BACKGROUND
GAIN was launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. GAIN is a global, Swiss-based foundation that mobilises public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver nutritious foods to those people most at risk of malnutrition.
GAIN contributed to fighting malnutrition in Ethiopia through innovative and sustainable models that increase access to affordable nutritious foods among communities vulnerable to malnutrition and is currently implementing a project called Access to Better Dairy Project. This project emanates as part of the Nordic Partnership which brings companies, civil society, academia & the public sector together to focus on developing scalable and inclusive business models to contribute solving the sustainable Development Goals (SDG) challenge to end hunger & malnutrition.
The main objective of this project is to catalyse market development of the dairy value chain in Ethiopia. This is achieved through technical support to (private) dairy sector partners for the development and marketing of fortified dairy product targeting selected communities with the aim of improving nutrition.
For this purpose, GAIN has selected LONI Agro Industry- a local dairy processing company to supply the required dairy products and work on building the capacity of the company through technical support in engaging with the dairy farm, processing, key product development and the demand creation to reach the target consumer. Following this, GAIN and LONI Agro Industry has partnered to develop an affordable fortified yoghurt that is going to be further enhancing to address micronutrient deficiencies. The main aim of the demand creation is to pilot the product to penetrate the market in two sub cites in Addis Ababa through the distribution of the yoghurt via feasible sales channels mainly kiosks that the target group can primary access in the designated markets. In addition, GAIN is also going to support a school feeding program in selected schools in those target areas with 2000 servings per week to tackle the effects of nutrition deficiency in the target children of the community.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this work is to identify the viability of the product performance of the distributed Yoghurt in the sales channels in the target pilot areas by creating a system of reporting to monitor progress. The consultant is expected to establish an operational monitoring system for tracking the sales and distribution activities undertaken by LONI under the supervision of the senior project manager of the project for GAIN. The consultant will be responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring research, and learning framework of the Project. The consultant will develop a systematic monitoring framework to for the qualitative and quantitative evidence gathering during the project.
REQUIREMENTS
The consultant will also be monitoring the sub project of the school feeding program with monthly update on program activity progress and impact on targeted beneficiaries.
Timeline: Project M&E duration is as follows
Specific objectives of the assignment are to:
To formulate a set of relevant, simple and straightforward indicators to monitor and evaluate the project outputs listed below.
Study area: The above activities will be conducted in Kirkos and Lideta sub cites covering all areas in each sub city were feasible distribution channels have been selected based on the distribution strategy under selected routes for product delivery. In addition, it will also cover selected schools in those areas for the school feeding program.
Relevant Methods:
Insight gathering from project brief and discussions
Key responsibilities of the consultant
Develop data collection survey and analysis for channel monitoring
Organize analysed data for a progressive monitoring report.
Deliverable | Timeline |
Desk review and briefing | |
Data collection and reporting survey tools and get approval from GAIN | Within one month of the agreement is signed between GAIN and a consultant |
Data collection and monitoring | Regularly |
Result, Analysis and recommendations provided and presented to GAIN | Every two months for the product marketing activity and every month for the school feeding program. |
Final Monitoring Reporting to GAIN project manager separately for channels monitoring and school feeding monitoring. | Within 6 weeks of end of the six months monitoring period for channels monitoring and end of school feeding distribution for school feeding monitoring |
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