Partners
    Understanding CAFOD
    Understanding international development:    Understanding and experience of international development and programme management and quality standards within this context

    Working together

    Managing ourselves: Able to make sound independent decisions in complex circumstances; displays flexibility to cope with continuous change and uncertainty; able to support others in coping with change and other stresses
    Working with others: Demonstrated facilitation, capacity building & training skills, including the ability to influence teams; able to work successfully within networks and with other organisations

    Communicating; Proven diplomatic skills; can communicate complex ideas simply; communicates corporate messages & able to communicate with colleagues & partners at a distance
    Looking outwards; Understanding of effective & values-based partnership work between northern & southern organisations & communities; experience working with secular, church & other faith based organisations, & working in networks
     Making change happen
    Managing resources Computer literacy i.e.  familiar with Microsoft word, excel and knowledge of information and database management;
    Strong budget management skills.
    Achieving results; Able to manage competing work demands, experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors; experience of participatory project design, and use of analytical tools.
    Managing our performance: experience of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes.
    Taking the lead: demonstrated ability to think strategically and contributing to strategy development, planning processes and contingency planning

    Job-specific competencies

    Understanding & first-hand experience of institutional funding work/projects, priorities, trends & donor conditions;
    Experience using PCM tools effectively to deliver work within an agreed programme framework;
    Experience of working with, and/or a commitment to humanitarian standards e.g. Humanitarian Charter, SPHERE, the Red Cross & Red Crescent Code of Conduct and IHL instruments
    Experience developing M&E frameworks & data collection & analysis tools & committed to partner capacity strengthening
    Financial management understanding & experience;
    Ability and willingness to travel 4 months annually, sometimes at short notice and to areas of potential risk
    Fluency in spoken and written English
    Integrated programming.

    Desirable

    First-hand work experience with a values-based partnership approach (between northern and southern organisations and communities). 
    Specific technical skills on food security & livelihoods, health & nutrition, WASH, DRR, Climate change & resilience building, education & other cross-cutting themes.
    Previous work experience in Eritrea

    CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection.

  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager (Meal), East Southern Africa Region Regional Fraud Specialist – East and Southern Africa Regional Office

    Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager (Meal), East Southern Africa Region Regional Fraud Specialist – East and Southern Africa Regional Office

    Job Description

    TEAM / PROGRAM: Programme Quality Support team, with functional relationship to Programme Operations teams
    GRADE: 4 POST TYPE: Fixed Term
    CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
    ROLE PURPOSE:
    As a key member of the East Africa regional programme quality support team, you will be responsible for the provision of monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning support to the regional office and country offices across the East Africa region, focusing on Save the Children’s full spectrum mandate of humanitarian and development programming.
    You will specifically provide support through:

    Coordinating and/or supporting the development of SCI monitoring and evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) system and mechanisms for the regional office and for country offices across the region.
    Ensuring the elements of quality programmes, as defined by the full spectrum Quality Framework (evidence based, learning agenda, thematic excellence, M&E, accountability), are integrated into the overall monitoring, evaluation and management of regional and country programmes
    Assisting regional and country offices to monitor and evaluate operational quality, using the Quality Framework essential standards, procedures, guidelines and tools
    Building capacity in M&E, accountability and learning within the region, and to ensure the quality and sustainability of the systems put in place
    Adapting MEAL support programmes to address the needs of a wide range of staff, including regional office programme and humanitarian staff, country office MEAL staff, country office programme and humanitarian managers, country office senior management, Save the Children members and thematic experts.

    SCOPE OF ROLE:
    Reports to: Head of Programme Quality Support; functional relationships with Regional Program Director & Program Operations Director
    Dimensions: Save the Children International (SCI) works in 12 countries in East Southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique) and is the largest region within the Save the Children global network.Staff directly reporting to this post: None
    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
    Country Office support to embed MEAL

    Work with regional and country office humanitarian teams to ensure effective humanitarian MEAL processes and mechanisms are in place, including supporting set up and ongoing technical support of the Output Tracker for humanitarian responses
    Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.
    Work with the regional office and country offices to embed MEAL components of the Programme and Operational Quality elements of the Quality Framework, while also monitoring compliance
    Provide technical support on project/programme design, and MEAL, including: situation analyses and child participation; programme frameworks; objectives and indicators; MEAL plans and budgets; data collection and use; baseline; midterm impact considerations; data for decision making and organisational learning; stakeholder participation; and evaluations
    Provide MEAL support for country annual planning and reporting processes, including assisting country offices effectively utilise reporting tools to articulate impact
    Support the commissioning of internal and external reviews, evaluations, real-time evaluations and lessons learned exercises by supporting the development of Terms of Reference, participating in evaluations, building local participatory evaluation capacity etc
    Develop and ensure application of effective monitoring, tracking and reporting systems, tools and templates that (a) enable and enhance regular monitoring of outputs and programme quality across regional and country programmes, (b) generate quality evidence at various programme levels
    Provide backstopping support where needed to Country Programmes.

