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Deadline of this Job: 17 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Consultant Activities:
The SCC Senior Resilience Curriculum Consultant will:
PROGRAM APPROACH DESIGN AND STRATEGY (75% of consultancy efforts)
• Facilitate the team to review and own USAID Nawiri’s operational definition for “Resilient Livelihoods” and related conceptual framework that articulates the relationship between resilient livelihoods and nutrition security. Use those as tools to facilitate joint planning and decision-making across USAID Nawiri sectors and disciplines.
• Review market systems, labor market, household economy diagnostics and other research conducted during Phase 1 of the program and support the team to assess current implementation progress including relevance, effectiveness of interventions, efficiency of implementation strategies and sustainability of interventions based on prevailing economic, social, environmental and political conditions.
• Based on the “Niaseku diagram”--a program diagram that utilizes the socio-ecological framework for behavior change to illustrate the multi-dimensional package of assets and services an individual and her household require for nutrition security-- facilitate team thinking and joint planning processes on capacities households and communities need to develop resilient livelihoods and draw linkages with market actions to be undertaken by the program. This will lead to designing the strategy with its package of interventions for households and Wards.
• Use analysis to provide comprehensive recommendations and set the vision for systemic change within selected market and labor sectors that will contribute to household nutrition outcomes. This vision and its translation into a written Resilient Livelihoods strategy and implementation plans must ensure continuity between life-saving short-term interventions and longer-term resilience building interventions. The strategy will also include a scaling plan for the interventions.
• Support the team in developing zone-based work plans with packages of interventions relevant to households needs.
• Support intervention leads in defining partnership strategies (internal, with other program’s components, and external), including an advocacy and influence plan for strengthening the capacity of local systems and institutions
• Design tools and questions for USAID Nawiri teams to liaise with county officials and Ward Development Committees to ensure strategy is co-designed and relevant to context and scenario (failed rains, floods).
• Facilitate relationships with market actors (including government, other NGOs, private sector, and community partners) to revise plans and promote partner acceptance/buy-in.
• Upon request, support developing concept notes for shock-responsive economic interventions for USAID Nawiri to pivot as the context evolves.
MENTORSHIP AND CAPACITY STRENGTHENING (25% of consultancy efforts)
• Provide training and on-going coaching to Resilient Livelihoods team members in resilient livelihoods foundations and MSD/poverty economics approaches.
• Provide guidance on applying market and economy driven-thinking and systems based approaches within and across sectors and other technical areas.
• Liaise with Resilience Advisors on Humanitarian - Development - Peacebuilding coherence, and Mercy Corps’ resilience program practices to ensure the strategy targets critical resilience capacities.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING (5% of consultancy efforts)
• Under the lead of the Strategic Learning Lead, provide strategic input into the development of the USAID Nawiri Learning Agenda related to Resilient Livelihoods for Nutrition.
• Identify key learning needs and scope for case studies and learning documents.
• In close collaboration with the Monitoring & Evaluation Lead, provide strategic input into the Monitoring & Evaluation Plan to ensure it aligns with the strategy.
Consultant Deliverables:
• Written review of current Resilient Livelihoods draft framework and strategy, assessing relevance, effectiveness of interventions, efficiency of implementation strategies and sustainability of interventions based on prevailing economic, social, environmental and political conditions. (Est. Level of Effort (LOE) 5 days)
• Written practical zone-based implementation strategy and related implementation plans for supporting and strengthening Resilient Livelihoods for nutrition security. (Est. LOE 28 days)
• Joint design of scale up plan from 12- 35 wards helping to plan staff resourcing and saturation of Resilient Livelihoods interventions within targeted implementation zones. (Est. LOE 4 days)
• Inputs to learning questions and plan (Est. LOE 1 day)
• Proposed (amendments to) M&E approaches and indicators to monitor success of Resilient Livelihoods approaches and strategies (Est. LOE 2 days)
Timeframe / Schedule:
• This consultancy is for 40 days from October 1st, 2022 through January 15th, 2023.
The Consultant will report to:
USAID-Nawiri Technical Director
The Consultant will work closely with:
• USAID-Nawiri Alternative Livelihoods & Market Advisor
• USAID-Nawiri Climate Smart Agriculture Advisor
• USAID Nawiri County Resilient Livelihoods team members
• USAID-Nawiri Strategic Learning Lead
• USAID-Nawiri Monitoring & Evaluation Lead
• Africa Resilience & Food Security Senior Advisor (Mercy Corps Africa Region)
• Agriculture & Livestock Senior Advisor (Mercy Corps Global)
• Sr. Resilience Advisor (Mercy Corps Global)
Required Experience & Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree required. M.A, M.S., M.Sc., or equivalent in economics and/or market systems development.
