Background

Request for Proposal No.: RFP-ETH-AA-2019-19

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world. Currently, with the support of EU Trust Fund, DRC is implementing the Dollo Ado Social Cohesion Initiative (DISCO) project, the Regional Development and Protection Program (RDPP) in Jijiga and the Enhanced Integration of Displaced and Displacement Affected Communities in Ethiopia (EIDDACE) in Shire. In an attempt to address the lack of access to justice for refugees and host community members, DRC forged relationships with the university law faculties to enable service expansion to refugee camps and capacitated those legal aid practitioners and other relevant stakeholders regarding refugee law and the vulnerabilities of refugees.  With UNHCR funding, DRC is looking for to extend the program to include IDPs, returnees and resettled IDPs in Somalia region Fafan and Liben Zone.

 DRC Ethiopia seek to hire a consultant to conduct Context Analysis in Somali Region. Interested Consultants who meet the requirements are invited to submit their proposal before the closing period disclosed below.

Job Description/Deliverables

The key deliverables are:

• The proposed method, work plan and research tools
• Draft report for review by DRC
• Final Report consisting of but not exclusive to: Executive Summary, Methodology, Findings and Analysis, Conclusions and Recommendations. The report should be structured according to the analysis objectives.
• Appendices, including data collection tools and list of interviewees
• A power point presentation summarizing the report’s findings to DRC
  

Location

Fafan and Liben zone Somalia Regions, Ethiopia & report to be presented in Addis Ababa

Requirement

• Lead consultant academic qualifications to a level of PHD in Law, Social work and related fields
• Proven experience of more than 5 years in research and analysis
• Proven experience in conducting context consultancies for other organizations or institutions
• Proven experience and knowledge of Somali region
• Excellent written communication and report writing skills in English;