Institute for War & Peace Reporting is hiring a
Position: Consultant: Monitoring & Evaluation
Duration: Assignment will start July 24, 2024 and end September 25, 2024.
Application deadline: 12 July 2024
Location: Remote, Kazakhstan/Central Asia (GMT+5 time zone)
ABOUT IWPR:
Background:
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an international non-profit organisation founded in 1991, with charitable status in the US, UK and the Netherlands. IWPR has worked in Central Asia since 1999 and has registered offices in Almaty, Bishkek and Dushanbe. IWPR supports media, civil society, democracy and governance, gender, and youth-focused projects in over 30 countries – promoting reliable information and responsible public debate and removing barriers to freedom of expression.
About the Project
IWPR CA started implementing the project “Religious Freedom for Kazakhstan” In October 2022. The project aims to advance policy change in Kazakhstan that brings religious freedom legislation in line with international standards. The specific objectives of the project include:
For more information: https://rfkz.belief.cabar.asia/en
Project period: 24 months (September 30, 2022 - September 30, 2024 )
Location: Kazakhstan
Summary:
The Consultant is responsible for conducting the final external evaluation of the Religious Freedom for Kazakhstan (RFK) project. The consultant will assess its impact based on the OECD-DAC criteria, with a specific focus on effectiveness, impact and sustainability, efficiency, relevance, and coherence. The evaluation should contribute to learning, and decision-making processes, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions regarding the project's continuation, scale-up, or replication.
Utilization focused evaluation: findings, learnings and recommendations should be reliable, understandable and “actionable” in full by intended users of the evaluation. Intended users are: project manager, project staff, donor, IWPR staff, partners, mentors, direct beneficiaries.
Methodologies, deliverables and debriefing sessions should prioritize inclusive, users-friendly formats.
Complex changes, expected and unexpected: Special attention should be paid to uncovering the peculiarities of the changes in actions, relationships, policy or practice of both beneficiaries and external actors linked to the project activities. The nature of the changes in question may be positive or negative, intended or unintended.
Significance and context: The consultant is to provide a detailed account of the interconnection between the project and the larger observed social trends happening within the region. Results, challenges and recommendations for future programming should be outlined in the light of local and regional context mindful of factors that may limit or enhance impact and sustainability.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant(s) is expected to:
Minimum Requirement of Successful Candidate:
Education:
A minimum of a bachelor's degree in International Development, Human Rights, International Relations, Project Management, other Social Sciences or other related fields required. MA or other post-graduate capacities in relevant fields is desired.
Skills and Experience:
Language:
Advanced English and Russian; knowledge or understanding of the Kazakh language is desired.
Travel:
No travel is required for this position, however, willingness and ability to travel internationally as required is desired.
Other requirements:
Ability to work with colleagues remotely and to attend online (Zoom/Teams) meetings, storytelling sessions, etc. in GMT+5 time zone.
Applicants interested in this tender may submit to IWPR the following:
1. A letter of interest;
2. Two evaluation reports from a previous project of a similar nature;
3. Up-to-date CVs of the proposed consultant(s) for this evaluation;
4. Two (2) references from organisations for which the consultant or firm has carried;
out recent evaluations for similar projects;
5. Details of daily fee rate in USD.
Please note: shortlisted candidates will be expected to prepare a short evaluation proposal for this consultancy (max. 5 pages) if selected for final consideration. This will include a technical proposal including the description of the methodology and a financial proposal (number of days
and daily rate).
Principals only. No calls please. Only those who have been considered for an interview will be contacted.
IWPR is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, veteran status or pregnancy and maternity. IWPR will never ask for payment for recruitment.