Provision of Project Documentation Services-Consultancy at International Rescue Committee

Key Tasks

The key tasks for this consultancy that will enable the consultant to achieve the above objectives will be to:

1. Develop a detailed inception report clearly demonstrating full understanding of the TOR, with proposed methodology and relevant instruments to achieve the objectives of the assignment.
2. Review relevant documents.
3. Develop relevant tools for data collection.
4. Interview the identified key informants and other respondents. Part of this should be to take client centered approach on evaluating results, lessons learned and best practice from the perspectives of clients (recipients of WIS2ACTION services).
5. Undertake documentation of strategies/models based on expected outputs that will be identified from review of documents and interviews.
6. Determine and document lessons learnt based on an agreed upon set of critical questions.
7. The consultant will conduct field work to program areas and beneficiaries to collect evidence on the selected promising good practices for documentation.
8. Document four good practices in accelerating action to increase access to comprehensive contraceptive services by mobilizing communities and strengthening youth friendly service provision and skills based sexual reproductive health information and capacity building for adolescent girls 10-19 years, person living with disability and hard to reach beneficiaries. The compendium of four good practices should focus on effective and scalable interventions.
9. Prepare stories of change and social impact case studies by:
   1. Conducting field work to identify and unique experiences by project beneficiaries, implementing partners, IRC country staff and other stakeholders.
   2. Identifying and documenting unique, special, and interesting stories (Stories of change/ success stories) about individuals, processes, models, strategies, or events. This would require focus on the story behind the result, program success and challenges.
10. Dissemination of the lessons learnt and good practices.

Expected Deliverables

The deliverables will include:

1. An inception report covering the consultant’s interpretation of the TOR, aspects to be documented, document types, approach, work plan, and itemized budget.
2. Conduct data collection from both primary and secondary sources (virtually and/or physically in-country) and data analysis.
3. Written monographs/articles of assorted document types such as technical briefs, success stories and case studies. The monographs/ articles should include aspects that will be identified through a participatory approach.
4. Presentation of draft monographs/ articles to relevant staff and stakeholders for validation.
5. A process report detailing the process and methodology used, including interview notes and transcripts, limitations, and reference documents among others.
6. Presentation of the final outputs in a dissemination forum that will take place virtually.

Timelines

The consultancy will take place between January and March 2022, for approximately 50 days, including travel to the selected countries and project sites. The consultant will work under the supervision of designated program staff at country and regional levels however, the quality of the deliverables produced will be the sole responsibility of the consultant.

Qualifications

Expected Profile of the Consultant

• The consultant should have expertise in research for documentation of good practices and dissemination of research data.
• Should have at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Masters or doctoral-level qualifications in Public Health, Development Studies or Social Science preferred.
• Sound technical experience in sexual and reproductive health programming, particularly around adolescents and young people, disability inclusion principles and working in humanitarian setting.
• Proven track record and solid understanding of community-facility linkage strategies and community-based approaches.
• Good understanding of the FCDO visibility and SMART rule guidance.