ADRA Request for proposal for End of project evaluation

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Somalia is an International Non-Governmental Organization registered in Kenya and operating in Somalia.

ADRA is seeking services of experienced consultant to carry out End of Project Evaluation in Somaliland and Desk study in Bay and Bakol Regions.

Purpose of the evaluation:

• To carry out a thorough desk study by making references to report and documents available on original EWLSP program and interviewing key project staff available and compile report with recommendations.
• To make a field assessment mission to Somaliland and visit project sites, interview project beneficiaries, project staff and other project stakeholders involved in project implementation to assess achievement, impact and lessons learned from EWLSPMod(1).

Consultant’s responsibilities and tasks:

• Compare stated program goals and objectives with actual accomplishments, and examine the reasons for such performance.
• Review and analyze the project phases from its planning stages until completion including inputs, implementation processes, monitoring and documentation.
• Examine the facilitating and constraining factors, as well as the relevant processes that took place, and recommend how to address constraints and capitalize on strengths.
• Determine the appropriateness of strategies and approaches used to achieve objectives.
• Examine how the water points/physical facilities and management or social infrastructures (WASH committees) are actually functioning, versus plans.
• Examine how the kitchen gardens/demo farms are functioning and ideas which women learned and able to replicate in diet diversification at both the community and family levels

Qualifications and expertise of the consultants:

• A master’s degree in social sciences.
• Experience with non-formal, participatory learning approaches.
• Experience in assessing qualitative impacts and processes relating to attitudinal change.
• Well experienced with program monitoring and evaluation.
• Professional experience in developing countries preferably previous experience working in Somalia/Somaliland.

For the full Terms of Reference (ToR) please visit ADRA Somalia website www.adrasom.org.

Interested persons should send a technical and financial proposal to hr@adrasom.org or info@adrasom.org by 11th March 2011.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.