Openings at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

STATEMENT OF WORK
The selected firm will be responsible for coordinating and conducting a face-to-face quantitative survey among farming households in several counties in Kenya ( from among Kisumu, Kajiado , Turkana, and/or Vihiga ). The quantitative survey will consist of in-person interviews with men and women farmers (lasting 90–120 minutes), conducted via computer -assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), with about 1 , 000 households , and all data should be collected by November 30, 2022 . IFPRI will be solely responsible for the design on the quantitative survey instrument and selection of exact study locations.  T he work is to be implemented in synergy with the Nature+ Kenya country coordination team .  

1. The activities of the survey implementer are detailed as follows: 
2. Translate survey instrument and interview guide into local languages (as needed). 
3. Obtain ethics clearance , research permit s , and /or other local approvals 
4. Obtain enough tablets for CAPI data collection. 
5. Develop, test, and finalize the CAPI data entry program that will be used to conduct the interviews in the field. 
6. With assistance from the IFPRI, prepare the field implementation manual prior to enumerator training. The field manual will be the basis for quality assurance of the data collection process. 
7. Organize the selection, hiring, and payment of enumerators to conduct the required data collection work. This will include hiring both male and female interviewers with the necessary language skills to ensure respondents for the individual interviews are matched on sex.  
8. Facilitate and ensure the smooth operation of the enumerator training and survey pretest in collaboration with IFPRI staff. IFPRI and the s elected firm will jointly consider the COVID-19 implications of whether IFPRI staff conducting the training will do so in-person o r virtually. It is expected that there will be a 5-day training, followed by a 2-day pretest and debrief , for the quantitative survey. 
9. Develop and implement a field schedule for the quantitative data collection team s and community surveys, and provide regular status updates during fieldwork . 
10. Develop spot- and back-check protocols and share these with IFPRI for feedback prior to the start of data collection. 
11. Participate in weekly meetings with IFPRI throughout data collection.  
12. Share the data generated from the spot and back-checks and additional data collection concerns with IFPRI in a timely manner so that issues can be promptly resolved. 
13. Share the data generated from CAPI (in Stata format) with IFPRI during data collection, as and when the data is uploaded to the servers. These data will not be the cleaned data sets (except for variable and value labels, checking and correcting skip patterns, formatting the data in long format as required) , but the raw data sets as sent to the firm from their survey teams. 
14. Conduct data cleaning to ensure consistency and range-checks; share the error check do-files with IFPRI. 
15. Provide responses to queries from IFPRI in relation to data cleaning (as needed). 
16. Deliver cleaned data sets (in Stata format) from the 1 , 000 household s in long format . The dataset should include translation of any open-ended questions from local languages to English if necessary.  
17. Provide a brief report covering quantitative survey fieldwork , as well as any issues related to data management and cleaning. 

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: July 31 , 202 2 to January 3 1 , 202 3 . 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative survey fieldwork in Kenya within the past 5 years. 
• Demonstrated experience conducting survey-related trainings . 
• Expert knowledge of local context and languages in the target areas. 
• Experience in building trust and good relations with village leaders, interviewees , and communities. 
• Strong program management skills . 
• Demonstrated experience in successfully coordinating large field teams and managing deliverables. 
• Excellent computer skills and experience using CAPI and statistical software packages . 
• Demonstrated experience with obtaining appropriate local ethics review and permits

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Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be reviewed by the selection team. The following indicate a list of the significant criteria against which proposals will be assessed. This list is not exhaustive or 100% inclusive and is provided to enhance the applicants' ability to respond with substance.

Applicants are required to submit the following information, conforming to the guidelines given in this section:

• Understanding of the scope of work
• Understanding of the target audience, with attention to all cultural and literacy requirements and sensitivities
• Understanding of the project objective and deliverables
• Evidence of past experience developing and delivering a campaign of this type to a specific audience
• Understanding of the technical requirements of the RFP
• Creative and methodological approaches required to implement each of the parts of the scope of work
• Comprehensive work plan with reasonable time frame
• Detailed budget, with attention to cost-effectiveness and return on investment
• Proposal shall identify possible challenges and include creative approaches to addressing them
• Management and personnel plan
• Team members with relevant qualifications and overall experience required to successfully implement the project
• Identification of roles and responsibilities of each team member, as well as a main contact person for HarvestPlus
• Standard rate card of the agency deliverables, e.g. print ads, banner advertising, 30 second radio ad, etc.

Instructions for Responding and Queries

In the event of any questions please contact p.muoki@cgiar.org, j.walton@cgiar.org

Send RFP responses no later than 5pm EAT on Sunday, March 20 on the IFPRI website.

Responses shall include:

• Full work proposal, including points laid out in the evaluation criteria
• Budget breakdown/financial proposal

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STATEMENT OF WORK
The selected firm will be responsible for coordinating and conducting face-to-face qualitative data collection among farming households and communities in selected counties in Kenya (possibly Kajiado, Kisumu, Turkana, and/or Vihiga). The qualitative survey will consist of in-person interviews and focus groups with men and women farmers (lasting 90–120 minutes), and all data should be collected by November 30, 2022. IFPRI will work closely with the Nature+ Kenya country coordination team. Exact instruments and methods/tools to be used will be decided in collaboration with IFPRI, Nature+ Kenya country coordination team, and the data collection firm.

The activities of the data collection implementer are detailed as follows:

1. Work with IFPRI and the Nature + team of researchers to finalize the protocols for data collection and pilot these in the field.
2. Translate interview and focus group protocols and informed consent statement into local languages (as needed).
3. Obtain local ethics clearance, research permits, and/or other local approvals. IFPRI will obtain institutional ethics clearance.
4. Organize the selection, hiring, and payment of facilitators experienced in qualitative data collection to conduct the required focus groups and interviews. This will include hiring both male and female facilitators with the necessary language skills to ensure respondents for the individual interviews and focus groups are matched on sex.
5. With assistance from the IFPRI, provide training to the facilitators and note takers in how to conduct the interviews and focus groups. Each protocol will have specific instructions for the data collection approach. Following training, protocols will be pretested in collaboration with IFPRI staff. IFPRI and the selected firm will jointly consider the COVID-19 implications of whether IFPRI staff conducting the training will do so in-person or virtually. It is expected that there will be 3 days of training, including 1 day of training, 1 day of pre-testing, and 1 day for debriefing.
6. Develop a field schedule for the qualitative data collection teams and provide regular status updates during fieldwork.
7. Participate in weekly meetings with IFPRI throughout data collection.
8. All interviews and focus groups should be recorded (pending consent from the participants), transcribed verbatim and translated into English immediately following data collection. (If the participant does not consent to the recording, a note taker should take as detailed notes as possible.) Transcripts should be delivered to IFPRI in Word format.
9. Provide responses to queries from IFPRI in relation to data analysis and translation (as needed).
10. Provide a brief report covering qualitative survey fieldwork, as well as any issues related to implementation.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: August 15, 2022 to December 31, 2022

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Demonstrated experience conducting qualitative data collection in Kenya within the past 5 years.
• Demonstrated experience conducting participatory tools and methods such as resource mapping seasonal calendars, Venn diagrams, etc.; semi-structured focus group discussions; and in-depth interviews.
• Expert knowledge of local context and languages in the target areas.
• Experience in building trust and good relations with village leaders, interviewees, and communities.
• Strong program management skills.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully coordinating field teams and managing deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience with obtaining appropriate local ethics review and permits.