    Quality oversight and added value

    Promote child-focused programming that enables broad, qualitative M&E and learning, rather than just quantitative numbering of deliveries
    Collaborate with global Save the Children networks, SCI Centre MEAL Manager to review and improve SCI MEAL processes and procures, training and capacity building
    Develop and implement accountability mechanisms (including the promotion of child-led and participatory MEAL), quality checklists for monitoring the quality of activities, and output trackers where appropriate
    Champion knowledge management through the sharing of evaluations and lessons learned from regional and country programmes; develop and implement a regional lessons-learned database, including the facilitation of sharing of recommendations and lessons learned from evaluations and other learning initiatives
    Role model and support the development of an organisational culture that recognises the importance of monitoring and evaluation, quality and accountability

    Capacity Building:

    Work with the regional office and country offices to identify MEAL training and capacity building requirements, and to develop capacity building plans and coordination mechanisms for training delivery
    Where agreed, provide training for the regional office and country offices on SCI’s MEAL systems, including essential procedures for design and MEAL, country annual planning and reporting, humanitarian Output Tracker processes, and compliance with the newly developed Dual Mandate Quality Framework
    Support regional teams and country office MEAL managers/teams and thematic advisors (from Members and Global Initiatives) in delivering the specific distance or face-to-face trainings
    Be the point of contact for country offices for pre-training and post-training support
    Lead the continued institutionalization of SCI’s MEAL system and other standards, processes, and systems that are integrated with and support SCI’s planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements
    Support country offices in the development of induction materials on MEAL for new staff, as well as high quality, professional publications or communications materials that reflect quality programme outcomes.

    SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
    Accountability:

    Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

    Ambition:

    Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
    Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
    Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

    Collaboration:

    Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to;
    Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
    Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.

    Creativity:

    Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
    Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

    Integrity:

    Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
    Displays consistently excellent judgement

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Degree in relevant field. A degree in relation to monitoring and evaluation (e.g. in knowledge management, evaluation, etc), international development, or in one or more of Save the Children’s thematic areas (e.g. education, public health, nutrition, child protection, child rights and emergency response) is considered a plus.
    Substantial MEAL experience, with experience of working within a complex and matrix organisation structure and in both development and emergency contexts
    Substantial MEAL training and capacity building experience preferably in large transition environments and with varied audiences
    Successful track record of implementing effective MEAL systems, including experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and management
    Experience in child-focused programming
    Experience of supporting and developing programmatic staff with different backgrounds and expertise
    Experience of building personal networks at field and senior levels- strong team player
    Culturally sensitive, with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
    Proven analytical and problem solving skills in order to understand the range and content of humanitarian and development programmes and provide practical solutions to operational challenges
    A flexible and initiative-taking, proactive, inspiring attitude with the ability to manage and prioritise and unpredictable workload, including the ability and willingness to change work practices and hours in the event of major emergencies
    Willingness to travel within the region and internationally (varying, but could be at least 50% of time)
    Fluency in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills

     

