Consultant for HLSA in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara

CARE International Indonesia (CII), as an international NGO, has carried out large scale operations in Indonesia, encompassing emergency operations, transitional activities centered on agriculture and nutrition and a range of development initiatives in such areas as water and sanitation, health and micro-credit.

CARE Indonesia in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara is currently recruiting the following position for its project:

JOB TITLE : Consultant of Household Livelihood Security
Assessment (HLSA) & Assisstant Consultant
DEPARTMENT/PROJECT : Support / SESAMA
REPORTS TO : Project Manager
DATE OF EMPLOY : 1 May 2011- 30 June 2011 (2 months)

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

SESAMA (Sustainable Settlement with Economic Security of Uprooted People and Their Host Communities through Strengthened and Adequate Mediation Approach in Indonesia) is an EU-funded project that will be implemented by CARE Indonesia for a period of 3 years in Kupang, NTT. The overall objectives of the project is to provide support in ensuring the sustainable settlement and livelihoods for those new citizens (ex-IDPs) left behind in the recovery process through the group’s active participation in the mainstream development planning and budgeting process. The key activities that will be implemented by the project are: (1) facilitating the developmental processes Planning, Research, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation (PRIME) at the community level; (2) supporting community demand for government services through village wide planning, groups’ capacity building, technical assistance, and supporting the fulfillment of general needs of the community on
development/rehabilitation of water system, sanitation, school and health facilities; and (3) developing income and food sources through group organizing and skills training.

JOB SUMMARY:

HLSA Consultant, Main Consultant (2), Consultant Assistant (4) are to develop/review tools and methodology of HLSA, to train HLSA, to conduct HLSA in 15 villages in Kupang Regency, to do data verification and data analysis and to report a result finding of HLSA to SESAMA project, Care International Indonesia, West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

1. Main Consultant (2)
a. Responsible to conduct a pre-assessment activities i.e. secondary data review, institutional data review/mapping, stakeholders identification and participation, Stakeholder participation in the design of Assessment.
b. Responsible to review/develop tools using HLSA Method and work together with SESAMA Team to develop tools based on needs of project indicators.
c. Conduct a capacity building/training for SESAMA Team, consultant assistants and village cadres on Key HLSA Techniques (e.g. concepts of data collection, methodology, review data collection forms, verification, reports etc).
d. Responsible to lead primary HLSA data gathering in 15 villages in Kupang Regency working with SESAMA Team and to ensure that both consultant assistants and village cadres who responsible to do data collection and data reporting understand their roles and responsibilities in data collection based on the project needs.
e. To do the data verification in 15 villages in coordination with consultant assistants.
f. Responsible to lead the process of data analysis in coordination with consultant assistants and SESAMA Team.
g. To lead the data Triangulation process at district level. 

h. Responsible to develop a draft and to complete a final report based on the result finding based on Report on 15 Village Profiles produced by Consultant Assistants and Village Cadres and Triangulation process.
2. Consultant Assistant (4)
a. To support main consultants to do pre-assessment activities
b. To participate in a capacity building/training for consultant assistants and village cadres on Key HLSA Techniques
c. To lead data collection in villages together with SESAMA Team, village cadres and responsible to make sure that data collected by village cadres is valid and in accordance with the manual.
d. To assist village cadres to do daily data verification before submitted to main consultant.
e. To support main consultant in data verification process
f. To produce daily report and Report on Village Profile

Outcome:
At the end of the project the main consultant have to submit:
- Final Report on HLSA in 15 villages in Kupang Regency
- 15 Villages Profile Reports produced by Consultant Assistances
- HLSA Manual & Documentation

QUALIFICATIONS:

Main Consultant (team: 2 persons)
1. Education: Minimum hold University Degree from social, agriculture, health, education, etc.
2. Experience: Minimum 3 years experience in conducting research preferably in conducting HLSA or any participatory research.
3. Specific Technical Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to design and conduct research/HLSA methodology.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate training on research/HLSA methodology
- Demonstrated experience in community development and community organizing.
- Ability to do reporting both in English and Bahasa
- Ability to communicate in English is preferable, excellent in Bahasa.
- Trustworthiness, integrity, good analytical thinking and attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a team.

Consultant Assistances (4 persons)
1. Based in Kupang
2. Minimum hold University Degree from social, agriculture, health, education, etc.
3. Experience: Minimum 1-2 years experience in conducting research preferably in conducting HLSA or any participatory research.
4. Specific Technical Skills:
a. Demonstrated ability to write report
b. Good analytical abilities and good gender perspectives
c. Demonstrated experience in community development or community organizing
d. Ability to work in a team

Please submit your applications before April 29, 2011 to CARE International Indonesia, Human Resources Unit:

recruit_500@careind.or.id

"Only qualified applicants will be shortlisted"