SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in more than 26 of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our global team of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses, and organizations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

SNV, Netherlands Development Organization, is operating in Ethiopia since the 1970s. Currently, SNV Ethiopia is working in eight regional states and the two city administrations of Ethiopia, providing technical assistance and program implementation in Agriculture, WASH, and Energy Sectors. SNV is an open and learning organization that focuses on improving the lives of Ethiopian through a market based approach inclusive of women and youth. In its new Strategic Plan period (2019 – 2022), SNV will more explicitly aim for systems change including strengthening institutions and kick-starting markets that help many more to escape poverty beyond our projects. For more information on SNV's operations, visit our website: www.snvworld.org.

Realizing Aspiration of youth in Ethiopia through Employment (RAYEE) is a five-year (Nov 2019 to October 2024 Inclusive) youth employment creation project implemented by SNV-Ethiopia and funded by Mastercard Foundation. The overall objective of the project is to secure dignified and fulfilling employment and income for 240,000 youth (of which 70% are women) in the targeted areas of Ethiopia.

Consultancy Objective

The main objective of this Baseline (BL) is to provide a baseline for impact and outcome level indicators as a comparison for final evaluation and assess the labor market where the project is operating.

The following are key positions required for this consultancy work with qualifications. Other relevant positions and their qualifications are not discussed here and left for the contractor to decide.

Survey Team Leader

A team Leader with the following qualifications;

• Postgraduate degree from a recognized university in development studies, project management, project monitoring and evaluation, or other relevant field of study

• Prior experience leading at least two large-scale household surveys

• Demonstrated expertise in managing budgets, staff, logistics, contracting, and other support staff issues

• Strong experience in partnering and interacting with international donors and in-country governmental authorities/agencies

• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to deliver a high-quality product

• Prior professional in country experience preferred

• Fluency in English is required; fluency in any of the above-mentioned language is an advantage

Senior Survey Specialist

Postgraduate degree from a recognized institution relating to survey methodology, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, or social sciences research

• Experience designing and leading the implementation of large-scale, clustered, multistage household surveys

•  Experience in developing survey inception reports and work plans, and in managing the administrative, logistical, and budgetary functions of large-scale surveys

• Experience in developing, overseeing translations of and pre-testing survey instruments

• Experience in developing survey training materials for supervisors and enumerators

• Experience in overseeing data collection using mobile and GPS devices

•  Expertise in analyzing complex survey data (including calculating sampling weights);

• Strong knowledge of statistical software packages (CSPro, SPSS, etc.)

• Experience of presenting survey results to high-level project stakeholders

• Prior experience with surveys with similar purpose, mode, and populations strongly preferred

• Prior professional in country experience preferred

• Fluency in English is required; fluency in any of the above-mentioned language is an advantage

List of other expertise required

1. Market analyst – if this position has experience on labor market, skill market and value chain development will be an added value
2.  Gender
3. Labor expert
4. Youth expert