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  • City Adviser to Nairobi

    City Adviser to Nairobi

    Job description
    Position Description
    The C40 Food Systems Network is part of C40’s Food, Water and Waste Programme. Food production accounts for 11% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, rising to 30% when distribution and land use are included. Cities have strong authority over many aspects of urban food systems. The network, in partnership with the EAT Foundation, supports cities efforts to create and implement integrated food policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase resilience and deliver health outcomes. The network helps cities advance and accelerate action by transferring existing knowledge, creating an environment of positive encouragement and friendly competition, and using the power of the collective to develop high impact joint projects which have a multiplier effect. The Food Systems network focuses on issues such as food procurement and sustainable diets; food production; food distribution; food waste; and governance.
    The Food Systems City Adviser will be the C40 focal point in developing Nairobi’s Food Systems Strategy, bringing together the integration/linkage with the existing policies and plans (e.g. Climate Action Plan) and the implementation mechanism (Food Action Plan). They will draw from substantial work on Nairobi’s Food System Status completed through the NADHALI project, a project developed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) which is coming to an end (http://www.fao.org/in-action/nadhali/en/).
    Additionally, the City Adviser will work within Nairobi City County to further the importance of sound urban food system. He/She will help facilitate regular discussions with other cites of the C40 Food Systems Network. The City Adviser will also support the development of a resource mobilization strategy, and connect the city to resources across the C40 Food Systems Network, FAO, and other technical partners. Furthermore, the City Adviser will support the city’s staff in organizing and facilitating meetings of the food systems multi-stakeholder platform when needed.
    The C40 City Adviser’s relationship with the Nairobi City County Government and other key stakeholders is critical for efficient and effective delivery. The City Adviser will be based at the Nairobi City County offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and will report to the C40 Regional Director, Africa in support of the C40 Food Systems Network. The position is a C40 role, funded by FAO financial support to C40. The Nairobi City Adviser will be the first food focused C40 City Adviser, but they will join a cohort of C40 City Advisers across several cities in Africa.
    As an ‘on the ground’ ambassador in Nairobi, the City Adviser will also help to support the partnership between the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and the Nairobi City County Government, and with FAO. This will include identifying and facilitating opportunities for collaboration, learning, innovation, action and advocacy, building local capacity, and building connections with other C40 cities and initiatives.
    The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in integrated urban food systems; substantial experience working with cities on food systems; and excellent problem solving, project management and communication skills.
    Responsibilities:

    Working closely with the political and operational leadership within Nairobi City County Government, C40’s Food Systems Network Manager and Regional Director for Africa, and in collaboration with FAO, the Nairobi City Adviser will develop and deliver a varied technical assistance programme to support the Nairobi Government in:
    Developing the Nairobi Food Systems Strategy.
    Synthesizing and analyzing consultancy reports, baseline data and tools generated through the NADHALI project to come up with scenarios and recommendations for further development of the food system in Nairobi, including the convening of stakeholders for validation through multi-stakeholder validation workshops.
    Supporting Nairobi City County staff fill gaps in the food system data through further research/baseline data collection, particularly:

    Production component of food system
    Processing component of food system
    Suitability of air, water, soils for food production in Nairobi City County

    Facilitating multi-stakeholders engagement.
    Supporting the integration/linkage of the food systems strategy in/with the existing municipal plans and strategies (e.g. Climate Action Plan).
    Supporting the organization of a “Mayoral visit” for the Governor of Nairobi and the County Executive Committee Member for Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sector to a city that is well advanced on urban Food Systems.
    Contributing to the identification of opportunities for involving the Governor of Nairobi in a mayoral side-event on food systems during a big event like UN Habitat events or Africities or C40 Mayoral Summit.
    Supporting and facilitating Nairobi’s engagement with other cities of the C40 Food System Network through regular discussions, webinars and/or workshops.
    Providing advice and staff support to the city government on food security, nutrition and food systems and sharing of best practices from other cities, including exposing staff to operational food systems in other cities in C40 Network.
    Supporting the development of an action plan and resource mobilization strategy to deliver the Food System Strategy.
    Ensuring consistency between the food systems strategy and national policies, including but not limited to agriculture, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture strategies, food security and nutrition strategies, rural development etc. The
    Adviser will consult and collaborate with the FAO officer seconded to the national Ministry of Agriculture through the EU-FAO FIRST program (http://www.fao.org/europeanunion/eu-projects/first/fr/)
    Developing trust and strong relationships with the city government, international agencies and other key stakeholders and partners.
    Providing an interim and final detailed technical report highlighting the key activities and the achievements, and including suggestions for implementing similar activities (e.g. food system planning adviser model) in the future.

    Person Specification:

    A relevant post-graduate degree;
    Substantial experience in government, business or NGO sectors with a focus on sustainability and/or climate change and food, and substantive experience working with or within municipal governments;
    Experience in working with climate change adaptation-focused plans;
    Excellent project-management, strategic thinking and analytical capabilities;
    Demonstrable problem-solving, budget and people management experience, including working with UN agencies, and ability to manage multiple parallel tasks;
    Strong interpersonal, relationship building and written and verbal communication skills, combined with English fluency;
    Strong stakeholder engagement experience, as well as experience in developing or facilitating webinars and workshops;
    International experience, working across different cultures, languages and time zones.

