Position: Expert Consultant/Consultancy
Location: Remote, with potential travel to Italy and Spain
Programme Duration: October 2024 – February 2025
Application Deadline: Close of Business (BST), 13 September 2024
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a leading membership organisation focused on addressing human rights impacts in supply chains. By working with companies, trade unions and NGOs we are uniquely placed to tackle the challenges faced by workers around the world. We support businesses to identify and reduce human rights risks in supply chains, through guidance and collaboration across our membership.
In line with our mission and with funding from the UK Government, ETI established a project in January 2023 together with a group of its retail, trade union and NGO members to increase access to operational grievance mechanisms for vulnerable workers within targeted agriculture supply chains in Italy and Spain. Vulnerable workers, attracted to low skill jobs in agricultural supply chains around the Mediterranean, are at risk of exploitation through illicit recruitment and employment tactics. Although companies and governments have responsibilities under the UNGPs to respect human rights and remediate harms done, there are currently no agreed best mechanisms to do so.
ETI is seeking a qualified consultant or consultancy team to evaluate and document lessons learned from its pilot project on grievance mechanisms in agriculture. The aim is to identify strengths of the pilot project that ETI can build on and key lessons for future interventions. The final evaluation will focus on two main components: a Theory of Change Review and the development of four case studies.
Applications are invited from suitable consultants or consultancy teams. The selected consultant/team will work closely with the ETI Programme Manager and Impact Advisor, who will review and validate all deliverables for this assignment.
Deliverables
- Inception report (following initial desk review and consultation with ETI PM and Impact Advisor, short report refining methodology, work plan, list of intended interviewees and data sources, list of selected case studies, outline of structure for summative evaluation)
- Initial results presented in one or multiple validation workshop/s with key project stakeholders for feedback
- Short and concise final pilot evaluation report with clear recommendations for future programming including a revised Theory of Change
- A minimum of four case studies illustrating clear examples of learning generated by the project that are relevant to sector stakeholders.
Qualifications
Required:
- Working knowledge of theories of change and ToC review processes
- In-depth knowledge of qualitative research methods
- Demonstrated experience of designing and delivering qualitative research, case studies and evaluations
- Detailed understanding of challenges facing migrant workers in the agricultural sector and/or of grievance mechanisms
- Proven track record of delivering similar assignments.
Desired:
- Practical experience working on initiatives with migrant workers and/or grievance mechanisms in an implementation as well as research capacity.
- Experience of evaluating projects with short implementation cycles, where longer term outcomes may not be felt within project cycle
- Knowledge of situation of migrant workers in specifically Spain and Italy
- Experience carrying out evaluations for the UK Government and understanding of UK evaluation standards
Application Process
For more information, please download the Terms of Reference (ToR) at the top of this page.
Interested applicants should submit a proposal that includes the following:
- CV(s): Detailed CVs of all team members involved in the project.
- Experience and Methodology: A brief outline (maximum 4 pages) detailing relevant experience aligned with the project’s requirements, along with a proposed methodological approach. This should include considerations for research ethics, safeguarding, data quality and management.
- Work Plan: A clear work plan indicating the timeframe and days allocated per deliverable. If applying as a team, include a description of how the team will collaborate, how roles will complement each other, and identify the main contact person.
- Budget: A detailed budget that covers fees and anticipated expenses, along with preferred payment terms.
- Sample of Relevant Work: Provide at least one example of recent work relevant to the assignment authored by you (if multiple team members are involved, ensure the work sample is from the lead author or provide multiple samples).
- Availability: Confirmation of your availability during the assignment period.
The successful candidate/s will be subject to relevant safeguarding checks and due diligence procedures.
Application Deadline: Application Deadline: Submit your application by close of business (BST) on 13 September 2024. Interviews will be held via Teams/Zoom during the week of 23 September 2024.
Submission: Please send your application to hr@eti.org.uk with the subject line ‘Final Evaluation and Case Study Consultancy’.