PLAN INTERNATIONAL INDONESIA JOB VACANCY : YEE Project Consultant

Young Women Economic Empowerment Project

Funded by: European Commission

Plan Indonesia – YEE Program

 

A.             Background of consultancy

Indonesia has the world’s fourth largest youth population with over 38 million young women and men between the ages of 15 and 24. Despite significant progress achieved, women in Indonesia are still discriminated, especially female youth, and the Millennium Development Goal 3 is far from being met. The project will strengthen the political and economic environment in Indonesia to make it favorable to young women’s empowerment and pilot an innovative empowerment approach that enables young women to become economically independent and to improve their living standards and position in society. The project align with the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development 2010-2015 and the EU strategy to achieve the MDG 3, by promoting gender equality through gender mainstreaming programs aiming at improving decent work condition for youth employment, especially women. This will be achieved by supporting campaigns for the elimination of gender stereotyping and programs to improve their economic independence.

Plan Indonesia has implemented a five projects of Youth Economic Empowerment in Rembang, Grobogan, Semarang (Central Java), Surabaya (East Java), Great  Jakarta, TTS and TTU district (East Nusa Tenggara). The name of project in TTS and TTU district is Young Women Economic Empowerment (YWEE) Project. Although YWEE project is implemented in TTS and TTU district (Micro Level) but some of activity was conducted in Macro and Messo level to promote gender mainstreaming.

The Overall objective of YWEE project is enhancing young women's economic empowerment and fulfilment of their rights in Indonesia, and specific objectives are strengthening the policy and economic environment in Indonesia in favour of young women’s economic empowerment and gender equality and developing and piloting an integrated approach to training, financing and other related services which support gender equality and youth access to decent employment. Approaching end of project periods, a final evaluation will be conducted to capture project final achievement, effectiveness, efficiency, relevancy, lessons learned and also identifying replication/scaling up possibility based on project model/strategy. For this consultancy, Plan Indonesia seeks to procure the services of an independent, external consultant(s) to design, plan and conduct a rigorous final evaluation.

 

B.             Project Information

1.       Project Objectives:

Overall objective: To enhance young women's economic empowerment and fulfilment of their rights in Indonesia. Specific objectives: i) To strengthen the policy and economic environment in Indonesia in favour of young women’s economic empowerment and gender equality ii) To develop and pilot an integrated approach to training, financing and other related services which support gender equality and youth access to decent employment.

 

2.       Target Group

a/ 3,000 female youth aged 15 to 29 years ; b/ 6,000 community members ; c/ 20 members of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection; d/ 50 members of gender working groups from the Ministries of Education, Industry, Manpower and Cooperative, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, and Social Affairs; e/ 2,000 employers from The Employer's Association of Indonesia (APINDO) through awareness raising, advocacy and capacity building exercises; f/ The Indonesian Youth Employment Network led by the National Development Planning Agency.

 

C.             The Objective of Final Evaluation

The project Final Evaluation serves as an instrument for change and plays a critical role in supporting accountability. The main final evaluation objective are measuring the achievement of:   

·         Improved implementation of gender sensitive laws, policies and strategies favourable to young women's employment in public and private sector

·          Funding on vocational and technical training providers which offering young women better access to training, including non-traditional choices;

·         3,000 target of youth from TTS/TTU who have developed the required knowledge and skills for decent work following successful completion of the training,

·         2,200 target of the trained youth have found decent employment or establish a successful microenterprise,

·         Access to microfinance services have improved for the young female target population (3000) in TTS and TTU,

·         Improved local environment that supports young women’s economic empowerment in TTS and TTU, and within APINDO member companies is a result at the level of pilot districts,

·         A tested multilevel model on gender sensitive Youth Economic Empowerment have developed, documented and disseminated

 

The Final Evaluation will take stock of YWEE project achievements over the project period from inception in February 2013 to January 2015. It will review activities and analyse the extent to which their outcomes are fulfilling planned targets. The Final Evaluation findings will serve as an update for improving project performance compare to baseline. Furthermore, this evaluation will also measuring another important aspects such as program efficiency, program relevancy, program sustainability and program scaling up, this evaluation will also capturing best practice and lesson learned that were obtained during program implementation. CCCD measurement will be also part of this evaluation.

