Evaluation of Project Impact - Oxfam

Terms of Reference:
Evaluation of Project Impact
To evaluate BO project impact

I. Background
Building Opportunities project, a co-finance project between European Union and Oxfam GB, is aimed to ensure food and income security for poor and marginalized communities in small islands in Indonesia. To achieve the objective, BO project has three primary focuses, including increasing local organization capacity, increasing food and income security based on CBCRM, and advocating regional and national policy.

Currently, BO project is at the last year of its project implementation. Under BO Project, various activities had been conducted since 2006 and numbers of output of BO project had been achieved. Moreover, short outcomes and impacts of project need to be identified and measured. These outcomes and impacts project will indicate whether project’s objective had been met or not. These also will measure whether a series of conducted activities and achieved outputs produced expected outcomes and impacts or not. In short, project impact evaluation is required to assess impacts of project and achievement of project’s objective.

II. Objectives
Project impact evaluation is meant to measure, assess, and evaluate impacts of BO Project in project sites, including Tunda, Tanimbar, Aru, and Buton/Muna Areas. This purpose consists of three specific objectives:

• To measure, assess, and evaluate impact of BO Project on local organization capacity
• To measure, assess, and evaluate impact of BO Project on food and income security
• To measure, assess, and evaluate impact of BO Project on community’s access to and control of livelihoods assets and public services
  

III. Expected Results

• Collected, measured, and documented of BO Project impact on local organization capacity.
• Collected, measured, and documented of BO Project impact on community’s food and income security
• Collected, measured, and documented of BO Project impact on community’s access to and control of livelihoods assets and public services
  

IV. Requirement

• University degree in a relevant science discipline: socal, economic, and environment.
• Preferably a master's degree.
• Proven skills in research and MONEV in relevant areas: sustainable development, livelihood, gender, and advocacy in coastal and small island community
• Professional experience in working with or for INGO’s and NGO’s and familiarity with working with partners and communities.
• Professional experience in research and MONEV is desired in particular of sustainable development, livelihood, gender, and advocacy in coastal and small island community
• Excellent skills in facilitating Focus Group Discussions and community meetings.
• Good co-ordination and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, local organization, institutions and community members
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to working in multidisciplinary and multicultural and multi sectoral issues and environment
• Ability to travel and work in remote areas with flexibility.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team but also with limited supervision
• Good fluency and writing skills in English essential, and knowledge of Bahasa language would be an added advantage.
  

TO APPLY
Please send your application including the cover letter and Curriculum Vitae in English
Closing date: 28 June 2009
Send to: makasar@oxfam.org.uk
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
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