Baseline Survey of Sustainable Management of Tsavo and Amboseli Landscapes at International Fund for Animal Welfare

Scope of the baseline study

The study will be undertaken in Tsavo and Amboseli landscapes enclaving Amboseli, Tsavo East and West National parks in Kajiado, and Taita Taveta Counties respectively. Special focus will be on 18 conservancies in Greater Amboseli Ecosystem and 15 group ranches in Tsavo conservancy area (TCA)

Methodology

The Consultant (s) will propose a suitable and detailed methodology that exhaustively addresses the study's objectives at the baseline's inception; however, the Consultant(s) will be selected based on proposed methodologies submitted in response to this ToR. Robust mixed methods with a participatory approach are preferred. In addition, provide a detailed baseline analysis framework, proposed tools and proposed outline for the report.

Time Schedule

The study is expected to take not more than sixty (60) days. The Consultant(s) is expected to be available for the work to start on the 1st of October 2022 and the final report should be submitted not later than 31st November 2022.

Budget

The proposed budget should be inclusive of all taxes applicable. Study Management The Consultant (s) will work closely with Chief of Party and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning team at IFAW. The Consultant (s) will be provided with a project information package of key documentation for review. Both parties will be available for questions and discussions throughout the consultancy.

Qualifications and Experience of Consultant (s)

The consultant(s) must have the following qualifications:

• Advanced degree in project management, natural resources management, community development, social studies, or any other relevant field.
• A minimum of 8 years in community/social development research and programme evaluations.
• Verifiable experience in conducting baseline studies.
• Proficiency in analytics and report writing
• Excellent oral and written English and Swahili.
• Proven experience in conducting participatory qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies
• Evidence theoretical knowledge and practical application of cross-cutting issues in development such as gender, innovation. viii. A comprehensive understanding of the tools development and research methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative research methods

Key deliverables:

• Upon successful completion of the assignment, the consultant will have provided the following:
• An Inception Report.
• Final tools/instruments of the baseline survey
• Study Management Plan
• Electronic files with all raw data
• Draft Report vi. Presentation of the key findings to the stakeholders for validation
• The final baseline report

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send their technical and financial proposals, CVs (demonstrating their qualification, competency and experience in undertaking similar assignments), company profile, two recent references, and their availability to monitoringEvaluation@ifaw.org with subject Line not later than CoB Wednesday, 28th September 2022