Plan International UK
Plan International UK is seeking an experienced external evaluator to lead the Endline Evaluation of the Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE) programme in Zimbabwe, a UK Aid-funded programme within the Girls’ Education Challenge portfolio.
The Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE) programme is a five-year programme which commenced in August 2018 and will close in July 2023. SAGE aims to achieve improved learning outcomes and assist transition into formal education, training or employment for 13,200 highly marginalised, out-of-school adolescent girls in 11 districts across Zimbabwe. As a gender transformative education programme, SAGE seeks to work at multiple levels to promote and improve education for girls by tackling the root causes of gendered social and economic barriers and to create an enabling environment for transforming unequal gender norms.
The programme, led by Plan International UK, is implemented through a consortium of faith-based, academic and private sector partners which include Plan International Zimbabwe (PIZ), the Open University (OU), Christian Blind Mission (CBM) UK, the Apostolic Women’s Empowerment Trust (AWET) and ECONET. The programme is implemented under the oversight of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE).
Plan International UK is recruiting an external evaluator to lead a mixed-methods, gender sensitive and participatory Endline Evaluation, with a focus on SAGE’s three core outcomes of learning, transition and sustainability. We welcome flexible and creative approaches that assess the impact of the programme, generate meaningful learning and include the voices of girls, communities and other key stakeholders.
Further requirements can be found in the ToR: https://plan-uk.org/file/sage-endline-tor-vfpdf/download?token=FqI6MX1z
Evaluation teams will be required to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Organisational Experience – Provide evidence of previous project experience on the provision of similar evaluation services and the design and implementation of similar evaluation activities required by this ToR.
Strong experience in education, gender and international development programme evaluations in Zimbabwe.
Experience with UK AID is desirable.
All core team members should have at least an advanced university degree in education, international development or social sciences.
The team leader should have a minimum of 15 years of professional evaluation experience in programme/policy evaluation in education or international development, as well as oral and writing skills in English of the highest standard.
Proficiency in English in the core team is mandatory. Proficiency in Shona, Ndebele and Kalanga in the wider team is required.
A gender balanced team of international and national experts is strongly desired.
The evaluation team must be able to evidence a partnership with an in-country data collection partner to facilitate the swift mobilisation of data collection activities in Zimbabwe.
Independence – Demonstrate the necessary independence and declare any conflict of interest and potential biases, including bias towards any of the stakeholders, target groups, type of approach, etc.
Applied understanding of rights and ethics – Respect the rights and dignity of participants and comply with relevant ethical standards.
How to apply
Plan International UK invites bids from Evaluation Teams with the experience and skills described in the ToR to submit the following application documents to [email protected] no later than 17.00 (UK time) on Friday 12th August 2022. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
Applications should include:
- A technical proposal that includes the sampling strategy, intended methodological approach, proposed timeframe and detailed workplan;
- A financial proposal that covers all consultancy related costs (enumerator team, data collection, data entry, data analysis, administrative costs etc.) in PDF format;
- A CV of each of the evaluation team members detailing relevant skills and experience of no more than 3 pages;
- Two samples of relevant previous work;
- Two contactable referees.
Please direct any questions or requests for further information to [email protected].