Background
This assignment is part of PCDs Strategic Grain Reserve Support Programme. The objective of PCDs SGR programme is to enhance management of grain reserves and enable Home Grown School Feeding linkage.
The programme is structured around four work streams: knowledge base, partnerships, technical assistance and new technology.
Nigeria is a key country for this initiative. The SGR agency in Nigeria is the SGR Department under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The consultant will work with the designated officers of the SGR department.
Objectives of Assignment
The objectives of the consultancy are described below.
Expected Deliverables
The consultant will be expected to deliver a detailed situation analysis report including technical needs assessment. It could be a single report or two separate reports to be submitted concurrently.
Person Specification
The individual should hold at least a post graduate degree in the social sciences preferably in economics, law, development studies, public policy or a relevant field and have at least four years’ experience in the relevant area.
In addition he/she must have the following qualifications:
The Partnership for Child Development consists of a global consortium of civil society organizations, academic institutions and technical experts with a streamlined Coordinating Centre based at Imperial College London. The role of the Centre is not as an implementing agency, but to engage specific experts, in specific countries, on specific issues, as and when required. In this way, we are able to bring together a distinct combination of academic excellence, technical expertise and high level networks to governments and international organizations, resident in many different countries.
PCD is an organisation committed to improving the education, health and nutrition of school-age children and youth in low-income countries. Our ongoing research and operational activities in the field of school health and nutrition and HIV and education now provide an impressive evidence-based platform that assists countries and international agencies turn such findings into national interventions.
The key objectives of PCD are to:
1) Strengthen the evidence base: PCD advocates basing policy decisions on good evidence. Our ongoing research and collaboration in the development of new technologies supports this goal.
2) Strengthen the capacity of education sectors in low and middle income countries: PCD provides expert support of government planning for SHN activities, providing high quality training of educationalists and public health professionals and supporting other sectors’ participation in SHN activities.
3) Improve, collect, share and disseminate knowledge: PCD enhances the SHN through a variety of media ranging from websites, interactive forums and publication of hard copy documents that serve to enable advocacy, policy and planning for SHN practitioners.
4) Strengthen global, regional, national and local partnerships: PCD enables global policymakers and planners to share ideas, innovations and experience. We facilitate consensus building towards good practice in SHN at global, regional, national and local levels, as well as supporting effective programme coordination and implementation.
