Evaluation Consultant
Women for Women International (WfWI) invests in women and girl survivors of war and conflict to learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities. Our social empowerment programming focuses on strengthening confidence, leadership, social cohesion, and access to rights and services for women and adolescent girls affected by conflict, displacement, economic insecurity, and restrictive gender norms.
Women for Women International is seeking a qualified evaluator/evaluation team to conduct final project evaluation of two projects in South Sudan: “Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAV)” funded by the United Nations Trust Fund (UNTF) and “Women’s Micro- businesses and Coalitions for Change: Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Yei River County” funded by German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH. Both projects seek to address and prevent gender-based violence (GBV) in South Sudan and to empower women through social and vocational training alongside community advocacy.
The evaluator/evaluation team will be expected to design and manage an evaluation process for each project that efficiently addresses the requirements of each donor while minimizing duplication of effort for involved staff and stakeholders where possible. While the projects are complementary in their objectives and have similar geographic focus, each grant has distinct indicators, reporting expectations and deliverables that must be appropriately reflected in the evaluation design and final outputs.
Women for Women International is seeking a qualified evaluator/evaluation team to conduct final project evaluation of two projects in South Sudan: “Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAV)” funded by the United Nations Trust Fund (UNTF) and “Women’s Micro- businesses and Coalitions for Change: Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Yei River County” funded by German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH. Both projects seek to address and prevent gender-based violence (GBV) in South Sudan and to empower women through social and vocational training alongside community advocacy.
The evaluator/evaluation team will be expected to design and manage an evaluation process for each project that efficiently addresses the requirements of each donor while minimizing duplication of effort for involved staff and stakeholders where possible. While the projects are complementary in their objectives and have similar geographic focus, each grant has distinct indicators, reporting expectations and deliverables that must be appropriately reflected in the evaluation design and final outputs.
The evaluator is therefore expected to propose a coordinated evaluation approach that includes data collection and analysis methodologies that allow for distinguishing project-specific findings. The evaluator should demonstrate strong project management and planning capacity to ensure timely completion of all deliverables despite potentially overlapping timelines, operational constraints, and contextual challenges associated with conducting fieldwork in South Sudan.
The evaluator should also account for the logistical and operational realities of the context, including security restrictions, travel limitations, seasonal accessibility constraints, language considerations, safeguarding requirements, and the potential need for remote or hybrid data collection approaches in certain locations. Flexibility, contingency planning, and close coordination with WfWI program staff will be essential throughout the assignment.
In addition, the evaluator is expected to carefully manage stakeholder engagement across both projects to avoid fatigue among participants and stakeholders. The evaluation approach should prioritize ethical, trauma-informed, and conflict-sensitive engagement methods, especially when working with women and girls affected by poverty, displacement, violence, or insecurity.
In addition, the evaluator is expected to carefully manage stakeholder engagement across both projects to avoid fatigue among participants and stakeholders. The evaluation approach should prioritize ethical, trauma-informed, and conflict-sensitive engagement methods, especially when working with women and girls affected by poverty, displacement, violence, or insecurity.
Final evaluation outputs should include both shared and donor-specific reporting elements. As such, the Evaluator should organize and deliver findings, recommendations, and supporting evidence in a manner that meets the distinct reporting requirements of each donor and the learning needs of the WfWI team.
Although this ToR includes separate sections for each donor-funded project, WfWI intends to engage a single evaluator or evaluation team to conduct both evaluations through one coordinated assignment.
All applicants should carefully consider project-specific details (Annexes 1 and 2) prior to application submission.
Key Responsibilities
This final endline evaluation will be conducted at project closure to assess the relevance, effectiveness, outcomes, sustainability, and contribution of both projects toward preventing GBV and promoting women's rights and empowerment in Yei County. The evaluation will establish a credible evidence base by comparing endline findings against baseline data and examining the extent to which the project achieved its intended results among the different participant groups. In addition, the evaluation should assess the project's contribution to observed changes at the individual, household, and community levels; explore the factors that facilitated or constrained achievement of outcomes; and examine the validity of the project's theory of change and underlying assumptions.
The evaluation serves both accountability and learning purposes. WfWI and its implementing partners will use the findings to strengthen future programming, improve implementation approaches, and inform organizational learning and MERL systems. Donors and other stakeholders will use the evaluation to assess project performance, accountability for resources invested, and contributions to the evidence base on GBV prevention, women's empowerment, and gender equality. The evaluation should identify lessons learned, promising practices, and recommendations for strengthening future interventions and informing potential scale-up or adaptation in similar contexts.
