Terms
of Reference
1.
Introduction
Save
the Children Somalia is a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is
to fight for children’s rights and deliver immediate and lasting improvement to
children’s lives worldwide. Save the Children Somalia has been operational in
the Greater Somalia for over 40 years.
Currently
Save the Children Somalia operates programmes that span relief to development
with a wide range of programming in Health, Nutrition, Child Protection, Child
Rights Governance, Vocational and Skills Training, Education and Food Security
& Livelihoods working in Somaliland, Puntland and Central and South
Somalia.
Save
the Children Somalia works to ensure quality programming on the ground which
forms the basis to advocate for greater changes in policy and practice at
regional, national and global levels.
2. Background of the Project
Save
the Children Somalia has been working to help communities in the Hiran Region
of Somalia for over 40 years including reducing their vulnerability to a number
of hazards (e.g. drought, conflict, displacement and flooding).
Since
mid 2011 with multi-donor funding, including ECHO, Save the Children Somalia
began cash based programming to drought and conflict affected communities in
the Hiran Region of Somalia. The programme was aimed at increasing the
communities’ access to food and non-food items and implemented through most of
2012.
The
rate of cash transfer given to the households was pegged to the FSNAU defined
Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) the guarantee money intended for food needs
was not diverted to other households needs.
The
contribution to resilience was implied, but has not been formally explored as
of yet. Additionally, Save the Children Somalia is providing support to asset
recovery through seeds and tools distributions, livestock re-distribution and
treatment.
3. Purpose and Objectives of the consultancy
The
purpose of the consultancy is to analyze the previous and current Save the
Children Somalia cash based programming in Hiran to establish its contribution
to household and community resiliency.
The
objectives of the study are:
- To conduct a risk assessment across the different livelihood zones in Hiran
- To analyze the impact of cash based programming in improving the resilience of poor communities in relation to food security and livelihoods
- To analyze how cash interventions have complemented Save the Children Somalia’s FSL programming in Hiran
- To provide recommendations for policy advocacy and practice for humanitarian actors
The
resilience building impact of cash should be analysed in the context of other
complimentary food security and livelihood projects and not in isolation. It
should also consider the affects of seasonality and be disaggregated by the
different livelihood zones in Hiran.
4.
Methodology
The
consultants will identify and develop detailed methodologies that are
universally accepted and suitable to such studies. These will have both
qualitative and quantitative components.
The
methodologies should include, but not limited to, the following:
- Review of literature
- Review of SC data
- Secondary data sources
- Primary data
Background
literature:
- Twigg’s characteristics of disaster resilient communities 2007
- The characteristics of resilience building 2012 (Interagency Resilience Group UK)
- Action research for community adaptation (Arcab framework) ACCRA Local Adaptive capacity framework
- TANGO Resilience framework March 2012
5.
Mandatory steps for outputs:
- Inception note and initial briefing at the commencement of work
- Debriefing at the end of field work is mandatory with relevant SC staff
- Final report should be provided in electronic form as in hard copy with any databases from field work
6.
Report Structure
Report
will have the following structure:
- Executive Summary
- Project Background
- Study Methodology
- Findings per study area
- Discussion
- Recommendations
- Annexes including tools used, people contacted, etc
- Total report should not exceed 25 pages without annexes
7.
Roles & responsibilities
7.1. Consultant
- Provide synopsis of the proposed methodologies (inception note)
- Establish contacts with pre-identified organizations and explaining the objective of the work
- Administer data collection, data entry and analysis of questionnaires and key informant interviews
- Review of relevant documents and literature
- Provide reports as per the pre-agreed timeframe of the study
7.2 Save the Children Somalia
- Save the Children Somalia Facilitate consultations with the relevant informants
- Ensure contacts in areas of study
- Arrange translators, if necessary
- Provide necessary information,
- Review the draft report and provide feedback to the consultant
- Disburse payment of the service as per the contract agreement
8.
Timeframe & Budget
- The task requires a total of 45 days allocated for preparation, field work, report writing and debriefing.
- All costs related to the consultancy will be charged to the ECHO HIP budget
9.
Deliverables
- An inception note
- A preliminary draft report within 40 days of start of consultancy
- A final report before within 45 days of start of consultancy
- A PowerPoint presentation explaining the final report and recommendations
- A policy brief
10.
Management structure
- The consultancy is managed by the Food Security and Livelihoods Technical Manager
11.
Level of access to children
The
responsibilities of the consultancy may require the consultant to have regular
contact with children or young people. In the overseas context all posts are
considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations that may allow
staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.
12.
Required qualification and experience
The
criteria for selecting a consultant will include:
- Post graduate qualification related with developments studies or other relevant feilds;
- At least 5 years of experience in humanitarian work and or development experience;
- Proven experience in adaptation and adaptive capacity
- Experience with cash programming highly valued
- Strong understanding of current situation in Southern Somalia
- Previous experience working in Somalia or for Somalia country programs
- Proven experience of excellent writing skills
- Teams with at least one Somali speaker will be highly valued
13.
Applications Procedures
All
interested candidates should forward applications which must include:
Proposal
on research including:
- Methodology
- CVs of proposed team
- Time frame
- Budget
A
writing sample of similar work
Incomplete
applications will not be considered.
Applications
should be sent to: vacancies@scsom.org, expire date of applications is on 24
June 2012.
Due
to urgency applications will be view on rolling basis.