Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance Consultancy for Baseline Evaluation of RACIDA’s IRR Project Jobs in Kenya
Background and Rationale
RACIDA in partnership with USAID’s BHA is implementing an integrated humanitarian response that leverages interventions in the sectors of WASH, Nutrition, Agriculture and Food Assistance to respond to persisting humanitarian needs arising from the 2021-23 drought and floods in late 2023 in Mandera County. The project, entitled “Integrated Recovery Response to Drought and Flood in Mandera County, Kenya (IRR)” is built upon both an independent assessment conducted by RACIDA in Mandera County in 2023 as well as RACIDA’s close collaboration with stakeholders in government (including the Mandera County Steering Group, the Mandera County Department of Nutrition, local community leaders, and the like.
IRR is designed to support communities experiencing high rates of food insecurity and malnutrition, poor access to water quality for household and livestock, as well as poor livestock health outcomes.
The project seeks to alleviate the impact of humanitarian disasters by increasing access to nutrition services in hard-to-reach areas in Mandera County (including improving the coverage of integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) services), improving household Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices (IYCF), enabling improved household nutrition and hygiene practices, reducing the burden of livestock diseases, and improving access to emergency treated and protected water supply for human and livestock consumption.
To ensure that the project is well implemented, targeted, and measured, RACIDA has issued this Terms of Reference (ToR) to solicit proposals for a Baseline of the IRR project.
Key Selection Criteria
The independent consultant/consultancy firm must demonstrate experience and expertise as follows:
Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Health Economics, Public Policy, or another related field.
Demonstrated experience in conducting high quality baselines or related projects in the past three years (sample reports are required during the bid analysis).
Extensive hands-on experience in the sectors of Nutrition, Health, Food Security, WASH, Agriculture and Livelihoods .
Experience working in ASAL areas.
Experience working in Kenya is preferred.
Fluency in English is Mandatory.
Knowledge and experience of emergency response and humanitarian response in East Africa is preferred.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Previous experience working with USAID (formerly named OFDA) projects either as a prime recipient, sub grant recipient, or consultant is preferred.
The consultancy team must have a statistician able to analyse quantitative and qualitative data. It is preferred that this person have both professional and academic background in public health statistics and econometrics.
Language and Analytical Skills
Demonstrated capacity for high-level
analysis and report writing, includes:
Strong analytical and information presentation skills
Fluency in English is mandatory.
Organizing and facilitating the conduct of capacity building activities.
Mentoring and coaching colleagues at work.
Reviewing, updating and developing strategic plans, fundraising strategies, monitoring and evaluation policies, systems and tools, advocacy strategies, and action plans.
Developing concept notes and project proposals.
Networking and partnership building.
Ability to transfer skills and knowledge through formal or informal training and skills sharing.
Developed analytical skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate and work with a wide range of stakeholders in a participatory, respectful, collaborative manner, and to enhance effective work relationships.
Application Requirements
Application materials should include the following:
A Technical Proposal detailing the consultant’s understanding of the task, proposed methodologies, expected activities and deliverables, proposed workplan, and the composition of the consultancy team to be engaged. The outline of the Technical Proposal is outlined in 7.3.1 and the team composition requirements are outlined in 7.3.2.
A Financial Proposal detailing the costs that the consultant expects to be required to complete the assignment. The consultant is expected to account for all logistics and travel costs associated with the assignment.
Detailed CVs of all professional staff who will work on the consultancy team.
How to Apply
Proposals MUST be submitted via email to RACIDA General Procurement: [email protected] on or before the deadline indicated on the synopsis of the RFP
The Technical Proposal must conform to the proposed outline provided in 7.3.1. The proposed Team Composition should conform to 7.3.2.
Bidders’ submissions of technical and financial proposal should be submitted via email with the subject line “Technical and Financial Proposal for Tender No. RACIDA/USAIDBHA-2024/GR00169-001”
All bidders must use the RFP reference number in the subject line of their email submission.
Technical proposal and financial proposal shall be submitted as separate attachment.
Neither technical nor financial proposals should exceed 10MB. The proposal with any subsequent modifications and counterproposal, if applicable, shall become an integral part of any resulting contract.
Proposal must be written and submitted in English.
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