CBM’s Indonesia Country Office is in urgent need of an EXTERNAL EVALUATOR for CEPLERY PROJECT (UPDATE)

CBM’s Indonesia Country Office is in urgent need of an EXTERNAL EVALUATOR for CEPLERY PROJECT

Organization Background CBM is an international development organization whose primary purpose is to improve the quality of life of the world’s poorest persons with disabilities and those at risk of disability. CBM works with partner organizations in low-income countries to develop and ensure that persons with disabilities and their families have ready access to affordable and comprehensive health care and rehabilitation programmes, quality education programmes and livelihood opportunities. Working with persons with disabilities, CBM advocates for their inclusion in all aspects of society, and for the inclusion of disability in international cooperation.   Project Summary Community Mental Health for Psychosocial Health, Livelihood and Emergency Resilience in the Province of Yogyakarta (CEPLERY) is a 4-year community mental health project aimed to develop a community-based post recovery social rehabilitation model for mental health. The project was started in January 1, 2017 and is entering its third year in 2019. Three districts were chosen to be the project work area, ie. Kulon Progo, Gunung Kidul and Sleman. In each district, the project works on primary health center basis, meaning that the coverage of assistance is on sub district level. The attachment to the primary health centre is due to CBM work official MoU with the ministry of health, however, the work is mostly developing a community based mental health services from non-health sectors aimed to maintaining recovery as well as a two-way referral system between health and non-health services. The total assisted villages from these three districts are 13. The main partner of this project is Pusat Rehabilitasi Yakkum (PRY), a Yogya-based organization with extensive experience working in community empowerment and disabilities (yet non-psychosocial disabilities). This project marked the first experience for PRY to contribute to mental health sectors and working with persons with psychosocial disabilities and their families. Stigma is a great issue in the community, likewise, worldwide. Therefore, the project aims to empower people with psychosocial disabilities and their families to have better quality of life to maintain their recovery. A twin track approach is applied by also conducting community and stakeholders’ education on various levels. It is expected that inclusiveness of persons with disabilities and social rehabilitation model of services can be achieved by the end of the project duration. Project Objective Overall Objective The overall objective of this project is to improve the quality of life for people with psychosocial disabilities in the project areas Specific Objective The Specific Objective of this project is “The establishment of a society who contribute proactively to comprehensive, integrated rights based community mental health efforts in the selected districts in Yogyakarta Direct beneficiaries of the project include: Persons with disabilities Families/caretakers of persons with disabilities DPOs and stakeholders from government offices and private sectors, subdistrict and villages Self-Help Groups This objective is to be achieved through 4 results embracing increased knowledge, motivation, skills and opportunities for people with psychosocial disabilities and/or caregivers, relevant stakeholders, community organizers and Pusat Rehabilitasi Yakkum (abbreviated as PRY) as the implementing organization in this project. There will be up to 500 people with psychosocial disabilities from Sleman, Gunung Kidul and Kulon Progo directly benefiting from this project and approximately 5,000 people with psychosocial disabilities in those 3 districts who will indirectly be benefited by this project which will run for 4 years. In addition, a wide range of stakeholders in the three districts and even province to certain extent, will also benefit from this project

Evaluation Purpose

 

The purposes of mid-term review are:

-      to look for relevance, between the plan, overall strategy and achieved results; to identify strength and weaknesses;

-      to develop recommendations to influence a better implementation in the remaining years of project duration; 

-      to establish lessons learnt and identify future challenges;

-      to collect specific success stories and/or examples of good practice.

-      to improve overall management of the project; to develop recommendations for the future focus, and for enhancing its organisational structures, core activities and operations.

As a mid-term evaluation, its results are expected to benefit:

·         Project partners – in better understanding the impacts of the project, improve areas that have been identified as requiring attention to strengthen project quality, and to share with other stakeholders and project beneficiaries as a form of accountability and shared ownership of project outcomes

·         CBM - in confirming its partner’s program accountability, developing evidence on the impact of the project, support partners in any improvements, and sharing good practices on CBID and livelihoods with relevant audiences

 

Primary Methodology

Mid-term evaluation of this project will use mixed methodology either quantitative and qualitative (Participatory, Qualitative, with limited quantitative). According to the evaluation questions, the mixed methodology could allow the evaluation team member to identify comprehensively the project implementation effectiveness and impact/changes in community. This methodology is also expected to identify how is project is relevant to the existing priorities and context. The evaluation matrix below could be a guideline to develop detailed strategy on the methodology

Time Frame:

Task	Location	Number of Days	Expected Dates
Finalization of methodology, and preparation for desk review	Evaluator’s station and CBM CO Office	1 days	4-8 February 2019
Desk review and preparation works, including planning meeting, evaluation tools and inception report development	Evaluator’s station and CBM CO Office	3 days	11-15 February 2019
Field works	Project working areas	5 days	18-22 February 2019
Preliminary finding share to PRY	PRY office	1 day	23 February 2019
Report writing First draft Finalization	Evaluator’s station	5 days By 15 February 2019 By 22 February 2019	25 February – 22 March 2019

Total working days: 15 Days

Application and Submission

CBM Indonesia is seeking an EVALUATOR for the Mid Term Review for Community Mental Health for Psychosocial Health, Livelihood and Emergency Resilience project in the Province of Yogyakarta (CEPLERY) (project P3490-MYP)

Tasks and Responsibilities

§  Organising team and managing work processes

§  Developing evaluation methodology (including survey, sites to visit and schedule of activities)

§  Managing any conflicts of interest that might arising

§  Developing interview question guides, testing approaches, and quality control

§  Managing collection and collation and confidentiality of data

§  responsible for activity, evaluation and financial report

§  Facilitating team briefing

§  Ensuring services are delivered on time

§  Writing the final evaluation report

§  Analysing data and be responsible for the production of the final Report

§  Facilitating debrief and next steps for dialogue with project stakeholders

 

Qualification

-      Solid experience in conducting “Development Project” research, baseline and evaluation

-      Excellence knowledge in quantitative and qualitative research methodology

-      Good knowledge in inclusive disability and mental health and/or community mental health will be an advantage

-      Demonstrated fluency in English

-      Demonstrated ability in comprehensive report writing

-      Computer literate

-      Good interpersonal skill, communication and cultural sensitivity

CBM is a child-safe organization.  The future job holder adheres to CBM’s staff commitments and CBM’s Child Safeguarding Policy; he or she must be able to provide a certificate of good conduct or equivalent.

The candidate should send the interest letter, CV and financial quotation by email to indonesia.recruitment@cbm.org  no later than 28 January 2019. Woman and/or person with disability are encouraged to apply