Job Type

: Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition : NPP (National Project Personnel)

Grade Level : N/A

Primary Location

: Somalia-Mogadiscio

Duration : Up to 6 months (Renewable subject to performance and availability of funds)

Post Number : N/A

•  FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
•  Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
•  Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO’s values
•  FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
•  All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
•  All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

Organizational Setting

The key mission of the FAO Representation in Somalia, which is led by FAO Representative (FAOR), is to assist and support the national government to develop policies, strategies and programme aimed at accelerating the Implementation and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the area of FAO’s global mandate and Strategic Objectives. More specifically, FAO’s response aims to address national needs and priorities in achieving food security, reducing hunger and malnutrition, developing agricultural, fishery and forestry sectors, and ensuring the sustainable use of environmental and natural resources and respond to recurrent emergencies. The current portfolio of activities of the FAO Representation in Somalia includes a wide scope of technical support interventions ranging from policy support through livestock and crop production, to natural resource management, Nutrition, value chain, food security analysis and water and land information management. FAO is also implementing several emergency, resilience-building, and development interventions, with the support of its five field offices and close to 400 staff in partnership with the Federal and State line ministries.

Reporting Lines

The position is under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Somalia, and the direct supervision of the Food Security Cluster (FSC) Coordinator.

Technical Focus

To provide comprehensive administrative, logistical, and programmatic support to the FSC coordination team, ensuring efficient and timely implementation of activities aimed at effectively coordinating efforts to save lives and livelihoods.

Tasks and responsibilities

•  Lead the FSC localization strategy, advocating for the meaningful participation and empowerment of Local National Actors
•  Develop and implement strategies to strengthen the capacity of local partners
•  Conduct comprehensive Training Needs Assessments (TNA) to identify knowledge gaps, skill deficiencies, and capacity-building priorities for FSC partners.
•  Engage in extensive field missions across Somalia to deliver tailored capacity-building activities and technical assistance to FSC partners
•  Develop comprehensive training curricula and materials aligned with the evolving needs and priorities of cluster partners
•  Establish and maintain a roster/database of all capacity building participants (including certified IPC practitioners)
•  Facilitate FSC capacity-building workshops, seminars, and peer learning sessions and prepare budgets, venue bookings, prepare a list of workshop participants, prepare purchase requisitions,
•  Conduct after-training evaluations and draft training reports for all completed training courses.
•  Support for the FSC Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) and technical working groups
•  Monitor and track progress of the implementation of FSC projects (including budget consumption)
•  Draft FSC projects progress and final reports
•  Develop the FSC annual procurement plans
•  Lead the elections for key FSC governance and coordination bodies
•  Administer the annual Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring (CCPM) survey
•  Facilitate the smooth conduct of monthly FSC partners meetings by preparation of meeting agendas and coordination of logistics (venue, participants, refreshments etc.)
•  Conduct regular reviews of the FSC’s membership status
•  Track and monitor FSC partners attendance at coordination meetings and other relevant forums
•  Manage the FSC website in collaboration with the FSC IMO
•  Draft the annual FSC newsletter and solicit input from the FSC coordination team and cluster partners
•  Disseminate and circulate food security information, info graphs, documents, and bulletins to cluster partners and other key stakeholders.
•  Support in maintaining and updating the FSC mailing list with support from the FSC IMO.
•  Coordinate FSC SHF project reviews, evaluation and scoring through OCHA’s One Grant Management System (OneGMS)
•  Conduct regular field missions to monitor the progress of ongoing FSC SHF projects
•  Maintain an up-to-date portfolio of all FSC SHF partner projects (new and ongoing)
•  Document lessons learnt and good practices from SHF and/or CERF projects
•  Any other tasks that may be required (within reason) to achieve the objective of this assignment.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•  At least 6 years of relevant experience with a first level degree, or 4 years of working experience with a master’s degree
•  At least 4 years’ work experience in capacity development and planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of humanitarian/emergency food security and livelihoods programmes.
•  Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including coordination mechanisms, humanitarian reform and action, and funding mechanisms (e.g. Humanitarian Programme Cycle, Central Emergency Response Fund and Country Based Pooled Funds).
•  Working knowledge (proficiency – level C) of English and Somali.
•  National of Somalia.

