Food and Agricultural Organization Consultants Job Vacancy in Uganda

Vacancy
Announcement No: FRUGA/01/041/EC/16
Post
Title: Consultants: Terminal Results Assessment
Duly
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Expected
Start date: 24th October 2016
Duration
of the assignment: 45 days (WAE, over a period of two months)

General Description of task(s) and objectives
to be achieved
The Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been implementing
the Global Climate Change Alliance-Agricultural
Adaptation to Climate Change in Uganda (GCCA), under the funding from the
European Union (GCP/UGA/041/EC) and the Royal Kingdom of Belgium
(GCP/UGA/041/BEL) from 2012. The project has been implemented in the central
cattle corridor of Uganda, covering six districts of Kiboga, Luweero, Mubende,
Nakaseke, Nakasongola and Sembabule.

In order
to determine the level of achievement of GCCA results and to quantify the socio-economic
benefits of the various adaptation interventions implemented over the project
cycle among the different types of beneficiaries, FAO intends to contract a
team of consultants to conduct a comprehensive Project Results Assessment, also
called Project Outcome Assessment (OA) and these ToRs describe the tasks to be
undertaken and objectives expected to be achieved by the team of consultants.
Under the general supervision of the FAO Representative and Deputy FAO
Representative, and the technical supervision of the Programme Monitoring
Support Officer, 

The successful
Consultants will perform the following tasks:

• Write
  an inception Report outlining a valid methodology for carrying out the
  Outcome Assessment including a finalized field data collection work plan,
  sampling strategy and data analysis scheme; 
• Develop
  data collection tools (questionnaires) and guides for both quantitative
  and qualitative data collection and train the enumerators on the correct
  data collection procedure, and provide quality assurance to the data
  collection process by participating in, and supervising all stages of
  primary data collection, among the respondent communities and government
  departments; 
• Develop
  data entry interfaces and conduct data processing, cleaning, analysis and
  interpretation; 
• Present
  the results of the analysis and interpretation/discussion of results in an
  initial draft report and present the preliminary findings to a meeting of
  stakeholders organized by FAO; 
• Incorporate
  the feedback from the stakeholder meetings into the final report and
  submit it (both soft and hard copy), together with the data collection
  tools and raw and analyzed data files.

• Assess
  the change in value of livelihood assets and food security of beneficiary
  households and communities;
• Assess
  the level of knowledge acquired and capacities built for climate change adaptation
  at the central government (MWE, MAAIF, CCU). Local Government and
  community level; 
• Assess
  the extent to which access to water for livestock and crops has increased
  in the project target districts through the water for production
  investments; 
• Assess
  the actual and potential impact of the project in enhancing resilience of
  rural populations and agricultural production systems in the central part
  of the cattle corridor; 
• Ascertain
  the change in the level of awareness and utilization of recommended
  climate change adaptation strategies/ practices promoted under the GCCA: 
• Determine
  the extent which climate change adaptation practices for coffee have been
  adopted in the project target areas; 
• Determine
  the level of increase in availability of climate shock-tolerant vegetative
  and non-vegetative crop planting materials; 
• Assess
  the level of improvement in bio-energy plantation establishment and
  sustainable charcoal production practices; 
• Ascertain
  the size/number of ecosystem resources restored/stabilized in selected
  micro-watersheds rehabilitated by the project; 
• Identify
  key success areas and lessons, and make the appropriate recommendations to
  the project team, FAO, the donor and other stakeholders to guide
  decision-making and planning for subsequent phases or similar projects
  under the GCCA or within Uganda. 
• Determine
  the economic benefits adaptation to climate change at district and national
  level through modeling/extrapolation of economic benefits household and
  community levels.

• Advanced
  university degree in Agricultural Economics/Rural Development (preferably
  PhD level); 
• Excellent
  knowledge of agricultural production, extension and market linkage issues
  in Uganda at national, policy, local government and farm level: 
• Proven
  experience and track record in conducting project evaluations and results
  assessments of agricultural/rural development and climate change
  adaptation programmes; 
• Knowledge
  of the relevant frameworks and options for adapting agriculture to climate
  change; 
• Excellent
  analytical, research, writing and communication skills; 
• Excellent
  oral and written English.