CARE International Indonesia (CII), as an international NGO, has carried out large scale operations in Indonesia, encompassing emergency operations, transitional activities centered on agriculture and nutrition and a range of development initiatives in such areas as water and sanitation, health and enterprise & economic development.

Background

Indonesia’s garment industry will continue to be a major sector of employment for women and will remain central to the national economy. But even as Indonesia prepares for increasing demand for garment exports, the industry’s largely female workforce – women represent 83% of sector employees – remains at risk. Within Indonesia, factories do not always exhibit robust compliance with respect to the full health and safety of workers. Internal and external resources from which female factory workers can access information related to health and safety are rare. Therefore, what may be construed as indifference in personal hygiene and workplace safety on the job is often an absence of education on the topic. And again, limited workplace standards on health and safety - coupled with lack of awareness - ultimately lead to poor health conditions, which in turn affects productivity.

The double burden of home and work also plays a significant role in the health and well-being of female factory workers. Female workers are often also wives, daughters-in-law, and mothers. They are expected to play all of these roles simultaneously and equally well. There is very little support from home or within the community in terms of sharing household responsibilities. These women, with limited knowledge and social capital, have to struggle to meet the expectations of these varied roles. This affects their well-being, both in their personal and professional lives. Often, neither employers nor family/community members fully understand the struggles and pressures women face on a daily basis.

Worker Dignity, Health and Leadership. The program focuses on improved dignity and well-being for female factory workers through a range of interventions to empower them as individuals, workers, and community members, and through workplace and community dialogue aimed at improving their enabling environment. Female factory workers will develop purposeful relations with influential institutions such as the factory and the community, expanding their agency and addressing social inequities and critical health needs.

Project Objective: Improved dignity and wellbeing for women workers - with a particular focus on health outcomes - at work and in the communities where they live.   

Working in two geographic areas (Sukabumi and Purwakarta) where there are a number of garment factories, CARE will take a multi-dimensional approach to reaching and supporting factory workers:

1. Via EKATA groups in the communities, set up with CARE’s facilitation; and

2. Directly to factories where access is available, liaising with management and union representatives, and over time seeking support for follow up improvements and investments in line with action plans.

To achieve overall objective of the project that promotes worker well-being, the following are the outcomes to be achieved.

Outcome 1

Women workers are empowered in terms of voice, participation and leadership

Activity 1.1 Establishment of female factory workers’ EKATA groups

Activity 1.2 Training and capacity-building for EKATA group leaders and members

Outcome 2

Female factory workers have improved health and well-being at work and at home

Activity 2.1: EKATA Group Action Plans

During the year, groups will discuss themes relevant to improving health and well-being at work. In the last quarter, CARE will support the groups to develop Action Plans addressing these topics based on achievable sub-projects in line with group priorities.

Activity 2.2: Engagement with service providers

To further support the health and well-being of female factory members, EKATA groups will be linked with existing service providers, including healthcare, legal aid centers, and financial service providers. Service providers will be invited to attend EKATA groups’ regular meetings to share information about the services that they offer. EKATA group members will share information about service providers with their peers and family members, leading to benefits of a broader group of people, and service providers will be invited to attend community outreach events to promote their services.

Activity 2.3: Engagement with local communities

CARE will engage neighborhood communities in events across all eight communities, effectively reachinga broader audience than those women who are members of the EKATA groups. This will include healthy cooking activities to engage communities and encourage attendance, aiming to increase awareness of community stakeholders about the lives, concerns, health and rights of female factory workers and improve community relations.

Outcome 3

Female factory workers can take action to address their concerns within the community and the workplace, particularly around worker health.

Key performance indicators

The centre of the project is the process to increase the participation of the female workers in the appropriate platform named EKATA. EKATA group originated from the Empowerment, Knowledge and Transformative Action Initiative supported by CARE Bangladesh. Basically, EKATA groups are women factory workers’ self-help solidarity groups established in the communities where female workers live. EKATA community-based approach will create a forum where female workers coming together to identify and discuss challenges in their lives and determining how they can do together and individually to solve those problems. Therefore, the priority of EKATA is to build critical awareness and leadership skills by sharing and learning from each other on barriers and the root causes of them, solidarity between women workers and create collective action to address it. In the life-time of the project, at least 25 groups of female workers will be supported with 30 women per group.

