Zimbabwe ICSP Project Baseline Study Consultancy Terms of Reference
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Job Description
Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland,
established in 1973. Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organizations,
supporting communities in 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the
Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world
where: people’s dignity is ensured, and rights are respected; basic needs are met, and
resources are shared equitably; people have control over their own lives; and those in
power act for the common good. In Zimbabwe Trócaire works to improve the lives of
people living in poverty, particularly women. Trocaire’s work is focused primarily on the
drought-affected areas of Matabeleland South and Masvingo in the south of the country,
as well as the Eastern Province of Manicaland.
Trócaire has funding from Irish Aid under a five-year Ireland’s Civil Society Partnership
(2023-2027) funding scheme. Trocaire’s programmes contribute to a Better World by
implementing interlinked Long-Term Development, and Humanitarian Crises
interventions in Zimbabwe. Trocaire’s
work is delivered in partnership with local organisations to tackle the root causes of
poverty, injustice, and violence, supporting
Duties and Responsibilities
• Goal 1: Defend human rights. Trócaire supports the protection and empowerment
of individuals and communities who have suffered or are at risk of human rights
violations.
• Goal 2: Achieve climate and environmental justice. Trócaire supports poor
and marginalised rural communities to sustain their livelihoods and to mitigate and
adapt to the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation.
• Goal 3: Ensure women and girls' protection, voice, and leadership. Trócaire
helps women and girls increase their safety, psychosocial wellbeing, meaningful
participation, and leadership.
• Goal 4: Save lives and protect human dignity. Trócaire supports a locally led
response to save lives, reduce suffering and ensure human dignity is protected.
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Over and above support to Goal 3’s work is an allocation of funds which focuses on
strengthening actions towards supporting women’s resilience and ensuring they
experience increased safety, psychosocial wellbeing, and meaningful participation and
leadership.
Geographic coverage and target groups
Implementation of Goal 3 work is currently in Bikita and Gutu Districts in Masvingo
Province, and Insiza District in Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe. The districts
lie in agroecological regions 4 and 5 of Zimbabwe that are prone to natural disasters
including extreme weather events (droughts, prolonged dry spells, and floods), animal
diseases, and crop pests. Drought is the most common hazard that affects the regions,
resulting in widespread food insecurity and loss of livelihoods assets leading to multiple
negative social impacts including violence against women (SGBV).
Purpose of the assignment
The ICSP engaged a Consultant to conduct a baseline survey during the months of March
and April. The objectives of the baseline study were;
a. To establish the pre-grant conditions of ICSP funded country grant against
which future changes can be measured.
b. To collect information on the established indicators in country ICSP grant results
frameworks, with target groups and other identified key stakeholders of the
programme.
c. To provide information on the current situation of the programme’s target
beneficiaries, particularly on current systems, practices and knowledge.
d. To enable Trócaire and partners to benchmark all the programme indicators
and guide the process of finalizing the target results to be achieved annually as
well at the programme end.
e. To enable meaningful evaluation of the programme at the end of the programme
cycle when the values of all indicators will be compared with the baseline values.
Given the different needs of our stakeholders, Trocaire wishes to engage consultant with
expertise in produce material that suites the needs of the stakeholders engaged by the
program. The overall purpose of the baseline report packaging process is to package the
report into recipient appropriate material particularly paying attention to the needs of the
receiving group. Materials should be packaged in English and vernacular languages
including, Shona (Manicaland and Masvingo dialects) and Ndebele. Categories will
include PWDs, the illiterate among others. Table below provides a list of the recipients
and suggested materials.
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and experience
The consultant must have a varied mix of skills and competencies and they must have undertaken similar work in Zimbabwe in the last five years. The following qualifications are mandatory:
• Postgraduate degree in social sciences or equivalent.
• Proven experience in carrying out development research, including evaluations.
• A qualification in Communications
• Minimum of five years of experience in coordinating and administering evaluations/baseline/end-line studies, preferably for international nongovernmental organizations or multilateral agencies.
• Experience on cross-cutting issues such as disability, gender, and inclusion as well as awareness on child protection and child rights issues.
• Experience in using/evaluating the GESI approach strongly desired.
• Knowledge and experience in community resilience building, SGBV, Agroecology, gender equality, and social inclusion, and advocacy issues are desirable requisites.
• Experience working with local communities in local languages (isiNdebele and chi Shona,) is also desired.
• Demonstrated capacity to draft and deliver high quality written work (i.e., reports and associated documents) in the English, Shona and Ndebele languages.
• Ability to meet deadlines set for the tasks and deliverables contracted.
How to Apply
Due Date Is Extended To 4 October 2023
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