The evaluator/evaluation team will be responsible for the full evaluation process, including the development of an inception report outlining the evaluation design and methodology; conducting a desk review of relevant project documents and secondary data; designing and implementing appropriate primary data collection activities; ensuring robust and representative sampling approaches; conducting field visits to project locations as required; analyzing quantitative and qualitative data; and preparing the final evaluation report and associated deliverables.
Budget & Terms of Payment:
The total budget for both final evaluations is USD 31,500. The payment will be made as follows:
- First installment of 25% of the total cost on submission and acceptance of inception reports, including the data collection tools and data collectors’ training materials
- Second installment of 25% upon submission of the first draft report for review by WfWI
- Third and final installment of 50% upon submission and approval of the final report. Additional information on payment terms and conditions will be included in the contract.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Required Competencies
Lead Evaluator:
- At least 10 years of experience in conducting external evaluations using mixed methods, including innovative and non-traditional approaches (e.g., participatory methods)
- Demonstrated expertise in gender-responsive and human rights-based evaluation, with substantial experience addressing issues related to violence against women and girls (VAWG)
- Experience in program design, theory of change development, and stakeholder engagement
- In-depth knowledge of gender equality, women’s empowerment, and policies and programs related to ending violence against women and girls (VAWG)
- Demonstrated work experience in/on South Sudan or similar contexts, with an understanding of gender issues, gender responsive policies, and public administration systems
- Experience in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data, including using ethical data collection practices, facilitating interviews and focus groups, ensuring high data quality, and visualizing and presenting data
- Strong record of producing timely and high-quality deliverables
- Excellent team leadership, project management, interpersonal, and communication skills, including leading multicultural and multinational teams, demonstrating cultural sensitivity, engaging various stakeholders, and communicating complex concepts clearly and concisely;
- Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as social sciences, sociology, political science, international relations, legal studies, public policy, or international development;
- Fluency in English is mandatory; proficiency in Bari and/or Arabic is highly desirable
- Able to travel to project locations for data collection
Other Team Members (e.g., Data Collectors):
- At least 3 years of demonstrated experience in evaluation, including data collection, analysis, and presentation of findings
- Knowledge of gender-responsive and human rights-based evaluation, with experience addressing issues related to violence against women and girls (VAWG)
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as social sciences, sociology, political science, international relations, legal studies, public policy, or international development
- Experience working in, or a strong understanding of, the humanitarian and operational context of South Sudan is an asset
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in multinational teams is an asset
- Fluency in English is mandatory; proficiency of Bari and/or Arabic is highly desirable
- For data collectors, fluency of language(s) spoken in the respective states is mandatory; knowledge of additional local languages is an asset
- Able to travel to project locations for data collection as required
Please note that all evaluation team members shall abide by WHO and government of South Sudan SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) while undertaking this assignment and ensure safety of participants during interviews and shall be required to sign and abide by WfWI safeguarding policy, which includes prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and behavior protocols.
How to apply
All applicants should carefully consider project-specific details (Annexes 1 and 2 attached to this listing) prior to application submission. To apply for this consultancy, all interested candidates must submit a dossier containing the following documents:
- CVs of all members of the proposed evaluation team [combine all team members' resumes into one document and submit underResume].
- At least one sample of previous similar evaluation reports (preferably from the South Sudanese context).
- Technical proposal (including evaluation methodology and justifications; proposed data collection methods and approach to field work, proposed data analysis plans, team roles and responsibilities, ethical considerations, timeline for work being undertaken, etc.).
- Financial proposal (including an itemized budget detailing professional rates and fees, travel and translation needs, data collection costs, taxes, and other anticipated expenses).
- Legal documentation of evaluation firms (applicable to firms only.
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WfWI will evaluate proposals and award the assignment based on technical and financial feasibility. WfWI reserves the right to accept or reject any application, to request additional information from applicants, and to negotiate technical and financial aspects of proposals prior to contracting.
About Women for Women International
Background
Women for Women International invests where inequality is greatest by helping women who are forgotten — the women survivors of war and conflict.
In Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan, women learn skills to rebuild their families and communities through the Women for Women International’s Stronger Women, Stronger Nations Programme.
They form support networks, are equipped with the skills to earn an income and save and gain knowledge and resources about health and their rights. Since 1993, our global community has invested in the power of over 550,000 women across 17 conflict-affected countries, to create a ripple effect that makes the world more equal, peaceful, and prosperous.
Diversity at Women for Women International is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, political opinions, and pregnancy and maternity. Applications are welcomed and encouraged from all interested parties.
Diversity at Women for Women International is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, political opinions, and pregnancy and maternity. Applications are welcomed and encouraged from all interested parties.
All our staff are required to adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies and to our organizational values: Empowerment, Integrity, Respect, Resilience and the Leadership Principles: Decisive, Accountable, Courageous, Adaptable and Inclusive.