Job Description
ActionAid Zimbabwe seeks to engage a Consultant to conduct a comprehensive end of phase assessment for its Peoples Post Code Lottery (PPL) funded project entitled Towards Resilient Communities with Health, Equality, and Safety for all (TORCHES). The project is being implemented in partnership with Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe FAWEZI, Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe and Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT). The primary task of the consultant will be to generate evidence for the end of project phase using agreed data collection methodologies and tools against against relevant indicators in the project logical framework and the Theory of Change
TERM OF REFERENCE EMBEDDED
Duties and Responsibilities
KEY DELIVERABLES
The specific outputs for the consultancy will be:
A. Inception report and workplan, including a sampling strategy, a data collection tools and analysis methodology.
B. Training on tools and data collection methodology for enumerators
C. Data analysis of the collected data ( data sets should be available to ensure research rigour).
D. Draft and final end of phase assessment report of no more than 25 pages (excluding annexes) as a Word document, written in clear and concise English with minimal jargon. (Refer to the TOR for the contents of the Report)
Qualifications and Experience
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Applications are welcome from either a single consultant or a small team of consultants .The consultant or team must have the following experience and skills:
• Degree in Social Sciences or Development Studies or related academic field
• Demonstrated expertise on women’s rights and gender equality, with specific thematic expertise on Violance Against Women and Girls (VAWG),
• Geographical expertise in Zimbabwe and, ideally, in the project areas of Chitungwiza, Shamva and Nyanga.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods.
• Experience in designing and conducting evaluations.
• Evidence of use of ethical and safeguarding considerations
How to Apply
Submission of Applications & Closing date
Consultant/consulting teams are required to submit a detailed expression of interest (of not more than 10 pages) based on the attached Terms of Reference, technical proposal for the evaluation study including proposed methodology and activities schedule/work plan, with timeframe, consultant(s)’ cv(s), and financial proposal (separating consultant day rates and anticipated data collection costs), example(s) of previous similar works and reference from previous employer and/or client by 14 December 2022 at 1700 hours at our offices at 26 Divine, Milton Park, Harare to the attention of Human Resources. Please ensure that the envelope is clearly labeled PPL END OF PHASE EVALUATION CONSULTANT. Alternatively, proposals may be emailed to jobs.zimbabwe@actionaid.org.
NB: Please note that whilst all applicants will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, qualified women are especially encouraged to apply. Please further note that although we value all applications, we unfortunately can only respond to short-listed candidates. ActionAid has articulated a strong stand on gender justice and safeguarding through its child protection and anti-sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse policies which all consultants are expected to abide by
