Vacancy - External Evaluator

KARINA (Caritas Indonesia) is the humanitarian arm of the
Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia based in Central Jakarta and is officially
considered as a member of the Caritas Internationalist confederation. Karina is established in 2006 with focus on disaster management issue which is translated into 4 programs, namely DRR, Diocesan
Accompaniment, Promotion and Identity, and Capacity Building for Emergency
Response designed for 2011-2013 period. DRR program in Karina for this period
will be closed in the end of January 2013. Therefore, Karina would like to find
the External evaluator for “ DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM FINAL EVALUATION"
 GLOBAL PROPOSAL 2011 – 2013”


Global Proposal cover the activities ranging from capacity building for
diocesan caritas in terms of technical skills in DRR and ER as well as
institutional capacity in general, channeled through the following programs:
 inviting 6 newly established dioceses in DRR mainstreaming activities to
conduct institutional self-assessment based on 6 key sectors (organization
capacity, policy, strategy, project cycle management, network and geographical
planning) used in the previous GPà-       Disaster Risk Reduction
 focusing on capacity building and networking activities at the national
and diocesan levels. At the national level, PI team is actively involved in
Humanitarian Forum Indonesia and National Platform on DRR in promoting Karina’s
and dioceses’ work in Indonesia through accountability assessment (HFI) and
participation in AMCDRRà-       Promotion and Identity
 focusing on identifying the diocese identity, value, context, needs and structure,
especially those outside Java and Sumatera. Each accompanied diocese must
undergo the profiling process to identify those sectors and in the end will be
used as the basis to develop diocese’s “pilot service” which focuses on the
poorest of the poorà-       Diocesan Accompaniment
-       Emergency Response and Preparedness-> CB4ER provides
a set of training specifically in Emergency Response sectors (assessment,
Sphere, logistics, etc) to selected 10 dioceses and is now entering the 3rd
year

A.      The External Evaluator:
Requirements:
•       Having adequate knowledge on Caritas and its
networking’s work
•       Minimum of 5 years work experience in the field of
development
•       Experience in project evaluation
•       Experience in project development processes associated
with sustainable development issues
•       Extensive experience in project development,
implementation and management (direct project management experience is
preferable) at national level
•       Must have a good record of scholarly research and
publications
•       Excellent knowledge of the English Language with
exceptional writing, presentation and communication skills; Full computer
literacy

B. Tasks and responsibilities:
1.      Project objectives: Assess the extent to which the
project’s principle objective and intermediate objectives (as listed in the log
frame) are met.
2.      Project design: Assess the approach used in GP project
design and the appropriateness of problem conceptualization. In particular:
•       Assess whether the different project sectors and
activities proposed to achieve the objective were appropriate, feasible and
responded to contextual, institutional and regulatory settings of the project.
•       Assess linkages between project components and other
interventions within the sector and the definition of clear and appropriate
management arrangements at the design stage.
3.      Stakeholder consultation and participation: Assess
information dissemination, consultation, and stakeholder participation in
project implementation. In particular:
•       Assess the involvement of diocese in project
implementation and the extent of CI support to the project.
•       Assess the diocesan caritas’ use/establishment of
electronic information technologies to support implementation, participation
and other project activities.
•       Assess the establishment of partnerships and
collaborative relationships developed by the project
4.      Technical and management capacity of Karina: Assess
technical and management capacities associated with the project and their role
in project development, management and achievements
5.      Monitoring during the project: Assess whether there have
been adequate periodic monitoring of activities during implementation to
establish the extent to which inputs, work schedules, other required actions
and outputs were proceeding according to plan. Assess elements that indicate
adaptive management such as comprehensive and realistic work plans routinely
developed that reflect changes in management arrangements to enhance
implementation.
6.      Suggest ways in which lessons and experiences coming out
of the project can contribute to the design and implementation of future
projects.
7.      Submit the evaluation report in timely manner

C. Structure of evaluation report:
a.      Executive summary
b.      Introduction
c.      The project and its development context
d.      Findings and Conclusions
4.1 Project formulation
4.2 Implementation
4.3 Results
e.      Recommendations
f.      Lessons learned
g.      Annexes

D..      Implementation arrangements
•       The draft and final evaluation report shall be sent to
Karina by 20 February 2013 For comments prior to its finalization.
•       Logistical support required is to be included in the External
Evaluator proposal

Application, CV and
contact details should be submitted by e-mail to: sdmkarina@gmail.com or eva@karina.or.id  at the latest 31 January 2013.