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Final Evaluation Consultant (Deepening Peace) is needed at Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
JOB TITLE: Consultancy: Final Evaluation Consultant (Deepening Peace)
LOCATION: Niger Delta, Nigeria
Consultant: Local
Consultancy: Final Evaluation Consultant (Deepening the Peace in the Niger Delta)
About the Project
The “Deepening the Peace in the Niger Delta” Project is funded by the German Cooperation, to support a locally led peace architecture that is inclusive, at all levels of society. The project is in its second phase of implementation (Oct 2019 – Dec 2020), aiming to scale up impact and build on the positive results yielded from successful implementation of the project’s pilot phase (Nov 2018 – Sep 2019). In the first phase of the project, including a period of no cost extension (Jun – Sep 2019), the project focused on Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers states, directly benefiting communities in 8 LGAS (Rivers State: Okrika, Gokana, and Port Harcourt LGAs, Bayelsa State: Southern Ijaw and Kolokuma/Opokuma LGAs, and Delta State: Warri North, Warri South-West, Isoko South LGAs).
Objective 1: Strengthen linkages between citizens and local authorities in the Niger Delta to respond to drivers of violence in the region.
Expected outcomes:
- People of the Niger Delta, including militants and ex-militants, feel that cooperation between them and local authorities is strengthened;
- Platforms for collaborative response to underlying conflict issues by communities, government, and security are established in project LGAs
Objective 2: Amplify the voices of key stakeholders, particularly women, youth and marginalized groups to contribute to discussions around regional conflict issues and promote peace in the Niger Delta region.
Expected outcomes:
- 2.1 Journalists and civil society organizations increase their capacity to report on elections and manage rumours;
- 2.2 Increase in the number of voices of women, youth and marginalized groups contributing to discussions on regional conflict issues in the Niger Delta; and
- 2.3 Increase in public awareness and support for peace in the Niger Delta
Purpose of the Final Evaluation
- Building understanding and trust is the most critical precondition to peace building. With the growing population and resultant lack of control of resources such as land and crude oil proceeds, communities in the Niger Delta are prone to conflicts over these resources. In the absence of understanding and trust, intra and inter communal clashes are rife and further clashes with the Oil Producing Companies are also common.
- This project recognizes that if members of communities are empowered with non-violence means of resolving conflicts and embrace dialogues, and thus develop locally-owned and sustained mechanisms for conflict prevention and dispute resolution, the risk of intergroup violence will be reduced and norms and institutions favourable towards peace and reconciliation will be reinforced.
- To this end, the final evaluation will provide information on the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the project, for internal accountability and learning which will be used for designing, planning and implementation of future programs and for accountability to donors. The evaluation will also determine the level of adherence to the planned activities and associated results planned during project implementation.
Objectives of the Final Evaluation are to:
- To determine the project’s contribution and impact in achievement minimizing conflicts arising from governance and resource issues
- To document outcomes/impact in line with all project expected outcomes and objectives.
- To determine the extent to which the project is having an impact on gender and inclusion dynamics, specifically the role of women, youth and marginalized groups in peace building in the communities.
- To determine the capacity and motivation of project beneficiaries to sustain the gains of the intervention especially the platforms created by the project after the lifespan of the project.
- To provide an overview of the strengths, weaknesses, challenges and gaps in the project implementation, and recommendations for addressing the weaknesses and challenges which will inform future programming.
- To provide and share actionable lessons learned and recommendations for the design and implementation of future projects.
Required Profile
- At least 6 years’ experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL), Project implementation, impact and result assessment.
- Prior experience conducting research is essential
- 5 years or more of experience in evaluations and large-scale qualitative studies with international organizations;
- Experience working in the Niger Delta of Nigeria and familiarity with the context with focus on Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States.
- Experience in evaluating programs relating to community development, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution;
- Strong analytical skills;
- Excellent written communication and report writing skills in English;
- Demonstrated experience in leading large scale research in the specific context of the Delta state, including ability to train and work with a locally recruited research team;
- Knowledge of languages indigenous to the Niger Delta state such as basic pidgin English will be an added advantage;
- Ability to be flexible with time and work schedule.
Logistical Support:
- Transmission of background materials (project proposal, meeting notes, etc.);
- Availability of meeting rooms in Delta and Bayelsa, as required;
Budget and Terms of Engagement:
- All logistic costs, including transportation and lodging will NOT be borne by Search and should be included in the proposed budget.
- 5% withholding tax will be deducted at source from the total cost of the consultancy fee for a firm.
The consultant is required to respect the following Ethical Principles:
- Comprehensive and systematic inquiry: Consultant should make the most of the existing information and full range of stakeholders available at the time of the review. Consultant should conduct systematic, data-based inquiries. He or she should communicate his or her methods and approaches accurately and in sufficient detail to allow others to understand, interpret and critique his or her work. He or she should make clear the limitations of the review and its results.
- Competence: Consultant should possess the abilities and skills and experience appropriate to undertake the tasks proposed and should practice within the limits of his or her professional training and competence.
- Honesty and integrity: Consultant should be transparent with the contractor/constituent about: any conflict of interest, any change made in the negotiated project plan and the reasons why those changes were made, any risk that certain procedures or activities produce misleading review information.
- Respect for people: Consultant respect the security, dignity and self-worth of respondents, program participants. Consultant has the responsibility to be sensitive to and respect differences amongst participants in culture, religion, gender, disability, age and ethnicity.
- In addition, the consultant will respect SFCG’s evaluations standards, to be found in SFCG’s evaluation guidelines: https://www.sfcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SFCG-External-Evaluation-Guidelines-FINAL.pdf
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