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Association for Reproductive and Family Health Vacancies for Household Economic Assessment Consultants
Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is a leading
indigenous not-for-profit, non-governmental organization established in
Nigeria in 1989 in response to the health and social needs of the
disadvantaged groups in rural and urban communities.
ARFH is committed
to improving the quality of the life of the people in Nigeria and
elsewhere in sub-Sahara Africa. Since its inception, ARFH has
consistently responded to the public health challenges including
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, maternal mortality and morbidity and
sexual and reproductive health problems in Nigeria.
ARFH has been awarded a USAID grant to implement a 5- year (2014-2019)
family-centered Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
(LOPIN) Project in selected states in the country, including Akwa Ibom,
Lagos and Rivers States. The project aims at providing and expanding
access to sustainable care and support services to 300,000 OVCs and
60,000 households over 5 years. One of these support services is the
economic strengthening of the vulnerable households to enable them
provide economic support to the orphans and vulnerable children
ARFH is inviting applications from consultancy groups/firms to carry out
a comprehensive economic assessment of already enrolled 18,000
vulnerable households in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states, on a short term
basis.
ARFH is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Household Economic Assessment Consultancy
Locations: Akwa Ibom and Rivers
Duration of assignment: 18 working days spread out between February and March 2016
Purpose of Assignment
- The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a Household
Economic assessment survey for the project in order to identify
socioeconomic needs of households and OVC in the 8 selected Local
Government Areas across Akwa Ibom and Rivers state.
- This is to establish a clear starting point for the LOPIN-REGION 1 project on Household Economic Intervention.
Methodology for Household Economic Assessment:
- A quantitative approach using structured questionnaires will be
used to gather key data on economic needs of each in order to inform
program implementation. And any other methodologies proposed by the
consultant and approved by ARFH.
The Aim and Objectives of the Household Economic Assessment Survey:
- The Household Economic Assessment Survey would provide strategic
information; on the current economic situation of identified vulnerable
households in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.
- The information from the survey will be used to determine the
economic capabilities of enrolled OVC households and categorizing them
into three: namely households in destitution, households struggling to
make ends meet and households prepared to grow. This will enable us
determine the most suitable strategy to be used for each households.
- Data from the Household Economic survey will be used for
developing feasible economic interventions, training modules, and
particularly for identifying market driven income generating
enterprises.
- The Baseline Household Economic Survey will also provide data
for the project as benchmarks for performance that can be monitored and
used to evaluate the impact of the project at regular intervals and end
of the project.
Scope of Assignment and specific tasks (Consultants' Role)
- The consultant working with Director Monitoring and Evaluation
of the LOPIN-REGION 1 project will be responsible for the following:
- Identify preferred business or skill acquisition needs of OVCs and Household heads
- Recommend most vulnerable families and older OVC for HES service support
- Produce a directory of all vulnerable households indicating
basic personal variables for identification, current source of income,
suggested economic enterprise and estimated cost in order to inform the
development of the intervention program.
- Development of the data gathering instrument
- Training of community volunteers on data collection tools
- Develop data entry template
- Analyze and provide a written report of the findings of the survey.
Duration & Deadlines (Tentatively)
The duration of the contract will be a total period of 18 working days
starting from February 2016, with approximately 5 working days in field,
and will be spread out until March 2016:
- First draft of assessment report due by 26th February, 2016.
- Final receipt of all deliverables due by March 2016.
Qualifications
Only consultants located in Nigeria are prioritised for this assignment
as ARFH will not cover international travel costs for external
consultants. The following qualifications and skills will guide
selection of the consultants for this assignment:
- Interested persons must have cognate experience in development,
implementation and assessment of public health interventions with
evident capacity in conducting economic assessments, market enterprise
surveys on health-related projects for economic empowerment using
qualitative and quantitative methods.
- The consultant should be a Senior Social Scientist with Post
Graduate Degree in Economics, Sociology, Statistics or other relevant
disciplines and substantial work experience in conducting similar
studies/research work in Nigeria.
- Prospective Consultants are expected to possess a minimum of”
- Master's Degree in Social or Health Sciences, Statistics or other related fields.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in designing and analysing quantitative surveys.
- An excellent analytical and research skills with demonstrated technical report writing skill
- Knowledge of OVC data collection and analysis
- Relevant work experience in Households Economic strengthening to
alleviate poverty, monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded OVC
programs will be an added advantage.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified Consultants/Consultancy firm should send in a
complete application comprising of a technical proposal and a detailed
budget. All Applications should be submitted by email to:
[email protected] and as a mail package and addressed to:
The Chief of Party,
LOPIN-REGION 1,
ARFH HOUSE,
Plot 815A, Army Officers' Mess Road,
Near Ikolaba Grammar School,
Agodi G.R.A.,
Ikolaba, Ibadan
P.O. Box 30259
Secretariat, Ibadan,
Oyo State,
Nigeria.
Note
- Applicant organizations must indicate on the Subject of the mail
(LOPIN-REGION 1 Akwa-Ibom and Rivers Household Economic Assessment
Consultancy).
- Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Application Deadline 5th February, 2016.
