Partner for Nigeria Nestlé Cocoa Plan Monitoring and Evaluation

Request for Proposals

Partnership Opportunity for the Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance is seeking a Partner for Nigeria Nestlé Cocoa Plan Monitoring and Evaluation

Summary Information

• Department: Data Management and Intelligence, Products

• Location(s): Nigeria (Ondo, Cross River)

• Commitment: 25 - 30 days of work

• Desired start date and duration: From May to December 2026

• Under direction of: Supply Chain and Project M&E, Senior Associate

OPPORTUNITY Summary

About the Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance (RA) is a global organization working in the field of sustainability at the intersection of business, agriculture, and forests. Our aim is to make responsible business the new normal so that people and nature can thrive together. Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests, improve the livelihoods of farmers and forest communities, promote their human rights, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.
Overview

The Rainforest Alliance and Nestlé collaborate in several cocoa origins to conduct monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the Nestlé Cocoa Plan (NCP) in Nestlé’s cocoa supply chain. In Nigeria, Nestlé implements sustainable cocoa projects focusing on best agricultural practices, farm economics, regenerative agriculture, and carbon footprint (using the Cool Farm Perennial).
The Rainforest Alliance is looking for a local partner to conduct M&E of key project indicators on a sample of cocoa farmers in the project locations. The samples are selected using the random sampling method (prepared by RA).
The M&E surveys contain questions based on the themes above, plus, basic questions about farm conditions, household demographics, and qualitative questions. The survey questionnaires are prepared in English (from RA). The M&E survey uses a digital data collection tool (Koltitrace application) developed by Koltiva. Minor modifications will be made to adjust survey questions based on the Nigeria project activities and cocoa cultivation context.

The M&E partner will develop and coordinate the workplan and implementation progress with RA and Nestlé team.

Main Objectives

The M&E partner supports RA in implementing the M&E campaign by performing data collection and revision activities in Nigeria (Ondo, Cross River), including campaign preparation, survey application testing, data collection, data entry, data quality control, and evidence collection at the field level. In addition, the local M&E partner provides input for the preparation of M&E reports and findings based on field observations.
SCOPE OF WORK

M&E Partner Services at a minimum must include:

Lead Enumerator – 1 lead appointed

• Supervise enumerators (enums) in field data collection & ensure compliance with M&E guidelines.

• Ensure high-quality data collection & entry with high consistency & accuracy.

• Play a role as a co-trainer to train enumerators on data collection tools & methods.

• Coordinate logistics & schedules for fieldwork with RA & Nestlé.

• Report & record any issues on the ground impacting the project within 24 hours.

• Communicate & update weekly about the progress, challenges, & way forwards to RA.

• Manage & be responsible for data cleaning within the team, & data review under the supervision of RA.

• Maintain good relationships & coordination with local stakeholders & community leaders.

• Ensuring informed consent, confidentiality, & respecting cultural sensitivities.

• Need to be available to join in the field for data collection at least 10 - 20% of the sample size if necessity dictates, especially accompanying less experienced enumerators in their first surveys.

• Organize field evidence (such as progress trackers & others) in the cloud (SharePoint, links & access from RA).

• Responsible for informing RA if there’s a change in the team members (If any change, RA must be informed at least 3 days before the change is applied & the change can only be applied once RA has approved).[1]

• Ensure proper logistics such as transport, accommodation, & field allowance for enums traveling as per the approved budget proposal.

Enumerators

• Conduct farmer surveys & collect data, information, farm observations, & field evidence for each farmer interviewed. Ensure accurate &a