External Endline Evaluation Consultant – SHARP Project

POSITION: External Endline Evaluation Consultant – SHARP Project

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy

PROJECT BACKGROUND: SOLUTIONS FOR SUPPORTING HEALTHY ADOLESCENTS AND RIGHTS PROTECTION (SHARP)

Working with in-country implementing partners, we aim to increase demand and supply of critical services and commodities, including family planning, for adolescents in the Great Lakes Region. 

Adolescence (10-19 years old) is a unique period of physical, psychological, emotional, and social maturation from childhood to adulthood, with unique challenges and risks. These risks include early pregnancies, high maternal mortality rates, unsafe abortion, and high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.

SHARP is a four-year programme, funded by the European Union, dedicated to improving adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) and address their high unmet need for family planning. The programme implementation period spans May 2022 – May 2026.

The project is implemented across six countries of Africa’s Great Lakes Region, namely Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. The SHARP project brings together a wide array of organisations with a track record in advocacy for improved budgets and policy implementation at the subnational, national, and regional levels.

The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to improved adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) in the Great Lakes Region. The specific objective is adolescents (esp. girls) have increased access to ASRH services and commodities due to their improved availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality, along with decreased socio-cultural-religious barriers.  

The project’s logical framework can be found in Annex A.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The SHARP programme has been implemented since 2022 at the subnational, national and regional level in the Great Lakes Region. Its outcomes are:

1. Duty-bearers adopt, develop, improve, and implement (sub)national and regional policies and budgets that advance ASRHR, particularly for girls and other vulnerable adolescents;
2. Government officials ensure health service providers (public/private/faith sector) have quality assured ASRHR services and commodities available, especially for adolescents;
3. Decision-makers utilize multi-sector platforms to address ASRGR at the subnational, national, and regional level;
4. Opinion leaders have their voices amplified to position ASRGR in the public agenda, leveraging their different constituencies and communication channels, inc. social media, mass media and faith media.

As the programme is concluding, this external endline evaluation is commissioned to assess the performance and results of the SHARP programme and to draw lessons to guide future programming. The evaluation serves a dual purpose: (1) to provide an evidence-based, independent assessment of how well the project met its objectives (for accountability in final reporting to stakeholders, including the donor), and (2) to generate actionable recommendations and lessons learnt that could inform future programming.

Evaluation objectives: the specific objectives of the endline evaluation are to:

• To assess the programme’s effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and impact by analysing progress against logframe indicators, expected outcomes, and the theory of change, including any unintended positive or negative effects.
• To assess the relevance of the programme in relation to beneficiary needs, contextual dynamics, and stakeholder priorities.
• Assess to what extent the SHARP programme has contributed towards the EU’s strategic commitments as outlined in the European Consensus on Development (2017), Gender Action Plan III (2021–2025) and ICPD Programme of Action.
• To assess the sustainability of programme results, including institutional ownership, local capacity, financial viability, and the enabling environment for continuation after project closure.
• To assess the effectiveness of partnerships, coordination mechanisms, and cross-country linkages in supporting harmonisation, knowledge exchange, and collective results.
• Identify lessons learned and provide actionable, realistic recommendations to inform the design future programming.

SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION

Geographic Scope: The evaluation will cover project activities and results of all programme countries.

Within these countries, the focus will be on the specific communities, trained CSOs/FBOs/Youth-led and/or women-led organisations, decision-makers, opinion leaders (inc. faith leaders) advocacy spaces, and locations (such as health centres) where and with whom programme interventions were implemented.

Field visits and data collection should be conducted in selected countries – a preference is giving to the following contexts DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia – to ensure representation of the different local contexts and stakeholders. The evaluator(s) should be prepared to travel to project sites that are selected in close coordinating closely with the project team. In addition, please note that for some outcomes a national or regional context should be considered.

Thematic Scope: beyond the thematics mentioned in the logical framework, the following cross-cutting elements should be assessed:

• Civil society strengthening, aimed at improved locally-led advocacy endeavours;
• Evidence-based advocacy, adapted to shrinking CSO spaces, patriarchal and ageist societies, and controversial advocacy issues.
• Our multi-layered approach, targeting three governance levels (subnational, national, regional) and three sectors (civil society, public and private).
• Gender equality and inclusion, particularly of adolescents.

