Consultant, Midterm Review-Sri Lanka Operation On Complex Emergency At International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies

The following will be provided by the consultancy team:

* Inception report to include details of methodology, tools, and timeline/ work plan for the review, after incorporating feedback from stakeholders, on data collection tools and the review methodology among others. This will be approved by the EMT.

* Draft and final review report(s). The page limit is approximately 15-20 pages (Excluding annexes). The report includes the below outline.

1. Executive summary: Summarizes the overall findings of the review with key conclusions and not more than 10 key recommendations. The summary must be specific to the review and clearly based on the specific context of the interventions.
2. Background and context analysis Outlines: the response’s overall objectives, aims, intervention strategy, policy frameworks, targets, main stakeholders, financial frameworks, institutional arrangements, and a brief context analysis that highlights the challenges and issues on the ground.
3. Methodology Outlines the overall approach used and the rationale for the approach used the tools applied, and the key assumptions. It will focus on consideration for appropriateness, effectiveness, and sustainability in consideration of internal and external issues.
4. Findings Outlines and describes the findings of the evaluation.
5. Conclusions Outlines the main conclusions that have emerged from the findings.
6. Lessons learned and recommendations Provides general overall recommendations, including on cross-cutting issues.

* A presentation to the IFRC country delegation and SLRCS management in Colombo of the main findings collected during the work in the field.

* Lessons learned workshop will include IFRC, SLRCS, and other partners to collect data and discuss recommendations.

* Final data set upon which the review analysis was based, for both quantitative and qualitative components to be submitted to the IFRC country delegation team.Maximum of two pages of review summary report.

* A final report workshop that includes a summary of the review report (including process, findings, and recommendations) that will be presented to various stakeholders including the IFRC secretariat, participating national societies, and donors.

Discussions on responding to the findings will also take place to initiate the management’s responsibility for the evaluation.

The deliverables will be submitted through the EMT, which will ensure the quality and provide input if necessary. The EMT will submit the draft final review report to relevant stakeholders for review and clarification including the interviewed stakeholders.

Education

* Should possess University degree in any discipline (Post Graduation will be preferred) or equivalent experience.

Experience

* Significant experience in conducting a review related to complex emergency humanitarian programming. * Field experience in conducting reviews of humanitarian or development programmes, with prior experience in evaluating Red Cross Red

Crescent programmes.

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

• The review team should have strong analytical skills and the ability to clearly synthesize and present findings, draw practical conclusions, make recommendations, and to prepare well
• Written in a timely manner as well as it is desirable that team members have proven experience of the priority and cross-cutting areas of the operations.
• Technically sound on food security or livelihoods or health.
• Excellent English communication skills and knowledge of local languages is favourable.

Competencies, Values and Comments

Values: -Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability.

Core competencies: -Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust.