Closing date: 23 Feb 2020
Sightsavers are seeking to hire a short term consultant to evaluate the first year of the Inclusion Works programme.
Background
Inclusion Works is a consortium programme of 11 partners, led by Sightsavers, focusing on the economic empowerment of people with disabilities. Inclusion Works brings together an experienced and diverse range of partners who, through strong collaboration, will create and test innovative approaches to improve the long-term economic empowerment and inclusion of people with disabilities in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. The 3-year programme is funded by the UK Aid through the UK Aid Connect funding mechanism with a budget of £ 12,816,276 (£11,461,573 in implementation) within a time frame from July 2018 – March 2022.
The Inclusion Works consortium has disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) at its core and works directly with people with disabilities, other NGOs, and prospective private and public employers to demonstrate scalable models that are underpinned by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), on how people with disabilities can participate equally in the workplace. It aims to create opportunities for all persons with disabilities, including those from under-represented and marginalised groups.
Approach
The programme will be evaluated through three independent, but linked, evaluation exercises; one at the end of each year. The overall evaluation of the programme will be split into three evaluation stages. To ensure the programme utilises robust evidence and experience to continually learn, adapt and improve, we have identified the need for a formative, annual reflection at the end of the first two years of programme operations, focusing mainly on practice, process, and products. These formative evaluations will be in addition to a more summative overall programme evaluation at the end of the programme. This structuring is based on a developmental evaluation approach, whereby specific evaluation focus and lines of enquiry are developed over time to respond to emerging findings and priorities, while providing enough coherence and structure to the evaluation function for the full programme term. The evaluation will assess the programme period 1 July 2019 – 30 April 2020
Evaluator requirements
The programme is looking for an individual consultant or team who can provide the following skills, competencies and expertise to undertake the Year 1 evaluation:
Essential
- Evaluation expertise and experience, ideally of multi-country programmes and/or consortium/partnership programmes
- Understanding of adaptive management programming and formative evaluation
- Experience of working with organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs)
- Demonstrated experience of working on human rights (UNCRPD) and disability inclusion
Desirable
- Experience of good knowledge management and learning practice and principles
- Understanding or experience of labour market programmes
- Personal/lived experience of disability would be an asset
It may be desirable to consider the same consultant, individually or as part of a team, to undertake later evaluations, subject to satisfactory performance in the Year 1 and the ability to provide the relevant skills and competencies to address the likely extended scope and focus of Year 2 and Year 3 evaluations.
Timeframe
The evaluation will be timed to coincide with the programme implementation year, running from July to June each year, and align with existing data collection and reporting timeframes.
The Year 1 Evaluation indicative timings:
- The award of evaluation contract – end of Feb 2020
- Evaluation activities – data collection, collation and analysis – March and April 2020
- A draft evaluation report providing findings and recommendations should be developed during May and submitted by 31 May 2020
- Period of review by evaluation stakeholders during June 2020
- Revisions by evaluator during July 2020
- A final evaluation report, taking feedback into account, should be delivered by 31 July 2020
How to apply:
Please visit the application link and read the Terms of Reference for complete details including approach, scope, methodology, detail to be provided within the Expression of Interest (EOI), schedule of payment and detailed timeframes.
How to express your interest:
To express your interest to undertake this assignment, please download our EOI form and budget template found via the link below
EOIs presented in any other format, including the submission of CVs, will not be considered.