Issue Date: May 10, 2017
Due Date for Questions: May 15, 2017
Due Date for Respone: June 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EST
World Vision Inc. (WV) is hereby seeking a consultant to guide the development of qualitative research questions in Ethiopia, undertake desk reviews, lead the field work, write the analysis, and identify project actions that support the project’s theory of change. The consultant is expected to incorporate inputs from WV and CARE senior gender staff, and project management/leadership. The consultant is also expected to be well versed with USAID’s gender outcome expectations/requirements and align the recommended actions and indicators to these requirements. The consultant will be specifically responsible for the following tasks:
a) An Action Plan: Within five days of the commencement of the contract, the consultant will develop action plan for the analysis with specific deliverables, timeline, tools, training manuals/guides, an analysis framework, a report outline, and a specification of the level of support required from CARE. The research tools will eventually be translated to the implementation area local language, if needed;
b) Review Literature: Expand on the literature review already conducted by the project to create a coherent narrative of ‘what is already known’ and supplement it with additional policy analysis, specific project implementation area context and how these contexts support or contribute to project outcomes.
c) Research Tools: Develop/adapt acceptable tools and questions for the Gender Analysis. In consultation with the Gender and Youth Technical Lead in the project and other technical advisors, the consultant will make final decisions on specific analysis tools and frameworks to be applied;
d) Train/Orient: The study team consisting of the Gender and Youth Technical Advisors/Officers in the project, four to five staff from other technical areas, and additional interns or sub-contracted note takers (as needed). The number and compositions of staff will further be refined with input from the consultant;
e) Leading the Data Collection: The consultant will lead and guide the study team during field study/data collection;
f) Preliminary findings presentation: The consultant will present key findings per each sub-purpose to Consortium technical staff for their comments and feedback. Project gender and youth advisors in each organization will organize a findings presentation meeting in the woredas. The feedback will be compiled and shared with the consultant and made part of the analysis report;
g) Lead the Data Analysis and Report Write Up: Using a pre-agreed qualitative data analysis tool, the consultant will lead the data analysis and prepare a detailed report on the study. The consultant will ensure that findings are presented in line with the most appropriate purpose area domain of the project. A draft report is expected to be delivered within fifty days after the commencement of the contract. An oral debriefing may be conducted;
h) Presentation/gender consultation workshop: The consultant will be expected to present the findings of the analysis to all SPIR project staff to determine: priority action areas; to integrate the findings into the project design and implementation plan; as well as how to make changes to the project TOC (if needed). The consultant should also be prepared to conduct a presentation to the donor, USAID in addition to staff from the different DFSA awardees in the country, if necessary.
i) Final Report: Based on the findings and gender consultation workshop, the final report will include key recommendations on the TOC; Gender Action Plan; and Gender Progress Markers; and an annotated bibliography. The report will be submitted to WV within seven days after receiving written comments from consortium members.
j) Gender integration workshops: the project gender and youth technical staffs in all 3 implementing partners will carry out series of gender integration workshops with project staffs at different levels,
k) Deliverables: The consultant will provide the following:
- Soft copy of the final report and Gender Action Plan in a DVD disk/thumb drive;
- Three hard copies (color printed) of the final report and Gender Action Plan; and
- Original hard copies of the transcribed data and tools;
- Data sets of any analysis or tabular information generated during analysis
Required qualifications include:
1. Experience working on USAID-funded programs, preferably Title II DFAPs and USAID’s gender outcome expectations/requirements for similar projects.
2. An advanced degree (Masters or higher) in relevant discipline.
3. Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
4. Ability to interact effectively with local and international staff as well as government and private sector representatives.
5. General familiarity with Ethiopia laws, policies and requirements, with experience in Oromia and Amhara region preferred.
The assignment is expected to start no later than June 5, 2017. The potential candidate will be required to submit a work plan outlining the schedule of tasks to be implemented. The estimated level of this assignment is 60 business days. Travel to Ethiopia will be required.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Daniel Assefa at daassefa@worldvision.org to receive the full RFP. Note that all bids must be submitted to World Vision, Inc. no later than May 24, 2017; noon Eastern Standard Time. Please send questions by email only. Please include “Ethiopia DFAP Gender Analysis” in the subject line. Responses will be provided as soon as possible. To ensure transparency, all questions received and the corresponding responses will be shared with everyone participating in this RFP.
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