Consultant at Farm Radio International – Tanzania

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Farm Radio International Tanzania Jobs 2025

Consultant at Farm Radio International – Tanzania June 2025

Duration of task 3.5 months
Location Tanzania
Reports to Country Program Manager and MERL Manager
Start date July 10, 2025

Background
Farm Radio International is a
non-profit communication-for-development organization dedicated to
serving African rural communities through the innovative use of radio
and mobile phones. Together with our broadcasting and project partners,
we reach tens of millions of small-scale farmers with life-changing
information and enable them to have a stronger voice in their own
development. Through our efforts, rural radio programs enable women, men
and gender diverse people to: share and access information; gain and
exchange practical knowledge on agriculture, food and nutrition
security, health, education, climate change adaptation; contribute to
community and societal transformation; and have their voices heard.

The World Food Programme (WFP)
Tanzania Country Office is implementing an Anticipatory Action (AA)
programme to strengthen preparedness and resilience to drought in ten
target districts. A key component of this initiative is the
dissemination of climate information and Early Warning Messages (EWM) to
inform communities of impending hazards. WFP is planning to pilot the
dissemination of early warning in the October-November-December (OND)
season 2025 should the trigger be reached. 

In addition to piloting EWM,
the programme also seeks to support the integration of Indigenous
Knowledge Systems (IKS) with scientific weather information, and to
strengthen local capacities for developing and disseminating inclusive
climate information services. To ensure the success of this initiative
and its long-term sustainability, it is crucial to strengthen the
broader climate services system, making it more inclusive, accessible,
and actionable.

To kickstart this initiative,
Farm Radio International is supporting WFP Tanzania to carry out a needs
assessment to identify gaps, barriers, and opportunities in the
delivery and uptake of climate information services and last mile early
warning. The findings will inform the design of tailored and
user-centric climate services and early warnings, and concrete solutions
to strengthen capacities for dissemination, promote informed
decision-making and strengthen resilience against climate risks.

Main objective of the assignment
The needs assessment will
analyse the current climate service landscape in three pilot districts,
identifying critical gaps, barriers to uptake, and opportunities to
enhance service delivery. It will focus on end-users, particularly
marginalized groups – including women, youth and people with
disabilities – who often face structural inequalities, limited access to
resources, and exclusion from decision-making processes.
End-users, in this context,
refers to individuals and groups who use or would benefit from climate
information services. Specifically, the following end-users should be
considered:

• Smallholder farmers
• Representatives for women and men
• Indigenous knowledge representatives/bearers of local/indigenous knowledge
• Elderly community members
• Youth
• People living with disabilities

Specific objectives
More precisely, this research will aim at the following areas:

• Identify gaps and needs: Assess
  existing climate services to identify gaps in availability,
  accessibility, and relevance to end-users, particularly vulnerable
  communities and sectors.
• Assess barriers to access and use:
  Investigate barriers – systemic, political, infrastructural, and
  socio-cultural – that hinder the uptake and effective use of climate
  information.
• Assess indigenous knowledge: Examine
  the role of indigenous and local knowledge in producing climate
  information and explore opportunities for integrating it with scientific
  climate services to enhance effectiveness.
• Inform tailored climate service
  development: Leverage findings to guide the co-design of inclusive
  climate services, tailored to the diverse needs of end-users, including
  gender-specific considerations.
• Develop actionable recommendations:
  Provide actionable recommendations to enhance the delivery,
  communication and user feedback mechanisms, ensuring climate services
  are effective, accessible and responsive to needs.

Summary of activities to be conducted
The activities associated with this assignment are to:

• Conduct a desk review of climate information services in Tanzania,
• Conduct up to 20 Key Informant interviews at national level (in-person and virtually)
• Analyse gender-sensitive quantitative data that will be collected from the Key Informant Interviews and Household surveys
• Write a research report to inform the design and implementation of early warning messages.

Deliverables
The expected deliverables are as follows:

• Inception Report: Following
  an Inception meeting with the Farm Radio International team at the
  start of the assignment, the consultant(s) will be asked to prepare a
  short Inception report describing their methodology for conducting field
  data collection – e.g., how will they deploy their teams in the
  different areas, timelines, budgets, etc. to be approved by Farm Radio
  International
• Feedback on data collection tools: The
  consultants will provide feedback on and help finalize the KII and
  household survey tools proposed by Farm Radio International.
• Data collection from national Key Informant Interviews: The
  Consultant will conduct a maximum of 20 key informant interviews both
  in person and virtually. The consultant will be furnished with a list of
  organisations involved in delivery and uptake of climate information
  services and last mile early warning in Tanzania at national level.
• Field Data Analysis: Upon
  completion of the field work and data collection, the consultants will
  analyse the data with support and input from Farm Radio International
• Preliminary analysis and presentation of results: The consultant will provide FRI with a preliminary research report to aid WFP in commencement of the OND planning.
• Final report: A
  final report will need to be submitted following the guidelines provided
  by Farm Radio International. The report will be organized around the
  themes described above and present the results of the content analysis
  done on the transcriptions of the FGDs and KIIs. The consultant(s) will
  identify some key recommendations.

Elements to include in proposal

• Demonstrate the qualifications and
  relevant experience of the firm and of the specific consultant(s) that
  will be assigned to this project
• Clear demonstration of expertise in
  the area of gender-based analysis plus (GBA+), which also covers
  intersectionality aspects touching gender, youth and other marginalized
  groups.
• The general approach that the consultants will take to completing the assignment
• The tasks/action steps that the consultants will undertake to complete the deliverables
• The timeline and work plan
• The budget

How to apply
To submit your application, send your proposal to jobapps@farmradio.org by June 27, 2025. Only those firms selected for the next stage will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Application deadline June 27th, 2025.