Baseline Survey of a USAID-funded project: “Building Resilience for Food-Insecure IDPs and Host Households in Ndian Division, South West Region, Cameroon”

Implementer: Nascent Solutions Inc. (Nascent)

Funder: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Location: Mundemba and Bamusso subdivisions,Ndian Division, South West Region

Duration: October-December 2024

Project Description

This is an 18-month project funded by USAID and implemented by Nascent Solutions. It seeks to reduce vulnerability to food insecurity and increase resilience among 2,800 IDPs, returnees, and host-community households in Bamusso and Mundemba subdivisions of the Ndian Division in the Southwest Region. The primary objectives are:

• Increase food access through improved, climate-smart food crops and livestock production.
• Increase household income through the sale of surplus and value-added crops and livestock.

Purpose and Use

The baseline survey will inform Nascent, USAID, and Government of Cameroon partners of the project’s starting point. We will use its content to 1) set baseline figures, 2) set targets, 3) and document implementation challenges.

Research Questions

• What are the mean and median Reduced Coping Strategies Index (rCSI) scores among target households?
• What percentage of target households are experiencing moderate and severe Household Hunger Scale (HHS) scores?
• What percentage of target households have access to sufficient seed to plant?
• What percentage of households report net income from their livelihoods?
• What is the average number of animals owned per target household?
• What is the percentage of households having access to farm and livestock inputs?
• What percentage of beneficiaries report an increase in cultivation area dedicated to maize and cassava from the most recent season relative to the previous season?
• What is the average household production of maize and cassava in the most recent season?
• What is the average snail production per household?
• What percentage of beneficiaries report utilizing Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)?
• What percentage of beneficiaries report utilizing agricultural or livestock extension services?
• What percentage of households are processing cassava into garri?

Deliverables

• Mid/Late October 2024: Inception report, explaining how evaluators will conduct their work. This inception report will include the survey tools, focus group discussion protocols and/or key informant interview questions.
• End of November 2024: Baseline Report: A concise written narrative, in English.
• End of November 2024: Clean datasets in .csv format

Profile of Evaluation Team

Individuals or small teams are welcome to apply, and will receive technical support on methods and survey development, enumerator training, and logistics arrangement from Nascent’s capable MEL Officer. The individual or small team should have the following skills and attributes:

• Demonstrated experience leading evaluations.
• Demonstrated expertise in study design and sampling.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of quantitative data collection tools and managing field data collection (including mobile).
• Demonstrated experience in using qualitative methods such as focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
• Demonstrated experience in data management and analysis using statistical software to analyze data
• Demonstrated experience in concise, illuminating report writing, including data visualization.
• Demonstrated experience in training and managing field data collectors and complex logistics.
• Subject matter expertise in food security, agriculture, and/or livelihoods.
• Strong teamwork ability.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience in the South West region of Cameroon.
• High proficiency in written and verbal English.

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All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realization that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge.

Our people come from hugely diverse backgrounds and with a variety of expertise, ranging from HR and finance to advocacy and conservation science. We welcome applications from anyone who believes they can help us create a better future for people and nature.

What we do:

We are an independent conservation organization, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and government, we are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030. Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable. WWF Network has moved to the development and the implementation of 9 Practices with Global Goals to be achieved.

For WWF Congo Basin, we are looking for a dynamic and committed TRIDOM Landscape Manager.

Reports to: Congo Basin Conservation Director

Supervises: TRIDOM regional staff, consultants

Location: Yaounde, Cameroon or Brazzaville, RoC

Duration: Two (02) years renewable depending on funding

The mission of the department

The Tri-National Dja-Odzala-Minkebe (TRIDOM) Landscape covers nearly 10% of the Congo Basin rainforests in Cameroon, Gabon, and Congo-Brazzaville. This Landscape is one of the priority Landscapes for WWF because it holds the largest elephant population in the Congo Basin and harbors most of the biodiversity typically found in central Africa’s rainforests, including western gorillas and central chimpanzees. TRIDOM has 250,000 inhabitants (typically 1 inh/km² average density) including an estimated 10,000 Baka indigenous people. With a forest cover of 97% and a very low deforestation rate it is one of the most intact forest blocks in the Congo Basin. However, the growing road network, logging, artisanal mining, cocoa expansion, ivory poaching and plans for large scale mining and agroindustry pose immense challenges. WWF Network comes together to support this priority Landscape Initiative.

