ThaiNGO

Location: Bangkok, Mae Hong Son and Ratchaburi

Application Deadline: 12 March 2017

Background

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC has been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently provides assistance to displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Mae Hong Son provinces.

Since 1984, refugees have been fleeing from Myanmar into Thailand, seeking asylum from political unrest in the country. As of March 2013, there are 135,100 refugees (67,479 females and 67,621 males) residing in nine camps along Thailand-Myanmar border. A number of state and non-state actors, including governmental agencies, intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) have provided humanitarian aid to the displaced people ever since.

Project goal: Through the Australian’s financial support, the IRC Thailand works to maintain and improve the health and mental health status of refugees in three camps on the Thailand-Myanmar border through established health and psychosocial services administered by health professionals 

Project objectives:

1. provide access to quality primary and mental health services for camp populations
2. ensure quality water and sanitation services accessible to all residents
3. enhance knowledge and practices of appropriate health behaviours through community-led services

The IRC Thailand is seeking the recruitment of an external consultant to conduct a final programmatic evaluation in order to achieve the following objectives:

• To evaluate the entire project for its effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact on target beneficiaries and camp environment, with a primary focus on the result assessment at the outcome level;
• To generate key lessons as drawn out from evaluation methodology, identify challenges and problems, and recommend promising areas of learning and improvement;
• To measure the achievement rates and knowledge adaptable to other existing health and WASH projects

The external evaluator will be responsible for assessing health, psychosocial and mental health programs as well as WASH services that were implemented in the target refugee camps along Thailand-Myanmar during the period of 11 November 2013 to 30 Jun 2016. The geographic coverage includes the three target refugee camps; Ban Mai Nai Soi (Site 1) and Ban Mae Surin (Site 2), Mae Hong Son and Tham Hin, Ratchaburi.

Evaluator’s Qualifications:

(This position is based on local remuneration rate.)

• A minimum of a Master’s Degree in Public Health, Health Economics or Development Studies
• A minimum of five-year-experience in Public Health and Sustainable Development
• Outstanding M&E experience for large-scale projects with proven track records
• Strong fluency in writing and speaking in English, Burmese/Karen is an asset

Desirable, but not limited to:

• Profound knowledge on the issues of refugees/displaced population in Myanmar/Thailand
• Understanding of the context of Myanmar refugee situations
• Understanding of political and ethnic situations of Myanmar/Thailand, particularly in a camp setting

The evaluation will use qualitative method, including semi-structured interviews with beneficiaries, camp based assistants, stakeholders, IRC’s field staffs and project management team. In addition, the evaluator should conduct a secondary data analysis of already collected Health Information System (HIS) data and other relevant quantitative data collected prior to the project implementation period, in order to evaluate the project impact over years. The following methods and survey respondents are recommended in this term of reference. However, in-depth planning for the evaluation process such as target camps, questionnaire, selection of participants and interview schedule may be changed and determined after the discussions with the selected evaluation consultant:

• Desk review of program reports, program documents and HIS data
• Semi-structured interview and/or focus group discussion (FGD) with target beneficiaries
• Semi-structured interview and/or focus group discussion (FGD) with camp based assistants
• Semi-structured interview with stakeholders including camp community leaders
• Semi-structured interview with IRC’s field based and management staffs

Key Deliverables and Timeframe

The selected evaluation consultant concurs to work under a short-term contract, starting from late March until July 2017 - in total of 30 working days - that includes the preparation for data collection, field visits to the refugee camps, and the report composition. The evaluation consultant will need to complete a final evaluation report and submit to IRC on July 7^th, 2017 for initial review. The reporting format and structures will be discussed and agreed between the consultant and IRC Thailand.

Budget

The allocated budget will cover consultancy fees, travel per diem, domestic economy air tickets, materials and supplies during the course of project design, data collection and data analyses, as well as report writing.  The boarding pass and original receipts must be retained for internal audits.

Terms of Payment

The IRC Thailand will transfer the consultant’s honorarium in two instalments to his/her local Thai bank account.  Once an official contract is issued, the evaluation consultant will receive 50% of the total entitlement award while the remaining 50% will be transferred upon the receipt of approved final evaluation report.

How to Apply: Application letter and most recent CV in English stating qualifications and experience should be submitted to the IRC Human Resources Department at Thailand.HR@rescue.org

All applications will be treated confidentially and not returned. The IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, national origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or physical or mental disability. The IRC is an equal opportunity employer.