Vacancy at Fauna & Flora International (FFI)

Fauna & Flora International (FFI), in partnership with the World Bank Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) unit, and under a grant from the World Bank Consolidating Peaceful Development in Aceh (CPDA) Trust Fund, seeks a research firm to carry out survey research activities as part of a baseline assessment for its Community Ranger Program (CRP) in Aceh. The CRP works with communities around the Ulu Masen forest area, in northern Aceh, to promote forest conservation through the formation of local ranger teams who monitor the forest, mitigate human-wildlife conflicts, and carry out conservation outreach with forest-edge communities. DIME has designed an impact evaluation for the CRP. The evaluation will examine the impact of the CRP with respect to:

• Reducing forest crime
• Reducing human-wildlife conflict
• Reducing environmental damage due to development and human settlement
• creating institutional capacity for conservation in forest edge communities
• Promoting new and sustainable livelihoods
• Contributing to social integration and social capital.

The subcontractor will implement a sample survey of households, village heads, and youth based on a research design and using questionnaires and protocols provided by the DIME researchers. Specifically, the subcontractor will be responsible for:

• Assembling and training enumeration teams to complete the surveys between January and March 2012, inclusive. Given the upcoming February 2012 governor elections in Aceh, the exact timing and implementation schedule will be worked out in collaboration with FFI. Training should be adequate to ensure mastery of all questionnaires as protocols, as well as mastery of issues related to ethical survey research and protection of the rights and safety of survey subjects. The enumeration teams should be proficient in local languages and capable of working effectively in the Aceh’s forest edge communities. The enumeration teams should have proper supervision to ensure that high quality standards will be maintained and that research will be carried out strictly in accordance with the overall design established by the DIME researchers. The firm will ensure that its enumeration team has proper permission to carry out fieldwork in the study sites
• Translating and back-translating all survey questionnaires and accompanying material (including enumerator guidelines, code sheets, consent script, etc.).
• Pre-testing all survey questionnaires and working with the DIME team to edit and finalize the questionnaires as needed.
• Printing and assembling all questionnaires and accompanying print material.
• Carrying out the sample surveys using the design, questionnaires, and protocols provided by the DIME team. The firm will be responsible for all of the logistical needs of the enumeration teams to ensure that the survey is completed by the end of March 2012 safely and to high quality standards. This includes all logistical needs for the enumeration teams, compensation/thank-you gifts for respondents, etc. The firm will assume any and all liabilities for enumerators and will insure against any injuries or losses.
• Double entry of all data from the completed questionnaires into a digital database (e.g., SPSS or State format) and ensuring that data are free of entry errors.

The firms will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection Based on Consultant Qualification (CQS) as a method of selection.

Interested firms may request further and detailed information (TOR) to procurementffi@gmail.com during office hours (09:00 – 17:00 Indonesia Western Time). Expression of Interest must be delivered by email to procurementffi@gmail.com on Monday, January 2nd, 2012, by 17:00 pm.