EXTERNAL EVALUATOR MERAPI

Action Contre la Faim – Indonesia Mission

EXTERNAL EVALUATOR MERAPI (1 position)

Code : RJO/016/External Evaluator Merapi/VIII/11

Location : Jakarta & Yogyakarta

Start date : September 1st, 2011

Duration of contract : 18 working days

I. BACKGROUND

· Historic background The first Merapi eruption of 26 October 2010, and the second and biggest Merapi eruption of 5 November 2010 devastated Magelang District (of Central Java Province) and Sleman District (of DI Yogyakarta Province), killing more than 277 people in the two provinces and displacing a further 380,000 from their homes and families. According to National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), approximately 275.403 displaced were registered by 8 November 2010, and consisted of 2.772 IDPs in the city of Magelang, 102.353 IDPs in Magelang District, 60.643 IDPs in Boyolali District, 55.482 IDPs in Klaten District, and 54.153 IDPs in Sleman District.(http://www[.]republika.co.id/ 8 November2010)The devastation caused by the Merapi eruption elicited an unprecedented response from the local, national, and international communities, and basic needs of food, health, water and sanitation were rapidly met. In the early stages of the intervention, the combined efforts of governmental and non-governmental agencies mitigated morbidity and mortality rates while assisting IDPs access critical assistance.

Although immediate needs have been met, a sustained effort by the humanitarian community is necessary to ensure that Merapi eruption-affected communities receive adequate support to recover their livelihoods and enhance their access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices.

While the majority of displaced have returned to their relatively less affected homes, a significant population remains with either no possibility to return home or severe damage to their homes and livelihoods. This people still needs support, particularly accessibility to basic needs and infrastructures including access to feeding programs and care practices for the most vulnerable groups such as pregnant, lactating women and children under 5.

· ACF’s intervention Four days after the first Merapi eruption in October, 26th, 2010, ACF decided and sent the rapid response team to do rapid assesment and initial intervention in affected areas. While ACF did this assessment, it identified potential partners (PSB & BMP) for initial WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) intervention for the affected people who stayed in temporary shelters. Through deployment of a small contingency stock in WASH and in collaboration with partners and other stakeholders, ACF was able to start intervention for the IDPs in temporary shelters.

After the 2nd biggest eruption, ACF decided to scale up intervention through integration of Nutrition, WASH, Food Security and Livelihoods intervention. Later on, ACF, with funds from CDC & ERF for Nutrition, AECID for WASH and FSL, and also additional private funding, managed to expand its program up to 2000 HH in Magelang and Sleman till July 2011.

1. Nutrition and Care Practices program (December – March 2011 funded by CDC and April-July 2011 funded by ERF-UNOCHA)

December 2010 – March 2011 funded by CDC (The Crisis Center of Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of FrenchGovernment)

In this period, ACF delivered nutrition program funded by CDC (Centre de Crise – French Government). The objective of thisprogram is to reduce and prevent malnutrition for children under five years old (CU5) in the emergent context of the MerapiEruption.

Expected results from the intervention were:

Result 1:Assessment, Monitoring nutritional and psychosocialof vulnerable people, particularly children under five yers old.

Result 2:Adequate Infant Feeding and Child Care Practices are promoted in the camps.

April 2011- July 2011 funded by HRF (UNOCHA) Before completing the nutrition program funded by CDC, by the end of March 2011, ACF secured funds from UN-OCHA under HRF (Humanitarian Response Funds) for extension of nutrition activities from April 2011 to July 2011. The title of of project is: Promoting Better Nutrition and Care Practicessolutions for Women and Children under Five Years OldSub-district Cangkringan, Sleman, DI Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. The objective of the program is to improve the level and access to health services for Merapi eruption-affected children under five years old and pregnant & lactating women in Sleman District, DI Yogyakarta Province.

Expected results from thisproject are:

Result 1: 5 affected villages have improved their Health and Nutritional Surveillance and monitoring systems focusing on child growth and development Result 2: Kaders / Motivators in 5 affected villages have improved their capacities and competences on child care practices and psychosocial / mental health

Result 3: 4 IDPs Camps and 5 affected villages promote and facilitate adequate infant feeding, child care practices and psychosocial / mental health

2. WASH and Food Security & Livelihood (December-February 2011) funded by AECID

The Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), through its funding decision in December 2010 granted ACF International € 150,000 towards the implementation of emergency response project to supporting recovery of volcano erupted-affected communities in Magelang district (Central Java) and Sleman district (DI Yogyakarta) under the title MEERAPI (Managing Eruption Emergency Response to Affected People in Indonesia). This grant was provided under the condition that ACF International would provide co-funding. The project’s particular objective is to mitigate immediate impact and mid-term consequences of the volcano affected population of Yogyakarta and Central Java Provinces through economic recovery, agricultural rehabilitation and emergency WASH. The project tackles the social impact of eruption, through actions contributing to restoring livelihood by rapid recovery of land cultivation, livestock breeding, and also provision of technical training. It also aims to address the impact of loosing water sources by rehabilitation and/or reconstruction of access to clean/safe water sources amongst communities in the affected areas.

