{"id":2258,"date":"2026-07-21T15:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/consultancy-for-independent-evaluation-of-french-initiative-for-food-security-and-nutrition-fifsan-project\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:12:35","slug":"consultancy-for-independent-evaluation-of-french-initiative-for-food-security-and-nutrition-fifsan-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/jobs\/borno-yobe\/consultancy-for-independent-evaluation-of-french-initiative-for-food-security-and-nutrition-fifsan-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultancy for Independent Evaluation of French Initiative for Food Security And Nutrition (FIFSAN) Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Consultancy for Independent Evaluation of French Initiative for Food Security And Nutrition (FIFSAN) Project\", \"description\": \"PD Reference: PD-ABU-03924\\nSummary of the proposed response:\\nFocusing entirely on improving nutrition outcomes among target populations through multi-sectoral interventions, the\u00a0project will support improved access to quality nutrition services through the management of acute malnutrition to prevent widespread morbidity and mortality of the vulnerable populations in Borno Konduga and\u00a0Nganzai\u00a0LGA and Yobe Machina and\u00a0Nguru\u00a0LGA\u00a0states. ACF\u00a0and partner\u2019s\u00a0proposed response focused on the first 1,000 days of life approach including pregnant and breastfeeding women.\\nThe project supports the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in 12 OTPs 6 HFs in Borno and 6HFs in Yobe\u00a0and including 2 stabilization centres in hotspot locations in Konduga and\u00a0Nganzai\u00a0LGAs\u00a0for management of complicated and uncomplicated form of malnutrition.\u00a0Screening for acute malnutrition\u00a0isdone\u00a0both at the facility and community level\u00a0while conducting interventions on\u00a0Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition MIYCN\u00a0and care practices,\u00a0psychological first aid, psychoeducation, individual and group\u00a0counselling and referral\u00a0for children and caregivers of malnourish children. The project also provides conditional cash to mothers of children\u00a0with moderate acute malnutrition MAM\u00a0at group level to access high energy dense\u00a0local\u00a0nutritious\u00a0diets Tom-Brown.\u00a0These\u00a0community led activities are linked with vaccination programs, counselling on maternal health care practices including sexual reproductive health and right such as decision on number of children to birth, when to have sexual intercourse and\u00a0option\u00a0for family planning. This\u00a0holistic approach\u00a0aims to improve the health and nutrition outcome of the pregnant and breastfeeding women.\\nWith a major focus on the 1000 days of life and due to the high number of children <6 month in the project locations, ACF is implementing the MAMI Management of At-risk Mothers and Infants approach in Konduga,\u00a0Nganzai,\u00a0Machina and\u00a0Nguru\u00a0LGAs\u00a0for the management of small and nutritionally at-risk infants <6 months and their mothers. At every community or health service contact point, each mother infant-pair\u00a0identified\u00a0either during\u00a0post-natal service as the health facility or in the community\u00a0will undergo a rapid screening assessment. All mother-infant pairs referred for a full assessment will receive a more thorough assessment including IMCI clinical assessment, infant growth and feeding, maternal\u00a0mental\u00a0health\u00a0and wellbeing to\u00a0identify\u00a0specific issues to inform the type and level of care needed.\\nTo improve knowledge, attitude and practice of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women and Girls PBWG, Women of Childbearing Age WCBA and Caregivers of children aged 0-23 months including men\/fathers on optimum\\nMIYCN practices through social and behavioural change communication, ACF\u00a0and partner\u00a0is strengthening the mother-to-mother groups\u00a0and Tom-brown preparation groups\u00a0which also serves as\u00a0platforms\u00a0for peer based\u00a0psychosocial support, referral information and community resilience building\u00a0in the catchment areas of the supported HFs. The women targeted under the mothers\u2019\u00a0groups\u00a0receives support to livelihood and agricultural activities.\\nTo strengthen\u00a0nutrition\u00a0outcomes during the first 1,000 days of life, hygiene,\u00a0sanitation\u00a0and the\u00a0BabyWASH\u00a0approach is integrated into both target health facilities and catchment communities. At the community level, the initiative promotes\u00a0optimal\u00a0caregiving practices and the use of essential resources to improve household and environmental conditions through hygiene and sanitation sensitization.\\nACF and partners are promoting women\u2019s economic empowerment and small-scale\u00a0agro-ecological vegetable production to improve household income and nutrition. These efforts are integrated with Mother-to-Mother MtM groups, support for caregivers of MAM children, and households with at-risk children under the MAMI approach.\u00a0Food\u00a0assistance\u00a0will further improve mothers\u2019\u00a0PBW and U2 children\u2019s nutrition for healthy growth and\u00a0prevent\u00a0malnutrition.