Mapping/inventory of public policies

ActionAid International want to work with you to design a template for mapping public policies and ActionAid and allies work that supports or hinders rural livelihoods and climate justice for young people and rural women across the globe. The mapping will be conducted at global, regional and national level.

The objective is to identify which policies are aiding or hindering right to food, food sovereignty and agroecology, women’s rights to land and natural resources and building climate resilience. The work will be used to support young people, rural women to influence public policy that strengthens rural livelihoods and climate justice.

As well as designing the mapping and assisting in gathering information, the successful candidate or organisation will be required to produce a clear, concise paper of key findings and implications for countries including opportunities for further engagement at local, national and global level and run a webinar for the platform and partners to best understand what has emerged.

You must have demonstrable expertise on women’s rights, geographic expertise in at least some project countries as well as experience in managing and coordinating evaluation/research exercises, including with or through country-based partners, delivering agreed outputs on time and on budget. Most importantly, you will be able to demonstrate understanding of and commitment to ethical issues in research/evaluations.

We invite interested individuals, groups or research institutes to submit the following application documents:

• Copy of CV of the consultant(s) who will undertake the research and evaluation (maximum 4 sides of A4 each);
• A maximum 4 sides of A4 expression of interest
• A proposed activities schedule/work plan with time frame;
• Financial proposal detailing consultant(s)’ fees, data collection and administrative costs
• One recent example of piece of work.
• Contact details of two independent referees

Please send your applications to: Ruth Obwaya (Ruth.Obwaya@actionaid.org) by 27^th of November. We are aiming to select the consultant by 12^th of December 2018 and start the contract asap.

For further information or questions about these ToR please contact: kate.carroll@actionaid.org or ruchi.tripathi@actionaid.org.

If you do not meet all the essential criteria, please don’t apply as we only invite candidates for an interview if they meet all of the essential criteria listed on the job description. In addition, your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria.

Due to high volumes of applications received, should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

ActionAid is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community in particular women who are currently underrepresented in senior positions. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered.