Solidarités International Food Security Final Evaluation Job Vacancy in Bong County, Liberia

Solidarités
International is a French humanitarian organization which provides aid and
assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. For over 30 years the
association has focused on meeting three vital needs – water, food and shelter
– by carrying out emergency programmes followed by longer-term reconstruction
projects. Whilst fully respecting the assisted populations’ customs and
culture, Solidarités International’s programmes are implemented through the
joint expertise of around 180 expatriates and 1500 local managerial staff and
employees. Solidarités International is currently present in Africa (Central
African Republic, Southern Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Liberia, Chad, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe), in Asia
(Afghanistan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Myanmar) and in Haiti.

Solidarites
International has been active in Liberia since 2003 in water and sanitation ,
and in food security programs. Emergency programs have progressively moved to
longer term programs until they came back to the foreplay in 2011 with an
influx of Ivoirian refugees in southeast Liberia. Nevertheless, contrary to the
situation in the southeast, Solidarites International’s strategy in Bong County
is to accompany Liberians to longer-term development by implementing
agricultural activities. Solidarites International has implemented food
security programs in Bong County from March 2006 until the end of June 2009 and
has started a two years agriculture program to improve agricultural systems
through actors’ synergies and sustainable intensification and diversification
since January 2010. Solidarites International has completed a water and
sanitation programme in Grand Bassa County between December 2003 and July 2004.
Solidarites International has been present in South East Liberia since 2004
where it currently implements water and sanitation programs in Maryland, Grand
Gedeh and Grand Kru Counties.

RESPONSIBILITES

Evaluation
process and methods :

• Describe, if needed, the
  overall flow of the evaluation process — sequence of key stages.
  Introduction of the program by HoM, PC and PM Field visits of FBOs and
  pilot projects Discussion with the Solidarites and ASCO team Meetings with
  partner organizations (DEN-L, FFDC, LEED, ASCO) Meetings with local
  authorities involved in the agriculture sector (MoA, development
  superintendent)) Meetings with other NGOs/ agencies involved in the
  agriculture sector (CARE, CARI, CU) Analysis of information Workshop
  presenting general findings Submitting of report
• Describe, if needed, the
  overall evaluation approach and data collection methods proposed to answer
  the evaluation questions. – Interview with sample of beneficiaries, FBO
  representatives; meetings with stakeholders and program members; –
  Interviews with key ASCO staff (executive director, program officer,
  administrator, supervisors, technicians, etc.) – Consulting primary
  sources (program documents) and secondary sources (reports of other
  agencies, etc.).
• Highlight, if needed, any
  process results expected, e.g. networks strengthened, mechanisms for
  dialogue established, common analysis established among different groups
  of stakeholders – Presentation of general findings to the ASCO and
  Solidarites International team during a workshop – Debriefing with
  Solidarites team – Submit final report Consider for example:
• Meetings, consultation,
  workshops with different groups of stakeholders (you can precise which
  ones and how you would like these consultations to take place)
• Presentation of preliminary
  findings and recommendations: for evaluations that last for more than a
  month you can request an inception report (mid-term report) with the main
  objectives of the evaluation, the detailed methodology and the questions
  to be answered.
• All the evaluation should end
  by a debriefing with the team on the field to discuss the results and the
  recommendations.

• Dissemination materials
  (newsletter articles, two-page summaries, presentation materials like
  power points) Powerpoint presentation for workshop/ debriefing.
• Specify the format for
  deliverables, including software, number of hard copies, translations
  needed and structure of the evaluation report. All the reports and other
  deliverables should be in English. Narrative report: executive summary;
  main findings; recommendations and lessons learned for any similar future
  program; a chapter on how minimal support/mentoring to ASCO can be
  guaranteed in the future; recommendations for a mechanism to monitor the
  link between FBOs and CARI.

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