Niger

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Place of evaluation:             Zinder Region, Niger

Length of evaluation:          40 days

Deadline for submission of application and proposal:          26^th Jan 2015

Dates of evaluation:            2^nd Feb- 13^th March 2015

Language requirements:    English and French

Final Report Language:       English

 

 

The Irish Red Cross (IRC) has been working in Niger since 2005, and has been implementing livelihood and capacity building programmes since 2008. Consistent with its Africa Strategy (2009-2014), the IRC works in close collaboration with the Red Cross Society of Niger, local institutional partners, communities and individuals to reduce vulnerability to food insecurity and to build strong and sustainable livelihoods among some of Niger’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. The IRC programming in Niger is primarily aimed at improving livelihoods, ensuring food security, and strengthening families’ abilities to cope and adapt to a high-risk and disaster prone environment.

 

Since 2008 the livelihoods programme has focused on responding to the significant needs within Tanout and Belbéji Departments in Zinder region and has developed exceptional knowledge and strong relationships with local institutions, local leaders and the local population.  To date, the IRC has directly reached the populations of 75 different communities, impacting directly more than 5% of the total population of Tanout department (close to 20,000 people in over 3000 households). The communities are spread within 02 of the 56 councils[1] in the Zinder region.

 

The overall goal of the programme is to contribute to improved long-term food security in vulnerable communities and among vulnerable households through the strengthening of livelihoods and community-based coping mechanisms.

 

The IRC seeks a team of two consultants (including one Nigerien) to undertake an evaluation of the overall IRC program in Niger, and specifically to assess how the various projects have contributed to the achievement of the overall programme goal. The evaluation should focus specifically on 30% of the villages/communities reached over the 2008 – December 2014 period, which should be visited during a field-mission.

 

In addition to evaluating a selection of the projects carried out in the sample villages (and their contribution to the overall programme goal) the evaluation should also consider programme design and planning, and programmatic implementation and lessons learned. The evaluation should contain recommendations that respond to needs of primary users of the evaluation and that will in particular inform future strategic and operational planning documents.

 

 

 

Interested candidates should submit their applications by post or electronically before the 26th January to:

Gillian McCarthy, Desk Officer,

Irish Red Cross, 16 Merrion Square,

Dublin 2,

Ireland

 

gmccarthy@redcross.ie

 

The application should include:

-          The consultant(s) CV(s),

-          A cover letter illustrating the consultants relevant experience, and availability (note: preference will be given to consultants available for the work in February),

-          An Evaluation Work Plan and Methodology which should include issues to be studies and assumptions to be tested during the field mission to Niger,

-          A proposed budget showing the entirety of costs for the evaluation (budget not to exceed 16,000),

-          A list of past evaluations carried out.

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[1] The basic decentralized local authority (that is, local government unit) in Niger