The project is expected to achieve the following two results:

Result 1: 1250 Affected families rehabilitate their dusun (sub villages) and livelihoods

Result 2: 1250 families have access to drinking water in their communities

II. Evaluation Objectives

The primary objective of this evaluation is to assess the level of attainment of program intervention in MERAPI eruption in relation to its project objectives focusing on project area in Central Java and DI Yogyakarta.

This evaluation also reflects a capacity-building ethos that sets out to improve the capacity of the mission, with a view to enhance our future intervention in any emergency response. To this end, the evaluation will summarize lessons learnt from the project experience to dateand will give recommendations for improvement of emergency response in the future.

The evaluation study responds to the requirements of the last phase of the project cycle. The evaluatorshall verify and assess in details the following issues:

· Managementand decision making process on deployment of rapid assessment team and initial intervention for responseat initial stages of MERAPI eruption.

· Relevance of the project, i.e. the appropriateness of project objectives to the problems that it was supposed to address, and to the physical and policy environment within which it operated. It should include an assessment of the quality of project preparation and design.

· Coverage and coherenceof the program, i.e how the program targeted the most affected areas and/or the most vulnerable groups and integrationof the

program (WASH, Food Sec, Mental Health and Nutrition intervention).

· Effectiveness, i.e. the actual schedule and completion of the activities compare to the initial plan in project design and covenant with Donor’s policy and guidelines.

* Efficiency, i.e. whether the programme made an efficient use of resources (in other words how inputs/means have been converted into activities, in terms of quality, quantity and time) to meet intended impacts. This section particularly is also to answer several questions, such as: what systems were in place to ensure that inputs(HR, logistic and finance) provided were of the highest quality possible and were acceptable to all stakeholders.Were budgets used appropriately / as intended / in accordance with the original narrative and budget? What systems of financial and logistical monitoring / control were in place?

· Impact, i.e. the effect of the project on its wider environment, and its contribution towards providing durable solutions for volcano erupted-affected communities in the districts of Magelang (Central Java) and Sleman (DI Yogyakarta).

· Sustainability, i.e. the likelihood of the project benefits to continue after the project has ended.

III. JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTERNAL EVALUATOR

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead the evaluation and have final responsibility for the contents and quality of the evaluation report

· Develop a comprehensive evaluation plan in coordination with ACF International staff

· Undertake field visits to a representative number of beneficiaries in both provinces (DI Yogyakarta and Central Java) that were assisted under the program

· Assess whether the outputs that were set out in the project documents have been achieved or not.

· Estimate whether the results are achieved at a reasonable cost.

· Assess the sustainability of the projects undertaken and/or supported.

Required Qualifications:

· Masters Degree from recognized university in Sociology, Socio-economics, Rural Development or similar. Bachelors degree and additional experience is also acceptable.

· Extensive experience in evaluations of integrated Nutrition, WASH, and Food Security & Livelihoods programs and projects, if possible within a emergency response setting.

· Minimum five years experience in emergency response programme management. Experience in undertaking evaluations and/or writing evaluation reports for International NGOs and donors.

· Ability to deal with and effectively resolve unexpected issues

· Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills

· Willingness to spend time on the field with limited resources

· Fluency in written and spoken English and bahasa Indonesia

· Excellent computer skills, MS office and database programs

· Based in Indonesia

· A sense of confidentiality and a sense of strong ethics will be required.

How to apply

If you have qualification and interested to apply, to obtain further details and full ToR, please send an email to acfrecruitment@yahoo.fr .To apply, please submit the following documents to email address above:

• Current CV + two references

• Proposal of the consultancy activity

Deadline of submitting the application (CV) & proposal is August 19th, 2011.

Please put the code & title on your application. Only short list candidates will be contacted and invited for further discussion.

All ACF members are committed to respect the 6 leading principles of the organization: independence, non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, professionalism and transparency. ACF is an equal opportunity employer.