Specific Objectives
- Review, consolidate, and validate existing
consultation instruments, datasets, and evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and
relevant regional initiatives to build a robust evidence base.
- Produce foundational tools for standardization,
including: A Core Data-Element List (to define priority information
fields); A Common Lexicon (to ensure consistent terminology across
geographies); and A Minimal Metadata Template (to support data documentation,
traceability, and quality assurance).
- Draft the Pastoral Data Collection and Sharing
Standards & Guidelines covering: Data collection protocols and
instruments; Metadata standards and quality controls; Interoperability
requirements for digital platforms and systems; Governance structures for
data access and use; and Protocols for dissemination, cross-border related
data exchange, and sharing practices.
- Develop an adaptation and adoption frameworks to
support country-level contextualization and adoption, including: Guidance
notes for national adaptation while preserving continental comparability;
Refined Terms of Reference for Task Forces overseeing implementation;
Review and alignment of 12-month work plans for Kenya and Nigeria as
demonstration cases for broader continental roll-out.
Scope of Work
- The consultant will provide technical leadership
to consolidate existing evidence and consultation inputs and develop a
continentally generalized package of Pastoral Data Collection and Sharing
Standards & Guidelines that can be adopted and adapted across APMD
geographies (as indicated in the Specific Objectives, above). The scope
will cover the following core areas:
- Consolidate and quality-assure consultation
artefacts, datasets, and related evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and
relevant regional initiatives; identify overlaps, gaps, and priority areas
that require harmonization; and produce a synthesis that will form the
technical evidence base for the Standards & Guidelines.
- Develop the foundational harmonization tools
(Design a Core Data-Element List identifying priority information fields
relevant to pastoral livestock sector; Develop Common Lexicon to
standardize terminology across geographies and disciplines; Create Minimal
Metadata Template to insure data quality, traceability, sand
comparability) to serve as building blocks for standardization.
- Draft the Pastoral Data Collection and Sharing
Standards & Guidelines, addressing standardized protocols and
instruments for pastoral data collection; Metadata and quality assurance
requirements; Digital and system interoperability provisions; Governance
frameworks for data management and access; and Dissemination, and
cross-border data-sharing practices.
- Develop practical guidance notes to support
country-level contextualization while maintaining continental
comparability; Refine and strengthen Terms Of References (TOR) for Task
Force that will oversee national adaptation and operationalization; and
Review and align the 12-month work plans of Task Forces in Kenya and
Nigeria, as demonstration cases for wider continental roll-out.
Qualifications and Skills
- Advanced degree (Master’s or higher) in
rangeland/livestock sciences, agricultural economics, data
science/information systems, or closely related field.
- Demonstrated excellence in technical writing,
standards documentation, and facilitation of multi-stakeholder technical
processes; strong organizational and communication skills.
General Professional Experience
- 10+ years working with data ecosystems in
pastoral/livestock value chains within Africa (public sector,
research/academia, or development programs), including lighthouse or
cross-country initiatives.
- Proven experience leading desk reviews, evidence
consolidation, and consultative processes involving ministries, national
statistics offices, sub-national authorities, private data providers, and
regional bodies.
How to Apply
Interested
applicants should submit the following documents:
- A Technical proposal on how the applicants will
accomplish the assignment: description of the proposed methodology to
accomplish the assignment, time line and stakeholders and information
resources maps.
- Detailed curriculum vitae of key main expert /
expert-consortium.
- Copies of professional and academic
certificates,
- Three referees and samples of / links to
previous relevant tasks
- Signed Declaration on Exclusion Criteria for the
consult or consortium (format provided)
Deadline
of Submission
All
applications should be submitted via email to procurement@au-ibar.org with
a copy to albert.obiero@au-ibar.org and should
include the title “Development of Pastoral Data
Collection & Pan-African Standards & Guidelines” on
or before 29th October 2025 at 23:59 Nairobi
Local Time.
