{"id":33003,"date":"2016-10-28T15:26:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=33003"},"modified":"2016-10-31T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T10:30:56","slug":"job-vacancy-search-common-ground-sfcg-2-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/job-vacancy-search-common-ground-sfcg-2-positions.html","title":{"rendered":"Job Vacancy at Search for Common Ground (SFCG) [2 positions]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Search for Common Ground (SFCG)<\/strong> is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington DC and in Brussels, SFCG\u2019s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict – away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. We are recruiting to fill the position below:<\/p>\n Job Title:<\/strong> Consultant for a Baseline Study The overall objective for \u201cExpanding Initiatives to Reduce HR Abuse by Security Forces in Northern Nigeria\u201d is “Expanding engagement and advocacy processes and enabling local CSOs to effectively address human rights abuses perpetrated by security forces”. It is supported by three specific objectives:<\/p>\n The project aims to bolster the established CSO platforms, and leverage investments in state actors, CSOs and community leaders through targeted trainings to build their capacity to own and address human rights gaps. In parallel it draws relevant regional actors into a growing network of human rights actors. It further aims to bring displaced populations into the spheres of the networks by supporting partner organizations to extend their programming across the border of difficult-to-reach areas such as Diffa, Niger.<\/p>\n \u201cEW\/ER Response Mechanisms in Northern Nigeria\u201d has the overall objective of “Expanding and strengthening EW\/ER processes to enhance community and state actors\u2019 ability to protect citizens”, and it has three specific objectives:<\/p>\n It is constructed on existing initiatives of supporting an overarching community-owned peace architecture in North Eastern Nigeria. The project builds on a process of convening and training influential local leaders for community dialogue-to-action processes in order to promote increased collaboration and confidence in insecure areas, supported through a suite of media and community activities, and strengthening structures to work with the state and linking them to civil society groups. A core component is an early warning\/ early response system to identify emerging conflict threats and appropriate solutions. The project also develops strategies to increase learning and building capacity of partners engaged in the project.<\/p>\n Baseline Questions<\/strong> Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n Deliverables<\/strong> Requirements<\/strong> Logistical Support:<\/p>\n Timeframe:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Application Deadline<\/strong> <\/p>\n Method of Application <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Job Title:<\/strong> Quasi-Experimental Evaluation Early Warning\/ Early Response Mechanisms in Northern Nigeria Goals and Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n The goal of the project is: Expanding and strengthening early warning and early response processes to enhance community and state actors\u2019 ability to protect citizens in Borno and Adamawa States. It is supported by three specific objectives<\/p>\n Obj. 1: Reinforce and expand a community-based early warning and early response system;<\/p>\n Obj. 2: Strengthen engagement between state and local actors to secure communities;<\/p>\n Obj. 3: Strengthen Partners\u2019 Capacity to Support and Monitor Early Warning Systems.<\/p>\n It is constructed on existing initiatives of supporting an overarching community-owned peace architecture in North Eastern Nigeria. The project builds on a process of convening and training influential local leaders for community dialogue-to-action processes in order to promote increased collaboration and confidence in insecure areas, supported through a suite of media and community activities, and strengthening structures to work with the state and linking them to civil society groups. A core component is an early warning\/ early response system to identify emerging conflict threats and appropriate solutions. The project also develops strategies to increase learning and building capacity of partners engaged in the project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Evaluation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Quasi-Experimental Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n A quasi-experimental evaluation will be designed during the first phase of the project, and shall ensure that there is an in-depth understanding of the project\u2019s attribution of results, and if there are any unintended impacts due to the intervention. At least two times during the course of the project, the evaluation will seek to collect field data aimed at answering evaluative questions related to the theory of change, and test causal hypotheses between intervention and outcome.<\/p>\n The final evaluation questions shall be developed in discussion with SFCG staff, the US Department of State, implementing partners and other key stakeholders. Tentative evaluation questions:<\/p>\n The data and analysis from the quasi-experimental evaluation will be presented in at least two stages to the US Department of State, and will inform the final evaluation report. Sampling of communities, including comparison groups, will be determined through rigorous criteria, while on the same time taking into account access and security. Evaluation strategy and tools will be discussed and validated by SFCG and the US Department of State. The final evaluation report shall be disseminated to a broad audience in Nigeria, in the US, and via the DM&E for Peace webinar series Thursday Talks.<\/p>\n Location, Budget and Timeframe \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The evaluator will work closely with the project team as well as SFCG\u2019s Institutional Learning Team. The evaluator is home-based and travels to Nigeria during phases of data collection and presentation of results. The indicative budget is $120.000-150.000. It is intended that the evaluator starts in January 2017.<\/p>\n 3. Deliverables and Requirements\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Deliverables<\/strong><\/p>\n SFCG is hiring an individual evaluator or researcher, or a team of evaluators\/researchers, who will have responsibility for the design and implementation of the quasi-experimental evaluation and ensuring its quality. She\/ he\/ they will be responsible for the following:<\/p>\n 1)The design should include at least the following:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 2)Evaluation elements<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3)Draft and Final Reports, including at a minimum:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4)Workshop to present preliminary findings and discuss findings with Search, donor, and key partners<\/strong>(Tentatively it shall take place in Maiduguri, Nigeria)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5)Participation in at least two follow-up meetings with project stakeholders including community members to discuss the report(s)<\/strong> (Tentatively it shall take place in Maiduguri, Nigeria)<\/p>\n Requirements\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The ideal candidate\/ team leader will have the following experience, skills and competence:<\/p>\n The consultant is required to respect the following Ethical Principles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition, the consultant will respect American Evaluation Association and SFCG\u2019s evaluations standards, to be found in SFCG\u2019s evaluation guidelines.<\/p>\n 4. Proposal Submission\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nSFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a total of approximately 800 staff worldwide, SFCG implements projects in 49 countries, with permanent offices in over 35, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the US.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Maiduguri
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\nGoals and Objectives
\n<\/strong>The baseline study covers two projects, \u201cExpanding Initiatives to Reduce HR Abuse by Security Forces in Northern Nigeria\u201d and \u201cEarly Warning\/ Early Response (EW\/ER) Mechanisms in Northern Nigeria\u201d. While they have individual goals and objectives, the two projects have a number of interlinked activities and they are implemented in the same geographic areas, Borno and Adamawa States in Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n
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\nThe purpose is to collect, analyse, and present information related to the two projects that currently is not known, or only partly known, to SFCG. It shall provide a complete picture of the situation in Borno and Adamawa States with regards to the following questions:<\/p>\n\n
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\nThe baseline study deliverables are:<\/p>\n\n
\nThe ideal candidate and\/ or team will have the following:<\/p>\n\n
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\n14th November,2016<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Interested and qualified candidates should
\nClick here to apply online\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Borno<\/p>\n\n
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