    Contract Term:
    Fixed Term Contract – 12 months
    Other Requirements:
    Applicants must already have the right to work in Kenya.
    Limited travel may be required as part of the role.

  • Country Manager (Kenya)

    Country Manager (Kenya)

    Objective of the function
    As Country Manager, you will be TdH-NL’s representative in Kenya reporting to the Head of Africa for general direction. You will be accountable for managing and supervising TdH-NL’s development and emergency projects in Kenya, ensuring delivery of quality results in line with our strategy plans, performance and accountability frameworks. As Country Manager you will be responsible for managing and growing the grant portfolio as well as provide strategic leadership to Kenya country office staff, in alignment with TdH-NL’s organisational values and practices.
    Result areas

    Realise and develop department policy

    Result: Country annual strategic plan is developed and implemented so that clear and explicit objectives are formulated and realised for the country.

    Work professionally within TdH-NL’s policies and codes of conduct, including those related to child protection/safeguarding, confidentiality, safety and security and ethical practice.
    Ensure that the country office and project partners follow the policies, processes and protocol regarding child safeguarding,
    Communicate incidents and violations of the policies in line with the established protocol.
    Develop clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies and in line with budgets.
    Work closely with the Head of Africa to ensure goals and objectives are aligned with strategies.
    Identify priority activities and assignments; adjust priorities as required.
    Foresee risks and allow for contingencies when planning.
    Possess a strong commitment to social justice and development of quality services within the field of child sexual abuse, exploitation and violence.
    Keep up to date with the political economic social and technical situation of the country as well as programme related developments and incorporate these developments into annual reports and annual and strategic plans.
    Keep the programme database up to date, analyse the outputs of each programme and reflect on the outcome in terms of planned versus achieved in annual reports and annual plans.
    In case of own implementation of programmes, manage the implementation of programmes efficiently and effectively to create maximum results at beneficiary level.
    Collaborate with donors that support TdH-NL’s project partners and see to it that there is a common understanding on project outputs/outcome.
    As a member of the programmes team advise the programme development manager, whether solicited or unsolicited.
    Work together closely with the other country managers and exchange ideas and experiences.
    Organise the Kenya country team and coordinate with the Regional Office technical team to undertake fundraising / resource mobilisation to operationalise the Kenya country plan.
    Finance and administration

    Result: The finance and administration of the country office is done in line with TdH-NL’s finance and administration policies.

    Ensure that TdH-NL’s finance and administration policies are being implemented at the country office.
    Approve and ensure timely submission of quarterly funds requests/ disbursements to partners after receipt of quality signed off reports
    Monitor in close collaboration with the regional office, the annual budget spending in relation to the approved annual budget.
    Monitor with the support of the country finance staff, financial management practices and provide immediate backstopping where policies are not followed as expected.
    Manage employees

    Result: Employees are guided and instructed so that they are motivated to execute their tasks efficiently and effectively.

    Manage country team to ensure project goals and objectives are achieved.
    Provide leadership and take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
    Empower staff to translate vision into results.
    Regularly discuss performance and provide feedback and coaching to staff.
    Facilitate internal management processes

    Result: Internal management processes are facilitated so that the tasks and activities are efficiently aligned and quality is guaranteed.

    Delegate the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority.
    Anticipate and resolve conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions.
    Accurately judge the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and match tasks to skills.
    Monitor progress against milestones and deadlines.
    Make sure that roles, responsibilities and reporting lines are clear to each staff member.
    Resource mobilisation and networking

    Result: Network is maintained so that cooperation is improved and all parties and individuals involved are correctly and fully informed.

    Ensure strong engagement in resource mobilisation, including positioning and support to grant acquisition efforts to raise additional resources and diversify TdH-NL’s portfolio in Kenya.
    Recognise fundraising opportunities for TdH-NL, take initiative to anticipate on them and develop proposals in conjunction with the Regional and Head Offices.
    Establish and maintain relationships with a broad range of groups (government, CSOs, private sector and beneficiaries) to understand project needs and gain support.
    Represent TdH-NL in Kenya, engage and build strategic alliances with government, major donors, other NGOs and media.
    Represent TdH-NL by participating in networks related to its mission and vision, and share and learn.

    Education, experience and skills required

    MA degree in the Social Sciences or related fields.
    Minimum of 10 year professional work experience that combines managerial and technical leadership in development cooperation or executive management. Professional experience with an INGO, NGO, or governmental organisation, in the related field of child protection and safeguarding is an asset.
    At least three years of leadership experience including supervising teams and managing budgets.
    Proficiency in written and oral English is required.

