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Job Description
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.
Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Position: BMZ final evaluation Consultant
Location: Sa’ada
Grade: 3 B
Contract Length: 1.5 months
This post is based on Sa’ada, so candidates from Sa’ada will take the priority and preference.
The Opportunity:
Save the Children (SC) has been implementing a BMZ funded project in Sa’ada governorate to improve household food security and nutritional status of children under 5 in vulnerable households in target districts in Sa’ada Governorate. The project comprises of three main components: income generating activities (IGA), livestock and smallholder farmers aiming at improving the targeted HHs income which is intended to subsequently improve the overall household nutritional status, thus reducing the stunning rate among infants and children 6-23 months.
Overall objective (impact): To improve household food security and the nutritional status of children under 5 in vulnerable households in target districts in Sa’ada Governorate.
The indicators associated with the overall objective (impact):
1. '70% of target households attain an acceptable level of food security measured by food consumption score index (FCS> 42) by the end of the project.
2. Five percentage points reduction from baseline of “stunting rate” among infants and younger children aged 6-23 months from the supported HHs by the end of the project.
The program outcome indicators:
Outcome 1: The resilience of targeted families is strengthened through sustainable livelihoods activities. This will include providing cash grants to:
a. Smallholder farmers to restore land and purchase seeds and tools.
b. Develop income-generating activities (IGA) through vocational and on-the-job training such as phone maintenance, mechanics, and tiling for men, and sewing, food processing, soap and perfume making, and ornament decoration and painting for women.
c. Purchase livestock for families in suitable areas.
Indicators associated with outcome 1:
- 80% of farmers targeted with agricultural funds have increased agricultural production from baseline.
- 80% of beneficiaries supported with IGA grants have increased income from baseline.
- 80% of beneficiaries targeted with funds for livestock (goats, sheep, cow) have increased income from baseline.
Outcome 2: The nutrition security of children under 5 and PLW is improved through:
a. livelihoods support,
b. improved access to nutrition services and diversified food,
c. improved malnutrition detection and prevention, and
d. improved nutrition practices for children aged 0-23 months and PLW.
Indicators associated with outcome 2:
- 2.1. 20 percentage points increase from baseline value in the proportion of children aged 6-23 months who consume foods from 4 or more food groups among the supported HHs by the end of the project.
- 2.2. 20 percentage points increase from baseline value in the proportion of infants aged <6 months in supported HHs who are exclusively breastfed by the end of the project
- 2.3. 20 percentage points increase from baseline value in the proportion of children aged 6-23 months consuming the recommended minimum number of meals per day by the end of the project
- 2.4. 20 percentage points increase from baseline value in the proportion of targeted PLWs consuming more than 5 food groups according to individual dietary diversity scores by the end of the project
This final evaluation, through comparison to the baseline, endline results and findings, will come up with an analysis of actions impacts on beneficiaries and sound recommendations on how to improve Save the Children programming while maximizing benefits to the supported communities.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Capability to present the study based on TOR during interview through PPT and findings at end of evaluation.
- Review project documents
- Submit the inception report.
- Getting approval on the tools from authorities.
- Development and review of data collection tools.
- Ensure data collection, entry and analysis.
- Debrief on preliminary findings at both field office and country office
- Submission of the draft evaluation report for review – as per SC format and considering SCI quality scoring.
- Submission of final evaluation report and datasets
- Dissemination of findings to experts and national stakeholders.
- Seek clearance, authorization and approvals from all relevant authorities.
Expected outputs
The expected outputs of this evaluation are as follows:
a) Power point presentation for the TOR during interview.
b) Inception report (not exceeding 30 pages)
c) methods and tools
d) data sets
e) Final report. (with an executive summary of max 2 pages)
f) Power point presentation of the findings (not exceeding 15 slides)
g) Presentation of findings to key stakeholders
Interested candidates should submit an expression of interest which will include:
A technical proposal: The technical proposal should briefly and clearly describe the following aspects; Understanding of the task, technical aspect of the proposal, Methodology (Evaluation strategy, Sampling design, Data collection tools, Data Processing & Analysis, Data quality control measures and timelines or operational plan)
The study deliverables and tentative timeline (subject to the commencement date of the study) are outlined below. Head of MEAL and MEAL specialist will agree on final milestones and deadlines at the inception phase.
Deliverables and Tentative Timeline
Deliverable / Milestones |
Timeline |
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Start date |
End Date |
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Draft the final evaluation TOR |
15.2.2024 |
18.3.2024 |
Review the draft of Final Evaluation TOR and sign off |
19.2.2024 |
21.2.2024 |
Share ToR with Member Office (MO) and address the comments |
01.3.2024 |
21.3.2024 |
Advertisement and recruitment process |
24.04.2024 |
5.5.2024 |
The consultant is contracted and commences work |
09.4.2024 |
12.4.2024 |
The study Team will facilitate a workshop with the relevant stakeholders at the commencement of the project to develop the inception report. |
13.5.2024 |
15.5.2024 |
The study Team will submit an inception report* in line with the provided template, including:
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16.5.2024 |
19.5.2024 |
Ethics submission (if applicable): Should approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee be required, an ethics submission should include:
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20.5.2024 |
21.5.2024 |
Final data collection tools (in the report language):
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22.5.2024 |
25.5.2024 |
A [Power Point Presentation] including a summary of formative findings from the study. The focus will be on:
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26.5.2024 |
27.5.2024 |
A Study Report* (Draft Version – template available if useful though external actors may want to use theirs) including the following elements:
A consolidated set of feedback from key stakeholders will be provided by Save The Children within 1 weeks of the submission of the draft report. |
28.5.2024 |
30.5.2024 |
Data and analyses including all encrypted raw data, databases and analysis outputs |
01.6.2024 |
05.06.2024 |
Final Study Report* incorporating feedback from consultation on the Draft Study Report |
06.6.2024 |
13.06.2024 |
Knowledge translation materials:
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16.06.2024
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20.06.2024
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
The following qualifications and skills are expected of the lead consultancy:
Assigned staff must have:
- An advanced university degree in public health/ health systems management or related health field.
- At least 7 years’ experience in the area of health, nutrition, WASH, food assistance (and Child Protection).
- Technical expertise in evaluation, preferably integrated interventions mainly health, nutrition, WASH, Food Assistance and Protection programs in chronic emergency contexts;
- Previous experience in MEAL, including conducting end-of-project evaluations for large-scale projects
- Thorough understanding of data collection methods
- Strong skills in quantitative and qualitative methods
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
- Fluency in English is a must, fluency in Arabic (preferred) is an added advantage;
- Experience/knowledge on gender-sensitive programming
- Understanding of child safeguarding and child participation procedures
- Experience of working in the middle east and/ or Yemen is a plus
- International firm with branches located in Sana’a.
- The consultant should get the permission from SCHAMCHA to conduct final evaluation study.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, 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:
- builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Application Information:
DIVERSITY BELIEF
Save the Children International is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want our people to be truly representative of all sections of society. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, disabilities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve our beneficiaries better. We are guided by our values in everything we do, and recognise that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfil our responsibility to make a difference for children around the world.
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