Consultancy for a Firm/Individual to conduct Qualitative fieldwork, including Key Informant Interviews and Gendered Focus Group Discussions on Rural Energy use in Ethiopia. This consultancy is RESTRICTED to applicants based in ETHIOPIA only.
Background:
It has long been known that women and men have access to different sources of energy, use energy sources differently and women derive different benefit streams from energy than men. This study will implement gendered focus group discussions (FGDs) in five woredas (Fogera, Dera, ArbaMinch Zuria, Shebedino and Liben Chukula) to assess gendered differences in energy access and use. The study will also implement Key Informant Interviews with public and private sector actors as well as with NGOs on how to accelerate energy access for rural women and men. This study is particularly interested to understand domestic and commercial energy sources, energy use patterns, benefit streams, access to alternative energy portfolios, and related social relations for women and men. The results of the study will be used for the development of the Energy Insecurity Experiences Scales (EIES).
Activities:
The consultant or firm will implement 20 FGDs with women and then with men. This includes 12 FGDs with women and men in the Tana-Beles river basin (Fogera and Dera woredas) and 8 FGDs outside Tana-Beles sub-basin. Key informant interview (KII) will be undertaken with stakeholders at the national and at the district/regional state levels.
Specific activities include:
1. Identify list of Key Informants on gender and energy
2. Support to finalization of Key Informant Protocol and Focus Group Discussion Protocol
3. Translation of consent forms and interview protocols into the local language
4. Implement approximately 15 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs)
5. Implement 20 FGDs
6. Verbatim translation of KIIs and FGDs
7. Develop key themes from KIIs and FGDs
8. Develop draft report in English and obtain comments from IFPRI
9. Revise/improve the report based on the comments received form IFPRI
10. Produce a final draft report
Required qualifications:
路 Presence in Ethiopia
路 Good English writing skills
路 MA or higher in relevant field
路 Experience with gendered analyses
路 Experience with drafting reports in English
路 At least 7 years of experience with designing and implementing qualitative fieldwork in Ethiopia
路 Demonstrated experience in successfully completing studies on time
Application : Please upload your CV, at least one writing sample of a completed qualitative study, and a cover letter detailing relevant experience. Submissions will only be considered if a writing sample, cover letter and cost proposal are provided. The consultant can be an individual or a firm. If the consultant is an individual, please include costs for enumerators who would be separately hired.
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