Major Functions

The TRIDOM Landscape Manager is responsible for all aspects of the transboundary TRIDOM program, including, but not limited to, overall planning, coordination, and management of the WWF transboundary TRIDOM program; strategic partnership and engagement with governmental, intergovernmental, civil society, research institutions and development partners; finance and administration; fundraising; and communication.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic direction:

• Responsible for coordinating the collaborative redesign of the TRIDOM strategy;
• Deliver the WWF TRIDOM program’s objectives with technical support from the respective WWF Country Offices, WWF Network partners and technical experts;
• Act as the focal point for engaging with relevant WWF entities, government agencies, donors and partners.

Management and Implementation:

• Line management of TRIDOM regional staff, performance management, development and training needs and opportunities for supervised staff;
• Supervise the preparation of the TRIDOM annual work plan and budget;
• Provide leadership to ensure the delivery of the activities specified in the TRIDOM work plan including timely reporting;
• Coordinate collaboration between the TRIDOM program and the wider WWF network;

Partnerships & Fundraising:

• Identify and establish strategic partnerships with organizations and institutions (conservation NGOs, development NGOs, research institutes, universities etc.);
• Invite and import innovation relevant to TRIDOM from inside and outside the WWF network;
• Implement the fundraising strategy and coordinate fundraising activities among WWF entities active in TRIDOM;
• Manage the organization of visit by donors and VIPs to TRIDOM.

Communication and knowledge management:

• Together with the Congo Basin communication team, develop and implement a communication strategy for TRIDOM;
• In collaboration with the various WWF database managers, ensure the setting up of a TRIDOM database;
• Writing technical briefings and papers on major issues in TRIDOM, so as to raise awareness among partners, donors and stakeholders;

Governance:

• Secretariat of the TRIDOM steering Group, prepare and submit written reports including quarterly status updates.
• Member of the Congo Basin Support Group.

Profile:

Required Qualifications:

• At least a master’s degree or equivalent in natural resource management, conservation, agriculture or related fields.
• At least 10 years’ experience in natural resource management, forest or agriculture sectors, including in Central Africa;
• Senior experience with international and/or transboundary initiatives
• Previous experience with WWF a plus;
• Skilled communicator, fluent in English and French, and ability to translate information and work across disciplines;
• Strong MS Office skills, including Word and Excel, and on line communication tools;
• Ability to command the confidence of people at all levels of seniority;
• An enthusiastic team player, with experience of collaborative working.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Proven experience in effectively animating working groups;
• Interpersonal skills and ability to deal with multiple teams located in multiple locations (virtual teams);
• Excellent negotiation, diplomacy and lobbying skills.

WWF’s Values & Behaviors:

• Able to demonstrate WWF behaviors in ways of working: strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly and innovate fearlessly.
• Aligns and identifies with the core values of the WWF organization: Courage, Integrity, Respect and Collaboration.

Working Relationships:

• Internal

Interacts with WWF staff on daily basis; Co-ordinates and interacts with Regional Office for Africa, WWF-International, WWF Practices and other WWF Network staff as appropriate.

• External

Interacts as required with partner NGOs, private sector and donors.

This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are anticipated proactively from staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organizational needs.

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All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realization that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge.

Our people come from hugely diverse backgrounds and with a variety of expertise, ranging from HR and finance to advocacy and conservation science. We welcome applications from anyone who believes they can help us create a better future for people and nature.

What we do:

We are an independent conservation organization, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and government, we are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030. Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable.

For WWF Congo Basin, we are looking for a dynamic and committed Central Africa Wildlife Crime Hub Coordinator.

Reports to: Congo Basin Conservation Director

Supervises: WWF Cameroon Law Enforcement Officer

Location: Yaoundé, Libreville, Brazzaville or Kinshasa

Duration: Two (02) years renewable depending on funding

The mission of the department

The Wildlife Crime Hub (WCH) program consists of three subregional teams in South, East and Central Africa. The Central Africa (CA) hub is part of the Congo Basin Conservation team. This position provides leadership to the CA WCH and provides global expertise to the WWF Biodiversity Practice (BP). A main goal of the Biodiversity Practice is that the world’s most iconic and endangered species are secured and recovering in the wild.

