Programming in hard to reach areas

About the role

The HARP-Facility is the principal pillar of the UK’s Humanitarian assistance in Myanmar. Launched in 2016, the Facility acts as both a grant funding mechanism and a knowledge platform for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the wider humanitarian community.

The humanitarian context in Myanmar can be characterised as a complex protracted crises, where humanitarian access is often constrained due to geographical inaccessibility, safety and security issues, restrictions imposed by authorities and, since March, restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the HARP Facility is looking strengthen its work in hard to reach areas and promote learning on how its partners continue to effectively provide humanitarian assistance.

Evaluation objectives and target audience
The aim of this evaluation is to promote learning among the HARP Facility, FCDO and HARP Facility grantees on approaches to delivering humanitarian assistance in hard to reach areas, particularly using remote management modalities. Specifically, the evaluation is expected to:

• Review why remote partnership is adopted by HARP-F and partners, specifically what has triggered a remote partnership approach and successive stages of it. This should be considered both from the perspective of HARP-F itself and of individual partners adopting remote partnership with relation to the
  grants they implement.
• To consider how HARP-F and partners attempt remote working by mapping the approaches and practices undertaken by HARP Facility partners to delivering humanitarian assistance in hard to reach areas,
  including a brief qualitative assessment of the value for money arguments supporting different approaches taken.

• Develop two or more case studies to explore different approaches and practices in depth and to highlight key learning.

  The evaluation findings will be used internally by the HARP Facility and FCDO to improve its grant management arrangements and to promote learning on humanitarian programming in hard to reach areas among its partners and the wider humanitarian sector in Myanmar.

Approach and Methodology
Remote partnerships are conducted in different contexts across Myanmar:
1) In non-government-controlled areas, where there is an absence of state authority and where the functions of the state may, to some degree, be filled by an opposition actor, often an armed group or a political authority with connections to an armed group
2) Areas formally under government control but affected by armed conflict between government forces or pro-government militias and ethnic armed opposition, where access is contingent on government approvals and HARP-F partners have difficulty securing access or where access approvals are intermittent
3) Areas where HARP-F partners have access but only through national staff (of INGOs) or national partners (be these direct HARP-F partners or INGO partners/affiliates), thus access is ‘localised.’

About you

Evaluation team composition and required competencies

• Proven experience conducting rigorous evaluations and demonstrated expertise in both quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills
• In-depth understanding and experience in humanitarian programming and emergency response in hard
• to reach areas
• Familiarity with the Myanmar humanitarian context and ability to communicate cross-culturally
• Ability to synthesize and present findings in an engaging and accessible manner
• Excellent report writing skills in English

About us

You’ll be working with Crown Agents which is a high impact social enterprise passionate about transforming the future for millions of people. Since our creation in 1833 we have worked across the globe to improve public services and drive economic growth. Our expertise is finding new solutions to difficult problems for clients in the areas of health, governance, economic growth, humanitarian action and supply chain services. We work with and train leaders at local, national and international level to achieve lasting change drawing on our insight and experience.

About what’s on offer

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