Consultants
Mid-Term Program Evaluation Consultants
About Us:
The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is a global community
conservation organization that advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall
by conserving chimpanzees and inspiring communities to conserve the natural
world we all share, we improve the lives of people, animals, and the
environment, we strongly believe everything is connected and everyone can make
a difference.
On November 05th, 2018, the Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania
(JGI-TZ) launched the Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT)
project funded through a cooperative agreement with the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID). The project is designed to address the
primary threats to natural forest cover and the chimpanzee population in the
Gombe Masito Ugalla (GMU) landscape. It aims to protect chimpanzee populations
and their habitat in western Tanzania while improving household income from the
sustainable use of natural resources and the establishment of microenterprises
and private sector partnerships that reinforce conservation behaviors.
The Consultancy’s Scope & Requirements:
The Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania (JGI-TZ) with funding
from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking
to subcontract four (4) consultants from multiple sectors to contribute to a
Mid-Term programmatic evaluation of the Landscape Conservation in Western
Tanzania (LCWT) project. The consultants will develop and document lessons from
activity implementation and recommend improvements. The team will work in an
integrated fashion, under a lead consultant, to finalize the design of the
evaluation, collect information, analyze, and report findings. Specifically, we
are seeking multiple experts with demonstrated expertise and experience in
carrying out programmatic evaluations with at least one of the following
professional profiles:
- Forest
and wildlife Conservation, including expertise on governance, law
enforcement and using monitoring data for decision making.
- Land
Use Planning in a rural context, including expertise on land tenure.
- Supporting
improved livelihoods (village savings and loans, agricultural and
non-timber forest product-based livelihoods). If possible, in the context
of reducing threats to biodiversity.
- Family
planning service provision in a rural context.
All candidates should have a master’s degree in a field
related to one of the above areas of expertise and at least 5 years’ experience
which includes experience working in a team environment to complete a programmatic
project evaluation. Contractual engagements for successful candidates are
anticipated to commence from May 1st, 2021 for at least a month to 6 weeks
assignment. We welcome individual and team applications to cover any one or
all of the above areas.
Application Procedure:
Please send a cover letter describing your experience in
carrying out programmatic evaluations in the above highlighted sector(s), your
earliest date of availability and your current CV (including references
related to evaluation work) to the following e-mail address: [email protected] only.
All applications should be submitted by 5.00pm Tanzania time
on April 16th, 2021.
Please note that only the shortlisted applicants who are
available to start on May 1st 2021 will be contacted for an interview. For any
queries regarding this consultancy, please contact us through the following
office general line: +255282988178.