FAO Core Competencies

•  Results Focus
•  Teamwork
•  Communication
•  Building Effective Relationships
•  Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

•  Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions, is desirable.
•  Extent and relevance of experience in food security and livelihoods programme/project development, project operations, and administration.
•  Extent and relevance of experience in capacity development.
•  Extent and relevance of experience in drafting reports and meeting minutes.
•  Experience working with UN agencies, other donor agencies, and/or non-governmental organizations.
•  Experience of high-level coordination and facilitation of meetings.
•  Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders and develop consensus and joint working.
•  Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
•  Previous cluster experience or multi-stakeholder coordination experience (e.g. consortium) is desirable.
•  Ability to work productively in a pressurized environment.
•  Ability to identify and resolve problems expeditiously and pragmatically.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

•  FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
•  Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
•  Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
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•  Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

HOW TO APPLY

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•  Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
•  Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/ . These qualifications should be in alignment with the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) mappings .
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Terms of References

Third Party Monitoring (TPM) for capitation grants provided to target schools in four Federal Member states (Galmudug, Jubaland, Hirshabelle and Southwest) and Benadir Administration

Job title

Third Party Monitoring consultant

Location

Mogadishu

Reporting to

Program Director – Urban Youth Program/ Education Sector Program Improvement Grant

Period

March/April 2022

Time input

30 days

1. SUMMARY

The Education Sector Program Improvement Grant (ESPIG) 2018-2020, funded by the Global Partnership in Education (GPE) intends to provide accelerated support to implement components of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MOECHE) Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) 2018-2020, with a particular focus on the primary education sub-sector. The ESPIG is a partnership between the MoECHE and GPE, with CARE as the selected Grant Agent. The program will cover four Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) Member States (Galmudug, Jubaland, Hirshabelle and Southwest), which have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal MoECHE. Benadir has not been recognized as a state and is under the jurisdiction of the MoECHE until its status changes. Together with Benadir, the states of Galmudug, Jubaland, Hirshabelle and Southwest consist of eleven regions where local education offices are managed by Regional Education Officers (REOs). Each regional office manages district offices: there are 58 district offices across Benadir and the four Federal Members States (FMS).

CARE Somalia is seeking to procure the services of a consultancy firm to conduct a Third Party Monitoring (TPM) for capitation grants to targeted schools in Federal Member states and Benadir Administration under the ESPIG 2018-2020, funded by the GPE. The consultant (s) selected to lead the Third Party Monitoring will visit all the target schools to verify the enrolment of out of school children as well as receipt of the capitation grants, working in close cooperation with CARE, its sub-contractor Concern Worldwide and the MoECHE. The consultant (s) will be responsible for all components of the Third Party Monitoring, including its design; compliance with ethics and safeguarding requirements; selection, training and deployment of enumerators; data collection; data quality control; database management; analysis; and reporting.

2.1. ESPIG objective

Improve equitable access to and quality of education outcomes for all Somali primary school children through strengthened system capacity to design evidence driven ESSP reforms and collaborate effectively with partners in their implementation.

2.2. ESPIG principles and components

The ESPIG aims to maximize the potential of development investments in education. The three program component objectives are as follows:

(1) Increased equitable access to quality primary education through changes in three intermediate outcomes: Increased access to education for out of school children; strengthened capacity of community education committees; community actions towards improved school safety.

(2) Enhanced quality of education to ensure grade-appropriate learning outcomes through the three intermediate outcomes: effective monitoring of teacher education and management policy, strengthened and harmonized efforts in teacher pre-service training; improved access to teaching and learning materials; and a strengthened assessment framework.

(3) Enhanced system capacity to regulate and manage the education sector, through the combination of the following intermediate outcomes: (i) strengthening regulatory and monitoring system for private, community and government schools and (ii) improved capacity of education officers for planning, budgeting, policy implementation, coordination and progress tracking.