Major Functions

This position will be responsible for delivering the Central Africa Wildlife Crime Hub contribution to the Africa Wildlife Crime Transformational Project and contribute to the outcome 2 strategy of the Biodiversity Practice by securing high-level political and corporate commitments as well as programmatic impact delivery. The primary functions of this role are to roll out Zero Poaching Approach across the priority landscapes in Central Africa (40%) and coordinate the overall wildlife crime program in the Central Africa region (60%).

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The position will lead the following duties and responsibilities:

Coordination, policy level responsibilities, advocacy and partnership/coalition building

• Ensure coherency and complementarity with other Regional Hubs, TRAFFIC and with the WWF Network (especially the Biodiversity Practice Core Team, Ethical Law Enforcement, and the WC ACAI coordinator);
• Establish partnerships with national and international organizations, coordinate regional policy and advocacy efforts (e.g. CITES and UNCAC).
• Coordinate the rollout of the zero-poaching framework in Central Africa and collaborate with government and NGO partners to promote the approach regionally.
• Promote learning and sharing at inter-country, inter-regional, and international levels as a means of fast-tracking proven approaches, methodologies, and tools.

Site based enforcement

• Coordinate the development and implementation of priority anti-poaching activities under the Zero Poaching framework for Central Africa, promote the national rollout of tested tools and technologies.
• Lead the implementation of community-based crime prevention recommendations, coordinate with stakeholders like INTERPOL for LEM activities in priority landscapes and oversee anti-poaching and ethical law enforcement projects in transboundary areas, focusing on TNS, TRIDOM, and Lac Tumba/Mai Ndombe.

Ranger Welfare

• Promote quality ranger training institutions in Central Africa by partnering with leading global colleges and using best practice materials.
• Represent WWF Central Africa region in IRF, GRAA and other ranger related meetings at national, regional and international level.

Intelligence led enforcement

• Support the development and rollout of WWF operational guidelines for ethical law enforcement, provide legal expertise for effective judicial follow-up on wildlife cases, and assist in investigating ranger conduct and human rights allegations.

Program development & monitoring

• Support WWF offices and TRAFFIC with technical expertise in fund raising initiatives;
• Coordinate monitoring the impact and progress of the Zero Poaching activities.
• Facilitate capacity building and knowledge sharing on new technologies.
• Enhance visibility of Hub activities and priorities through internal and external communication.

Profile:

Required Qualifications:

• At least 10 years’ experience in field anti-poaching work and in national and/or regional/international policy advocacy including high level political negotiations, preferably within a Central African context;
• Minimum master’s degree in wildlife or bachelor’s degree with Diploma in environmental crime or environmental law;
• Demonstrated ability to deliver anti-poaching initiatives in the field as well as high level policy outcomes;
• Strong working knowledge of law enforcement, anti-poaching and wildlife crime scenario as well as political and policy making processes within Central Africa;
• Significant experience in nature conservation, knowledge of biodiversity policy trends, and understanding of effective law enforcement’s role in reducing poaching of critically endangered species.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Must be able to work with minimal supervision, both in the field and office;
• Proven track record in successfully developing, leading, and managing projects in the field of wildlife conservation or law enforcement;
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English and French;
• Frequent travel within the region, occasionally to remote locations, is required;

WWF’s Values & Behaviors:

• Able to demonstrate WWF behaviors in ways of working: strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly and innovate fearlessly.
• Aligns and identifies with the core values of the WWF organization: Courage, Integrity, Respect and Collaboration.

Working Relationships:

• Internal

Works closely with all members of the WC ACAI staff, Biodiversity Practice Team, Ethical law Enforcement Team, Species Action Program leads, WWF field teams in Central Africa and WWF donors’ offices.

• External

Works closely with a very large variety of individuals and representatives of organizations working on species conservation, donors, local and central governments and private companies.

This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are anticipated proactively from staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organizational needs.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

For the recruitment of a Consultant-Trainer to develop a mini-guide on how to elaborate a SMART advocacy action plan,

For Civil Society Organizations.

