Bangladesh: CARE International Bangladesh: Food Security for the Ultra Poor in the Hoar Region(FSUP-H) Request for Consultant’s Proposal: Project Final Evaluation
Closing date: 23 Oct 2013
Closing date: 23 October 2013
Start date: 1 November 2013
Duration: to be discussed on submission of proposal.
FSUP-H Overview FSUP-H is a 5 year, €13M+ project funded by the EU. The overall objective of the project is, “To reduce extreme poverty and food insecurity in chronically vulnerable and poor Haor region of Northeast Bangladesh. The project is coming to a close and CARE now seeks a consultancy team to conduct the final evaluation for the project.
The FSUP-H targets women and their dependents from 55,000 extremely poor households within the most remote and vulnerable communities in northeast Bangladesh. To achieve its objective, the project undertakes activities in four ‘result areas’ to a) support their engagement in community decision-making; (b) increase economic activities and income for project participants; (c) improve DRR activities to reduce vulnerability to shocks; and (d) reduce malnutrition amongst women and children in the project area. Women’s empowerment is key to the project approach and applies throughout all four result areas.
FSUP-H Final Evaluation Objectives: The main objectives of the final evaluation are as follows: a. Make an overall independent assessment of the project performance, for CARE, its donors and the Government of Bangladesh. b. Provide future CARE programming to with lessons and learning to improve practice in future projects. The consultants are requested to verify, analyse and assess the integration and impact of cross cutting issues in the project.
Team requirements:
The evaluation team shall consist of at least two experts –a Senior Food Security Expert and a Gender Specialist. The senior Food Security expert will work as Team Leader and other team members will work under his/her supervision. The expected duration of the consultancy is approximately 8 weeks. Requirements of the Food Security Expert and Team Leader are as follows:
• Substantial professional experience in a relevant field.
• Demonstrable knowledge of food and nutrition security in rural Bangladesh. • Excellent knowledge of gender aspects of food and nutrition security and poverty alleviation interventions • significant experience in monitoring and evaluation of large scale projects.
• proven working experience in Project Cycle Management.
• proven research, analytical, organizational and communication skills, knowledge of management practices of development organizations: human resources management, organisation development and linkages.
The team leader will take overall responsibility for the quality and consistency of all deliverables for this assignment. Additional desirable experience includes good understanding of project management, project cycle and monitoring and evaluation principles of international donors.
Please submit your proposal in the format detailed in the Terms of Reference available at our website below.
How to apply:
Full details of the evaluation and how to apply are available at our website -www.careinternational.org.uk/jobs/current-vacancies