SCOPE OF WORK AND METHODOLOGIES

The evaluation will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. Bidders are expected to propose a detailed methodology in their technical proposals.

However, the approach should align with the following guidance and principles:

• Conduct a targeted desk review of project documents, including grant agreement, theory of change, yearly reports, logframes and monitoring tools (champion tracker, policy and budget tracker, health facility tracker, communication and advocacy materials tracker), research reports, meeting reports and policy briefs.
• Quantitative methodologies to assess the progress made towards the specific and overall objective, along with a set of outcomes. This may include assessing the existing monitoring data collected, along with the collection of additional quantitative data.
• Qualitative methodologies, including the designing and conducting of key informant interviews or focus groups discussions with SHARP implementing partners, key stakeholders, champions, adolescents and other key beneficiaries. Added tools that could be use include outcome harvesting, most significant change, or advocacy tracking assessments.
• Deliver a comprehensive final evaluation report and PowerPoint presentation with practical recommendations and in line with relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability criteria.

The External Evaluation of the SHARP programme is expected to cover the five countries where the programme has been implemented: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC and Zambia, and will consist of a global consolidated evaluation report, including a summary per country, as well as a PowerPoint presentation for dissemination to the EU and other audiences, as required.

KEY DELIVERABLES

The evaluation is expected to be carried out over a period of approximately 10 weeks.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• You have a relevant graduate degree;
• Proven expertise in conducting multi-country programme external evaluations;
• Proven experience in evaluating SRHR programmes;
• Proven experience in conducting evaluations of EU funded programmes is desired;
• Strong quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and research skills including statistical methods/skills using SPSS or STATA;
• Champions inclusive and progressive approaches to SRHR, with a strong focus on young people’s sexual rights and respect for diversity;
• Proven ability or strong commitment to inclusive practices, ensuring meaningful participation of diverse young people throughout the evaluation process;
• Excellent writing and communication skills;
• Strong facilitation skills;
• Demonstrable ability to work independently;
• Excellent interpersonal and team-working skills, strong sense of initiative, and reliability;
• You have the ability to speak and write fluently in English and French
• You must have the willingness to travel intercontinentally;
• You must be committed to HAI’s values.

REMUNERATION

The budget for the end-of project evaluation is €45,000. The consultant(s) is responsible for paying for all aspects of the study from this budget, including but not limited to staff time, travel, recruitment and payment of data collectors, translation and transcription and validation workshops. This contract payment scheme will be as follows:

• 30% on acceptance of the inception report
• 30% on review of the first draft of the report
• 40% on acceptance of the final report

The consultant should submit the total budget in the proposal with detailed breakdown including applicable government taxes.

SELECTION PROCESS

Interested companies/firms/consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• Technical proposal: A detailed response to this ToR, including the proposed methodology and approach for conducting the evaluation; a workplan, timeline and budget. All applicants are required to describe in their proposal how they will uphold ethical standards and child protection throughout the data collection process. Specifically, the consultant(s) should outline how they will guarantee safe, appropriate, and inclusive participation for all stakeholders, with particular focus on the needs of adolescents and other vulnerable groups. Additionally, the proposal should detail the measures that will be taken to maintain participant confidentiality and anonymity.
• Financial Proposal: Should detail the level of effort for all consultants and data collectors, specifying daily rates, travel expenses for all team members, and costs associated with validation workshops. The proposal must clearly explain how the total budget has been calculated and account for all global and in-country expenses.
• Evidence of similar work done in the past: Should provide a concise overview of the consultant or agency, highlighting recent experience most relevant to the assignment. CVs of the key project personnel. Please provide two recent reports produced by the lead consultant and two reference letters from comparable assignments.
• All necessary legal / registration documents

The contract will be awarded to the tender offering best value for money (i.e. the tender offering the best price-quality ratio) as well as best understanding of the ToR, specific experience of the consultant(s), timeline and work plan, along with and reputation and credibility.

Please send your application to Renée Vasbinder (renee@haiweb.org) by  19 January 2026.

Date:  17-12-2025

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