\\nMainstreamed into all\u00a0results,\u00a0ACF\u00a0and partner integrate gender into capacity-building trainings conducted at health facilities, ensuring that\u00a0communities,\u00a0volunteers\u00a0and\u00a0healthcare personnel are equipped with an understanding of gender norms, challenges, and concerns specific to project locations. This approach will enable them to provide more inclusive and responsive services, addressing the distinct needs of women, men, girls, and boys effectively.\\nObjectives of the external evaluation:\\nThe goal of this exercise is to evaluate the overall goal of the project in terms of effectiveness, relevance, efficiency, coherence, outcome, likelihood of sustainability and impact of interventions in the implementing locations. The primary objective of this evaluation is to assess the overall achievements of the project in line with the agreed overall results and objectives.\\nGeographical scope coverage:\\nBorno state Konduga and Nganzai LGAs Yobe state Machina and Nguru LGAs, North-Ea\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-21\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Action Against Hunger |  ACF Nigeria LTD\/GTE\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Borno , Yobe\", \"addressCountry\": \"NG\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-28T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Action Against Hunger |  ACF Nigeria LTD\/GTE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Borno , Yobe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time , Onsite<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-28<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>PD Reference: PD-ABU-03924<br \/>Summary of the proposed response:<br \/>Focusing entirely on improving nutrition outcomes among target populations through multi-sectoral interventions, the\u00a0project will support improved access to quality nutrition services through the management of acute malnutrition to prevent widespread morbidity and mortality of the vulnerable populations in Borno Konduga and\u00a0Nganzai\u00a0LGA and Yobe Machina and\u00a0Nguru\u00a0LGA\u00a0states. ACF\u00a0and partner\u2019s\u00a0proposed response focused on the first 1,000 days of life approach including pregnant and breastfeeding women.<br \/>The project supports the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in 12 OTPs 6 HFs in Borno and 6HFs in Yobe\u00a0and including 2 stabilization centres in hotspot locations in Konduga and\u00a0Nganzai\u00a0LGAs\u00a0for management of complicated and uncomplicated form of malnutrition.\u00a0Screening for acute malnutrition\u00a0isdone\u00a0both at the facility and community level\u00a0while conducting interventions on\u00a0Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition MIYCN\u00a0and care practices,\u00a0psychological first aid, psychoeducation, individual and group\u00a0counselling and referral\u00a0for children and caregivers of malnourish children. The project also provides conditional cash to mothers of children\u00a0with moderate acute malnutrition MAM\u00a0at group level to access high energy dense\u00a0local\u00a0nutritious\u00a0diets Tom-Brown.\u00a0These\u00a0community led activities are linked with vaccination programs, counselling on maternal health care practices including sexual reproductive health and right such as decision on number of children to birth, when to have sexual intercourse and\u00a0option\u00a0for family planning. This\u00a0holistic approach\u00a0aims to improve the health and nutrition outcome of the pregnant and breastfeeding women.<br \/>With a major focus on the 1000 days of life and due to the high number of children <6 month in the project locations, ACF is implementing the MAMI Management of At-risk Mothers and Infants approach in Konduga,\u00a0Nganzai,\u00a0Machina and\u00a0Nguru\u00a0LGAs\u00a0for the management of small and nutritionally at-risk infants <6 months and their mothers. At every community or health service contact point, each mother infant-pair\u00a0identified\u00a0either during\u00a0post-natal service as the health facility or in the community\u00a0will undergo a rapid screening assessment. All mother-infant pairs referred for a full assessment will receive a more thorough assessment including IMCI clinical assessment, infant growth and feeding, maternal\u00a0mental\u00a0health\u00a0and wellbeing to\u00a0identify\u00a0specific issues to inform the type and level of care needed.<br \/>To improve knowledge, attitude and practice of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women and Girls PBWG, Women of Childbearing Age WCBA and Caregivers of children aged 0-23 months including men\/fathers on optimum<br \/>MIYCN practices through social and behavioural change communication, ACF\u00a0and partner\u00a0is strengthening the mother-to-mother groups\u00a0and Tom-brown preparation groups\u00a0which also serves as\u00a0platforms\u00a0for peer based\u00a0psychosocial support, referral information and community resilience building\u00a0in the catchment areas of the supported HFs. The women targeted under the mothers\u2019\u00a0groups\u00a0receives support to livelihood and agricultural activities.<br \/>To strengthen\u00a0nutrition\u00a0outcomes during the first 1,000 days of life, hygiene,\u00a0sanitation\u00a0and the\u00a0BabyWASH\u00a0approach is integrated into both target health facilities and catchment communities. At the community level, the initiative promotes\u00a0optimal\u00a0caregiving practices and the use of essential resources to improve household and environmental conditions through hygiene and sanitation sensitization.