F.    Key question of Final Evaluation

 

Evaluation design shoud  refer to  the Young Women Economic Empowerment Project framework and conceptual framework. To assist the evaluation team, key questions  will be built around the following aspects:

                          1.                 Effectiveness :

o    What is the last status of the project? Is the “Young Women Economic Empowerment Project” achieving all of project objectives from the above points? What are the main factor/challenges faced in the implementation of the project (only if the project didn’t achieve target/objectives)?

o    How do the activities at the macro and messo impact on the ground (micro level). Are there strategies for scaling down the work at macro/messo level to micro level?

                          2.                 Relevance :

o    Do the “Young Women Economic Empowerment Project”  objectives and goals match with the problems or needs that are being addressed?

o    Was the “Young Women Economic Empowerment Project”  implementation strategy is able to adapt and respond to changes in the quality of training services (including the instructor's perception changed and the level of support)? Why/why not? How the project to adapt and respond to these changes?

                          3.                 Efficiency

§  Do the “Young Women Economic Empowerment Project” Program delivered in a timely and do the budget allocate for this project is comparable with the result achieved?

                          4.                 Impact

o    How extent the project to improve youth income

o    To what extent the project could achieve sustainable incomes for youth?

o    How extent the project to improve youth quality of life  

o    How extent the project to improve youth life skill

o    How the project having  impact to knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP) of beneficiaries related to Plan’s gender house analysis which consist of four fundamental analysis, which are:

1.       Social Relations of Gender

2.       Gender and Power

3.       Accountability

4.       Gender-based child rights violations

 

                          5.                 Sustainability

o    Is there any possibilities of project method or lesson learn to be continued by government in macro and micro level for develop program specific for young women

o    Is there any possibilities of project method or lesson learn to be replicated or be scaled up by other institution.

o    What are the business enabling factors created by the project?

 

G.     Methodology

Initially information was gathered through a desk review on documents of Plan Indonesia and various program partners working in the sector. Data collection techniques include interviews with government staff, instructors and youth, focus group discussions with  stakeholders and observations. The research methodology should capture all categories of the target group of Young Women Economic Empowerment project (see target group).

The consultant is required to propose a suitable study methodology as specified by this TOR. It will inform the methodology details such as sampling technique, sampling frame, data collection and analysis potentially applied in this study. The study will be conducted in Young Women Economic Empowerment Project areas (Macro, Micro and Messo Level) where a number of activities have been implemented. The methodology used should be child friendly and participatory wherever possible. During the study, the consultant is expected to perform:

·           Desk-based review on existing relevant documents with Plan Indonesia team

·           Briefing session with YWEE Project Team and Plan Indonesia MER&D team

·           Administer questionnaires for instructors, principles, supervisors, training participant, parent and communities;

·           Focus Group Discussions with instructors, principles, training team, communities, training supervisors and project  partners, etc.

·           Separate consultations, and if required observation with youth and their family/spouse, by arranging sessions with youth group or peer counselling group established by  YWEE team.

·           Key Informant Interviews particularly in-depth interview with other stakeholders selected to participate in the study

·           Field visits to “training center” supported by the program

·           Debriefing with YWEE staff and Plan Indonesia MER&D team

No.	Qualitative	Sample
1.	FGD	§  Youth Beneficiaries (Male-Female, Married and Unmarried) §  Gender Fasilitators §  Field Trainers §  CBO’s in Targeted Villages §  Members of APINDO §  Members of Komida §  Komida Staf §  Gerbang Mas Staff §  YSKA Staff §  FGD Gender Woking Group Macro and Micro Level
2.	In-depth Interview	§  Staf of Ministery of Women Empowerment (MoWE) and Child Protection (CP) §  Bappeda TTS and TTU §  Leader of DPN APINDO §  Leader of DPP APINDO at six provinces §  Leader of KOMIDA §  Members of NGO patner
3.	Observation	§  Youth activities in MED Activity §  Tools, material, and facilties are used to support the training
4.	Call/Phone	§  Asking PPI for Beneficiaries  (10 questions).
5.	Document Review	§  All document, policies, budget, and report regarding to the project

 

 H.     Variables and indicators

 

The final evaluation is expected to generate answer to key assessment of final outcomes such as changes in attitudes/expectations, as well as measurement of level of exposure to the project intervention, based on survey questions, verified through project  records, and findings of other data.

