NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOOOI/ASMI/MINEPAT/CTS[PFS-AIE/UGP/2024 OF JANUARY 4, 2024 FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) FIELD OPERATORS AS PART OF CYCLE 7 OF ORDINARY MONETARY TRANSFERS AND THIRTEEN (13) FIELD OPERATORS AS PART OF PHASE 6 OF EMERGENCY MONETARY TRANSFERS OF THE ADAPTIVE SOCIAL NETS AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROJECT

Financing: IDA Credit NO 70480-CM

1. GENERAL CONTEXT
In its National Development Strategy 2020-2030 (SND30) for structural transformation and inclusive development, the Government is committed to consolidating the achievements of social protection and expanding its scope to the greatest number of Cameroonians, by gradually integrating all social categories hitherto on the margins of the system, through the reduction of social inequalities, protection measures against all forms of vulnerability, social cohesion and inclusion. To achieve these objectives, it has structured its interventions around: (i) social security, (ii) social transfers and (iii) social action.
In this context, the Government continued the implementation of the Social Safety Nets Project (PFS) until December 2022. The PFS constitutes one of the flagship instruments of social assistance in Cameroon because the social safety nets provide targeted monetary transfers to the poorest households. Launched in 2013 with 2,000 beneficiary households, the PFS will reach 375,500 households in 2022, or around 2,000,000 individuals. An evaluation of the Project showed the wide-ranging positive impacts of cash transfers on beneficiaries and in the community. Social safety nets have positive short-term effects and a positive medium-term impact on beneficiaries and enable the Government to achieve its poverty reduction objective.
To ensure the sustainability of the activities of such a Project, the Government has set up, with the support of the World Bank, a new Project (the Adaptive Social Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion Project (PFSAIE)) which aims to extend the coverage and shock response capacity of the social safety net system to the most vulnerable households, on the one hand and increase access to opportunities to generate income and support entrepreneurship among young people in the areas urban women aged 18 to 35, on the other hand.
The PFS-AIE will thus make it possible: (i) to continue support for poor households as has been done in the three PFS programs, in all regions of the country, (ii) to provide support to young people workers aged 18 to 35, in the informal sector who are “subsistence entrepreneurs” who work in urban areas on their own account, due to lack of other opportunities or skills, (iii) to provide support to young people entrepreneurs aged 18 to 35 with promising business projects in targeted and priority productive sectors for the government, (iv) to provide support for the development of the Unified Social Register of Cameroon (RESUC) with a view to operationalization of a social information system supporting the processes of identification, registration and assessment of the needs and conditions of the poor and vulnerable population and (v) promoting the electronic payment of monetary transfers to beneficiaries of the PFS-AIE.
The PFS-AIE includes 5 components, namely: (i) Component 1 “Adaptive social safety nets project”, (ii) Component 2 “Economic inclusion of young people and entrepreneurship”, (iii) Component 3 “
Digital delivery systems responsive to shocks” , (iv) Component 4 “Project management and coordination support” and (v) Component 5 “Emergency response component (CERC)”.
Regarding Component l, its objectives are to offer support to household income in order to enable them: (i) improve their consumption, (ii) strengthen the development of their human capital, (iii) to encourage them to invest in productive activities and (iv) to increase their resilience against shocks linked to conflicts and climate. It will thus continue to provide support to poor households as has been done in the three PFS programs, based on the experience of this Project which has been implemented since 2013. It includes three sub-components. (i) Sub-component II “Ordinary cash transfers (TMO)”, (ii) Sub-component 1.2 “Emergency cash transfers (TMU)” and (iii) Sub-component 1.3 “High-speed works program labor intensity (THIMO)”.
The TMO Sub-component aims to support the expansion of TMOs to households living in chronic poverty to enable them to increase their productivity. It has accompanying measures. Each beneficiary household receives for 24 months, a total amount of monetary transfers of 360,000 FCFA at the rate of 20,000 FCFA every two months and 80,000 FCFA the 12th and 24th months. It will be implemented through several cycles.
The TMU Sub-component aims to support the expansion of TMUs to households living in chronic poverty in order to enable them to cope with problems linked to certain shocks such as insecurity, floods, drought, etc. massive influx of displaced people and refugees. Each beneficiary household receives for 12 months, a total amount of monetary transfers of 180,000 FCFA at the rate of 30,000 FCFA every two months. It will be implemented through several phases.
To ensure efficient implementation of the activities of these two Sub-components in the field, the Project will rely on Field Operators who will intervene in specific areas.