Réf. : D537/CS4/2024

1. Job description

Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) is an African nongovernmental organization based in Cameroon whose main objective is to contribute to the improvement of population health by implementing transformative and sustainable programs that will save lives and improve the health of our communities. (For more information, visit www.impactsante.org and contact us at: contact@impactsante.org)

Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) coordinates the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Platform for Malaria Elimination (CS4ME).

Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) is implementing the “CS4ME Global Fund Community Engagement Strategic Initiative (CE SI)” project to build the long-term capacity of CSOs involved in the fight against malaria. This project aims to strengthen the participation and influence of malaria civil society in decision-making bodies in the fight against malaria. This involves acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills in terms of advocacy to defend the interests of vulnerable communities.

As part of this project, one of the priority objectives is to strengthen the capacities of civil society actors to better take into account the needs of populations vulnerable to malaria.

With this in mind, Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) is looking for a Consultant-Trainer to develop a mini-guide on how to elaborate a SMART advocacy action plan. This tool will be aimed primarily at Civil Society Organizations working in the fight against malaria.

Objectives

The main objective of this consultation is to develop a mini-guide on how to elaborate a SMART advocacy action plan, to ensure that the challenges and problems faced by communities vulnerable to malaria in countries are taken into account by national malaria control programs (NMCPs), principal recipients (PRs), sub-recipients (SRs), country coordinating mechanisms (CCMs) and other decision-makers involved in the fight against this disease.

Specifically, it will:

• Propose a methodology for the development of a simple and practical mini-guide on how to elaborate a SMART advocacy action plan;
• Develop a tool presenting clear steps on how to develop and put into practice a SMART advocacy action plan;
• Review the tool;
• Have the training tool validated;
• Participate as a trainer in a bilingual regional CSO capacity-building training on the tool developed.

1. Key duties and responsibilities of the Consultant-Trainer

Under the direct supervision of the Executive Director of Impact Santé Afrique (ISA), and working in collaboration with the Senior Civil Society Engagement Officer, the consultant will be expected to perform the following tasks:

• Participation in working meetings with the ISA team, the CS4ME secretariat;
• Development of a mini-guide on how to develop a SMART advocacy action plan;
• Review and validation of the training tool;
• Training of CS4ME members and partners on the tool developed;
• Drafting and submission of end-of-mission report (mission progress, recommendations).

Key deliverables expected:

1. The mini-guide on how to develop a SMART advocacy action plan is developed, reviewed and validated;
2. CS4ME members and their partners are trained on the tool developed during a bilingual webinar;
3. An end-of-mission report is written and submitted to ISA.

1. Period of the consultancy mission

This consulting mission will take place from Tuesday 8 to Friday 25 October 2024.

2. Candidate Profile

The desired expertise will concern the recruitment of a consultant-trainer whose qualifications and skills are presented as follows

• Degree in one or more of the following fields: Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Law, Project Management, Public Health or equivalent specialization;
• Extensive experience in advocacy, strategic communication, community engagement and capacity building;
• Experience in facilitating workshops and coordinating multi-sectoral partners in the health field, leadership qualities and consensus-building skills;
• Good writing, analytical and synthesis skills;
• Familiarity with remote meeting and conferencing applications.

3. Documents to be submitted by the consultant

The application must include:

• A dated and signed CV, including 3 professional references.
• Terms of reference describing the methodology used and the chronogram of activities (2 pages maximum).
• A financial offer (1 page maximum).

4. Evaluation of tenders

The evaluation of the offers received will be based on the following criteria:

1. The applicants of the applicant in conducting assignments similar to those specified in these terms of reference.
2. The understanding of the mission’s expectations and the proposed intervention methodology.
3. The proposed financial offer.

Introduction

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfilment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956 and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and present in forty countries, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically independent, non-governmental and non-denominational relief organization.

Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

1. Background

DRC has been operating in West Africa since 1998 and in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2011. The DRC West-North Africa & Latin America (WANALA) Regional Office is based in Dakar, Senegal, and covers several countries. Led by the Regional Executive Director, the DRC WANALA team oversees, supports, and provides strategic directions for DRC’s Country Offices within the above-mentioned regions through two offices based in Dakar and Bogota. Countries of operations include Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Mali, Niger, Mexico, Nigeria, Tunisia, Venezuela.