A summary of the  project’s aspect and information to be collected:

 

Variables	Indicators	Study Design
Young women’s economic empowerment and fulfilment of their rights in Indonesia.	§ % point reduction of unemployment gap for women aged 15-29 years old in relation to the unemployment rate for men aged 15-29 in target areas. § Indonesia's medium term development plan includes explicit strategies to support young women's economic empowerment.	§ Quantitative       § Qualitative
Macro and meso: policy and economic environment in Indonesia in favour of young women’s economic empowerment and gender equality.	§ Recommendations (with gender dimension included) proposed to ministerial decrees of 6 relevant ministries (Ministries of Education, Industry, Manpower and Transmigration, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Cooperatives; and Social Affairs) affecting young women's economic empowerment. § Existing proposed improvement on provincial regulation, applicable to 6 provinces, supporting young women's economic empowerment. § Youth and young women's issues are discussed at the national tripartite forum (government, private sector, employees) at least 6 times during the project period.	§ Qualitative           § Qualitative     § Qualitative
Micro: an integrated approach to training, financing and other related services which support gender equality and youth access to decent employment.	§ Young men and women current living standards. § Number of girls and young women who potentially acquire competencies and skills to take advantage of economic opportunities (formal employment or income generation initiatives)	§ Quantitative § Quantitative
Gender sensitive laws, policies and strategies favourable to young women's employment in public and private sector.	§ Evidence in changes in Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection's capacity to support relevant ministries in promoting laws and policies for young women's employment. § APINDO member companies that likely to adopt the code of conduct including gender aspects.	§ Qualitative       § Qualitative
Government funded vocational and technical training providers offering young women better access to training, including non-traditional choices.	§ Current Action Plan of the IYEN has been developed and includes activities which support young women's economic empowerment. § Current Ministries reporting mechanism on young women's economic empowerment to Bappenas (IYEN).	§ Qualitative     § Qualitative
Required knowledge and skills for decent work following successful completion of the training.	§ Factors that support young female and male participants to graduate in the training programmes in TTS and TTU. § Vocational and technical training providers offering young women better access to training, including non-traditional choices.	§ Quantitative and Qualitative § Qualitative
Youth find decent employment or establish a successful microenterprise.	§ Factors that support young men and women to obtain decent work or establish successful microenterprise within one year of intervention.	§ Qualitative and quantitative
Access to microfinance services	§ % of female and male youth accessing loan and its contributing factors § % female and male youth saving regularly § Development and availability of new microfinance product designed for vulnerable young women	§ Qualitative and quantitative § Quantitative § Qualitative
Local environment that supports young women’s economic empowerment in TTS and TTU, and within APINDO member companies.	§ Perception of family members, community and employers of the young women's competencies and skills to take advantage of economic opportunities.	§ Qualitative and quantitative
A tested multilevel model on gender sensitive Youth Economic Empowerment.	§ Availability and quality of existing gender-transformative model for youth economic empowerment.	§ Qualitative

 

I.       Scope of Work

The consultant is expected to form a survey team for the evaluation and manage coordination and communication with Plan Indonesia. Tasks and responsibilities of the consultant are as follows:

·           Proposal that detailing the methodology and budget required to conduct the final evaluation

·           Recruit, train and manage final evaluation research teams including enumerators

·           Propose tools to be used in the final evaluation research and discuss the suggestion with Plan Indonesia

·           Develop a data entry system and management

·           Supervise field research implementation

·           Responsible for field operations, including logistics, permission to conduct the research, informed consent from individuals and families taking part in the final evaluation research

·           Coordinate with YWEE project during field research implementation

·           Collect, compile and analyse all data (gender and age disaggregated) gathered and develop a final report on the final evaluation results (including all findings and statistics).

·           To keep all information provided by Plan Indonesia as well as the findings of the Final Evaluation confidential.

