CIP Consultancy – Vacancies in Ethiopia

General

CIP is a non-profit international agricultural research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato and Andean roots and tubers.

Its vision is

Roots and tubers improving the lives of the poor. CIP is dedicated to achieving food security, improved well-being, and gender equity for poor people in root and tuber farming and food systems of the developing world.

CIP works with partners to contribute high quality science, technology, and capacity strengthening for sustainable science-based solutions.

CIP is headquartered in Lima, Peru, with staff and activities in over 30 locations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

CIP is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

Job Purpose

The purpose of the participatory process review (formative qualitative evaluation) is to contribute to the overall impact evaluation by informing mid-term understanding of how well the program is performing, what kinds of changes are occurring that can be attributed to the GIZ funded CIP’s NSA project, whether any programmatic changes need to be made, and (if so) what those changes should be.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will be expected to carry out the following tasks

Determine the changes in OFSP area under production, yields, and vine multiplication among

Determine changes in institutional and policy support for nutrition-focused agriculture

To what extent did the project contribute to better coordination of efforts among stakeholders in agriculture and health sectors in nutrition?

How did the project contribute to strengthening the capacity of partners (NGOs, government, local institutions including DAs and HEW) for promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture?

To what extent did the project contribute to increased interest among stakeholders for nutrition-sensitive agriculture, specifically in OFSp-focused projects?

To what extent did the project contribute to mainstreaming/integration of OFSp in government food security, nutrition, and extension programs and in target schools in the five?

did the project put in place mechanisms/strategies to ensure sustainability?

Evaluate how well the program was implemented.

Study whether the project reached the intended

Determine what beneficiaries receive (both intended/unintended benefits)

Determine which program

activities were of use and value to the beneficiaries

Understand beneficiaries’ perceptions of how well the project/program worked/is working

The findings of the evaluation will be used in three ways

• First, they will inform the management of current activities and program improvements.

• Second, they will support the design (or re-design) of future CIP -GIZ interventions that use an integrated approach in order to maximize their potential to achieve nutritional and health impacts at a larger scale.

• Third, results will be described and shared with others in order to contribute to the growing body of knowledge and practice around Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture programs.

Methodology and Approach

The evaluation method would be qualitative methods (formative a participatory process review) with project staff, government counterparts, health and agriculture extension workers, and community members to document the challenges, successes, and lessons learned thus far.

• The qualitative impact evaluation should flow a theory of change framework to show how program activities should contribute to improved food security and health outcomes

• Information should be collected by conducting key informant interviews, focus group discussions and collecting case studies from project direct beneficiaries.

• Desk Review: Project proposal, project technical report, training materials and other relevant materials

• In addition to the methodologies specified above, the consultant must also propose other suitable methodologies to answer the specified evaluation questions and measure the indicators.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• PhD degree in plant or crop science. Preferably have experience project qualitative impact assessment studies.

Skills

• Speak fluent English and Tigrigna language

Experience

• Demonstrable skills in qualitative methodologies and analyses is critical.

• Experience in technical report writing in English is essential.

Expected outputs/ deliverables

• Inception report

• Draft Evaluation Report

• PowerPoint presentation to GIZ and CIP team for further comments and inputs to be incorporated in the final report

• Comprehensive final evaluation report (at least 30 pages) documenting findings from the field data analysis and incorporating feedback on the PowerPoint presentation

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; CIP Consultancy – Vacancies in Ethiopia

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