Present in Colombia since 2011, DRC has been actively engaged in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in protection and humanitarian assistance responses to internal displacement and mixed migration flows sparked by the Venezuela crisis from 2018. The organization has played a pivotal role in addressing the urgent protection and basic needs of refugees and migrants on the move and at destination, as well as in assisting IDPs, victims of OSV, returnees, and Host communities. Nowadays, DRC has established presence in Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico. In these countries DRC works through mixed implementation modalities (direct implementation and partnerships), while operates with local responders in Perú, Honduras, and Guatemala since 2020.

The DRC LA regional capacity, a department of multi-country grants and operations has been created with multi-country and cross-border projects, as well as regionally held grants. The offices portfolio is composed of multi-country and muti-year programmes (including in consortia) that operationalize triple nexus in strategic partnerships with local/international actors and integrate multiple sectors. It is currently responsible for the supervision and implementation of the Mixed Migration Centre activities, regional protection monitoring (ProLAC) and support to local organisations (LACPrim) project.

1. Purpose of the job

Provides coordinated and strategic leadership for all support functions and ensures the smooth running of all support functions to meet the programme needs in line with the DRC Operations Handbook.

Geographical scope: This role has a focus on Latin America and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within DRC sub region and potential development in neighbouring areas covered by the regional capacity.

The role defines the multi country projects support strategy and contributes to the development of country and multi-country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks.

1. Responsibilities

Planning and strategy
• Ensure that annual planning for support services is done and regular targets are met and that these are linked to the regional support services unit for regional consistency
• Ensure that project planning includes relevant support service requirements (such as lead times and appropriate budgets)
• Ensure that resource mobilisation is realistic and meets the needs of support functions, by using the operations budget to input to donor proposals
• Ensure that support services are fit for purpose to meet programme needs
• Be the focal point for the compliance self-check, risk register, internal audit.

HR support
• Ensure that monthly reports and produced and that targets are met by the department, while being a link to the HR regional and Headquarters unit
• Ensure that quarterly tasks are completed on time (such as staff induction, Code of Conduct training and leave planning)
• Ensure that annual HR tasks are completed as per the Operations Handbook (e.g., Performance & Development Reviews)
• Streamline HR responses accross departments (e.g., support on organogram development)
• Ensure the HR team fulfils daily tasks, such as recruitment, contract renewal/ amendments, timesheet submission and leave tracking

Administration support
• Be the focal point for key administrative tasks
• Oversee the team to ensure follow up on routine tasks are carried out (guesthouse supplies, visa applications, phone credit purchase, utilities bill payments, rental and lease agreements)

Supply Chain support
• Ensure procurement procedures are followed while being the focal point for tenders together with the coordination unit (including being a chairman for most major tenders)
• Closely follow department KPIs and ensure that monthly report submissions are timely and of high quality
• Work with the LPM to ensure each of the sub departments (procurement, assets, warehouse and IT) have targets and are meeting them, in line with Operation Handbook procedures

Finance
• Primary budget holder for all support service lines and secondary budget holder for all support service lines

• Responsible for budget monitoring and forecasting for support service budgets
• Work with senior managers to budget monitor all grants
• Ensure that key annual finance tasks are completed (such as the annual reports)
• Work with finance to ensure programme teams clearly understand compliance requirements
• Ensure that monthly finance tasks are completed (payroll, SOS, PIT, cashbooks and cash forecasts) and in line with Operations Handbook procedures

1. Required Skills & Qualities

• At least 5 years’ experience in similar role
• At least 3 years’ experience with people management
• Knowledge of project cycle management
• Knowledge of supply chain management and procurement processes
• Knowledge of budget cycle and monitoring processes
• Knowledge of code of conduct principles and the HR systems for performance management
• Knowledge of key donor policy and compliance procedures
• Full professional proficiency in Spanish and English

Desirable:

• Previous experience in Latin America context

• In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

. Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process

. Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback

. Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation

. Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly

. Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment

• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills
• Team-oriented & good sense of humor

1. General Regulations

The employee shall follow :

• DRC regulations on safety, health, COVID-19 norms and hygiene
• The Code of Conduct and all ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework
• Rules for the use of the DRC guesthouse, which is a working accommodation

In addition :

• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request.