Consultancy to Document, Profile and Assess the Re:BUiLD Programme

• PositionConsultancy to Document, Profile and Assess the Re:BUiLD Programme
• CompanyInternational Rescue Committee (IRC)
• LocationKampala, Uganda
• Job TypeContract
• CategoryNGO, International Development
• IndustryHumanitarian assistance and livelihoods
• DepartmentEconomic Recovery and Development
• DeadlineFriday, 6 November 2026

The International Rescue Committee responds to crises and supports people affected by conflict and disaster to recover and rebuild. IRC began working in Uganda in 1998 and has since expanded its services for refugees and host communities.

In Uganda, IRC’s programme portfolio includes protection, health, education and economic recovery. Its livelihoods work supports refugees and host communities through business skills, access to markets and credit, and other pathways to economic self-reliance.

The Re:BUiLD Consultancy will document, profile and assess the Graduation Approach and Market Systems Development work under the Uganda programme. The assignment examines programme design, sequencing, implementation, participant experiences, emerging outcomes, private-sector engagement and prospects for sustainable impact. It will consolidate evidence on what is working, where delivery can improve and how the approaches may be adapted or scaled.

The consultant will combine review of programme records and available quantitative data with interviews, field observation, case studies and validation with IRC and partners. Outputs include an inception report, process and market-systems documentation, participant profiles, analysis and recommendations, a final learning report and a donor-ready pitch. Findings must distinguish outputs, observed outcomes, participant perceptions and plausible contributions, without claiming unsupported causal impact.

• Hold an inception meeting with IRC and implementing partners, review programme proposals, results frameworks, theories of change, plans, monitoring reports, assessments, evaluations, partner reports and donor reporting, and examine available data subject to permission and protection requirements.
• Review evidence on the Graduation Approach, Market Systems Development, economic inclusion and urban refugee livelihoods, identify documentation questions and evidence gaps, and prepare an inception report with methodology, work plan, sampling, interview guides, analysis framework and deliverable schedule.
• Document the Uganda Graduation Approach, including core components, sequencing, service bundling, delivery mechanisms and adaptations for urban refugee contexts.
• Document the Market Systems Development approach, including its core components, private-sector engagement and adaptive management.
• Profile selected participants and their livelihood trajectories, including changes in economic inclusion, resilience, well-being, agency and self-reliance.
• Assess available evidence on results, contribution to change, implementation strengths and limits, and prospects for sustainability.
• Identify implementation gaps, contextual barriers, promising practices and opportunities to improve programme design and delivery, including differences across participant groups and between country contexts.
• Analyze economic inclusion evidence such as employment, enterprise development, livelihood diversification and market access where indicators and data permit.
• Analyze economic stability, including income patterns, savings, assets, financial inclusion and ability to manage shocks where evidence is available.
• Examine household well-being, resilience, agency, empowerment, social inclusion and continuation of livelihood activities using available data and qualitative accounts.
• Assess private-sector engagement with participant enterprises and the role of market actors in economic inclusion.
• Compare findings with baseline, routine monitoring or other relevant data where available, and disaggregate only where data quality, sample size and confidentiality permit.
• Distinguish project outputs, household outcomes, participant perceptions, plausible project contribution and longer-term impacts that the available evidence can substantiate.
• Consider inflation, market conditions, legal and policy environments, access to work and financial services, household composition and other factors that may shape results; examine structural rules and supporting functions relevant to scale and whether replication has occurred in the market.
• Develop a donor-facing pitch covering the challenge, opportunity, programme model, evidence, added value, investment proposition, scale-up pathway, measurement framework and call to action.
• Ensure the pitch does not overstate results, claim unsupported cost-effectiveness or present either approach as universally superior; where data permit, analyze indicative costs per participant or household, intervention costs and cost drivers, and describe evidence gaps where they do not.
• Conduct a mixed-methods process that may include key informant interviews with IRC, partners, project staff, coaches, service providers, government, private-sector and donor stakeholders as appropriate.
• Analyze relevant monitoring, baseline, endline or other quantitative programme data subject to availability and data quality, and propose suitable analytical methods and limitations.
• Conduct field visits and observations of livelihood activities, enterprises, partner delivery or market linkages where appropriate.
• Develop approximately six to ten anonymized participant case studies using transparent selection criteria, informed consent and safeguarding procedures, subject to access and available evidence.
• Present preliminary findings to IRC and relevant partners for validation and sense-making while retaining responsibility for independent analysis and substantiated critical findings.
• Produce an inception report, Graduation Approach process map and documentation report, Market Systems Development write-up, participant profiles and case studies, findings and improvement plan, final report, donor pitch, validation presentation and editable final files.
• Prepare an accessible main report of approximately 25 to 35 pages, a ready-to-publish learning brief on integrated economic inclusion programming, an executive summary, a visual Graduation Approach pathway and MSD donut, a concise two to three page pitch or ten to twelve slide presentation, and supporting interview guides, analytical framework, evidence tables and agreed annexes with personal data removed.

Required Education

• A postgraduate qualification in international development, economics, social sciences, livelihoods, humanitarian studies, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field.

Work Experience

• At least seven years of relevant experience in programme documentation, qualitative research, evaluation, learning or development programming.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Graduation Approach, Market Systems Development, economic inclusion, livelihoods or graduation-oriented interventions.
• Experience with refugees, displaced people or other vulnerable groups, preferably in urban contexts.

Additional Requirements

• Strong qualitative research, case-study development, outcome analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence.
• Experience turning programme evidence into donor-facing documents, investment cases, concept notes or resource mobilisation products.
• Knowledge of ethical research, safeguarding, informed consent and data protection.
• Ability to work independently, engage constructively with diverse stakeholders and deliver quality outputs on agreed timelines.
• Experience with international NGOs, foundations or institutional donors is an advantage.

Technical Skills

• Research and evaluation: Apply qualitative methods, case studies and appropriate analysis of available monitoring or evaluation data.
• Graduation and market systems: Understand livelihoods, economic inclusion, urban refugee programming and private-sector engagement.
• Evidence synthesis: Distinguish outputs, outcomes, perceptions, plausible contribution and substantiated impact.
• Donor communications: Develop a clear pitch and learning products grounded in evidence.

Soft Skills

• Analytical judgment: Surface evidence gaps and limitations without overstating results.
• Facilitation: Engage IRC teams and partners in inception, interviews and validation while maintaining independent analysis.
• Ethical practice: Protect participants through consent, safeguarding and data-protection measures.
• Writing and visualization: Present and edit findings clearly, with strong writing, presentation and visualization for technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits are not stated in the advert.

• Contribute to evidence on sustainable livelihoods and economic self-reliance for urban refugees and host communities.
• Examine two programme approaches through an integrated documentation and assessment assignment.
• Combine quantitative records with interviews, participant cases and field observation.
• Translate programme findings into practical recommendations for IRC and partners.
• Produce a learning brief and donor-ready investment materials.
• Engage with participants, implementing partners and market stakeholders.
• Support future learning, resource mobilisation and potential programme scale-up.

Submit an application through IRC’s official Workday careers listing. The advert closes on Friday, 6 November 2026.

• Show at least seven years of relevant documentation, research, evaluation or learning experience.
• Describe your experience with the Graduation Approach, market systems or livelihoods programming.
• Provide examples of work with refugees or displaced people, especially in urban settings.
• Explain how you combine qualitative findings with quantitative programme evidence.
• Include donor-facing writing or investment-case samples relevant to the requested outputs.
• Address informed consent, safeguarding and data protection in your proposed methods.
• Confirm that your work plan can cover the listed reports, case studies, brief, pitch and validation products.