Mercy Corps is looking for a Consultant to carry out the Performance Evaluation of the Oil & Gas Global Partnership Initiative. Please find below the Scope of Work. If you are interested, please submit your cover letter, CV with relevant experiences and sample of previous work to no later than November 25th, 2015. Please include your financial proposal to carry out the evaluation and a rough idea on how you will achieve the objective of the evaluation in your cover letter. Only shortlisted candidate(s) will be contacted for further assessment.
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Performance evaluation of Oil & Gas Global Partnership Initiative
Home-based / Portland, OR / Mercy Corps Offices
January – February 2015
December 8th 2015
PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION
This will be the first performance evaluation of Mercy Corps’ Oil & Gas Global Partnership Initiative Phase 1, the findings of which will inform the design and implementation of the initiative on Phase 2. The evaluation will generate insights on how a global partnership between an international NGO and multinational companies, in this case Oil & Gas company, can be designed and structured, then delivered in a way that yields greater return of investments. The evaluation should provide qualitative evidence of the partnership performance and serve to identify key lessons learned and best practices for future similar efforts.
Background:
MERCY CORPS’ APPROACH TO PARTNERSHIP
Our work with companies reflects Mercy Corps’ approach to creating private sector partnerships that advance our mission and enable us to adapt to the evolving humanitarian and development context, where diversified revenue streams and sustainable solutions are required.
We know that the world’s toughest challenges cannot be solved by one organization or sector alone but that collaboration between government, civil society and the private sector is a key to our success. With the world facing a mixture of large-scale and protracted complex crises, there has never been a greater need for innovative and adaptive approaches to helping people caught up in these crises – turning crises into opportunity. Our big ideas, bold action and local insights help people build better lives and transform their communities for good. In partnership with the private sector, we can do this on a larger scale, reaching more people and creating longer, more sustainable impact.
We also understand that “business as usual” for the private sector will not address the challenges facing industry in developing projects cost-competitively and in a timely manner. Traditional philanthropy or CSR activities that are not linked back to core competencies of the business will not benefit the industry in the long run – nor will it lift the bottom billion out of poverty. New ways of working and sometimes unlikely partnerships are needed.
Therefore, rather than presenting a traditional grant proposal to a business as a donor, we believe that the strongest solutions emerge when we work together with businesses as partners in a process of co-creation. For that reason, we seek to continue working collaboratively with specific private sector partner to identify our respective and mutual objectives for 2016 and beyond and the best strategies to drive impact for each organization and for the communities in which we work, live and operate.
OVERVIEW OF THE PARTNERSHIP : 2014 -2015
Building on three years of successful work together in Indonesia and other key geographies, Mercy Corps and the key partner have developed a global strategic partnership seeking to develop bold solutions that create socio-economic development and support corporate performance in the communities where we work. It is our mutual and stated objective to pursue social and business outcomes with equal emphasis.
The partnership is organized with global infrastructure to develop strategy and support program design and implementation at the field level, documentation and measurement, as well as learning and thought leadership related to the partnership.
Working together in five countries (Indonesia, China, Timor Leste, Myanmar and Iraq), the partnership has been focusing on identifying and implementing solutions to community and business challenges, measuring our success and disseminating key learnings. The partnership enables an innovative and collaborative approach for the key partner and Mercy Corps to address community needs and risks in the places where we both operate while also bringing the community voice to the table in business decision-making.
EXISTING SOURCES OF PROGRAM INFORMATION
- Program Design documents (e.g. Program Strategy, Logframe, Indicator Plan, Workplan, etc.)
- Healthy Partnership Survey data
- Reflection documents
EVALUATION QUESTIONS
The Consultant will address the following evaluation questions:
Relevance:
1 To what extent were the projects undertaken on the field level relevant to and aligned with the priorities of the global partnership 2 How did the activities and outputs of the partnership contribute to the overall goal and the attainment of its objectives
Effectiveness:
1 What were the intended objectives and outcomes of the global partnership (not the field level programs) To what extent have intended outcomes been achieved 2 What factors have contributed to the effective implementation of the partnership and what have hindered it 3 How has this partnership influenced how each partner operate
Efficiency:
1 To what extent have resources been efficiently used in achieving project outcomes 2 How was risk managed 3 Have there been any major cost/time drivers in the program components, and have operations demonstrated cost consciousness 4 How is the arrangement (global partnership) adding value to ad-hoc basis partnerships between Mercy Corps and the key partner in countries
ESSENTIAL CONSULTANCY FUNCTIONS
1 Review of program documentation 2 Analyze the data collected through Healthy Partnership survey 3 Conduct qualitative interviews with program staff and relevant stakeholders such as JV partners if possible (in order to gather information on program relevance, effectiveness and efficiency and identify key lessons learned and best practices)
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
1 Evaluation plan 2 Draft and final reports for internal Mercy Corps (MC) use addressing the evaluation questions and outcomes of interest described above and including gap, opportunities, and recommendations
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 5 years previous relevant experience – conducting evaluations, consultancies, etc.
- Demonstrated data collection and analysis, particularly qualitative
- A proven track record of published research, including academic and popular media outlets
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English, including report development, writing and editing.
EVALUATION MANAGEMENT
The evaluation will be managed by the Global Manager, Energy and Mining & Metals, in coordination with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Advisor. Input from relevant stakeholders at key partners, Program managers, Country Directors, and the headquarters TSU team
TIMEFRAME/SCHEDULE
The consultant should be available to start from early January 2016 and the final report submission date is February 10, 2016 with an estimated total of 20 working days, including travel, preparation and report writing and will be a combination of in-country and home based working days and can also be non-continuous.
Action
Time
Review project documents – can be done remotely
2 days
Develop and get feedback on Evaluation Plan
3 days
Interviews and date collection
10 days
Analysis and reporting
5 days
TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS
20 days
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