Sign of Hope Forecast Based Action and Financing Local Framework Development Consultant Jobs in Kenya

Sign of Hope Forecast Based Action and Financing Local Framework Development Consultant Jobs in Kenya

Purpose and objectives:

The main purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of SoH and partners in designing and implementing FbAF and to establish an internal framework and understanding for supporting collective actions on FbAF/

Specific objectives

Ensure a common understanding of FbAF, priority disaster risks, their detection and prevention among staff and relevant stakeholders.

Develop a Kenya-Ethiopia cross border FbAF (Early Action Protocols) plan (s)1

Identify opportunities and avenues of collaboration between different organizations (government, humanitarian actors and target communities)

Establish a functioning mechanism for anticipatory actions to anticipate and reduce the effects of disasters in selected drought prone hotspots

Explore ways of institutionalizing FbAF in SoH humanitarian response strategies

Provide strategic guidance roadmap for implementation of the established/developed FbAF plan

Main tasks

Facilitate stakeholder’s consultative and information gathering workshop/meetings.

Guide the initial consultation and consensus building with various humanitarian actors on Anticipatory Action (AA) concept

Develop AA plans and EAP (s) that clearly stipulate specific target area (s), risk analysis, scenario setting and proposed funding needs for each scenario; trigger approaches, models and timelines, role of various stakeholders, validation approaches and prioritization for anticipatory actions against drought.

Develop an operational/implementation guide for piloting the developed FbAF plans

Training SoH and partners staff and volunteers, strategic community, government and humanitarian representatives on AA and EAPs

Expected Deliverables

Report of stakeholder and partners consultative meetings/workshop

Two EAPs (1- Kenya and 1- Ethiopia) or 1 combined Cross Border EAP backed up with an operational/implementation plan/guide

Training report

Consultative meetings/workshops with SoH/partner staff and relevant stakeholders

The consultant may propose to have consultative workshops in each country (one in Kenya and another in Ethiopia) or have a combined consultative workshop/meeting for relevant cross border partners, stakeholders and SoH staff

This will be done in year 1 (2023) between September and December 2023

Proposed number of days for consultation: between 4 and 8 days

SoH to organize for the meeting venue, travel and accommodation needs for participants

The structure of consultative meetings could also change based on the consultants methodology and approach

Bilateral consultation meetings/discussions

The consultant may require some days to undertake bilateral discussions with relevant stakeholders (WFP; the Red Cross etc.) in the field of climate change, weather, FbAF

This will be considered as a cost under the consultant’s proposal. To be done between September and December 2023

Training SoH staff and partners on FbAF

The number of days for the training will be based on the consultant’s proposal but should however not be more than 2 days per year.

The first part of the training to be done between September and December 2023

The second part of the training to be done between January and July 2024

The consultant to proposed the structure of the training, the content and the number of days needed

SoH to organize for the meeting venue, travel and accommodation needs for participants

Development

of FbAF plan (s) (EAP)

The development of the EAPs will be spread across the two years (2023 and 2024)

Days to be aligned to consultants proposal

Stakeholder dissemination meeting

This is proposed to happen after development of FbAF plans (EAPs). The meeting will be used to disseminate the findings of the stakeholders meetings and sharing the new EAP

This will be done in year 2 (2024)

Proposed number of days: 1 and will be done at the field level

SoH to organize for the meeting venue and travel cost for participants

NB: The successful applicant will have an opportunity to further discuss the methodology with SoH and come up with a harmonized approach.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in emergency and resilience programming within the Result Based Management framework.

Solid understanding of key components of FbAF; Proven knowledge on organizational level best practice in FbAF, Emergency preparedness and Disaster Risk reduction and their interrelationship.

Proven experience of conducting trainings and stakeholder’s engagement on Anticipatory Actions/focused based action and financing

Technical and methodological knowledge in FbAF and formulating DRR plans on a solid methodology, assessing risks and scenario for relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of projects

Experience working with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and partnered projects

Fluency in written and spoken English

Desirable:

Experience in the relevant field

Professional familiarity with the project country/region

Practical experience of working in humanitarian and development work

Fluency in spoken Amharic and/or Swahili language

Academic Background

An advanced level university degree (PhD, Masters’ degree or equivalent) in social sciences, Climate Financing; Disaster Risk Reduction/Management; International development studies or in a relevant field.

A first-level university degree in combination with at least 7 years’ experience may be accepted.

The consultant is to be independent and impartial with no liabilities to any other organization or government entity regarding this evaluation.

How to Apply

Please submit the following documents as PDF files with the subject line “FbAF framework development (Northern Kenya/South Ethiopia), Project number; EAB-ER-KEN23-01” to recruitment@sign-of-hope.org no later than: 6th September 2023

A résumé indicating all relevant experience,
Contacts of at least two professional referees,

A cover letter

A technical proposal (max 3 pages) with a brief description of the proposed methodology and work-plan (indicating when the key milestones captured in this document will be realized

Financial proposal (In Euros) clearly indicating comprehensive breakdown of costs), including professional fees separated from all the other relevant costs such as travel expenses e.t.c.

A written sample of a document of similar nature

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