2.2.1. Program beneficiaries

Direct program beneficiaries include: (i) about 32,000 out-of-school poor or marginalized primary children who will benefit from school inclusion grants; (ii) about 800 Community Education Committees who will benefit from training to improve inclusion, security and learning at their schools; (iii) 6,570 teachers who will benefit from teaching guides associated to the new curriculum; (iv) 240 primary pre-service student teachers who will benefit from new teacher training institutes; (v) 297,168 Grade 1-8 students who will receive textbooks linked to the new curriculum; (vi) 150 education officers will benefit from professional development to improve skills in planning, coordination and monitoring.

2.2.2. Program scope

The ESPIG program is implementing activities in all the four Member States highlighted above plus Benadir. The target schools for high-intensity support (school inclusion grants, monitoring visits and CEC capacity building) were selected through discussion with development partners, including non-government organizations and private school umbrellas, and subjected to an assessment of the schools’ capacity to absorb additional students and agreement with the community. As part of the program’s commitment to improving accessible quality education, the Grant Agent and partners are supporting the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States through the provision of capitation grants to a total of 616 public, community and non-profit private primary schools.

Led by CARE in partnership with CONCERN, ESPIG worked with schools, and the Ministries of Education (MoEs) in four Federal Member states (Galmudug, Jubaland, Hirshabelle and Southwest) and Benadir Administration – Somalia. The table below shows the geographical spread of the schools disaggregated by state and district

State

District

Number of schools per State

Jubbaland

Kismayo, Afmadow, Bardhere, Dollow, Garbaharey, Luuq, Baladhawo

120

Galmudug

Balambale, Bahdo, Cabdudwaq, Cadaado, Dhabad, Dhusamareb, Galinsoor, godinlabe, Guriceel, Bandiiradley, Galkacyo, Goldogob, Hobyo, Jariban

138

Hirshabelle

Baladweyne, Bulaburde, Matabaan, Maxaas, Balcad, cadale, Jowhar, Mahadaay, Warsheikh

118

South West

Baidoa, Diinsor, xudur, wajid, ceelbarde, Afgoye, Qoryoley, and Wanlaweyn

120

Benadir

Abdicasis, Bondhere, Deynile, Dharkenley, Garasbaley, Heliwaa, Hodan, Howlwadaag, Kaaraan, Kaxda, Madina, Shangani, Shibis, Waaberi, Wadajir, Wartanabada, Xamar Jajab, Xamar Weyne, Yaaqshid

120

Total

616

The capitation grant activities have been implemented and the following were some of the activities so far completed:

1. A mapping exercise was conducted in the four federal member states and the Benadir region to get information relating to the schools.
2. A national Schools Improvement Grant (SIG) guidelines have been developed with the main focus on school selection criteria.
3. Based on the selection criteria, State MOEs and MOECHE/BRA (Benadir Regional Authority) submitted an approved list of schools.
4. TOTs (8 from each school) were trained and later supported to train 7 CEC members in each school. The CEC members were trained on the SIG guidelines including financial management/budget management.
5. In March 2020, a team from CARE & CONCERN collected additional information relating to the schools, which included an approved list of schools, School Improvement Plans, School profiles, filled Schools Improvement Grant (SIG) applications forms, enrollment data, list of trained CECs approved by the REOs, and the details of bank signatories for selected schools.
6. Bank accounts for schools were verified with Salaam Bank. This was to confirm the accounts are authentic and owned by the respective schools. The verification was done by the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the Grant Disbursement Committee (GDC).
7. The PMU and the GDC approved the disbursement of the grant to the individual school accounts. As such first and second tranches of the capitation grants have been disbursed to the schools.

It was agreed that each school benefiting from the grant will maintain class registers for tracking school attendance regularly. This included submission of data on out of school children that have been brought back to school

2. TPM PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY

3.1. The rationale for the Evaluation:

As part of the program’s commitment to improving accessible quality education, CARE and CONCERN are supporting the Federal Government of Somalia and its Federal Member States through the provision of capitation grants to a total of 616 public, community and non-profit private primary schools. CARE and CONCERN were to release the first capitation grants in March 2020 but this did not happen due to the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic, which resulted in the closure of schools. The first capitation grants were released to the schools immediately after the schools were re-opened in October 2020. The second capitation grants tranche was released to schools around December 2021. The first TPM was conducted in April 2021 after the release of the first capitation grants while the second round of TPM is planned for March 2022. It’s for this reason that CARE Somalia seeks the services of a consultancy firm to conduct the second round of TPM for capitation grants to targeted schools – mainly to verify enrolment status and receipt of capitation grants in schools amongst others.

