Evaluation of The Food Security and Livelihoods Project, NRC Ukraine At Norwegian Refugee Council

Please follow the link for more details: https://www.nrc.no/tender/nrc-ukraine-external-evaluation-ukraine/

NRC has been present in eastern Ukraine since late 2014, implementing emergency and early recovery interventions through Shelter/NFI and ICLA programmes to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected communities. To enable target communities to secure meeting basic food needs and contribute to economic security, Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS) programming was added to NRC Ukraine operations in 2016, while another Core Competency – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) was established in mid-2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic replacing Shelter/NFI. NRC has a representative office in Kyiv and an area office in Severodonetsk. NRC also has field offices in Stanitsya Luhanska (Luhanska Oblast) and in Kurakhove (southern Donetska Oblast). As of January 2021, NRC Ukraine has 88 national and 4 international staff.

Funded by USAID/FFP, the Improving Food Security for Vulnerable Populations in Eastern Ukraine project UAFM2004 aimed at supporting the most vulnerable and severely food insecure conflict-affected populations in Luhansk and Donetsk GCA regions through the distribution of unconditional cash assistance intended to address food needs. Within this 15-month project funded by USAID/FFP with an overall budget of US$1.5 M, there were in total 9,300 people assisted, including 1,860 IDPs, in the target area. The project’s period is 29 September 2020 – 30 April 2021. NRC is planning to conduct an external evaluation to assess the overall implementation, relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness of the intervention focusing on all of its cash transfer components.

NRC seeks expressions of interest from people (an individual evaluator or a team), who are external to NRC, with the following qualifications, skills and competencies:

· University degree in evaluation, economics, (agro)-economics, development studies, or another related field;

· At least 10 years of experience in relief / developmental context, with experience in deployment in insecure/volatile environment;

· Experience in the contexts of East Europe and/or the former Soviet Union will be an asset;

· Ability to be deployed in Ukraine and willingness to travel within Ukraine subject to security clearance and protocols;

· A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in leading project evaluations;

· Proven hands-on experience in evaluations in the sectors of Food Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition;

· Demonstrated experience in conducting high-quality research/data collection and analysis or similar assignments;

· Expertise in participatory qualitative data collection techniques;

· Experience in evaluation report writing;

· Previous experience working with USAID BHA (formerly named FFP and OFDA) projects would be an asset;

· Good familiarity with Ukrainian cultural, political and socio-economic context will be an asset;

· Fluency in English (excellent written and spoken); knowledge of Russian/Ukrainian will be an added advantage;

· Excellent analytical, reporting/communication, and organisational skills.