Consultant for Organisational Evaluation

Background

HelpAge receives core funds from Sida to deliver our strategic goals. The evaluation object is the implementation of HelpAge International’s Strategy 2030, specifically the four focus thematic areas; Healthy Ageing, Income Security, Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Society for All Ages. The evaluation will also provide support to assess initial progress towards HelpAge’s transition to partner-led programming, which is advancing as planned, building on past and current experience of delivering projects and programmes with partner organisations that create positive change for older people.

Purpose

The purpose of the evaluation is to assess and understand the progress HelpAge has made in implementing its Strategy 2030 to date. It will also inform HelpAge’s transition to partner-led programming, a component of the wider strategic shift towards locally-led development that is being undertaken by HelpAge, in line with our strategy. Furthermore, the evaluation will serve as an input to Sida when considering potential future phases of core support for HelpAge International.

Scope

• The evaluation scope is limited to assessing progress made against HelpAge’s four focus areas: Income Security, Healthy Ageing, Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Society for all Ages and review HelpAge’s transition to partner-led programming between April 2020 – September 2022.
• The evaluator must be available to travel to one or two countries (to be agreed with HelpAge in the inception phase)
• The final scope of the evaluation will be discussed and agreed with the evaluator and further elaborated in the inception report.
• The evaluation will engage HelpAge staff, partners, network members, government agencies, donors and local civil society as part of the approach.
• The consultant will facilitate the identification of and discussions on potential options for locally-led development with HelpAge team, and their assessment against HelpAge’s criteria.

Methodology and process

HelpAge is seeking proposals from evaluators on how they will approach the assignment. There is some guidance in the full TOR to be reflected in submissions. The approach is to be finalised and agreed in the inception phase.

Deliverables

1. Inception Report
2. Data collection tools
3. Draft Evaluation report
4. Validation workshop
5. qualitative in-depth case studies
6. Final Evaluation report

Timing and deadlines

The consultancy is hoped to start in September 2022 and expected to be completed by 30 November 2022.

Our Values

At HelpAge International we work hard to achieve our goals together as a team with a clear shared purpose. Our values inform how we work together:

Inclusive

We respect people, value diversity and are committed to equality.

Impact

We value and recognise the contribution of our staff and network members, as we put older people at the centre of everything we do.

Partners

We work alongside network members and others to increase reach, influence and impact. We are committed to a culture of collaboration and building positive relationships.

Learning

We are passionate about learning, accountable and work together to find creative solutions.

Everyone who works at HelpAge shares our values and is committed to behaviours that demonstrate and support them.

Equal Opportunities

HelpAge International is committed to creating an inclusive working environment, promoting and providing equal opportunities and respecting diversity in employment. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of their age, disability, sex, Marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.

Safeguarding

HelpAge International is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff, and any others who we come into contact with.

Therefore, you will also be responsible for:

• Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations, and programmes to anyone that encounters our work.
• Reporting all safeguarding incidents you see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.
• Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices.
• Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for a consultancy at HelpAge, please read the TORs, study the requirements in the person specification and submit the following documents:

• A cover letter, setting out how you meet the requirements of the person specification. Please use bold headings for each requirement and provide examples.
• A brief bio of the consultant(s) outlining similar/related work (three pages maximum).

To be considered, please email your application to [email protected] The closing date is 12 August 2022. Interviews are planned to take place the week commencing 22 August 2022.

Due to the high volumes of applications, kindly note that we shall only be able to contact those Consultancy candidates that have been shortlisted for interview.