    Personal profile

    Strong management skills and track record at national level
    Strong people management skills
    Proven efficient management of financial resources
    Proven capacity to lead, motivate and develop a team
    Exhibits composure and professionalism. Ability to represent TdH-NL in Kenya to donors, government officials, other NGOs, other external stakeholders in a self assured manner
    Excellent negotiating and communication skills
    Strong ability to direct and foster strategic partnerships and position for grants
    Excellent grant acquisition experience, including experience with a diverse set of donors

    Competency profile
    Analytical capacity
    Understanding the essence of complex issues by logical reasoning, investigation of potential causes, separation of key messages from the mass of detail and acknowledgment of their interdependence.
    Level 2: Collects and examines information from various sources independently and on own initiative. Acquires insight by doing so and draws conclusions from their interdependence.
    Leadership
    Can mobilise and inspire others by providing guidance and direction in the attainment of clear and challenging objectives related to results and personal development. Is able to adapt the style of leadership to different employees and situations.
    Level 3: Encourages others to develop themselves and to achieve maximum results and demonstrates exemplary behaviour.
    Result orientation
    Focused on setting objectives and actively achieving results.
    Level 3: Is determined in achieving results and encourages and supports others in doing so.
    Responsibility
    Accepting the consequences of your own actions and/or agreements.
    Level 3: Takes potential consequences into account when making risky agreements within his or her own area of responsibility – such as a team or department, or a policy area. Can make a realistic assessment of the impact of one’s own actions as well as those taken by others, and bases agreements on this.

  • Regional Research and Learning Coordinator

    Regional Research and Learning Coordinator

    Child Safeguarding: Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
    ROLE PURPOSE: As a key member of the East and Southern Africa (ESA) regional programme quality support team, the Regional Research and Learning Coordinator is responsible for supporting Country Offices in generating and using evidence to achieve impact for children. He/she will support documentation and dissemination of the impact of our programmes within and outside ESA region.
    Contract Duration: 2 years
    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Master’s degree in international development or in one or more of Save the Children’s thematic areas (e.g. education, public health, nutrition, child protection, child rights and livelihoods& food security)
    At least 6 years’ experience in program Monitoring, Evaluation and Research preferably in research focused positions
    Knowledge and demonstrated experience in leading the design and implementation of program evaluations and other research.
    Excellent written and verbal communications skills and an ability to produce and disseminate research and evaluation findings to a variety of audiences
    Demonstrated interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively in networks and communities of practice
    A flexible and resourceful attitude with the ability to manage and prioritise an unpredictable workload.
    Proven analytical and problem solving skills in order to understand the range and content of both development and emergency programmes’ work and provide practical solutions to operational challenges.
    Proven data analysis and report writing skills with proficiency in data analysis software
    Cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity;

    Commitment to Save the Children aims, values and policies, including child safeguarding and data protection.

  • Fund Relations Assistant Data Analysis Supervisors NGO

    Fund Relations Assistant Data Analysis Supervisors NGO

    JOB DESCRIPTION: 
    One Acre Fund’s Government Relations department is seeking to fill the position of a Local Government Relations Assistant (LGA). An officer in this position will be responsible for building effective local government relations which include participating in local government functions, producing and sharing quarterly reports, tracking local government concerns and supporting resolutions to risks that may emanate from local governments.
    The person will play an active role in coordinating our participation in internal and external field events which include input delivery field visits, harvest field visits and exhibition days among others. This is a crucial position which will determine how One Acre Fund engages with government and other stakeholders at the local level.
    Roles

    Building and managing relationships with government officials at the county levels and below through meetings and organized functions
    Writing detailed reports of meetings held with stakeholders
    Tracking and participating in resolution of risks and issues affecting field-facing operations
    Coordinating One Acre Fund’s involvement in agriculture shows and other agriculture sector functions
    Planning and executing on logistics for events that the department holds in the field
    Collecting and delivering documents, reports, and invitations to officials and stakeholders
    Any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time

    Job Requirements

    Certificate/Diploma and above from a recognized academic institution
    Public relations, community development or agriculture-related experience preferred
    Proven ability to manage relationships with government officials
    Computer skills in emailing, general internet use, and intermediate-to-advanced fluency with Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint
    Willingness to live in Kakamega, with extensive travels within Rift Valley and Western
    Strong written and oral communicator
    Fluency in Kiswahili and English; Kalenjin-speaking applicants are encouraged to apply
    Passion for serving smallholder farmers

