Cash Expert/Documentation research

The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) is a global partnership of humanitarian actors engaged in policy, practice and research within cash transfer programming (CTP). Formed of a community of practice including over 150 organisations and more than 5,000 individuals in the humanitarian sector, CaLP is based on learning, knowledge sharing, networking and coordination around the appropriate and timely use of CTP in humanitarian response. CaLP believes that when appropriately incorporated into humanitarian response planning that includes access to goods and services, CTP presents opportunities for effective and efficient programming to meet the needs of people and communities affected by crises. With the number, scale and complexity of humanitarian crises increasing, CaLP acts as a catalyst for positive transformation within the sector.

Today, CaLP is the most representative body working towards the same goal in CTP. It now consists of more than 40 member organisations and individuals who are representative of all sectors and stakeholders necessary to achieve dramatic change. CaLP’s membership includes the private sector, governments, UN agencies, NGOs and international financial and telecommunication institutions.

In West Africa, the Ebola virus epidemic which emerged at the very end of 2013, hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone with full force throughout 2014. In order to deal with the first epidemic of this magnitude in the region, medical practitioners were at the front line of the response, with many other types of intervention to address the wider needs of the affected populations, including Cash Transfer Programming, having been mainly implemented in the recovery phase.

CaLP regional office has received support from Food For Peace (FFP) for a project aiming at documenting learning from the various CTP approaches that have been implemented in Sierra Leone and Liberia to support the affected communities and to help victims of the Ebola outbreak to recover. Indeed, FFP partners have implemented CTP through a diversity of technical approaches which provides a unique opportunity for coordinated learning and documentation on the factors of success, drivers of improvements, and recommendations for future similar crises and / or CTP in similar contexts.

This project ‘Documentation and analysis of technical approaches of CTP used in the recovery phase of the Ebola crisis response in Liberia and Sierra Leone’ includes a complete Documentation Path (documentation report, case study development, cash effectiveness study). The first piece of work to be developed, is a Documentation Report comparing and analyzing the diverse CTP strategies in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The Documentation Report will provide in depth examination of the modalities deployed and compare different technical approaches to CTP implemented by FFP partners in Sierra Leone and Liberia during the Ebola response. It will capture key technical aspects of each approach, relate them to the context (e.g. epidemic response, urban and rural contexts, impact of linking emergency response and longer term work etc.) and identify best practices / recommendations for optimizing the use of CTP in future interventions in similar contexts (or contexts with similar constraints). The report will be expected to explore issues including targeting, the use of coordination mechanisms, deployment of/use of CTP expertise, dedicated resources, and delivery mechanisms. The report also foresees the documentation of key success factors for CTP implementation in this type of response context.

Outputs / Deliverables
Develop a documentation report on CTP approaches in the Ebola context:

a) Development of Research Protocols and related Tools

b) Conduct the Field Research Process

c) Writing report and validation process

d) Dissemination

Essential profile of the consultants:

The consultants should have the following essential skills and knowledge:

• Extensive experience in CTP design and implementation, preferably in humanitarian contexts.
• Experience conducting field research in resource-constrained settings with limited supervision, including the development of protocols and tools, data collection, management of local data collection teams, and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English.
• High proficiency working with MS Office Suite (especially Excel); comfortable working with computers and a broad range of software with minimal IT support.
• Genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian principles
• Experience being proactive and taking initiative to move complex activities forward
• Must be comfortable working from remote locations, managing and prioritizing own workload autonomously & reliably.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.

Desirable

• Knowledge of relevant software packages including statistical analysis & other specialized software (i.e. decision analysis/cost-effectiveness analysis software).
• Knowledge of French
• Experience of event facilitationPlease visit CaLP website read the complete TOR.

Proposal Submissions:
Expression of Interest (including technical and financial proposals) must be sent to the CaLP Global Administration Officer Joseph Rudulph atadministrator@cashlearning.org by the 15th of August 2016, ccwestafrica@cashlearning.org

Any additional clarifications on the consultancy should be addressed to the CaLP (Nathalie CISSOKHO, CaLP WA Regional Focal Point, westafrica@cashlearning.org )