LIVELIHOOD CONSULTANT
Background
Oxfam will conduct an integrated DRR assessment in two regencies, Nabire and Wamena in Papua. This integration will involve public health, livelihood and disaster management. This ToR is purposively developed for Oxfam and its consultant as practical guidance to undertake DRR assessment in Papua areas.
Skill and Competencies:
§Proven knowledge in livelihood and disaster management, including disaster risk assessment or five years working experiences with national or international organizations in implementing various activities of disaster risk reductions, e.g. assessment, research, CBDRM, etc.
§Conversant and strong skill in various assessment technique, methodology, approach and developing tools for assessment. Experience of participatory assessment, interview, and data collection.
§Good understanding on Disaster Management and development issues, preferably in the context of poverty reduction, disaster risk reduction and peace building issue in Papua.
§Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work sensitively with people from various cultural and social backgrounds. Work with gender and interdisciplinary perspective.
§Preferably have experience working in Papua.
§Experiences in provide trainings to local NGOs.
§Proven report-writing skills.
§Excellent skills in data analysis and reporting
§Fluency in both written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia.
§Computer literacy, especially word processing and spreadsheets or other database software.
§Commitment to Oxfam's overall aims and beliefs, including equal opportunities and gender equity in all aspects of Oxfam's work.
I. Background
This vulnerable livelihood assessment is aim to obtain in depth information about types of hazards, capacity and vulnerability in two areas (Nabire and Jayawijaya) lead to Oxfam Papua DRR programme whilst specifics objectives are development of vulnerability assessment and analysis and potential development of replication system for community high risk to disaster prone areas.
This vulnerability assessment will be categorized into two main aspects. One is to understand the type of hazards, community livelihood and mapping, socio-economics, vulnerable groups, etc. The other is to obtain information and data regarding the institutional capacity dimension, infrastructure (physical condition) where both of them will further lead to local government strategy to develop disaster management and development planning and also for Oxfam on DRR programming in Papua.
Following are some issues will be assessed in this two following assessment in Nabire and Jayawijaya:
Determining the vulnerable groups
§Hazards and its characterise
Level of frequency, types, characteristic of hazards experienced by community in Nabire and Jayawijaya regency
§Major livelihood groups and its activities
One part of this major livelihood issue is to see what are the differences of major livelihood group (both vulnerable and non ? vulnerable groups) on how they earning money and what level of power and resources they have in terms of land, access, etc. By understanding major types of livelihood in both groups and its characteristics, thus we will able to see the specific impact to community when disaster hits the areas.
§How community women and men are affected by type of hazards
Basically in these two areas targeted, community have been affecting by floods, earthquake, drought and disease outbreaks in frequency of times. Different level of people, age and gender will have different impact and experiences to those types of hazards. In this phase, we will see how they are affected by type of hazards and how their experience and local knowledge are potential to minimalize the risk.
§Capacities and resilience owned by community
What capacities exist in community (women, men, diffable, oldest) local government and stakeholders and how community used and optimalized the capacities as their resilience to types of disasters and what capacities need to be developed in community in different level?
§Coping strategy adopted by community
What strategies community has taken during this period, when disaster hits their areas, their livelihood and life? Do they change their livelihood strategy, how and do they have sufficient earning by its changing and adaptation?
§Gender specific issues
Gender issues will focus around level of participation of women in decision-making process, sort of challenging and potential strategy to advocacy women in some level and to see if there is any gender issue is link to vulnerable disaster?
Specifically in Papua, in some part of areas, socio-cultures is one of the barrier for women to take part in any of decision making process. This assessment will obtain information and collecting stories to understand what and how this issue is undermined women in daily life, livelihood activities and other social activities
Institutional capacity dimension
Following are some issues on assessing institutional capacity;
§Capacities of offices (could be for agriculture, fisheries and marine, husbandry and forestry offices)
§Policies and systems (early warning systems / forecasting) are exists in local government level to support and leverage the community preparedness to disaster
§Strategies have been applied during this time and how is the coordination amongst the related office in the two areas targeted.
§Capacities need to be developed and issues need to be advocated
Recommendation to strengthening community, local government and stakeholders in disaster risk reduction perspectives
The potential recommendation will be used for Oxfam Papua programming. The potential recommendation could be obtaining during the field assessment, experience and insightful analysis during the reporting period. It will be good to see the potential and strategic recommendation for community, local government, stakeholder such as businessman/women groups, military in different level and resources.
II. Process and methodology
Since this will be DRR joint assessment, which involve public health, disaster management and anthropology, the methodology of the whole assessment will be discussed and determined in team workshop whilst livelihood consultant able to propose their relevant tools according to the needs.
Phase I
Desk study, review literature and field visit to Nabire and Wamena
Development and humanitarian response organization has been conducted several assessment and programme dedicated to Papua areas which remains lesson learn and recommendation for actors who will conduct programme in Papua. AHPO will collect and summarize those documents where it has connection to vulnerable livelihood, public health and disaster management component.
AHPO (area humanitarian project officer) have had field visit to Nabire and Wamena. These field visits were purpose to [1] understand current local situation [2] collect baseline information related to disaster management [3] logistic prerequisites for assessment and [4] seek local facilitators. The field visits report would be compiled with other document for consultants as referee.
Phase II
DRR team workshop
This seven days workshop are purposes to [1] have better understanding on the assessment framework [2] sharing ideas, perspective and tools [3] agree and develop an integrated tools for assessment [4] acknowledge to logistic assessment.
It is recognized that all sectors (DRR, livelihood and public health) have their own tools. This workshop will help the team to assemble and synergy the tools, methods, timeframe and approaches wherever necessary and anthropology knowledge will embed in the process of assessment.
All consultants, DPC (Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, HRC (Humanitarian Response Coordinator), AHPO and some Oxfam staff will attend this workshop. Workshop will be taken place in Yogyakarta and Papua
Phase III
Implementation - Field assessment
Small training and workshop will re-conducted and involve local facilitator before the assessment. This will be an opportunity for team to review/refine the tools, methods, etc and team would be have one guideline for field assessment.
Information gathering; the assessment will involve local government, community, and stakeholders in different various meeting. Afterwards, team will carry out on data compilation, analysis and reporting and will share and feedbacks on preliminary result to stakeholders.
The implementation will spent each two weeks in Nabire and Jayawijaya. One local facilitator will assist each consultant for translation to local and Indonesian language.
Basically, the general process of the field assessment will be as follow and ;
§Review of relevant information and documentation, policies
§Open discussion with field staff in different level and offices related in
two areas targeted
§Field observation
§Relevant participatory rural appraisal tools
Phase IV
Consultant consolidation and reporting
Consultants will consolidate the data, analysis and develop an integrated reporting as resulted in Nabire and Wamena. To develop the final report, the consultant will have a time to share and feedback in distance to DPC, HPC, CHPM in Yogyakarta and Papua APM.
One-day workshop to present the result will be attended by Oxfam manager and Papua staff. This workshop will be taken place in Jayapura.
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