• At least 10 years of experience providing increasingly proficient technical support in the relevant field of expertise that includes:
• Analyzing economics trends in countries/regions with extreme poverty and protracted crises
• Producing poverty economics and market development strategies
• Training/mentoring of staff in relevant technical areas
• Demonstrating strong applied knowledge of the field of expertise
• Using integrated approaches and applying systems thinking.
• Experience in working on programs aiming at layering short-term emergency response with longer-term market development
• Experience in designing and implementation of social protection mechanisms.
• Deep understanding of poverty economics and Market System Development methodology, frameworks and their operationalization with - at least 7 years of experience advising or managing market-based programs, at least 5 years in senior advisory or management roles.
• Practical field experience including, if possible, emergency response assignments or other crisis response work that demonstrates the ability to successfully adapt support and assistance methodologies to real-world complexities.
• Delivering training in relevant technical areas to Senior Management and Staff.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to USAID Nawiri program field locations, including traveling to insecure environments, is required.
• Prior experience in Kenya’s ASALs is strongly preferred, in arid and pastoralist environments a minimum.
• Fluency in English required
JOB DETAILS:
Consultant Activities:
The SCC Senior Resilience Curriculum Consultant will:
PROGRAM APPROACH DESIGN AND STRATEGY (75% of consultancy efforts)
• Facilitate the team to review and own USAID Nawiri’s operational definition for “Resilient Livelihoods” and related conceptual framework that articulates the relationship between resilient livelihoods and nutrition security. Use those as tools to facilitate joint planning and decision-making across USAID Nawiri sectors and disciplines.
• Review market systems, labor market, household economy diagnostics and other research conducted during Phase 1 of the program and support the team to assess current implementation progress including relevance, effectiveness of interventions, efficiency of implementation strategies and sustainability of interventions based on prevailing economic, social, environmental and political conditions.
• Based on the “Niaseku diagram”--a program diagram that utilizes the socio-ecological framework for behavior change to illustrate the multi-dimensional package of assets and services an individual and her household require for nutrition security-- facilitate team thinking and joint planning processes on capacities households and communities need to develop resilient livelihoods and draw linkages with market actions to be undertaken by the program. This will lead to designing the strategy with its package of interventions for households and Wards.
• Use analysis to provide comprehensive recommendations and set the vision for systemic change within selected market and labor sectors that will contribute to household nutrition outcomes. This vision and its translation into a written Resilient Livelihoods strategy and implementation plans must ensure continuity between life-saving short-term interventions and longer-term resilience building interventions. The strategy will also include a scaling plan for the interventions.
• Support the team in developing zone-based work plans with packages of interventions relevant to households needs.
• Support intervention leads in defining partnership strategies (internal, with other program’s components, and external), including an advocacy and influence plan for strengthening the capacity of local systems and institutions
• Design tools and questions for USAID Nawiri teams to liaise with county officials and Ward Development Committees to ensure strategy is co-designed and relevant to context and scenario (failed rains, floods).
• Facilitate relationships with market actors (including government, other NGOs, private sector, and community partners) to revise plans and promote partner acceptance/buy-in.
• Upon request, support developing concept notes for shock-responsive economic interventions for USAID Nawiri to pivot as the context evolves.
MENTORSHIP AND CAPACITY STRENGTHENING (25% of consultancy efforts)
• Provide training and on-going coaching to Resilient Livelihoods team members in resilient livelihoods foundations and MSD/poverty economics approaches.
• Provide guidance on applying market and economy driven-thinking and systems based approaches within and across sectors and other technical areas.
• Liaise with Resilience Advisors on Humanitarian - Development - Peacebuilding coherence, and Mercy Corps’ resilience program practices to ensure the strategy targets critical resilience capacities.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING (5% of consultancy efforts)
• Under the lead of the Strategic Learning Lead, provide strategic input into the development of the USAID Nawiri Learning Agenda related to Resilient Livelihoods for Nutrition.
• Identify key learning needs and scope for case studies and learning documents.
• In close collaboration with the Monitoring & Evaluation Lead, provide strategic input into the Monitoring & Evaluation Plan to ensure it aligns with the strategy.
Consultant Deliverables:
• Written review of current Resilient Livelihoods draft framework and strategy, assessing relevance, effectiveness of interventions, efficiency of implementation strategies and sustainability of interventions based on prevailing economic, social, environmental and political conditions. (Est. Level of Effort (LOE) 5 days)
• Written practical zone-based implementation strategy and related implementation plans for supporting and strengthening Resilient Livelihoods for nutrition security. (Est. LOE 28 days)
• Joint design of scale up plan from 12- 35 wards helping to plan staff resourcing and saturation of Resilient Livelihoods interventions within targeted implementation zones. (Est. LOE 4 days)
• Inputs to learning questions and plan (Est. LOE 1 day)
• Proposed (amendments to) M&E approaches and indicators to monitor success of Resilient Livelihoods approaches and strategies (Est. LOE 2 days)
Timeframe / Schedule:
• This consultancy is for 40 days from October 1st, 2022 through January 15th, 2023.
