Global Communities,Household Resiliency Index HRI Consultancy Jobs in Rwanda

twenty (20) working to review and refine the Global
Communities/Rwanda Household Resilience Index (HRI) tool and ensure that
measures and dimensions align with latest knowledge and research in the field
of measuring resiliency.  The HRI tool is the primary means to
gauge whether or not a household will “graduate” out of program support. The
tool, therefore, must accurately reflect the ability of a household to thrive
without the help of program interventions.

• Increased
  capacity of families and communities to provide healthy, nurturing, and
  engaging environments for vulnerable young children;
• Decreased
  family economic vulnerability;
• Increased
  knowledge, attitudes, skills, aspirations and confidence of adolescents
  transitioning to adulthood; and
• Increased
  capacity of communities to provide essential preventative and protective
  services to vulnerable families and children.

• improve
  their health, social and economic conditions;
• reduce
  their vulnerability to shocks and stressors; and
• Improve
  their capacity to adapt and cope.

• Guide
  the refinement and adaptation of the HRI tool based on latest research in
  resiliency programming, ensuring that the HRI is constructed in a robust,
  yet locally appropriate context, that will gauge changes in
  household-level resiliency and accurately reflects conditions of
  households.  It is expected that this will include
• Latest
  research on measuring changes in household resilience, particularly in
  Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Recommendations
  on the plans for the utilization of the tool.
• Suggestions
  on inclusion of any additional research questions and use of any
  additional quantitative and/or qualitative research methods that will
  allow Global Communities to most effectively define and measure
  resilience appropriate to the Rwandan USAID/ Twiyubake context.
• Information
  on instruments used elsewhere by projects similar to ISVP as relevant.
• Review
  planned household interventions from a resiliency perspective to ensure
  that planned interventions follow best practices in resiliency
  programming and research; and
• Provide
  guidance and recommendations on development of additional survey tools or
  data collection instruments needed to effectively capture required
  resiliency data to supplement the HRI tool itself.

• Desk
  Review of HRI tool, data and results from USAID/Higa Ubeho;
• Desk
  Review of ISVP program documents (e.g. cooperative agreement, workplan,
  M&E plan, etc);
• Engage
  USAID/ Twiyubake  program team, partners and stakeholders in
  defining resilience for the Rwandan context;
• Draft
  Revisions of HRI tool incorporating feedback and latest research;
• Field
  Test New HRI instrument on sample respondents to ensure its validity;
• Orient
  USAID/ Twiyubake technical team on measuring household resiliency.

• Briefings,
  on-going communications and debriefing with Global Communities and USAID/
  Twiyubake Program team;
• Preliminary
  findings and results mid-way through consultancy for input from the USAID/
  Twiyubake Program team
• Revised
  HRI tool with related survey instruments and guidelines for annual data
  collection and analysis; 
• Recommendations
  on additional tools that may be relevant for measuring household
  resilience;
• Recommendations
  on mainstreaming of increased resiliency into programming;
• Consultancy
  report (body of which should not exceed 50 pages) that includes:
• Executive
  summary of consultancy
• Key
  findings and recommendations
• List
  of individuals, firms and organizations interviewed
• List
  of documents reviewed
• Any
  data gathering tools or guidelines used
• Copy
  of consultancy SOW

• At
  least a Master’s in international development, agriculture, sociology,
  psychology, social work, or related field
• Professional
  experience in designing and/or measuring resilience programs, particularly
  in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Five
  years or more experience in leading program assessments or evaluations;
• Proven
  experience in design and implementation of participatory quantitative and
  qualitative evaluation efforts and tools
• Proficiency
  in use of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SPSS, STATA
  or other statistical software
• Strong
  organizational and reporting skills utilizing clear, concise language,
  attention to detail, and ability to meet deadline;
• Prior
  experience in Rwanda strongly preferred;
• Ability
  to deliver verbal and written communication in English.