• Expressions of Interest will close on: 5PM (GMT+11) | FRIDAY | 13 JUNE 2023
  • Location of role: Preferably to be based in Port Villa, Vanuatu (or in the Region)
  • Term: 35 days maximum (June to July)
  • Please contact Recruitment Co-Ordinator Divono Vakatale for any questions: [email protected]

Online Application Portal and Full Terms of Reference can be accessed online via – This Link

Oxfam is an international development organisation with a vision of a just world without poverty. We believe a fairer world is possible in which people will have control over their lives and livelihoods, their voices are heard, and their rights upheld. We work directly with communities and with local partner organisations and seek to influence policy makers on issues which have a direct bearing on people’s lives. We strive to achieve our mission through long-term development programs, humanitarian response, campaigns, policy research and advocacy.

Oxfam in the Pacific (OiP) has a regional strategy that is focused on achieving change in three thematic areas: Climate Justice, Economic Justice and Gender & Citizen Justice. Our approach is rooted in collective action and local leadership. We seek to build strong networks, mutual understanding, and collectively lift our capacity to enable collaboration, influencing and accountability. Our work is guided by Oxfam’s global values and by Pacific values and culture including: openness, flexibility, respect, equity, justice, solidarity, collaboration, sharing and humility.

The ‘Tugeta Yumi Stanap Strong” (TYSS) (Together We are Strong) sits within OiP’s Gender & Citizen Justice (GCJ) Pillar and is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFAT) Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). The five-year programme works across four key areas:

  1. Civil Society – aiming to strengthen local civil society organisations (CSOs) run by and representing diverse and marginalised people for increased autonomy and sustainability and to increase their voice and agency within larger systems and Networks in Vanuatu.
  2. Collective Action – aiming to increase the autonomy, diversity, and gender responsiveness of civil society networks in Vanuatu – ensuring that as well as planning advocacy initiatives based on the needs of their constituent groups, they are prioritising and strategizing together to increase the impact and success of collective action on key issues affecting the lives of women and marginalised groups.
  3. Institutions – aiming to raise the consciousness of key leadership groups and institutions within formal and informal governance institutions in Vanuatu, focusing on shifting norms and attitudes regarding gender equality and the importance of diversity in decision making.
  4. Knowledge – ensuring Oxfam, its partner organizations and allies have access to data, wisdom, and evidence to shift attitudes, build skills and understand and influence how change happens.

PURPOSE:

This programme has been implementing for the last two and half years, however due to Covid19 and other barriers, the project remains without a baseline. Therefore, the aim of this consultancy is to deliver a midterm report meeting the following objectives:

Essential:

  1. Develop a meaningful data set (disaggregated including gender (SOGIESC), people with disability, age etc.) and develop impact benchmarks, including assessment of core participants to assess end of project progress against; and
  2. Assess project outcomes progress to date; and

Desired:

Develop a set of recommendations for the remaining project cycle (2.5 years);

METHODOLOGY:
The consultant will develop a detailed methodology focusing on each of the project pillars and core indicators. This will be finalised in consultation with Oxfam programme team and steering committee.  It is expected that design will ensure (where applicable) the involvement and active participation of all partners and stakeholders.

ROLES AND RESPNSIBILITIES:

Consultant:

  1. Refine and propose methodology and research questions
  2. Develop tools in consultation with the steering committee
  3. Conduct desk-based documentation reviews and primary data collection including through consultations with partners
  4. Develop a draft report with findings and present to the steering committee for input and feedback
  5. Deliver a final baseline/midterm report (with incorporated feedback where applicable)

Oxfam:

  • Communicate with respective partner organisations
  • Share documentation, resources, secondary information/data/documents related to the assignment including: Program design and Annual Development (AD) Plans, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Framework, 6 monthly and annual reports, Partner reports
  • Provide comments on tools, plan (sample size) and methodology
  • Provide feedback on enumerators’ orientation plan
  • Regular monitoring of the quality of data collection during survey
  • Feedback on draft report

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

The consultant(s) will be managed by the Program Manager, Kathy Solomon, and report into a steering committee made up of representatives from OiP and OAU including, but not limited to, a Gender Lead, MEAL advisor and partner representative.  The consultant(s) will work closely with the TYSS program manager, staff team and the 5 partners, however collaboration with other actors may also be required.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • The consultant should submit Tax Invoices in line with the agreed schedule of payments and with evidence of appropriate triggers being met
  • Oxfam will request evidence of insurance cover prior to commencement of the assignment
  • All equipment and materials required for the assignment are to be provided by the consultant, except where otherwise indicated in the Terms of Reference
  • The consultant must sign and adhere to all Oxfam policies and codes of conduct while undertaking this assignment
  • A police check will be required prior to commencement of the assignment