 

J.      Outputs and Deliverables

The consultant is expected to produce and submit the following deliverables:

1)          Study protocol specifying a detailed study work plan and proposed study tools that will be discussed and agreed upon prior to field activity.

2)          Presentation of initial findings to YWEE Team and MER&D, after field activities have been concluded.

3)          Draft reports in Bahasa and English in two weeks’ time after field activities have been concluded

4)          Presentation of draft and reporting data flow diagram to Plan Indonesia for discussion and feedback.

5)          Submission of a comprehensive final report in Bahasa and English one week after receiving feedback from Plan Indonesia. 

6)          Executive Summary (max. three to maximum five pages) in English describing the study results.

7)          Hardcopies of filled-in questionnaires (if available), interview transcripts and attendance lists, photos with informative subtitles and other valuable study materials (For Plan Documentation)

K.         The Responsibility of Plan Indonesia

·             Provide a working contract

·             Provide data and related documents as per consultant’s request

·             Arrange meetings, discussions and field visits for the study team

·             Provide timely feedback and response on consultant’s study report

·             Settle payment for the consultant service

L.     Timeline

The final evaluation is to be conducted in November to December 2014, then the report should be finished the latest on January 2015.

 

M.    Report Content

Final report should be produced in Bahasa and English and should contain and be developed according to the following structure:

Acknowledgment

Executive Summary (Having contents; Objectives, Methods, results & conclusion)

1.       Background (description of project and activities)

2.       Literature review

3.       Methodology (having below mentioned components)

a.       Objectives of the study

b.       Operational definitions

c.        Study design

d.       Sampling Method and Sample Size

e.        Data Collection Procedure

f.        Data Analysis

g.        Significance / Importance of the study, Human subject protection

4.       Limitations

5.       Findings should be presented on study objectives covering following (CCCD principles, quality of design of the project, cost, reach, overall quality assessment) – the sections of the findings should be according to main objectives of the project

6.       Conclusions

7.       Recommendations           

8.       References

9.       Annexure (TOR, data collection tools, case studies, etc)   

Following lists must be given at the beginning: 

1.       Table of contents (automatically generated)

2.       List of Figures

3.       List of Tables

4.       Acronyms and abbreviations

 

 

N.    Ethical and child protection consideration

The Evaluator must follow Ethical Principles for involving human subjects in a research and obtain written/ verbal consent from the human subjects. Permission from elder must be sought if the children under 18 years are involved as subjects. Signed informed consent of each child and his/ her parents need to take after explaining purpose of the study and its usage.

 

O.    Criteria for Consultant Selection Based on Competency and Experience

Consultant interested in submitting a proposal should have the following criteria:

1.       Possess equal composition of qualified academic background, knowledge, experience and capacity to manage evaluation.

2.       Have an extensive experience in managing large-size studies in the context of basic automechanic skill.

3.       Demonstrate understanding and sensitivity on cross-cultural, tradition and language of project target.

4.       Proven experience as an evaluator, preferably on automotive work.

5.       Understanding of project management structures and change management concepts

6.       Clear, effective writer in English.

7.       Experience of working with participatory methodologies.

 

P.      Procedure for Expression of Interest

First Phase: Interested consultant should submit an Expression of Interest to Plan Indonesia at: HRD.Indonesia@plan-international.org and cc to Melyaki.Habel@plan-international.org before 5 pm, October, 10  2015 enclosing the following required documents:

1.             Organizational Profile (for institutional consultant) or a CV (for individual consultant).

2.             A proposal containing two parts:

·         Technical Proposal comprising the description of proposed activities, methodology (sampling design, data collection technique), and implementation plan which includes study schedule and timeline for data analysis. The technical proposal should demonstrate understanding of study ethic, qualification of study team members and their CVs, as well as their roles in the study. The consultant should also describe her/his experience in conducting similar survey, and financial and technical capacity.

·         Budget Proposal comprising details of budget plan such as consultant and team’s fees, transportation, stationeries and other survey necessities.

Second Phase: Based on received proposals, Plan International Indonesia will shortlist candidates and invite them to present their proposals. Plan International Indonesia will afterwards proceed with selecting and appointing a consultant, and produce a working contract with the select consultant.

Only shortlisted consultant will be contacted for recruitment.