VSF Belgium TOR for Consultancy Job in South Sudan

Terms of Reference

Final Evaluation of Emergency Veterinary support to Vulnerable livestock dependent Communities project in Southern Sudan

Background information and project summary

Veterinaires Sans Frontieres – Belgium (VSF B) is a recognized developmental NGO founded in 1995 working with disadvantaged communities to increase their standard of living, improve food security and livelihood sustainability through improved animal health and production.

In East Africa, our programmes focus on community-based animal health services, capacity building of local institutions and governments, conflict mitigation and sustainable natural resource management.

The Emergency Veterinary support to Vulnerable livestock dependent Communities in South Sudan is a 5 months emergency project funded by UNDP under the Emergency Intervention Fund. The project is implemented in Bor (Jonglei state), Terekeka, Juba (Central Equatoria state), Torit and Kapoeta (Eastern Equatoria state), Kalthok (Lakes state) and Nasir (Upper Nile state) counties in Southern Sudan.

The specific objective of the project is to improve and sustain the health and nutrition of vulnerable communities in Southern Sudan by increasing their capacity and access to food. This will be done by increasing their resilience to shocks through control of livestock diseases and it is articulated in the following expected results:

·       Emergency preparedness and response capacity maintained through availability of veterinary inputs and services at strategic locations

·       Provision of safe livestock products is ensured through increased awareness on public health zoonosis.

VSF Belgium is seeking to engage reputable organization or individual expert (s) to carry out an evaluation of the project. The evaluation will assess in a participatory manner the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, sustainability and reliability of the emergency action and in close collaboration with the state /county vet departments, livestock owners and CAHWs.

Objectives of the final evaluation

The evaluation needs to clearly address if goals and results were achieved and who benefited to which extent.

Specifically the evaluation will establish the impact of the Program in reference to the following:

·       Evaluation of the Strategy and the Methodology used

·       Determination of the relevance of the intervention in terms of timing, targeting and design

·       Perception of the communities, regarding the Products and Services offered through the Program.

·       Determine cost benefit analysis of the emergency interventions

·       Document the efficiency of the intervention based on the results achieved with available resources

·       Identification of indicators of success and identify the impacts from the communities’ view and comments and the benefits from the interventions

·       Describe the effectiveness of the emergency interventions.

·       A comparison between achieved outputs/results and project outputs outlined in the project document.

·       Extensive discussion on success and lessons learnt and shortcomings and give recommendation for future interventions

Results of evaluation

·       A detailed report indicating clearly the main impacts, lessons learnt and key recommendations

Methodology of data Collection

The following methods of data collection may be used in combination to collect all the required information.

·       Desk review of VSF Belgium project reports, relevant reports on ERF project activities

·       Focus group discussion with stakeholders, pastoralists and key actors in states/counties

·       Key informant interviews with relevant experts in emergency interventions and heads of departments from the collaborating sectors listed above.

·       Use of participatory skills and approaches and field data collection with pastoralists in target areas.

Proposed duration of the Evaluation

Proposed activity

Result: 1.1 - Literature review in Juba
Days: 2

Result: 1.2 - Focus Group discussions and key informant interviews
Days: 10

Result: 1.3 - Compiling Evaluation report
Days: 2

Location

The training together with the field training activities will take place at a suitable venue as agreed with the consultant (s).

Execution

·       The consultant (s) should provide a detailed work plan and budget of the training.

·       The evaluation is expected to be completed in May 2011 over a period of 14 days.

Deliverables

The consultant (s) will be expected to submit a hard copy and soft copy of a detailed plan within two (2) days of signing the consultancy contract.

A detailed final report will be presented to the VSF-Belgium Country Programme Manager and the Regional Procurement Manager detailing the findings of the consultancy and recommendations for future similar interventions in South Sudan.

The entire report will be presented in English and will remain the property of VSF-B. A hard copy and a soft copy must be submitted.

A draft report will be expected seven (7) days after the end of the mission and the final report is expected 5 days after VSF-B’s comments.

The contents of the report shall be as follows:

·       Executive summary

·       Background.

·       Description of the objectives of the mission and execution methodology.

·       Findings

·       Problems encountered

·       Recommendations

·       Annexes covering Terms of Reference, abbreviations, field locations visited, references, graphs, tables, etc.

Responsibilities

The VSF Belgium Southern Sudan Country Programme Manager and The Emergency Veterinary support to vulnerable livestock dependent Communities in South Sudan project manager who are based in Juba will ensure overall coordination of the consultancy.

Qualifications

The consultant(s) are expected to have the following qualifications:

·       Livestock expert with at least seven years experience in livestock development.

·       Experience in carrying out similar consultancies and a proven track record of excellent results delivery.

·       Excellent report writing skills.

·       Working experience in Southern Sudan is desirable.

Contact information

Interested expert(s) and organizations (s) should prepare and submit to VSF Belgium a technical and financial proposal for the assignment by 30th April 2011. The proposal should indicate qualifications and experience with a detailed execution plan and budget.

The proposals, CV and letter of motivation as well as three (3) referees should be send electronically to recruitment@vsfb.or.ke.

Please take note of the following:

·       That the response MUST only be forwarded to recruitment@vsfb.or.ke

·       That the closing date is on 30th April 2011

Any response to any other email address shall NOT be considered.

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