Job title: Expert reviewer(s) – Proposals are welcome from individuals or from teams of experts
Period of Performance: Consultant, 4 – 5 months
Duration: The review is expected to start in October and be concluded no later than mid-March 2024
Location: Remote/online
Job purpose
BBC Media Action Indonesia is looking for external experts to lead a final review for a multi-media climate programme that has been funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).
Please see **the detail Terms of Reference (TOR) **for further details.
Background:
BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity – we believe in media and communication for good. Last year, we reached more than 130 million people in some of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries. Established in 2019, BBC Media Action Indonesia is our newest country office, staffed by a diverse and youthful team delivering our most ambitious climate project to date. Climate change and environmental degradation are critical issues for Indonesia’s future. But while young people around the world are demanding climate action from their leaders, our research has found that Indonesia’s largely urban youth population feel disconnected from forests and deforestation, and don’t know how they can get involved to ensure more sustainable development.
In 2021, NORAD granted a second phase of a project called ‘For the People’ (2021-24). It is closely related to 5 goals in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including (10) reducing inequality, (12) ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns, (13) climate action, (15) life on land, and (17) partnership for the goals. For the People is closely related to climate action. The programme is designed for 2 main outcomes: Mobilising ambition and support for forest-friendly policies and Improved rights and livelihoods for indigenous peoples and local communities in tropical forest countries
This mid-term review is a prerequisite by NORAD under the ‘For the People’ project with the aim of determining to what extent the project is being implemented as originally intended, and what progress the project is making towards achieving its intended outcomes.
The midterm review seeks to provide BBC Media Action with valuable input on project progress, potentially as a basis for steering the course towards greater project achievement where applicable.
Proposals are welcome from those with the relevant expertise and experience. Experts must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Experience in conducting qualitative monitoring and evaluation exercises for donor-funded programmes and writing reports to high professional standards
- Experience in the social media and journalism sector, ideally including the structure of media industry and young audience
- The experts must be independent and impartial. Individuals or organisations who are themselves engaged in implementation of current media development programmes will not be considered. To offer your services, please send a CV and a cover note highlighting relevant experience, confirm you are able to meet the schedule and required deliverables and provide a cost per month. Where the proposal is sent from a team of reviewers, please provide information on all members of the team, division of labour and approach. The experts will be shortlisted by BBC Media Action, with a final selection being made by the Funder. An online interview may be required.
How to apply
Interested, qualified candidates should submit their technical application and cost, including a CV and a cover note (in English, PDF or Microsoft Word format) highlighting relevant experience, confirming you are able to meet the schedule and required deliverables and providing a cost per day. Where the proposal is sent from a team of reviewers, please provide information on all members of the team, division of labour and approach.
Please include the title of the position applied for in the subject line. Only applicants with a separate cover letter will be considered. Please do not send certificates or other attachments. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Interested experts should send their response to procurement@id.bbcmediaaction.org by 5 pm Jakarta time on 24 September 2023. In the submission email, reference ‘FTP midterm review’.
Mandatory training
This role may involve working with groups of vulnerable children, youth, and adults. For the successful candidate, mandatory training will be provided on BBC Media Action’s safeguarding policy and staff code of conduct. BBC Media Action operates a zero-tolerance policy concerning all forms of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. A police background check may form part of the recruitment process.
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