Avis de recrutement : IFPRI recherche un(e) Consultant(e) pour l’évaluation du LIWP au Yémen.

 

 

 

 

 

OBJECTIVE  

     The objective of this requisition is to recruit a short-term consultant to prepare and conduct a rigorous impact evaluation (IE) of the Cash for Work (CfW) approach implemented under the Labour Intensive Works Program (LIWP) of the Social Fund for Development (SFD) in Yemen.

     The LIWP’s objective is to increase the resilience of chronically or transitory poor households and reduce the negative effects of shocks and crises by creating short-term employment in construction of community infrastructure as well as to increase the community assets.

     The IE will examine the effectiveness of the LIWP at targeting the poorest households and will assess the effects/impacts on resilience of participating households and communities both through the additional income generation as well as through enhanced access to basic infrastructure applying a counterfactual scenario. The results of the IE shall provide lessons learnt for future CfW-programming in Yemen and similar contexts and contribute to filling existing evidence gaps.

     To evaluate the impact of the LIWP on both household and community resilience, the study shall analyze the effect of the LIWP on their resources and capacities to adapt, transform and absorb including their preparation and coping strategies. Therefore, the evaluation shall causally identify impacts of the LIWP on relevant constituents of household resilience including income, food security, (productive) assets, debt, employment and employability, skills from participation in the CfW activities, as well as confidence/despair/aspirations. It shall further analyze impacts on the community level. The evaluation shall differentiate short/medium term from longer term impacts. The terms of reference requests an evaluation to accomplish a variety of different goals.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Research and evaluation skills and experience

  1. Extensive experiences in preparing and implementing quantitative impact evaluations according to international research standards including ethics and quality,
  2. advanced survey design,
  3. advanced statistical skills,
  4. advanced experience with a mix of methods, including qualitative approaches to evaluation.
  5. Regional/local knowledge and experience
  6. good knowledge of the local context in Yemen, preferable including the SFD,
  7. several years of experience in the region including command of Arabic language,
  8. strong capacities to work in a conflict sensitive manner according to the “do no harm” principle, strong cultural sensitivity in the Yemeni context,
  9. experience in managing the security environment in Yemen in particular concerning the data collection.

Sectoral knowledge and experience

  1. good understanding of the concepts included in the LIWP e.g. resilience, social protection, cash based approaches in development cooperation,
  2. good understanding of the variety of sectors included in the LIWP e.g. nutrition, WASH, agriculture, transport/roads etc.,
  3. advanced knowledge of relevant cross-cutting issues in development cooperation including gender.
  4. Remote management skills and experience
  5. advanced experience with remote management,
  6. advanced experience with digital data collection tools, database and mapping and related IT capacities.

Application process

Deadline : April 28th, 2023