3.2. The Purpose of the TPM

The overall objective of this third-party monitoring is to assess the extent to which capitation grants were disbursed and applied as intended as well as the outcomes of this project sub-component in the 616-beneficiary primary schools in 55 districts. Third-party monitoring was also to assess pupils’ enrolment status in light of the capitation grants and the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Particular, this exercise will provide clear feedback on the following specific program implementation elements.

· Level of involvement/participation of Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), Federal Member States (FMS), MoECHE, Head teachers, CECs and village level community leaders in the implementation of the capitation grant. Should include evidence of coordination and participation of all the stakeholders.

· To verify the number of out of school children enrolled in schools disaggregated by gender, IDPs, out of school, children with disabilities. This will help establish if out of school children identified and enrolled in schools for the capitation grant before the pandemic returned after the re-opening of schools.

· Adherence to selection criteria for the beneficiary schools and criteria for disbursement of funds as outlined in the capitation grant guidelines.

· Verification of beneficiary schools from all the target locations. This will include a comparison of the details (names of schools, location of the schools, bank account details, etc.) in the approved list of beneficiary schools with the payment sheet.

· Verification of the amount and frequency of cash provided to the beneficiary schools as provided for in the project proposal document. This should include collecting evidence of disbursement to the target beneficiaries.

· Assessment of the cash payment procedure with particular focus on the amounts paid to each beneficiary, the currency of payment, nature of verification done by money transfer and local partner staff as well as the general flow of the payment process at the cash payment centre.

· Verification of any documented lessons or cases from the capitation grant process and how such cases were handled by implementing teams.

· Assess the extent to which recommendations from the first round TPM and the Midterm evaluation have been implemented.

· Any other relevant project elements which are deemed necessary by CARE and the consultant.

3.3. Technical approach and methodology

The consultant /consulting firm is expected to propose an appropriate methodology for this work at the time of applying. It has however recommended that such methodology include the following.

· Desk reviews of relevant project documents such as the proposal, the results framework, past project reports and studies, partner sub-agreement, relevant tools for documenting and monitoring project activities, master beneficiary lists and MOUs with money transfer companies if any, and financial support documents. CARE will provide any additional information as requested by the consultant

· Field visit to target schools to physically verify enrolment and evidence of receipt of capitation grants in all the 616 schools.

· Direct interviews (FGD and KIIs) with headteachers, teachers, MoECHE representatives, CEC members, CARE and CONCERN staff and any other relevant project stakeholders.

The consultant should be able to come up with adaptive methods or alternative data collection methodologies to mitigate the effects of insecurity and the COVID 19 pandemic.

3. BASELINE SCOPE OF WORK

3.1. Expected Deliverables

· An inception report inclusive of the proposed tools, sampling approach, detailed analysis framework, quality control measures and work plan

· Work plan outlining all tasks to be completed within the duration mentioned for this assignment, responsible persons, timeframe for completion of each task and resources required to complete each task.

· A final report, based on the agreed template. The executive summary section should include key findings aligned to the objectives, challenges and limitations, lessons learnt and recommendations.

· PowerPoint presentation of findings.

3.2. Timeline

The monitoring and the verification exercise is expected to be completed within one month from the date of signing the contract.

3.3. Professional Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications: bidders are required to provide CVs for all those proposed in the team, clearly stating their roles and responsibilities for this baseline. The proposed team should have the technical expertise and practical experience required to deliver the assignment with regards to:

· The lead/co-lead consultant must have at least five years of practical experience conducting TPM or evaluations of education projects.

· The lead/co-lead consultant must have at-least postgraduate diploma in Education or Monitoring and evaluation.

· The team must have the appropriate country knowledge /experience and language proficiency required to conduct the assignment.

· Knowledge and understanding of the education sector in Somalia will be a plus.

· The team must have extensive experience in data quality control and database management (including collating multiple large datasets for analysis);

· Ability to manage English to Somali and Somali to English translation with high quality and accuracy, including for transcription and translation of large volumes of qualitative data.