At the start of the program, discussion will be held with EKATA group members to understand their

starting point in terms of knowledge, skills and needs. This information will help to tailor the program activities and will allow for changes to be assessed by comparing results with the outcomes of similar discussions that will be held at the end of Year One. Furthermore, changes in knowledge of EKATA leaders will be assessed through pre-and post-training assessments.

The core indicators will capture changes across different well-being issues that EKATA groups address, including health and nutrition. The following key performance indicators will be measured in the first year:

• # and % of female workers who report increased voice, participation, and sense of well-being as a result of the program.
• % of women in EKATA groups with improved knowledge on nutrition and personal hygiene
• # and type of action taken by factory management and/or local authorities to improve worker health and well-being
• % of satisfaction of all program participants based along indicators for success developed by program participants (defined at the beginning, with technical input from CARE).
• Increased frequency of female workers supporting other female workers (as reported by workers themselves)
• % of EKATA group members who report feeling that their managers listen to their concerns.

Please note that while all indicators will be measured in Year One, we expect that membership of EKATA groups and improved knowledge and awareness through the training will be the primary outcomes of Year One.  We expect that larger outcomes from EKATA group dialogue with stakeholders will become more evident in future years.

The consultant will make a detailed methodological proposal in accordance with the timeline and budget. At the end, the consultant will present the initial results and recommendations to the team for discussion. On the basis of these discussions, the consultant will draft a summary report and send it to the CARE team. The CARE team will provide any feedback on this report within five working days. In addition to the summary report, the consultant will submit a final baseline report in the provided format and a full set of data collected.

• To capture the quantitative data as per the key performance indicators listed: identification of the demographic characteristics of the workers (their age, group, location, time available) to inform the project intervention and communication plan/ materials
• To capture qualitative aspects of workers and key stakeholder’s (factory managers, communities, service providers) understanding on well-being issues, including:
• 1.  their perception and understanding about well-being;
  2.  their skills and capacity to practice their voice and rights toward their well-being and
  3.  the way of improving worker’s voice, capacity and accessibility
  4. their access to social services
• Provide a brief description of the key related issues and challenges (that may influence he worker’s well-being at the workplace and at the local level, including the policy environment, financial and social inclusion, gender based violence etc.
• To establish the baseline values for the project indicators and make any recommendation in log-frame revision.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES & DELIVERABLES

• Initial work plan in English, including all proposed tools to be introduced, schedule to be followed and the questionnaires, / FGD questions etc.
• Organize a PowerPoint presentation to the CARE Team including an analysis of the findings and a set of recommendations. During this meeting, the consultant will provide a detailed explanation of the methodological assessment tools used. The consultant will develop a preliminary findings presentation in Power Point that should include the following:

o   Key points from draft report outline;

o   A detailed explanation of the methodology used and timeframe;

o   A detailed explanation of the methodological assessment tools used

o   A preliminary findings/results of the assessment;

o   Recommendations.

• A draft report (in English) incorporating the feedback from the meeting.
• 2 Human-Interest Stories from EKATA and Quotes if relevant
• A Final Baseline Report (in English) on the current condition of EKATA groups in Sukabumi and the current stage of working conditions and stakeholder roles in Purwakarta. The final report will include relevant comments from the CARE team on the draft report. The final report should follow the final report template as provided by the CARE team.
• Within the report confidentiality will be respected when representing personal information. A CARE consent form need to be completed prior taking any photo, aligned with CARE Protection Policy.

All documents should be compliant with the following conditions (see data format requirements):

• CARE requires that the datasets that are compiled or used in the process of assessment are submitted to CARE when the assessment is completed.
• Data must be disaggregated by gender, age and other relevant diversity, etc
• CARE must be provided with a final template of any surveys, interview guides, or other materials used during data collection. Questions within surveys should be assigned numbers and these should be consistent with variable labelling within final datasets. 
• Datasets must be anonymized with all identifying information removed.
• In the case of tabular datasets variable names and variable labels should be clear and indicative of the data that sits under them. Additionally, the labelling convention must be internally consistent.

