BirdLife International Consultancy - Consultant for Internal Evaluation Jobs in Kenya
BirdLife International Consultancy - Consultant for Internal Evaluation Jobs in Kenya
About the BirdLife Capacity Development FundWorking directly with 12 BirdLife Partners and 5 Project Partners, the Capacity Development Fund (CDF) builds on the organisational capacity development gaps identified in 2015 using BirdLife’s Quality Assurance System.
The project provides a package of financial assistance to put in systems and facilitate technical assistance for knowledge and skills for Partners.
Objectives and scope of the internal evaluation
The proposed internal evaluation will capture the learnings and experience from the first 20 months of implementation of the CDF, as operationalised and financed by the current MAVA projects in the Mediterranean and West Africa.
The evaluation is expected to generate recommendations about specific actions to maximise strengths and resolve weaknesses relating to the design and implementation of the fund and about the allocation of resources across the activities included in the second phase of the MAVA support to the CDF.
These recommendations should also help BirdLife International in its fundraising activities for the benefit of the CDF.
Guidance questions for beneficiary Partners, project implementation team and Regional Directors:
Is the CDF sufficiently integrated with other capacity-building and Partner development frameworks, i.e. P2P-cooperation, formal Partner assessments and capacity-building efforts included in other projects?
Are the mechanisms included in the CDF fit for purpose?
How effective are the strengthening plans in guiding institutional development? What works in the plans? What doesn’t work?
How effective are the catalytic grants in resourcing institutional development? What works? What doesn’t work?
How effective are technical assistance grants in mobilizing the required expertise for institutional development? What works? What doesn’t work?’
How effective are the training opportunities grants in building the required skills for institutional development? What works? What doesn’t work?’
What percentage of the strengthening plan will each Partner have implemented by the end of phase I of the CDF (in % of priority actions)?
Have you experienced the process of awarding grants across the beneficiary Partners included in the CDF Med/WA as fair and transparent? If not, why? What could be improved? What is working well?
Has the CDF provided sufficient and qualified staff to guide Partners through the process? What level of support would be appropriate? What skill sets are we missing in the Secretariat which would be valuable to support the Partners? What roles should Secretariat staff play?
Has the CDF helped you to strengthen cooperation between Partners? What more could the CDF do to support this?
Do you have specific recommendations to improve CDF functioning or efficiency?
Evaluation of CDF deliverables
Do the strengthening plans address all relevant weaknesses detected through the QAS, and are they based on additional analyses (resulting from SWOT or Partner assessments)? Has supporting documentation been provided?
Are the project proposals based on actions included in the strengthening plans?
Do the project reports demonstrate a clear positive impact on the stability and
sustainability of the organizations?
Have the documents produced through the grants (e.g. strategy, business plan) led to further action?
Outputs and deliverables
The outputs of the evaluation are a draft report and a final report, and a presentation of results via a meeting with key BirdLife staff.
The report will not be distributed further without specific agreement from BirdLife International and the Mava Foundation.
The report should contain a list of interviewees, but not directly attribute any comments or statements to specific individuals.
The report should include at least the following sections:
Executive summary, which should consist of a short summary of key findings concerning the questions listed above in the Objectives and Scope section, above.
Introduction, which should include a description of the project and the project context, providing the basis for the subsequent analytical and evaluative sections.
The introduction should include a short explanation of the methods used in the review process.
Main Findings, which should provide a detailed narrative and analysis on the findings related to the questions listed above in the Objectives and Scope section.
Conclusions and recommendations, which should provide answers to the main evaluation questions.
The conclusions should follow logically from the main findings and analysis, but be clearly distinguishable from these. The recommendations should be actionable and prioritized, and follow logically from the conclusions.
Annexes: including the list of principal documents consulted during the evaluation, list of individuals interviewed, questionnaire distributed.
Application process
Please submit a proposal describing your relevant experience and including experience conducting this kind of evaluations.
Please include also relevant examples of your work.
In your proposal, please include a description of who will conduct the work. If the work will be implemented by a team, please provide a CV of each member of the team, indicating who will be the team leader (and serve as the point of contact for the project) and the responsibilities of other members.
We require:
An understanding of organisational development issues and knowledge in regards to building capacity for civil society organisations;
Extensive experience conducting complex, multidisciplinary (programmatic and institutional) evaluations;
Fluency in both English and French.
The following are highly desirable:
An understanding of BirdLife International’s mission and operating model;
A good understanding of the geographic areas comprised in the project.
Please send all documents by 21st June 2019 to: lenke.balint@birdlife.org
For more information and job application details, see; BirdLife International Consultancy - Consultant for Internal Evaluation Jobs in Kenya
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