4. APPLICATION

Qualified companies/firms are required to submit a detailed proposal and budget not exceeding 10 pages by 25^th March 2022. Applications should be submitted to SOM.consultant@care.org with the Subject line Consultancy for the Third Party Monitoring (TPM) for capitation grants provided to target schools in four Federal Member states (Galmudug, Jubaland, Hirshabelle and Southwest) and Benadir Administration – Somalia

1. Terms of reference

Job title

PHOTO AND VIDEO GRAPHER

Duty station

Diinsor/Baidoa

Starting date

As soon as possible

Contract duration

15 Days

Reporting to

WASH Project Manager

Supervision of

N/A

Dependents

N/A

2. Job description

A. General context of the project

General context of the project

INTERSOS has been operating as a humanitarian organization in Somalia since 1992, when it began to support the Jowhar Regional Hospital in the Middle Shabelle region. The hospital, supported to this day by INTERSOS, remains the only health facility and the Centre of reference for all the primary health centres of the region, covering a basin of over 250,000 people.

Our projects focus on key areas of protection, health and nutrition & WASH. In particular, INTERSOS provides medical and health assistance, nutritional programmes and access to water and adequate sanitation, as well as protection of women and children.

This Wash project in Dinsoor started in August 2019 in the context of a general drought situation that was affecting the entire Somalia. The climatic conditions have since changed and the population is now confronted with heavy floods which could be attributed to global climatic changes that are likely to continue over the next years.

B. General purpose of the position, responsibilities and tasks

General purpose of the position

Based in Diinsor, with a mission in Baidoa, the successful candidate will be challenged to capture and produce high quality photographs and videos of the INTERSOS WASH project funded by AICS (the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation), beneficiaries, process, activities and context showing the impact of our work.

Main responsibilities and tasks

The photo/videographer will work under direct supervision of the project manager and will:

ü Capture high resolution images, minimum of 100 of project activities, beneficiaries of INTERSOS interventions and infrastructure as per INTERSOS procedure.

ü At least 20 should be selected by INTERSOS as officials’ images

ü Caption each photograph with specific details such as the location taken, name of the people, activity and any other relevant information including INTERSOS and AICS visibility.

ü Provide raw footage of all videos footage and still images captured in during the contracted period.

ü Interviews with INTERSOS beneficiaries and managers

ü Show appropriate sensitivity to the people being filmed.

ü Export final version of a video in formats optimized for HD web distribution.

ü Produce 2 videos

o A 5-8 minutes’ videos documenting INTERSOS work in specific areas, including interview to staff and beneficiaries; the final version to be discussed with project manager/coordinator. Also provide subtitles to the videos.

o A short video of 2 minutes with explanation subtitles and music (only images not interviews)

3. Position requirements

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Film, Photography, Graphic Design, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Journalism, Communication, IT or relevant fields.**

Professional experience

At least 2 years’ experience in photography video shooting, editing and production.**

Professional requirements

Ø Proven ability in photography/Videographer and ability to assimilate and communicate complex visual messages in an engaging and user-friendly manner;**

Ø Have extensive experience in producing news, documentary films, TV programs and 3 to 4-minute short format films;**

Ø Advanced knowledge and skills of Pinnacle Studio, Adobe After Effect, MS Office, including Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop and other editing tools is required;**

Ø Flexibility to travel around Somali regions on short notice;**

Ø Ability to work on a strict deadline;**

Languages

Fluency in written and spoken English and Somali is required.

Personal requirements

Proven ability in photography/Videographer and ability to assimilate and communicate complex visual messages in an engaging and user-friendly manner;**

OWNERSHIP

The content of all footage filmed for this assignment is the sole property of INTERSOS. The photographer will be credited for all the materials used.

CODE OF CONDUCT.

Video maker/photographers have to respect, during the mission and in any dissemination activity of the collected material, the INTERSOS policies (CP policy and PSEA policy), the guidelines of the INTERSOS Brand Identity and the safety procedures indicated by the Organization. They also have to not to publish any photos or images without consent.

As a general input to this section, not mandatory requirements are followed by the word ‘‘desirable’’ in brackets. All other requirements are considered as mandatory.