DURATION

The contract is planned to be conducted in April –May 2019 (starting week of April 15th) and the final deadline for the submission of the finalised Baseline Report is May 23, 2019.  It will consist of approximately 30 billable days during that time frame.  The detail of the anticipated timeframe of work is as follows:

1. Assignment Start up

Time : 2 Days (est. 15 – 16 April)

Output :

• Clear understanding of assignment.
• Paperwork prepared.

• Review the project documents.
• Design assessment tools.

Time : 6 Days (est. April 17 – 24, 2019)

Output :

• The baseline design including activities and timeline.
• Data collection tools (questionnaire, focus group guidance, key informant interview guidance) are prepared and consulted.
• Define the sampling size and design detailed respondent criteria.
• Survey protocol and set data entry form.
• Detailed work plan including the list of stakeholders to meet for key informant interview (if any).
• Material for Enumerator training.
• CARE Review & Approval.

• Select enumerators.
• Organize and provide the training for enumerators Questionnaire Trial and translate to local language.
• Coordinate the data collection process and perform quality checks of the data entered to system.
• Interview with the relevant respondents, Coordinate the FGD, in-depth key informant interviews.
• The raw data from the assessment process is documented.
• The key findings from in depth, FGD and observation process are analysed.
• Organise a meeting with CARE, to present the findings with the aim of exchanging, and sharing feedback.
• Update & revise preliminary report based on the feedbacks.
• Submission of a final survey report to CARE.

Time : 9 days (est. April 25 – 5 May, 2019)

Output :

• Final Questionnaire and translation (if available) are submitted.
• Raw Data from the assessment process is documented and submitted.
• The key findings from in depth, FGD in-depth key informant interviews and observation process are submitted.
• The enumerators are well informed about their tasks, timeframe and the output expected.
• Present the findings with the aim of exchanging, and sharing feedback.

4. Data Analysing and Interpreting Process

• Analysing data entered.
• Drafting and submission of preliminary report writing on findings, analysis and recommendations.
• Collecting initial comments and feedback from CARE team.
• Initial comments and feedback from CARE team incorporated in to draft report.

Time : 7 days (est. 6 - 13 May  2109)

• Draft of preliminary report writing on findings, analysis and recommendations is submitted.

5. Finalization Report

• Organise a meeting to present the findings of the baseline with the aim of clarifying details & issues and soliciting further input and feedback.
• Update & revision of preliminary report based on the feedbacks.  Finalization of Report.

 Time : 6 days (est. May 14 – 22, 2019)

• Input from CARE gained.
• Slide of the report is presented.

6. Final report submission to CARE

Time : 23 May 2019

Output : Final  Report Submitted & Approved

Overall, the consultant (team) should have knowledge, experience and competencies in:

1. At least 5 years’ experience on project evaluation, baseline, assessment, and impact study with using quantitative and qualitative design and methods.
2. Experienced in conducting similar assessment / evaluation which is proven by stating at least three evaluation titles in the cover letter.
3. Have enough capacity to implement this evaluation which is proven in the CVs of the evaluators showing that they have managed a similar evaluation previously for a community based project.

TERMS OF OFFER

Interested applicant must submit the following documentation:

1. Comprehensive curriculum vitae of individual/team members involve in the activities, updated CV of Team Leader and other core members of the Consultant Team.
2. A technical and cost proposal based on this Terms of Reference (ToR) is requested from the consultant or consulting firm. The proposal should contain: 

• Detailed plan of action for field work indicating staff-days required.
• Specific roles and responsibilities of the team leader, supervisory chain and other core members of the assessment team.
• Schedule of key activities. 
• Detailed budget with justification. The external evaluation proposal should include a reasonable detailed budget to cover all costs associated with the evaluation. This should be submitted by major activities and line items for CARE’s review and decision. This includes a break-down of the cost to contract consultant team members, local travel, and in-country lodging and per diem. Other related costs that might be in the budget include expenditures for hiring local personnel (drivers, translators, enumerators and other local technical experts), translating reports. Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs i.e. consultancy fee, ect.

Please submit your applications and this position is open till filled.

"Only qualified applicants will be shortlisted"