These terms of reference aim to guide and direct the recruitment of Field Operators for Cycle 7 of the TMO and Phase 6 of the TMU with IDA financing.
11. ZONES OF INTERVENTION, MISSIONS AND FIELD OPERATOR PROFILE
11-1. Areas of intervention
Each Field Operator will work in a beneficiary municipality and their area of ​​intervention is made up of all the beneficiary villages in the municipality. For Cycle 7 of TMOs and Phase 6 of TMUs with IDA financing, the categories used are as follows and the field operators are distributed as follows:
Table 1: Distribution of Field Operators from Cycle C7 of TMOs with IDA financing
Regions Departments Municipalities Beneficiaries Field Operators
Adamaoua Faro and Déo l. Galim-Ti era 1,000   
        2. Kontcha 1,000   
    Ma o-Ban o 3. Ma o-Darlé 1,000   
Est Haut Nyong 4. Messamena 1,000   
        5. N uelemedouka 1,000   
    Kadey 6. Mban 1,000   
        7. N uelebok       
Extreme- North Mayo-Danay 8. Datcheka 1,000   
        9. Guéré 1,000   
        10. Wina 1,000 1
    Ma o-Kani I l . Touloum 1,500 2
    Ma o-Tsana a 12. Soulédé-Roua 1,500 2
North Bénoué 13. Dembo 1,000 1
        14. Pitoa 1,500 2
    Ma o-Louti 15. Beka 1,000   
Sud Mvila 16. Biwon Bané 000 1
        17. Efoulan 1,000   
    Vallée du Niem 18. Olamze 1,000   
Douala Douala 19. Douala 4 1,500 2
Yaoundé Yaoundé 20. Yaoundé 2 1,500 2
    C .cle 7 of the TMO 25   
Table 2: Distribution of Field Operators of phase 6 of the TMU of IDA financing
Regions Departments Municipalities Beneficiaries Field Operators
Far North Lo one and Chari 1. Zina 1,000   
    Lo one and Chari 2. Kousseri 1,000   
    Ma o-Dana 3. Ma a 1,000   
Est Haut-N on 4. Doumaitancr 1,000   
    Kade 5. Ndélélé 1,000   
Littoral Moun o 6. Dom bé-Pen•a 500   
    Moun o 7 Mban a 500   
Ouest Haut-Nkam 8. Kekem       
    Koun -Khi 9. Pete-Band •oun 500   
    Ménoua 10. Penkam-Michel 500   
    Ménoua I l. Dshan 1,000   
    Ménoua 12. Fokoué 500   
Yaoundé Yaoundé 13. Yaoundé 2 1,000     
Phase 6 of                                   
11-2 Functions and responsibilities
Under the authority of the Regional Manager and/or the Focal Point, the Field Operator is responsible for the supervision and of the execution of the project in its municipality of competence, by ensuring the relay between the UGP and the local structures set up for the Project. In this capacity, he monitors the activities of setting up and implementing the project in his municipality of intervention and sends a monthly report to the Focal Point or the Regional Manager.
In terms of coordination:
     he is responsible for coordinating the activities of all the Community Relays in his municipality; he coordinates the work of the Community Relays; he sends a monthly and quarterly report to the PMU and the Regional Manager; In terms of targeting beneficiaries, he:
     takes part in meetings with key players at the local level for the establishment of the participatory bodies necessary for the implementation of the Project, in particular the Municipal Working Group (GTC); takes part in activities targeting beneficiary villages and households. In this context, it organizes the establishment of the Local Targeting Group (GLC) as part of the forum it organizes in each beneficiary village.
     carries out the targeting of potentially beneficiary households in one of the beneficiary municipalities with the exception of its work municipality,
     monitors household enumeration activities and the conduct of the PMT survey in its work municipality, organizes the registration of beneficiaries in his/her work commune which includes pre-registration and actual registration; With regard to payments, he:
     participates in the choice of payment locations with the contribution of beneficiaries and in the development of payment schedules;
     ensures the information of the beneficiaries of each beneficiary village for which he is responsible before each. payment ; distributes Project cards to beneficiaries, assists in the payment of beneficiaries selected in each village and signs the payment report on behalf of the PMU;
As for support, he:
     organizes monthly awareness-raising activities relating to behavioral change in the field of human development and the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (EAS) and Sexual Harassment (HS); contributes to the psychological first aid to be provided to survivors of GBV and EAS/SH;
     produces and transmits to the Manager of activities in the fight against GBV and EAS/HS of the PMU, a periodic report on GBV/EAS/HS; runs games with beneficiary households (which present the use of money received from the Project) to reward those who respect the objectives of the Project (Positive Sanctions); organizes home visits to households that are unable to meet the Project’s objectives, possibly in collaboration with Community Relays; attends other support activities, including training and awareness-raising carried out by consultants or other specialists; Regarding the management of complaints, it:
     centralizes the various complaints coming from the GTC and GLCs, beneficiaries and any other actor in society; proposes solutions to possible problems or conflicts that it can resolve at its level, in collaboration with the communities and local structures set up for the Project; forwards complaints received and solutions proposed to the Regional Manager or Focal Point. With regard to works of public utility (TUP), it:
     organizes the choice of TUPs to be carried out by the beneficiaries; supervises the implementation of TUPs and reports to the Focal Point.
