CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund
Country: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Rwanda
Closing date: 21 Nov 2014

Background:

The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) Great Lakes programme aims to improve the income, assets and food security for 3,200 women affected by conflict and poverty in DRC and Rwanda. The programme supports women to increase productivity in agriculture and improve and diversify income sources via skills development, microcredit and training.

The Programme’s impact objective is to achieve a:

1. Reduction in extreme poverty and hunger in Bukavu and Uvira areas of the DR Congo and Kigoma sector and Ruhango district of Rwanda.

The programme has one outcome objective:

1. Women affected by conflict and poverty in Bukavu and Uvira areas of DR Congo and Kigoma sector and Ruhango district of Rwanda are able to meet their basic needs in relation to food security, income and access to justice.

Intended outputs:

1. 263 Community organisations (SHGs) and three Associations are effectively functioning and managed by members.
2. Target beneficiaries have increased and diversified livelihood opportunities.
3. Capacity of target women farmers is strengthened to enhance agricultural productivity.

The programme began in January 2013, and will end on 31^st December 2015.

The programme is funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) under its Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) and SCIAF.

The four national partners (three in DR Congo and one in Rwanda) are implementing this programme.

Objectives:

The mid-term evaluation is intended to provide an assessment of the first 18 months of the Great Lakes women’s livelihoods programme, the extent to which it is achieving its intended objectives, and to identify any changes needed for the successful achievement of objectives. While not a final evaluation, it will use a similar approach to the final evaluation, in line with SCIAF and DFID requirements. The evaluation should review:

1. The programme logic;
2. The extent to which objectives have been achieved to date and are expected to be achieved by programme end;
3. The relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and potential sustainability of the programme;
4. The adequacy of the design and implementation of the MEL system + national partners’ capacity to implement MEL system, including a test of the adequacy of indicators, means of verification, and data collection tools and methods. This should include a specific review of data collection tools for monitoring crop production and income indicators, and any recommendations for amendments as necessary.

It should contribute to SCIAF’s learning generally, and specifically towards the development of programme approaches on sustainable agriculture and gender-responsive programming in multi-country/partner setup. Most specifically, the evaluation should use programme resources and documentation to comment on the learning on two programme questions:

1. To what extent does the programme reflect the five pillar approach to Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), and how effectively is this providing a holistic approach that is helping women to recover and strengthen their well-being?
2. What is the impact of insecurity and displacement in both the short and long-terms on the success of the programme in the three different locations including emerging dichotomy between beneficiaries’ changes in income generation in rural vs. urban areas?

Finally, it should make detailed practical recommendations for the project to remain, or get back, on track in the final year of the Programme, from January 2015 to December 2015.

Full details are in the attached TOR.

How to apply:

****To apply:****

If you are available and interested in applying for this consultancy, please send the following.

1. A CV for all significant team members;
2. A narrative and financial proposal on how you would meet the objective outlined in section 4 and
3. Provide a program of work
4. A timetable for completing the work
5. Resources required
6. Reference to previous work and one sample output from previous work comparable to the deliverables in section 5.
7. Estimate of fees and costs
8. cover letter outlining your suitability for this role.

Please send these to: Percy Patrick, Programme Manager, ppatrick@sciaf.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is midnight Friday 2st November 2014.

We aim to contact shortlisted candidates within a week.

Organization: Danish Refugee Council
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 03 Nov 2014

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The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is looking for a French/English speaking Technical Advisor with a solid background in research, policy analysis, advocacy and civil society development, to provide technical support to the Great Lakes Programme’s civil society partners. The position is based in Goma, DRCongo.

Background

DRC’s Great Lakes Programme currently covers five countries of the Great Lakes region: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Uganda. Based on an approach combining qualitative research, evidence-based advocacy, bottom-up policy development and civil society capacity-building, the programme seeks to prevent local conflict resulting from and contributing to displacement through participatory processes defined and implemented by local actors at the local level. It also aims to develop or improve national and regional policies on displacement by making them more relevant to locally-identified needs. Finally, it seeks to reinforce and consolidate the capacities of civil society actors in reaching meaningful and sustainable policy change. The work of partner CSOs in the second phase of the programme (2013-2016) is organised around three broad themes of Security, Governance and Justice, examining community perceptions of security, issues of return and reintegration, land management, post-conflict justice and recovery, trauma and identity. In this programme, DRC provides strategic and methodological support to partner CSOs in carrying out professional and participatory analyses into specific displacement dynamics, and translating these into effective advocacy strategies targeting multiple stakeholders from the local to the regional level. It also provides technical and financial support to activities of dialogue, negotiation, protection monitoring, legal aid and capacity-building.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of a Programme Manager, the Great Lakes Technical Advisor contributes to the strategic development and implementation of DRC’s Great Lakes Civil Society Project, by:

· Providing technical and methodological support to the partners in their research projects:

· Definition of research objectives and research questions with the partners

· On-the-ground accompaniment and training of research teams

· Report write-up

· Production of alternative research media

· Managing the partners’ individual reinforcement plans:

· Regular meetings with the partners to discuss their objectives, methodology and capacity-building needs

· Monitoring progress against indicators

· Organisation of capacity-building workshops

· Contracting of consultants for the delivery of technical support

The Technical Advisor plays a key role in monitoring and documenting the content, effects and impact of capacity-building activities provided by the DRC team to its partners.

· Providing technical support to the partners in the elaboration of their advocacy strategies (in collaboration with the Programme Manager and Programme Officer) in line with their programmatic objectives and institutional mandate:

· Identification of advocacy targets and influencing opportunities

· Production of advocacy material

· Follow-up of advocacy objectives and progress reached

· Documentation/capitalisation of experiences

· Acting as safety focal point:

· Monitor the evolving situation in the areas of operation

· Conduct regular Security Risk Assessments (SRAs) as per DRC/DDG policy

· Prepare and submit security reports and trend analyses as required

Reporting Arrangements

The technical Advisor will report to the Programme Manager, Great Lakes

Conditions

Availability: August, 2014.

Duty station: Goma, DR congo. This posting is a non-family posting.

Contract: 1 year renewable contract.

Salary and conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Global Expatriates (available at www.drc.dk under Vacancies). This position is graded as A13

Qualifications

· Research (Masters or PhD level) degree in International Law, International Politics, Conflict Studies, Forced Migration, Social Anthropology or related field;

· At least 5 years’ professional experience with an international NGO working on conflict and displacement, preferably from a civil society/capacity-building perspective;

· Proven track record working in Africa on research, policy development and advocacy;

· Practical experience in accompanying local CSOs in research and policy formulation;

· Outstanding communication skills (both written and spoken) in English and French;

· Experience in at least one country of the Great Lakes region;

· Willingness to travel regularly to countries within the region.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.dk

How to apply:

Application process

Interested? Qualified candidates are invited to access the full job description and the requirements for this position under vacancies at www.drc.dk. Please submit applications online using this link by 3 November, 2014

If you are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk