Consultant(s) for Mid-term Program Evaluation
Time Commitment: Up to 18 days, finish by 31 May 2025
Budget: To be discussed based on the quote
Location: Remote, travel to Thailand may be considered
Background
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australia based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations, primarily in Asia and the Pacific, and contributing to global feminist movements to advance our vision of gender equality for all.
VISION Gender equality for all
PURPOSE To defend and advance the rights of diverse women and girls
VALUES Feminist, Accountable, Collaborative, Transformative
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Women Leading Change (WLC) is a five-year program to support Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) in Myanmar. The program started in March 2022, and is delivered by IWDA and five WROs based in Thailand and Myanmar.
WLC’s theory of change is based on the Gender at Work Framework and is designed to enable the program to be flexible, adaptive, and responsive, ensuring timely and appropriate support for WROs and their communities. The goal of WLC is to strengthen WROs and feminist movements so they can strategically influence the socio-political landscape at different levels and advance gender equality and the rights of women & girls, with four outcomes:
1. Sustainability & Resilience: WROs’ sustainability and resilience are increased through strategic provision of core funding and learning opportunities
2. Voice, Agency, and Advocacy: WROs’ capacity for influence is deeply reinforced to affect policy- and decision-making, and to increase women’s social and political participation
3. Protection: Women and their communities have access to emergency response & GBV service including psychosocial support and better adapt to social, political and economic changes
4. Information, Documentation & Research: WROs have resources to conduct ethical, relevant, and safe documentation and generate critical evidence to inform service provision and influence key stakeholders
WLC’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Framework emphasises outcome-level monitoring, hypothesis-driven indicators, planned reflections, and a systems approach to support adaptive programming. Additional program details will be provided to the consultant(s) at the start of the evaluation.
CONSULTANCY BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
IWDA is seeking a consultant or team of consultants with extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation focused on culturally and linguistically diverse target audiences in the Majority World1 to conduct a Mid-Term Evaluation of the WLC program. The evaluation serves as a key component of the program’s MEAL plan, analysing ongoing monitoring and regular reflection inputs to:
1. Assess the capacity of Myanmar’s feminist movement at the mid-term stage,
using the contextualised Global Fund for Women Movement Capacity
Assessment Tool.
2. Assess WLC’s mid-term progress in relation to the program’s goal and four
high-level outcomes.
3. Provide recommendations to optimise program implementation, ensuring the
successful achievement of the targeted outcomes by December 2026 and
suggestions for the program’s next phase.
REQUIREMENT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE OF THE CONSULTANTS
The consultant/s should possess the following skills and experience:
• At least 5-7 years of relevant professional experience supporting gender and development initiatives for culturally and linguistically diverse target audiences in the Majority World, including conducting 3-5 evaluations of programs promoting gender equality, women’s human rights, and feminist movement, particularly in Southeast Asia, Myanmar and/or other conflict affected settings.
• Extensive experience on data collection and analysis, with excellent attention to detail and a commitment to data integrity, ensuring data is accurate, thorough, appropriately analysed, and compliant with data security and confidentiality requirements.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and networking skills with at least 5-7 years of experience working in sensitive environments.
• Previous experience collaborating with stakeholders within and outside an organisation, across various levels of hierarchy.
• Strong time management skills and a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Ability to work autonomously and remotely under general direction.
• Commitment to feminist practices and approaches.
• Excellent command of English, both spoken and written
DESIRABLE
• A master’s degree in political science, international development, peace and
conflict studies, or a related field is highly desirable.
• Applicants based in Myanmar and Thailand are preferred; proficiency in
Burmese is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with the Gender at Work Framework
and the Global Fund for Women Movement Capacity Assessment Tool.
• Familiarity with remote data collection methods, including phone interviews,
online questionnaires, online focus group discussion, text messaging, etc.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Applicants are invited to submit Expressions of Interest by 11.59pm 20 January 2025, to the Program Coordinator, wyaki@iwda.org.au including:
1. A Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages, addressing:
• An outline of how you would approach delivering this evaluation, including how you would integrate feminist and decolonial principles into your approach
• Total contract amount with daily profession fee rate(s) and travel budget estimation. Additional days can be proposed with clear justification.
• If the proposal is for a team to complete the work, it must clearly state the roles and responsibilities of each team member. An additional page may be included to provide this information if necessary.
2. A Curriculum Vitae (CV) of no more than two pages.
3. An example of a project evaluation report you have completed within the last 18
months.
Please note that a detailed work plan and methodology are not required at this stage. Expressions of interest that do not cover these requirements will not be considered.
Remuneration shall be based on IWDA consultancy rate, according to qualifications and experience of the final applicant. Any expenses associated with the evaluation activity, such as travel, accommodation, meals, etc. will be covered by IWDA.
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