Regarding the replacement of beneficiaries, it:
     collects information on replacement households and transfers it to the Focal Point (to the Regional in the case where there is no Focal Point or to the PMU in the case where there is no Focal Point there is no Regional); distributes Project cards to newly registered households.
Furthermore, the Field Operator facilitates and, if possible, participates in the activities carried out by any consultant in his municipality of competence.
11-3 Profile sought
Candidates for the position of Field Operator must demonstrate the following qualifications and experience:
     hold a diploma equivalent to at least the Baccalaureate or have worked as a Field Operator for initial financing and/or additional financing with satisfaction of the PMU; have at least three (3) years of experience in raising awareness, social mobilization and leading groups;
     Proof of experience of at least (03) years in social safety nets; have experience of at least (03) years in targeting poor households demonstrate a high capacity to stay in the villages; demonstrate great ability and willingness to work in the field continuously and in difficult conditions; have excellent knowledge of common software (Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet, etc.); have a very good oral and written command of French; have a very good command of one of the languages ​​mainly spoken in the municipality in which he intends to be recruited; have a good understanding (geographical and socio-economic) of the municipality in which he intends to be recruited; have excellent organizational skills, including the ability to facilitate communication between operational and technical teams; have the ability to work independently and under pressure; have a B license (is an asset); mastering the driving of the motorcycle on difficult terrain (is also an asset).
III. TERMS OF SELECTION OF FIELD OPERATORS
The consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures defined in the Procurement Regulations for borrowers requesting Investment Project Financing (FPI), Procurement within the framework of Project Financing. ‘Investment, Supplies, Works, Services Other than Consulting Services and Consulting Services, 5th edition of September 2023
IV. PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT
The Field Operator will work in all the beneficiary villages in the municipality of his competence. He must reside in the capital or in any other village in his municipality of jurisdiction.
V. DURABILITY OF THE CONTRACT
The contract will be concluded for a period of two (02) years, renewable for TMO Field Operators and one (01) year for TMU Field Operators, taking into account a trial period of 3 months.
Interested consultants can collect the Reference Terms every working day from the date of publication of this notice between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Adaptive Social Nets and Economic Inclusion Project Management Unit in Yaoundé, Tsinga district, Rue 1898, behind the Palais des Congrès, opposite Clinique du Palais; BP: 5838 Yaoundé (Cameroon); Email: projectfiletssociaux.aie@gmail.com
VI. COMPOSITION OF THE FILE
Expression of interest files including a cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae, certified copies of diplomas and photocopies of certificates for the declarations appearing in the CV must be submitted in 3 copies (1 original and 2 copies) at the address cited above,no later than Friday January 19, 2023 at 1 p.m. sharp with the words:
“NOTICE FOR REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOOOI/ASMI/MINEPAT/CTS/PFS-AIE/UGP/2024 OF JANUARY 4, 2024 FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF TWENTY FIVE (25) FIELD OPERATORS UNDER CYCLE 7 OF ORDINARY MONETARY TRANSFERS AND THIRTEEN (13) FIELD OPERATORS UNDER PHASE 6 OF EMERGENCY MONETARY TRANSFERS OF THE ADAPTIVE SOCIAL NETS AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROJECT
FILE CANDIDACY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF . . . . . . ….. SUB-COMPONENT….. . . .
Each consultant must specify the area of ​​intervention for which they are applying. If a consultant applies for several areas of intervention, he or she must submit an expression of interest for each of the areas. The Project reserves the right to choose the municipality in which it will assign a qualified consultant for several municipalities for which it has applied.
Only candidates selected from the shortlist will be contacted for the rest of the procedure.
NB: With equal skills, female candidates are preferred

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