Consultant for Endline survey, job at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

About the Organization

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Ugandans who are rebuilding from decades of war while hosting a growing influx of refugees from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (www.rescue.org) is a world leader in relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict development services for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries around the world, addressing both the immediate and lifesaving needs of conflict affected people in emergencies and the reconstruction needs of post-conflict societies.

The IRC began programming in northern Uganda in 1998 in response to mass displacement and devastation wrought by rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army. In 2002, the IRC expanded to the remote, conflict-affected region of Karamoja and in 2011, began working with refugees in Kampala. Monitoring the influx of South Sudanese refugees at the end of 2015, the IRC began scaling up its response to refugees arriving in the West Nile region. By promoting durable solutions that deliver on the interdependent aims of saving lives, strengthening institutions, and supporting social cohesion, the IRC in Uganda is laying the building blocks for long-term stability and development –bringing people from harm to home. The IRC currently works in 9 districts in Uganda, including Kitgum, Lamwo, Kyegegwa, Moroto, Amudat, Yumbe, Arua, Kasese and Kampala.

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. At work today in over 40 countries and 25 U.S. cities, we improve outcomes in the areas of health, safety, economic well-being, education, and power.

Project Background
PlayMatters is a five-year education initiative funded by the LEGO Foundation. The program reimagines childhood for 350,000+ refugee and host-community children in Uganda whose education and social development has been affected by displacement and trauma. Building on children's amazing resilience and a growing evidence base supporting Learning through Play methodologies, PlayMatters cultivates holistic learning for children ages 3-12+.
In Uganda, Playmatters is a consortium project implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), War Child Holand (WCH), Plan International and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) where the International Rescue Committee is the consortium led. The three implementing organizations (IRC, WCH and Plan) share leadership across different outcome areas, with WCH leading research and wellbeing. Plan leads in community engagement, gender and inclusion. IRC leads teacher professional development, Policy and Advocacy, communication and multimedia and overall coordination. IPA supports the generation of evidence briefs to inform policy and it collaborates with WCH on the implementation of research activities.
IRC is implementing the project in Kyaka, Imvepi, Rhinpo camp and Palabek refugee settlements and the surrounding host communities in Kyegegwa, Terego, MadiOkollo and Lamwo district respectively. Plan is implementing the project in the Pagirinya and Bidibidi refugee settlements, as well as the surrounding host communities in Adjumani and Yumbe districts respectively . WCH is implementing the project in the Palolinya settlement in Obongi district, Nakivale and Oruchinga settlements in Isingiro district, Kyangwali in Kikuube district, and Bidibidi in Yumbe district.
The project is targeting a reach of 350,000 learners with the learning through Play approach in Uganda, 5594 educators, 367 schools, 7052 community leaders and 310 system actors across all the implementing districts.

Duties and Responsibilities

Deliver inception report.
Review and develop data collection tools.
Development of training manual , selection and training of enumerators.
Conduct data management (collection, cleaning, coding, entry, and analysis) throughout the entire process. eVQCOtq B2L9vB
Conduct a validation meeting with the PlayMatters staff and key stakeholders.

Provide a draft report.
Share a presentation of key findings from the endline assessment.
The consultant should submit all the endline data including hard copy data collection tools (Consent forms, questionnaires, Pictures and audios) to PlayMatters.
Evaluate to what extent the project delivered effective, efficient, relevancy, Impact and sustainability.
Assess the impact of integrating Learning through Play (LtP) methodologies in teaching and learning.
To assess the effectiveness of the Client and Feedback Response mechanism in addressing the needs and concerns of the target group.
To measure the extent to which specific project indicators are achieved against the baseline values.
Identify and document key lessons learned, challenges and draw recommendations for future programming.

Qualification, Experiences and Competencies

At least master's degree in, Monitoring and Evaluation, statistics or any other related field.
Demonstrate expertise in Evaluating education projects.
At least 7 years' experience Evaluating humanitarian programs.
Demonstrated experience with quantitative and qualitative research, data base management and statistical data analysis
Ability to deal with hardship and remote area field work Preferred.

Strong understanding of humanitarian and evaluation ethics and a commitment to ethical working practices
Highly developed self-management and communication skills.
Demonstrate ability to work with diverse teams, good communication and leadership skills.
Ability to deliver the assignment withing the stipulated timelines.