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  • Senior Consultant – Mid-Term Evaluation Of Eu-Ifad Grant

    Senior Consultant – Mid-Term Evaluation Of Eu-Ifad Grant

    Terms of Reference
    Mid-term Evaluation of EU-IFAD Grant
    Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale
    Period 2015-2017
    Acronyms

    EU – European Union
    ICARDA – International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
    ICRAF – International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
    ICRISAT – International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
    IEA – Independent Evaluation Arrangement
    IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development
    ILRI – International Livestock Research Institute
    QA – Quality Assurance
    TOR – Terms of Reference

    Introduction
    The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) will commission a mid-term evaluation of the project Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale. The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) implements the project together with ICARDA the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). This evaluation aims to provide accountability and learning to the project stakeholders.
    Context and Project Background
    Land degradation currently affects over 40% of the world’s land resources, negatively impacting ecosystems and their ability to sustain productivity. Restoration of degraded land can be a key pathway to achieving food security and exiting poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in Africa’s drylands. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN, successful restoration efforts need to be taken to scale, both reaching a larger number of farmers and covering larger areas (millions of hectares) over the coming decade. This research aims at transformative outcomes by placing farmers at the center of land restoration efforts.
    The major challenge when scaling land restoration interventions is to adapt them to the wide range of ecological, economic, sociological and institutional contexts that exist across scales, from individual households to villages and landscapes. While specific technical interventions to restore degraded land may in themselves be simple, selecting, adapting and combining solutions to suit local contexts that will facilitate wide scale adoption, requires innovative new ways of engaging farmers and other stakeholders. This report documents significant advances in measuring performance of restoration options across contexts, revealing how appropriate, locally adapted options can impact food security and farm incomes and how different options are suitable for different farmers.
    The European Union (EU)-funded grant (2000000976), which started in May 2016, and the complementing International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded grant (2000000520) that started in March 2015 aim to address these challenges.
    The overarching goal of the combined grants is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African drylands by restoring degraded land, and returning it to effective and sustainable tree, crop and livestock production, thereby increasing land profitability and landscape and livelihood resilience.
    This project is developing innovative ways to achieve scaling by adopting a co-learning approach that accelerates development impact by embedding research in development initiatives where research methods are applied to document and monitor the experiences of farmers and then adapt technologies to the context of the farmers. This approach puts the farmer at the center of the implementation of key innovations to restore degraded land and increase food security, income generation and nutrition.
    Through this project, over 6,000 farming households are involved in evaluating land restoration options on their farms, including options for soil and water conservation, tree establishment, post-harvest pest and disease control, community-based rangeland management and farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) with in-situ grafting and micro-dosing of mineral and farmyard manure on their farms.
    The evaluations are done through structured co-learning amongst nested communities of practice that bring farmers, community facilitators, NGO and government extension staff, private sector actors and researchers together, to share knowledge and experience about what works, where and for whom on the ground. This represents a key change in the way development initiatives are implemented, giving a larger role to farmers in selecting and adapting options for scaling up and evaluating their performance. At the same time, structured dialogue helps development actors and researchers understand each other’s needs and expectations, leading to generation of timely research outputs that are incorporated in the development cycle. Furthermore, the project monitors interactions amongst research and development partners, allowing us to track the way research results and tools are being used by stakeholders.
    There was significant progress toward all project outputs, which is summarized in the latest technical report submitted to the Donors on March 2018.
    Rationale and objectives

    The progress documented so far and the project potential call for an independent mid-term evaluation to assess the project effectiveness and potential areas to strengths.
    The evaluation has two objectives (Accountability and Learning). This process aims to assess what has been achieved in terms of performance and effectiveness (accountability) and describe reasons behind the achieved results and consolidate lessons learnt and best practices for the remaining period of the project. The learning process should continue during the project implementation and be consolidated at the end of the project implementation.

    Stakeholders
    The evaluation should consider players in the project. The initial list presented (Annex 1) may be expanded before the interviews and focus groups.
    Internal:
    Project Management Unit at HQ level, first tier partners (CGIAR Centers) focal point in the implementation sites.
    External:

    Farmers (particularly women) to understand how the project succeeded in increasing their capacities and understanding. They will provide feedback in terms of success stories, failures and suggestions for improvements.
    Partners with formal or informal agreements with any of the first tier partners. This includes contacts with ongoing development projects implemented in the same locations and the relevant development partners implementing them. Linked projects are important to demonstrate the comparative advantage and synergies developed with the project. Partners include the private sector representatives.
    Project Steering Committee Members and Donors in their advisory role.

