Job Description

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

1. CONTEXT AND RATIONALE

1.1  About SOS Children’s Villages

SOS Children’s Villages is a global federation working in more than 130 countries worldwide. We work together with a single vision: every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security.

Uniquely, we provide long-term, family-like care for children who have lost parental care (alternative care service), and we work with vulnerable families and communities to help strengthen them and prevent child abandonment (family strengthening service, FS). SOS alternative care is usually organised in the form of a cluster of SOS families, where each SOS parent cares for small group of children.

1.2  Description of programme

The purpose of the project called “Informing Humanitarian Response through research, learning and innovation in Somaliland” (IHR-SX) is to address the extreme food scarcity in displacement affected communities in Somaliland and respond to the need for innovative and locally sustainable solutions that strengthen climate resilient food security by introducing climate smart agricultural techniques (CSA) through a gender responsive approach. Research will play a pivotal role in devising documented approaches that are scalable and can be replicated in similar communities and humanitarian settings. The project is anchored in the double humanitarian-development-nexus approach focusing on piloting solutions that bridge displaced communities’ vulnerability to shocks and continuous humanitarian need to enhance their self-reliance and food security. The project will target approximately 44,700 people in five internally displaced settlements in and around Burao City a district in the Togdheer region in eastern Somaliland. 

1.3  Rationale and overall objective of the baseline study

This baseline study will be an analysis of the situation on the ground in Burao, Somaliland, before the IHR-SX program, and has the specific objectives:

-       Examine the relevance, adequacy, and coherence of the program.

-       Assess our intervention logic and theory of change, and test if our expected outputs, outcomes, and impact are likely to materialize as anticipated.

-       Establish baseline values for impact and outcomes indicators, as per the results framework.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION ON REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

You are hereby invited to submit a proposal for a baseline study in Somaliland. This bid is open to all national and international suppliers (independent consultants or companies) who are legally constituted and can provide the requested services. The bidder shall bear all costs of the bid; costs of a proposal cannot be included as a direct cost of the assignment. The proposal and all supplementary documents must be submitted in English. Financial bid needs to be stated in US Dollars ($). 

Experiences and Qualifications

Qualification of the researcher / research team

The researcher / team of researchers must have:

a)Proven competency (record of previous experiences) in project/programme evaluations, including formative programme evaluations / baseline studies

b)A good understanding of development work in Somaliland and issues affecting displacement affected communities.

c)A good understanding of child rights and issues affecting vulnerable children and their families

d)A good understanding of climate-smart agriculture

e)Proven experience in working with conceptual frameworks and data collection methods (including age-appropriate data collection methods)

f)Strong analytical and conceptual skills

g)Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Somali

Skills Required

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