FAO’s Office of Evaluation (OED) is launching the Evaluation of the Somalia Resilience Programme and is seeking applications for the post of Team Leader.
The FAO Resilience Programme is accomplished through the following outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Targeted households and communities have diversified their livelihood strategies or benefitted from temporary employment
- Outcome 2: Targeted households and communities have increased their food production and consumption in a sustainable manner, or are able to restore/maintain their productive capacity when faced with chronic pressure or shocks
- Outcome 3: Targeted households and producer organizations are able to sell their produce and obtain better prices
- Outcome 4: Targeted households and communities have access to knowledge and support services for productive activities and consumption
The Evaluation of the FAO Somalia Resilience Programme will aim to assess FAO’s performance in resilience building in Somalia over the past two years (2013-2014). It will assess the extent to which the programme has contributed to building the resilience of Somali people taking into consideration the protracted crisis nature of the context, and identify success factors and challenges.
It will provide in-depth external analysis of the various achievements of the programme, as well as of the bottlenecks and challenges. It will generate recommendations for adaptation of the activities and implementation modalities for enhanced performance of the programme.
The evaluation will also focus on the analysis of the coordination mechanisms in place, both in the context of FAO’s resilience programme and within the Joint Resilience Strategy. Wherever possible, lessons learned and good practices will be identified and learning shared within the organization - including other decentralized offices – and with implementing partners – including at national level- through the dissemination of the evaluation findings.
The Lead Evaluator should have experience in Evaluation and management of complex programmes, and competences in the following sectors:
- Community planning and resilience building
- Food and nutrition security
- Livestock/pastoralism
- Risk and conflict management
The Lead Evaluator will hold advanced University degree and at least 15 years of experience in any of the areas listed above. He/she will be fluent in English, written and spoken, will have proven capacity in writing clearly and concisely and in working within teams comprising diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
Full call for expression of interest is attached.
HOW TO APPLY:
· Please send your application with your complete CV and FAO PHForm, by 20 February 2015 to:Amelie.solalceligny@fao.org, with cc to Manar.Abdelmagied@fao.org clearly indicating “Application for the Evaluation of FAO Somalia Resilience Programme” in the subject line.
· Applications should include a detailed Curriculum Vitae containing:
- Information on gender, age, current residence and nationality;
- Expected daily fee rate (exclusive of expenses); and,
- Availability between March and July 2015
