RFP: RESEARCH Consultancy- DEBT, JUSTICE & DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN MYANMAR

Mercy Corps is looking to recruit both international and national consultants with experience in Myanmar to work for a period of up to 2 months (November - December 2020 - to be confirmed at inception phase) to take on the proposed research. Individual consultants may apply and may be matched by MC with other individuals to form a complete team.

The consultants will be responsible for the overall coordination of the research project in collaboration with Mercy Corps’ team in Myanmar and other key stakeholders (e.g. local CSOs). As such, the consultants are expected to:

• Lead the design and implementation of the research project as a whole, in close coordination with Mercy Corps team in Myanmar, as well as its global technical support teams.
• Lead the development, testing, and iterative adaptation of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools as per the agreed research scope and in alignment with best practices and industry’s standards.
• Conduct a thorough review of literature and secondary data collection on the relationship of indebtment patterns, access to justice, and community-based dispute resolution mechanisms in Myanmar globally, and in Myanmar specifically.
• Train the data collection team on the methodology, tools and basic analysis functions.
• Lead the design of the methodology and the establishment of a detailed workplan,  and ensure the team can deliver on it.
• Review the data and lead the analysis of the collected data in coordination with Mercy Corps’ team to feed into a 50 pages final report to be made available in both English and Myanmar.