<br \/>ACF and partners are promoting women\u2019s economic empowerment and small-scale\u00a0agro-ecological vegetable production to improve household income and nutrition. These efforts are integrated with Mother-to-Mother MtM groups, support for caregivers of MAM children, and households with at-risk children under the MAMI approach.\u00a0Food\u00a0assistance\u00a0will further improve mothers\u2019\u00a0PBW and U2 children\u2019s nutrition for healthy growth and\u00a0prevent\u00a0malnutrition.<br \/>Mainstreamed into all\u00a0results,\u00a0ACF\u00a0and partner integrate gender into capacity-building trainings conducted at health facilities, ensuring that\u00a0communities,\u00a0volunteers\u00a0and\u00a0healthcare personnel are equipped with an understanding of gender norms, challenges, and concerns specific to project locations. This approach will enable them to provide more inclusive and responsive services, addressing the distinct needs of women, men, girls, and boys effectively.<br \/>Objectives of the external evaluation:<br \/>The goal of this exercise is to evaluate the overall goal of the project in terms of effectiveness, relevance, efficiency, coherence, outcome, likelihood of sustainability and impact of interventions in the implementing locations. The primary objective of this evaluation is to assess the overall achievements of the project in line with the agreed overall results and objectives.<br \/>Geographical scope coverage:<br \/>Borno state Konduga and Nganzai LGAs Yobe state Machina and Nguru LGAs, North-East, Nigeria.<br \/>SCOPE OF WORK:<br \/>Specific objectives include:<br \/>The extent to which ACF has been successful in meeting the project goal and objectives.<br \/>Beneficiaries\u2019 perception of project achievements.<br \/>To review the secondary data\/reports produced by the project and suggest recommendations to progress on core indicators in the target communities.<br \/>To produce SWOT analysis of the sectoral integration aspect of the project.<br \/>Document lessons learned and best practices<br \/>Generate data for a set of indicators from the project\u2019s logical approach<br \/>Use collected data as a benchmark for measuring project success or failure;<br \/>Suggest other priority areas for future support\/recommendations<br \/>The evaluation exercise would be conducted in a participatory manner, ensuring meaningful and ethical participation of beneficiaries and local partners\/duty bearers across all sectors.<br \/>Profile of the consultant Qualification and Experience<br \/>Significant experience 5-8 years in coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of emergency response programs, and expertise in at least 3 relevant sectors Nutrition and Health, Food Security & Livelihood and WASH. Experience in MHPSS will be an added advantage<br \/>Demonstrated experience in evaluating humanitarian response projects is essential experience in evaluating donor-funded projects is desirable<br \/>Fluency in English and ability to write clear and concise reports examples of previous work will be requested<br \/>Relevant degree \/ equivalent experience related to the evaluation to be undertaken, M.Sc.\/Ph.D. will be an added advantage<br \/>Ability to manage the available time and resources and to work to tight deadlines<br \/>Understanding DAC-OECD evaluation criteria and donor specific requirements for this evaluation.<br \/>Ability to manage the available time and resources and work with tight deadlines.<br \/>NOTE:<br \/>The sending of full ToR will commence from<br \/>17th July 2026<br \/>until the deadline of the submissions to all expressions of interest from prospective consultants and submission of proposals will be on or before<br \/>28th\u00a0July 2026 by 5:00PM, Nigerian time.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>All interested consultants should send Expression of Interest electronically from Friday 18th July 2026 by 9am to Monday 28th\u00a0July 2026 . to: supply@ng-actionagainsthunger.org with subject \u201cCONSULTANCY FOR PROJECT INDEPENDENT FRENCH INITIATIVE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION (FIFSAN) EVALUATION. \u201d in order to receive the full ToR. Proposal without request of the full ToR will not be accepted. The prospective consultancy is expected to submit a brief methodology with concept note while responding to this expression of interest (EoI)<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:supply@ng-actionagainsthunger.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-07-28 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD\/GTE Location: Borno , Yobe Job Type: Full Time , Onsite Apply Before: 2026-07-28 Job Description PD Reference: PD-ABU-03924Summary of the proposed response:Focusing entirely on improving nutrition outcomes among target populations through multi-sectoral interventions, the\u00a0project will support improved access to quality nutrition services through the management of acute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[799,13],"tags":[800,15,18,17],"class_list":["post-2258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borno-yobe","category-jobs","tag-action-against-hunger-acf-nigeria-ltd-gte","tag-full-time-onsite","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}