Post:Market Assessment for Household Economic Strengthening- Northern Nigeria
Organization:Mercy Corps
Location:Abuja(regular field visit)
Mercy Corps has been working in Nigeria since 2012. Our country programs currently focus on conflict
mitigation, economic development, girls’ education, and girls’ financial inclusion. Mercy Corps Nigeria is launching two new programs, in consortium with other NGOs, aimed at promoting household economic development and financial inclusion.
Under the Systems Transformed for Empowered Action and Enabling Responses for Vulnerable Children and Families (STEER) program, led by Save the Children, Mercy Corps will implement household economic strengthening activities (HHES) for caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).
Activities:
Develop STEER standards and principles for HHES.
Conduct financial services mapping exercise in target areas to determine what options are currently available for OVC households and what financial services are in demand. Build on existing work done by the USAID-MARKETS and DFID-AFINA programs, as well as Mercy Corps' research on financial inclusion for adolescent girls in Northern Nigeria.
Identify private sector (PS) actors, assess their viability for engagement, and develop a business case for PS engagement in OVC HHES.
Test methodologies and survey instruments for market and labor demand, including the Household Economic Vulnerability Tool (HEVA).
Identify a set of potential interventions for nutritious food production and small animal husbandry, taking into consideration labor-sensitive technologies and indigenous crops.
Methodology:
The consultant should adapt Mercy Corps existing labor market assessment tools, as well as other relevant tools available from consortium partners.
Closing date: 15 Aug 2013
How to Apply
http://reliefweb.int/job/593155/market-assessment-household-economic-strengthening-northern-nigeria
