Country: United Republic of Tanzania
Closing date: 20 Dec 2018
1. Background of the Project:
With the support of Novo Foundation over five years, ELA project of BRAC in Tanzania provides a safe space and livelihoods and life skills training to around 5000 vulnerable girls aged 11-24 under 180 adolescent clubs at 18 branches of 4 regions in Tanzania. The training includes topics on health, leadership, and responsibility. Girls can also take financial literacy training that includes building negotiation skills. Girls ages 16-20 receive livelihood training and access microfinance to encourage entrepreneurialism. The life skills training is led by adolescent peer mentors trained by BRAC. It focuses on education about decision-making, sexual and reproductive health, early marriage, gender-based violence, and substance use. Examples of activities include information provision, active discussions and role-playing. Finally, the clubs promote the development of social relationships through games and sports.
2. Rationale:
The independent evaluation of ELA is a mandatory step by BRAC International to assess overall project performance during the implementation period, its results identify the outcomes and the key lessons learned for ending the program and for the future strategies. The evaluation constitutes an important contribution to the envision programme on empowerment and livelihood of the adolescent girls for scaling up and disseminating knowledge being implemented by BRAC in Africa. The independent evaluation will capture other studies that the project has carried out during its implementation period.
3. Objectives:
The specific evaluation objectives are to:
To independently verify (and supplement where necessary) record of achievement defined in the project’s log frame.
To assess the extent to which the project performed well and was good value for money, which includes considering:
2.1. How well the project met its objectives - the provided tools worked in the life of the girls on building a network, increase community support, increase healthy practices and creates employment;
2.2. To what extent the provided tools changed the life of the girls?
2.3. How well the project applied value for money principles of effectiveness, economy, and efficiency in relation to the delivery of its outcome;2.4. What has happened because of BRAC that wouldn’t have otherwise happened?
- Draw lessons learnt – What lessons have been learnt so far which can be applied in similar interventions on young people focusing on adolescent and teenage girls.
4. Deliverables:
4.1. An inception report demonstrating an understanding of the assignment within one week from the start of the assignment.
4.2. An evaluation design methodology that satisfactorily demonstrates how the ELA will be evaluated;
4.3. A timetable for the evaluation exercise;
4.4. Tools for the evaluation exercise;
4.5. The draft report that will be used for a validation workshop with key stakeholders;
4.6. A well-written project evaluation report of not more than 30 pages on ELA addressing the objectives of the assignment within 30 days of the assignment. (Outline of the report to be shared to successful consultant);
5. Technical Support:
The successful consultant will work under the supervision of the Country Research Coordinator – IERC of BRAC Tanzania. S/he will support the process through the provision of relevant information and linkages to project beneficiaries and staffs, stakeholders and relevant documents and reports so far have been conducted.
6. Specific requirements
6.1. Academic Qualifications
A higher degree in economics, development studies or any related relevant field
6.2. Professional Qualifications
6.2.1. An evaluation specialist with a minimum of five to nine years’ experience in adolescent/youth programme/project evaluation in an international development context;
6.2.2. Experience of results-based monitoring and evaluation;
6.2.3. Ability to design and plan the evaluation approaches and research methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative research methods. Where feasible and proportionate, the person or team should include the skills and expertise required to design, plan and conduct the impact evaluation, potentially using experimental or quasi-experimental techniques;
6.2.4. Relevant subject matter knowledge and experience such as livelihood sector, genders, youth programming to ensure the evaluation design and research methods are as relevant and meaningful as possible given the aims and objectives of the project and the context in which it is being delivered;
6.2.5. Ability to manage a potentially large-scale and complex evaluation and research process, including interpreting other research data and conducting a final evaluation;
6.2.6. Design and manage data and information systems capable of handling large datasets for monitoring and evaluation purposes;
6.2.7. Must have appropriate country knowledge/experience including understanding of the context of the project impact areas;
How to apply:
Expression of interest (EoI)
IERC of BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania requests an Expression of Interest (EoI) including Financial and Technical Proposals from qualified research agencies, project evaluators and individual consultants. The proposals should be sent to:
Email: sk.tariquzzaman@brac.net