Organization: Norwegian Refugee Council
Country: Kenya
Closing date: 15 Oct 2017
NRC’s regional office for the Eastern Africa and Yemen Region covers nine countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Yemen. Of these, seven have officially established a Food Security (FS) Core Competency (all except Eritrea and Tanzania). The biggest country programmes for food security by budget are Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen; Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda have a relatively smaller FS component.
NRC plans to carry out an external evaluation of its regional Food Security programming, with a particular focus on Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan. Field work in each country will be required in addition to interviews with key informants at the regional office and in other relevant country offices. The evaluation is expected to be concluded by 31st January 2018.
NRC seeks expressions of interest from people with the following skills/qualifications
Experience
· Minimum 7 years’ experience conducting organisational reviews or evaluations (essential for the team leader)
· Experience managing food security / livelihoods / resilience programmes in East & Horn of Africa, including humanitarian response
· Experienced in strategy development and giving strategic direction to programmes or country operations.
Knowledge/skills
· Extensive knowledge of food security, livelihoods, natural resource management, protection and resilience issues, including donor priorities, in the East and Horn of Africa.
· Strong understanding of humanitarian principles, standards, codes of conduct
· Knowledge of refugee and IDP related policies, frameworks and guidelines for humanitarian actors.
· Computer literate and familiar with databases, use of digitally gathered data etc.
· Strong group facilitation and interview skills
· Ability to relate to people from all levels and walks of life
· Willing to travel and work in remote, difficult and at times insecure areas
· Very high standard of spoken and written English
Other
· Evaluation teams should be mixed gender
· Somali language skills would be an advantage
How to apply:
For full details of this consultancy and instructions on how to apply, please visit our website www.nrc.no/vacancies
Application Deadline: 15 October 2017
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