    Scope

    The evaluation will focus on project performance and effectiveness of the project team including key project scientists, representatives of collaborating institutions, and a nominee from EU-IFAD.
    The evaluation will refer to the period from 2015 to 2017. While the geographical scope covers all the project areas the actual fieldwork of the consultant will be limited to few sites selected using appropriate criteria.
    Guidance documents are the IFAD Evaluation Policy and Manual[1].

    Evaluation Questions
    This document provides a set of initial evaluation questions along the IFAD evaluation criteria. The selected evaluator will refine them (based on the specific project objectives) during the inception phase.
    Rural poverty impact

    Has the initiative had the anticipated impact on the target group?
    To what extent have beneficiary incomes changed as a result of the project?
    In what way have household net assets changed due to the intervention?
    What changes have taken place in household food security and nutrition and what explains such changes?
    Project performance (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of benefits)
    Was the project design appropriate to meet the intervention’s objectives?
    Was the project adjusted during implementation to any changes in context to retain continued relevance?
    To what extent have the objectives of the project and its components been attained in quantitative and in qualitative terms?
    What changes in the overall context (e.g. policy framework, political situation, institutional set-up, economic shocks, civil unrest) have affected or are likely to affect project implementation and overall results?
    What factors in project design and implementation account for the estimated results in terms of effectiveness; are there valid alternatives?
    How does the economic rate of return at evaluation compare with that at project design?
    What are the grant costs per beneficiary (both at the time of appraisal and at the time of evaluation) and how do they compare to other IFAD-funded operations (or those of other donors) in the same country and/or other countries?
    What are the total project management costs in relation to total project costs and how do they compare with similar projects?
    Do project activities benefited from the engagement, participation and ownership of local communities, grass-roots organizations and the rural poor, and are adopted approaches technically viable?
    Is there a clear indication of government commitment after the project closing date, for example, in terms of provision of funds for selected activities, human resources availability, continuity of pro- poor policies and participatory development approaches, and institutional support?
    What are the chances that benefits generated by the project will continue after project closure and what is the likely resilience of economic activities to post-project risks?

    Gender equality and women’s empowerment

    What were the project’s achievements in terms of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment?
    What percentage of total project resources was invested in activities to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment and how does that compare with other projects funded by IFAD?
    To what extent did the project define and monitor sex-disaggregated results to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment objectives were being met?
    Was the project implementation structure adequate to support effective implementation of gender equality and women’s empowerment goals?

    Innovation and scaling up

    What are the characteristics of innovation(s) promoted by the intervention?
    Are the innovations consistent with the IFAD definition of this concept?
    Are the actions in question truly innovative or are they well-established elsewhere but new to the country or project area?
    Have grants been used to promote innovation?
    What evidence was used to justify scaling up, and were successfully promoted innovations documented and shared to facilitate scaling up?
    Has IFAD proactively engaged in partnership-building and policy dialogue to facilitate the uptake of successful innovations?
    Based on the information available, have these innovations been scaled up and, if so, by whom? If not, what are the prospects at the time of evaluation that they can and will be scaled up by the government, other donors and/or the private sector? What were/are the pathways to scaling up?

    Environment and natural resources management

    To what extent did the project adopt approaches/measures for restoration or sustainable management of natural resources?
    To what extent did the project develop the capacity of community groups and institutions to manage environmental risks?
    To what extent did the project contribute to reducing the environmental vulnerability of the community and built resilience for sustainable natural resource management that contribute to poverty reduction?
    To what extent did the project contribute to long-term environmental and social sustainability; and by empowering and strengthening the capacity of community-based natural resource management groups to ensure sustainable natural resources management; and by ensuring strong stakeholder engagement, especially of vulnerable groups, in decision making affecting natural resources use?
    To what extent did the project follow required environmental and social risk assessment procedures, including meaningful consultation with affected and vulnerable communities, and have complied with applicable IFAD or national environmental and social standards or norms, to ensure any harmful impacts are avoided or managed/mitigated through, where needed, the implementation of effective environmental and social management plans, including robust monitoring and supervision?