The Consultant will report to:
USAID-Nawiri Technical Director
The Consultant will work closely with:
• USAID-Nawiri Alternative Livelihoods & Market Advisor
• USAID-Nawiri Climate Smart Agriculture Advisor
• USAID Nawiri County Resilient Livelihoods team members
• USAID-Nawiri Strategic Learning Lead
• USAID-Nawiri Monitoring & Evaluation Lead
• Africa Resilience & Food Security Senior Advisor (Mercy Corps Africa Region)
• Agriculture & Livestock Senior Advisor (Mercy Corps Global)
• Sr. Resilience Advisor (Mercy Corps Global)
Required Experience & Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree required. M.A, M.S., M.Sc., or equivalent in economics and/or market systems development.
• At least 10 years of experience providing increasingly proficient technical support in the relevant field of expertise that includes:
• Analyzing economics trends in countries/regions with extreme poverty and protracted crises
• Producing poverty economics and market development strategies
• Training/mentoring of staff in relevant technical areas
• Demonstrating strong applied knowledge of the field of expertise
• Using integrated approaches and applying systems thinking.
• Experience in working on programs aiming at layering short-term emergency response with longer-term market development
• Experience in designing and implementation of social protection mechanisms.
• Deep understanding of poverty economics and Market System Development methodology, frameworks and their operationalization with - at least 7 years of experience advising or managing market-based programs, at least 5 years in senior advisory or management roles.
• Practical field experience including, if possible, emergency response assignments or other crisis response work that demonstrates the ability to successfully adapt support and assistance methodologies to real-world complexities.
• Delivering training in relevant technical areas to Senior Management and Staff.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to USAID Nawiri program field locations, including traveling to insecure environments, is required.
• Prior experience in Kenya’s ASALs is strongly preferred, in arid and pastoralist environments a minimum.
• Fluency in English required
Deadline of this Job: 20 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Essential Job Responsibilities
(20%) Participate in roll-out and monitoring of agency MEL and TOLA guidance including:
• Develop workplan for FY21
• Promote HQ MEL policy
• Develop and manage MEL dashboard to capture regional MEL needs, budgets and planning
• Review Tola Readiness Assessments
• Conduct regional webinars on topics related to understanding and implementing the MEL guidance and Tola
• When possible co-facilitate Tola trainings for program staff.
(50%) Assess and improve MEL and program performance related practices in each country
• Conduct MEL gap assessments covering specific M&E activities and practices, and a review of tools and documents.
• Based on assessment findings, begin development of a long-term rollout/training plan and strategy.
• Help country teams develop individualized Action Plans to improve data management practices
• Support country teams both remotely and in country on implementing their Action Plan, topics ranging from program logic review, data collection, data quality assessments, data management and analysis
• Visit country field M&E teams to conduct MEL assessments and develop support plans
• Coordinate MEL support as needed with HQ teams like Technical Support Unit (TSU), PaQ and Tech for Development (TD)
• Organize and manage a regional Community of Practice (CoP)
• Focus on MEL and Technology
(25%) Work with MEL staff, program management and HQ support teams on building the culture of adaptive management, evidence and learning in each country in the region, and supporting better overall performance of the country team in these areas.
• Conduct initial orientations and on-boarding of new program staff (esp. M&E, program managers, and country leaders) – promote tools like DIG, M&E tools, and Program Management @ Mercy Corps ([email protected]) minimum standards.
• Participate in regional trainings and use materials from these trainings to conduct follow-up sessions within the region as needed
• Coordinate with PaQ and T4D to ensure tech support is coordinated
• Work closely with/support the PaQ Advisor to train [email protected] facilitators, conduct [email protected] gap analysis and provide backstop for in-country trainings, and support in specific [email protected] topics as needed
• Engage with Country Directors and Regional Program Directors on leadership issues related to monitoring and evaluation and the relationship between M&E and program quality, evidence and impact – including use of indicators, learning, and evaluation methodologies.
• Conduct program quality reviews (implementation quality, meeting of minimum standards, quality of SADD and analysis).
• Help country teams make use of M&E data and contribute to evidence-based learning at all levels.
(5%) Learning.
Spend time on best practice-oriented learning activities to help ensure that best practices in design, monitoring and evaluation, as well as NGO community-wide initiatives, are incorporated into the ongoing work of the team.
