Call for Tenders: End Evaluation Consultant

Are you experienced in evaluating partnerships and multi-country advocacy programmes? We are looking for a lead consultant or consultancy firm to conduct an end evaluation for the Righ2Grow Partnership.

Right2Grow is amplifying marginalized voices to get to zero undernutrition and zero people without access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Funded by the Dutch government, Right2Grow combines the strength of six international NGOs with the experience and knowledge of over 46 local civil society organizations and 1065 smaller community-based and grassroots organizations. Right2Grow is implemented from 2021 to 2025, in six programme countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, South Sudan and Uganda.

Objectives of the end evaluation 2025 are learning, providing strategic and programmatic recommendations, and accountability. The end evaluation will focus on programme implementation at both country and global (advocacy) level including the Netherlands, as well as at processes (partnership structure, collaboration, governance, localization efforts and power balance) at in-country level, at consortium level and the interlinkage between those levels. The timeline includes an inception report to be delivered by 31 March 2025, a draft report by 15 October 2025 and a final report at the end of November 2025.

More information can be found in the Terms of Reference, which can be downloaded HERE.

Requirements

The proposed lead consultant and team members should meet the following desired criteria:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, public health, international nutrition, or other development areas and advanced skills in qualitative research methodologies and quantitative methods;
• Proven track record in the evaluation of multi-country advocacy programmes in the context of international development, preferably with experience in nutrition and WASH;
• At least five years’ experience in the development sector as an evaluator;
• Knowledge of child rights, Shift the Power and collaborative programming;
• Proven experience in the proposed qualitative and quantitative methodology(ies), including data collection and analysis for evaluations;
• Based in or proven experience working in the Global South / Majority World;
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and respond appropriately to constructive feedback;
• Experience in sharing and discussing review findings with clients, in-country partners and beneficiaries, and within an international research network; and
• Oral and written fluency in English required; fluency in French is highly preferred
• Preferred: knowledge of gender-transformative lobbying and advocacy, intersectionality, youth-inclusive policymaking and legislation

The successful application should identify one lead evaluator to be the primary contact person for the Evaluation Reference Group and Global M&E Lead. In addition to the above, this person should:

• Have proven experience in layered and complex evaluations;

• Have a strong methodological background in multi-country evaluations; and

• Have proven experience in using a mixed methodology approach.

The lead consultant or consultancy firm is expected to sub-contract country level consultants. The selection process for the lead consultant and national consultants will run partly in parallel. In case the Lead Consultant or Consultancy Firm has a presence or network in one or more of the six Right2Grow programme countries, they can suggest potential candidates to fulfill the role of country consultants in their proposal or propose to fulfill this role themselves in one of the countries. Each Right2Grow country team and the lead consultant will take a joint decision on the final selection of the country consultant.

How to Apply

Applications are open until 4th November 2024 12pm CET. Please send your application to procurement_netherlands@worldvision.nl, including administrative package, technical proposal and financial proposal in separate folders. Questions can be submitted to procurement_netherlands@worldvision.nl until 16th  October 12PM CET. All questions and answers will be consolidated and distributed on 18th October. Interviews with shortlisted applicants are foreseen for 20th and 21st November 2024.

‘The selected candidate will be signing a contract of assignment with World Vision Netherlands, one of the Right2Grow partnership partners. All team members engaged in the end evaluation will be asked to sign a ‘World Vision Safeguarding statement’ and submit a Certificate of Good Conduct. Procurement policies of World Vision are applicable and can be sent upon request.'