National Consultant - Endline Evaluation, CRSV Project

About the role

UN Women Ethiopia is seeking a national consultant to carry out an independent endline evaluation of the project "Addressing the Effects of Conflict Related Sexual Violence in Ethiopia" (funded by the Gates Foundation, implemented since November 2023 in the federal level and the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions). The evaluation follows the OECD-DAC criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability, plus human rights and gender equality, and will be guided by UN Women's evaluation policy and handbook. The consultant works remotely from Addis Ababa, with possible travel to the three regions.

Key responsibilities

• Develop a roadmap and inception report with the evaluation methodology
• Carry out a desk review of legal and policy frameworks, UNSDCF, project documents and partner reports
• Hold initial consultations with UN Women implementation teams and collect primary data via surveys, key informant interviews and focus group discussions
• Analyze primary and secondary data and draft the first version of the evaluation report
• Facilitate validation workshops with stakeholders, incorporate their comments and submit the final report
• Produce lessons learned and actionable recommendations for future programming

Required profile

• Masters degree in gender, human rights, development studies, sociology, demography, economics, law or another relevant discipline; a first-level degree plus two years of qualifying experience may be accepted instead
• At least 7 years of evaluation experience, including 3 years as a team leader of evaluations of multi-stakeholder projects for multilateral organizations
• Fluency in Amharic and English
• Experience in similar evaluation assignments and proven experience writing evaluation reports

Required skills

• Extensive knowledge of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods
• Experience with gender-transformative approaches, gender equality, women's economic empowerment and human rights work in development cooperation preferred
• Strong analytical, writing and synthesis skills