Organizational Learning
• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to program participants
• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Works Directly With: Technical Director—Africa Region, Country leadership teams, Country MEL Managers, HQ technical support teams, regional leadership and technical teams and global PaQ team
Knowledge and Experience
• BA in international development or other relevant social science (MA preferred).
• 3 to 5 years of experience working in international relief and development programs, with at least 2 years focused on providing M&E technical support to field programs, and at least four years working overseas preferred.
• Demonstrated skill with program design, including assessments, proposal development, indicator selection and M&E planning.
• Demonstrated skill and experience with facilitating program design processes, logical frameworks, theories of change, and overall program logic.
• Experienced in training and capacity-building (in person and remotely) and fostering a collaborative relationship with field practitioners and management,
• Experience with data analysis and presentation using Excel, Access, and advanced data analysis and visualization packages, as well as mobile data collection platforms. Additional software and technical skills (databases, GIS, and statistical packages) preferred.
• Experience designing practical and effective monitoring systems, including data and database management systems.
• Strong communication skills; able to work remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
• Fluent in English and preferred French language skills.
JOB DETAILS:
Essential Job Responsibilities
(20%) Participate in roll-out and monitoring of agency MEL and TOLA guidance including:
• Develop workplan for FY21
• Promote HQ MEL policy
• Develop and manage MEL dashboard to capture regional MEL needs, budgets and planning
• Review Tola Readiness Assessments
• Conduct regional webinars on topics related to understanding and implementing the MEL guidance and Tola
• When possible co-facilitate Tola trainings for program staff.
(50%) Assess and improve MEL and program performance related practices in each country
• Conduct MEL gap assessments covering specific M&E activities and practices, and a review of tools and documents.
• Based on assessment findings, begin development of a long-term rollout/training plan and strategy.
• Help country teams develop individualized Action Plans to improve data management practices
• Support country teams both remotely and in country on implementing their Action Plan, topics ranging from program logic review, data collection, data quality assessments, data management and analysis
• Visit country field M&E teams to conduct MEL assessments and develop support plans
• Coordinate MEL support as needed with HQ teams like Technical Support Unit (TSU), PaQ and Tech for Development (TD)
• Organize and manage a regional Community of Practice (CoP)
• Focus on MEL and Technology
(25%) Work with MEL staff, program management and HQ support teams on building the culture of adaptive management, evidence and learning in each country in the region, and supporting better overall performance of the country team in these areas.
• Conduct initial orientations and on-boarding of new program staff (esp. M&E, program managers, and country leaders) – promote tools like DIG, M&E tools, and Program Management @ Mercy Corps ([email protected]) minimum standards.
• Participate in regional trainings and use materials from these trainings to conduct follow-up sessions within the region as needed
• Coordinate with PaQ and T4D to ensure tech support is coordinated
• Work closely with/support the PaQ Advisor to train [email protected] facilitators, conduct [email protected] gap analysis and provide backstop for in-country trainings, and support in specific [email protected] topics as needed
• Engage with Country Directors and Regional Program Directors on leadership issues related to monitoring and evaluation and the relationship between M&E and program quality, evidence and impact – including use of indicators, learning, and evaluation methodologies.
• Conduct program quality reviews (implementation quality, meeting of minimum standards, quality of SADD and analysis).
• Help country teams make use of M&E data and contribute to evidence-based learning at all levels.
(5%) Learning.
Spend time on best practice-oriented learning activities to help ensure that best practices in design, monitoring and evaluation, as well as NGO community-wide initiatives, are incorporated into the ongoing work of the team.
Organizational Learning
• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to program participants
• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Works Directly With: Technical Director—Africa Region, Country leadership teams, Country MEL Managers, HQ technical support teams, regional leadership and technical teams and global PaQ team
Knowledge and Experience
• BA in international development or other relevant social science (MA preferred).
• 3 to 5 years of experience working in international relief and development programs, with at least 2 years focused on providing M&E technical support to field programs, and at least four years working overseas preferred.
• Demonstrated skill with program design, including assessments, proposal development, indicator selection and M&E planning.
• Demonstrated skill and experience with facilitating program design processes, logical frameworks, theories of change, and overall program logic.
• Experienced in training and capacity-building (in person and remotely) and fostering a collaborative relationship with field practitioners and management,
• Experience with data analysis and presentation using Excel, Access, and advanced data analysis and visualization packages, as well as mobile data collection platforms. Additional software and technical skills (databases, GIS, and statistical packages) preferred.
• Experience designing practical and effective monitoring systems, including data and database management systems.
• Strong communication skills; able to work remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
• Fluent in English and preferred French language skills.
Job Info
Job Category:
Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Kenya
Job Type:
Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 20 September 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted:
08-09-2022
No of Jobs:
1
Start Publishing:
08-09-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030):
08-09-2066
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