ADRA Request for Proposals 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.

Purpose of the evaluation:

• 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.
• Provide a comprehensive and summary report of field findings with lessons learned, best practices, outstanding gaps and future recommendations

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.
• Make observations and by case studies obtain information and data on lessons learned and document best practises arising out of the project
• 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
• Find out what has been the impact resulting from the project activities and identify gaps that need to be filled to achieve overall goal and.
• Examine the governments readiness and capacity to take on project monitoring and overall sustainability of the project once ADRA hands over project activities upon completion

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.

Interested persons should send their applications to hr@adrasom.org or info@adrasom.org by 10th February 2012.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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