Job Description

Job Description

To feed its growing population amid climate change and other challenges, the developing world needs a food system, that is nutrition sensitive, efficient, safe, healthy, and environmentally sustainable, as well as promotes economic and human capital development. This requires bringing modern technologies to local communities, helping to acquire the relevant know-how, and building strong partnerships and institutions. Developed countries around the world can play important roles in these efforts and Japan is one of them. We show how Japan can lend its expertise to improve food and nutrition, health, industry and education in the developing world by examining the transferability of Japan’s advanced technologies, know-how and institutional innovations to the developing world.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), under the financial support through the Japanese Government’s FY2025 Supplementary Budget, implements the project “Lighting Up Home to Boost Learning and Livelihoods in Refugee Hosting Communities in Northern Uganda”.

Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa. The intervention introduces 3,000 off-grid solar lanterns, developed by Panasonic Inc for its corporate social responsibility activities, to support children and families in refugee hosting communities and refugee camps. With solar lanterns chargeable in daytime, time allocation and daily activities will be less constrained by daylight hours, i.e., home production frontier will be shifted outward to create more opportunities for many activities. For example, children can study after sunset and parents can work too and therefore the opportunity set for them will be expanded. Lights will increase both quality and quantity of time. The intervention will take place in families whose children attend in primary schools in Aruna District, West Nile Sub-region of Northern Region; more specifically, Omugo and Odupi sub-districts, which cover parts of Rhino and Imvepi Refugee Camps. The above innovation is expected to have positive impacts on the educational outcomes of children, the productivity and income generation capacity of adults, and the overall welfare of the household, for example, through improved indoor air quality by replacing kerosene lamps.

IFPRI is seeking qualified consultants who can implement the solar lantern intervention in refugee hosting communities and refugee camps in northern Uganda. Tasks also include preparation works such as (i) supporting works required to select schools/communities and sample students/families, (ii) sensitizing target population, (iii) implementing the intervention, (iv) monitoring the use of solar lanterns and supporting beneficiaries, and (v) supporting data collection throughout the intervention.

Scope of work

Support works required in the selection of schools/communities and sampling students/families
Store solar lanterns
Sensitize both intervention group (beneficiaries) and control groups.
Support data collection
Monitor the use of solar lanterns
Support the beneficiaries, including technical support

Deliverable

The delivery of solar lanterns to Arua
Sensitization at schools and communities
The distribution of solar lanterns to treatment group and control group
Monitoring activities coordinated with IFPRI
Support to data collection activities

Indicative Timeline

April 2026 to March 2027. We anticipate signing a contract as soon as possible.

Required qualifications of the consultant

Demonstrated outstanding experience in NGO activities in the target refugee hosting communities and refugee camps
Demonstrated outstanding engagement in local schools in the target area
Partnership with the national and local governments in Uganda
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred qualifications

Part of an international NGO with focus on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life and empowering them for the future.
Excellent tracking records in international collaborations
Demonstrated experience in introducing and managing interventions in the target area, especially to promote basic education
Demonstrated experience in managing field operations in the target area
Include education experts
Proficiency in English and local language

Requirements in the application