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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Evaluation of NRC Nigeria Livelihood & Food Security in North East Nigeria AT NRC Abuja, NG

Job description

Express of interest: Evaluation of NRC Nigeria Livelihood and Food Security program response to humanitarian needs in North East Nigeria.

NRC initiated country operations in Nigeria in June 2015, in order to respond to the critical and increasing needs in the country. NRC currently has a full team based in Maiduguri and a coordination office in Abuja. NRC is currently providing services across various sectors namely; Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI); Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH); Food Security; and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) in order to address identified humanitarian needs.

The LFS response strategy of NRC aims to address both acute and chronic food and nutrition challenges faced by IDPs, returnees, and host community households. Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS) response seeks to meet the immediate food and nutrition needs of displaced people whilst supporting capacity building for improved access to livelihoods to address the chronic food insecurity, stemming from low purchasing and production capacity. Through coordination with relevant livelihoods and food sector partners through the Food Sector Working Group (FS WG), as well as the Livelihoods and Early Recovery Sector (L&ERS), NRC activities strive to consolidate the progress made since 2015 to expand to accessible and new and underserved areas. Livelihoods and food security interventions are now expanding into areas within the three agricultural zones of Borno state: Southern Borno, Central Borno, and Northern Borno.

Purpose of evaluation

The results of the evaluation will help to ascertain whether we are doing the right things to achieve maximum results; improve the results of our programmes and generate substantial learning; determine to what extent we are contributing to change in our beneficiaries and to use evaluation findings to immediately bring about changes and improvements in practice. The evaluation will identify key challenges, successes, best practice and lessons learnt, to inform future LFS interventions.

NRC seeks expressions of interest from people with the following skills/qualifications:

Advanced university degree or equivalent in Humanitarian/Development Studies, Social Sciences, statistics or other fields related to the provision of humanitarian assistance in Food security and livelihood;
At least 7-10 years of relevant experience and proven expertise in the humanitarian sector with at least five years in evaluation;
Significant experience in assessment, data analysis, research and/or evaluation – including prior experience in project and programme reviews and evaluations;
Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills;
Knowledge of the current literature/practice on displacement-related protection and livelihoods programming. Familiarity with Nigeria/West Africa emergency response preferred;
Ability to work independently and achieve quality results with limited supervision;
Strong analytical, synthesis, and writing skills;
Excellent command in written and spoken English;
Experience of designing qualitative data collection methods and of managing participatory and learning focused evaluations;
Excellent team working and communication skills, flexibility and good organization skills.

Bids Must Include The Following

Proposal including, outline of evaluation framework and methods, including comments on the TOR, proposed time frame and work plan (bids over 6 pages will be automatically excluded).
Cover letter clearly summarizing experience as it pertains to this assignment and three professional references (max 1 page);
Proposed evaluation budget clearly showing costs categories, units and explanations;
CVs and evidence of past evaluations for each team member;
At least one example of a similar evaluation where the consultant has had the leading role.

The duration of the consultancy is from July to October 2018.

Please send your application directly to: sher.nawaz@nrc.no