    Adaptation to climate change

    To what extent did the project demonstrate awareness and analysis of current and future climate risks?
    What are the amounts and nature of funds allocated to adaptation to climate change-related risks?
    What were the most important factors that helped the rural poor to restore the natural resource and environment base that (may) have been affected by climate change?

    Partnership

    Have the governments assumed ownership and responsibility for the project? Judging by its actions and policies, has the government been fully supportive of project goals?
    During implementation did the governments and steering committee: (i) take the initiative to suitably modify the project design (if required); (ii) take prompt action to ensure the timely implementation of recommendations from supervision and implementation support missions?
    Did the M&E system generate information on performance and impact, which is useful for project managers, and has appropriate action been taken on the basis of this information?
    In what way has the Project Team facilitated the participation of NGOs and civil society, where appropriate, and what were the implications?

    Evaluation Approach
    Phases

    Inception – August 2018 – (7 days)
    It aims to prepare the evaluation team and lead evaluator. It includes desk review, inception mission, briefing, consultation with stakeholders, inception report drafting (evaluation matrix, methodology and data collection tools), and fieldwork plan.
    Field work – August-September (14 days)
    It includes introduction with key organizations, interviews, focus groups and visit to selected project sites, debriefing.
    Reporting – October-November – (10 days)
    It includes the preparation of the evaluation report, QA review and finalization.

    Deliverables
    The selected evaluator should submit planned deliverables as per table below. CGIAR Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA) Standards (http://iea.cgiar.org/resources/guiding-documents/) and formats should be followed.
    Evaluation Deliverables

    Submission Date
    Draft Inception Report -30-August-2018
    Final Inception Report -15-September-2018
    First Draft Evaluation Report – 15-October-2018
    Final Evaluation Report – 30-November-2018

    Methodology
    The methodology will be detailed in the inception report. It includes evaluation matrix and data collection tools. Methods, tools and sources should allow triangulation and impartiality. Comprehensive understanding will be ensured only through a full analysis of stakeholders. Field selection should be based on impartial criteria. It should consider budget and time constraints. For this reason it is not expected to analyze the entire set of activities and/or conduct extensive quantitative surveys. The desk review through available information in the project M&E system and interviews (individual and group) with key stakeholders will provide the preliminary findings while fieldwork will supply additional evidence.
    Quality Assurance
    CGIAR IEA has an Evaluation Quality Assurance (QA) framework available for all CGIAR Centers. It includes guidelines and formats. The evaluation manager will use the IEA framework to conduct the without interfering with the independence of the evaluation but only aiming to strengthen the results. Data validity, consistency and accuracy are responsibility of the evaluator.
    A reference group is defined to provide feedback to the evaluation manager and team.
    Organization
    An external, independent evaluator will be recruited to ensure the credibility of the findings. The evaluator will have knowledge in evaluation methodologies and practical experience in complex evaluations. It is also expected to have experience in agriculture related fields with excellent communication skills. He will report to the evaluation manager who is responsible to draft this Terms of Reference (TOR), select the evaluator, prepare/manage contractual documents, assembling the initial documents for the desk review, support during the field mission, conduct the QA and consolidate and provide feedback on the reports.
    The field teams are responsible to provide documents, be available for and support the fieldwork and facilitate the interaction with beneficiaries.
    Dissemination
    The evaluation report and the management responses will be presented to the Stakeholders and posted publicly on the project website. The project management team and country teams may organize follow-up workshops.
    Background Documents

    Project Proposal
    Annual Technical report 2015-2016
    Annual Technical report 2016-2017
    Annual Technical report 2017-2018

    Senior Consultant Profile
    ICARDA is looking for one Senior Consultant who will work closely with the Evaluation manager and Evaluation analyst.
    His tasks include:

    Preparation of a short inception report that presents the evaluation design building on the ToRs;
    Interviews with key stakeholders in the CGIAR Centers, donors, partners and any other institutions considered relevant;
    Field visits to centers and selected sites (as required)
    Preparation of the draft and final evaluation report;
    Presentation of the evaluation findings to key stakeholders.
    The assignment of the Senior Consultant will require 31 working days, including travel and work at home‐station, spread over a period of approximately 6 months from the preparatory phase of the evaluation.
    The tentative schedule for the evaluation with estimated time requirement for the senior consultant is presented in the TOR.

    Qualifications

    Experience working in agricultural research for development
    Experience in evaluating research programmes
    Experience in programs and institutes targeting development outcomes
    Excellent writing skills in English and good verbal communication skills
    Excellent command of English verbal and written
    Knowledge of French is a desired qualification