Who are we?
Oxfam
is a leading aid, development and campaigning not-for-profit
organisation with a world-wide reputation for excellence and over 60
years’ experience working in Indonesia. Our purpose is to work with
others to overcome suffering and find lasting solutions to poverty.
Asia is
experiencing an unprecedented change and is on the path of historical
transformation. If it continues to grow on its current trajectory, by 2050 it
could, account for more than half of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), trade
and investment, and enjoy widespread affluence. Asia is
still home to over two-thirds of the world’s poor. Though Asia’s economic
growth has lifted millions of people out of poverty, its benefits have not
spread equally.
Oxfam GB in Asia
aims to transform power relations by focusing on women’s rights and working
with strategic partners to overcome poverty and inequality across Asia. Three thematic focus of the work is (1)
women’s leadership capacity, political participation, and economic
opportunities (2) effective and accountable states (3) resilience to
vulnerability. The third thematic focus
– resilience to vulnerability will particularly contribute to achieving Oxfam
Economic Justice (EJ) and Right in Crisis Change (RIC) goals.
Oxfam GB ASIA Humanitarian Team
The Humanitarian Team aims to support building resilient communities by delivering high
quality and gender equitable humanitarian assistance as well as longer term
disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The team will achieve this by working with
communities and governments before, during and after disasters in order to
decrease levels of vulnerability and increase resilience to shocks.
The Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihood (EFSVL) team in the
region is exploring different opportunities to improve its preparedness to
emergency and at the same time hold ourselves accountable to continuously
contribute to resilience outcome from our EFSVL intervention. The team observes there have been numbers of
Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment (PCVA) have been conducted
by the DRR/CCA team across Asia, e.g. in Indonesia it is predicted more than 30
PCVA analysis and reports have been produced.
Up to date, the PCVA analysis is merely used as baseline information for
DRR/CCA projects only, while the unit of analysis uses some common approach as
the EFSVL analysis such as the Participatory Rural Appraisal and Livelihood
Pentagon Assets.
With the economic downturn experienced by most of INGO, the EFSVL team in
Asia aims to find creative and cost effective way in improving our work in
preparedness and response. We want to
explore the possibility to use the existing PCVA analysis and reports and
synthesize them further into useful information for EFSVL preparedness and
response. Should this initiative
successful, Oxfam expects to improve its work in preparedness to response with
a comprehensive analysis of capacity and vulnerability of people living in
prone to disaster area.
Currently we are looking for a:
Consultant in Improving
EFSVL Preparedness to Response and Contribution to Resilience Outcome through
Further Synthesis of Existing PCVA Analysis and Reports in Asia Region
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1.
To
explore opportunities of improving EFSVL preparedness to response through
further utilisation of PCVA analysis and reports produced by the DRR/CCA
programme team.
2.
To
provide a guideline on supplementary analysis of data collected under PCVA that
will inform how EFSVL intervention should be designed in order to contribute to
resilience outcome
3.
To provide evidence in two case studies of how
PCVA analysis and reports in Asia can be useful resources in EFSVL
intervention.
METHODOLOGY
This is primarily a desk based assignment with some
proposed activities as follow:
·
Develop a quick survey to country team regarding
existing PCVA analysis and reports, and how it has been utilised beyond the use for DRR/CCA programmes
·
Review of PCVA analysis and reports to understand
key information exist, follow by comparison of the minimum information required
during the first 48 hours after disasters.
·
Identify overlapping and gaps, and suggest on how to
use PCVA to ensure an EFSVL response that contribute to resilience outcome.
·
Telephone discussions/ interviews with people
involved in the DRR/CCA and humanitarian programme. Follow up with key staff members on the
missing pieces of information
·
Develop a suggestion on how to extract PCVA analysis
and reports, transforming the PCVA information towards preparedness to
emergency efforts
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
1.
An
overall report of the whole desk review process
2.
Matrix
tabulation of existing PCVA analysis and reports across Oxfam GB Asia operation
countries, which provide the following information: geographic coverage with urban rural
distinction, anticipated livelihood zones, hazards anticipated,
3.
A
guideline of different information produced in PCVA that will be useful in
humanitarian responses, especially for EFSVL intervention with reference to the
minimum EFSVL information required during the first 48 hours after a disaster
(requirement will be provided later).
4.
Two
study cases to demonstrate how PCVA analysis and report can be useful to inform
humanitarian preparedness in Asia (urban and rural), identify remaining
information gaps, and a recommendation on how to maximize the utilization of
PCVA reports in the future to support the Emergency Preparedness and Response
Team.
TIME FRAME
This
assignment is expected to take approximately 20 – 25 working days, between the
3rd week of January – 2nd week of February 2014
MANAGEMENT
The
assignment holder will report to the Regional EFSL Technical Coordinator, Oxfam
GB Asia, based in Jakarta – Indonesia.
HOW TO APPY
If you believe you are the consultant candidate we are looking for please submit your Proposal with cover letter and CV/Resume to: Jakarta@oxfam.org.uk and stated : Consultant in Improving EFSVL Preparedness to Response and Contribution to Resilience Outcome through Further Synthesis of Existing PCVA Analysis and Reports in Asia Region on the subject of your email.
Latest date for application will be on 16 January 2014
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
If you believe you are the consultant candidate we are looking for please submit your Proposal with cover letter and CV/Resume to: Jakarta@oxfam.org.uk and stated : Consultant in Improving EFSVL Preparedness to Response and Contribution to Resilience Outcome through Further Synthesis of Existing PCVA Analysis and Reports in Asia Region on the subject of your email.
Latest date for application will be on 16 January 2014
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
