Life and Peace Institute Experienced Evaluation Team for Mid-Term Review Jobs in Ethiopia

Life and Peace Institute Experienced Evaluation Team for Mid-Term Review Jobs in Ethiopia


The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international centre based in Uppsala, Sweden, that supports and promotes nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation through a combination of research and action.

In the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes regions, much of LPI’s work is carried out through engagement with, and support to, civil society and academic institutions, building strategic partnerships with national, regional and international organisations and networks.

LPI is now looking for an experienced evaluator or evaluation team to conduct a mid-term review of its 2017-19 programme in Ethiopia.

Below is an abridged version of the ToR for the Mid-term Review. Please contact charlotte.booth@life-peace.org should you want to have the full version.

Qualifications and Evaluation team

  • The Mid-Term Review should be conducted by an experienced evaluator or evaluation team.
  • The Evaluation Team should demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and characteristics:
  • Demonstrated, in-depth experience in the design and implementation of reviews and evaluations in the field of peace building.
  • Experience from engaging with dialogue processes.
  • Experience with youth-led processes or youth as agents for change in peace processes as the local level is considered a merit.
  • Possibility and willingness to access project locations and engage a diversity of project stakeholders (at least one team member).
  • Strong analytical skills and understanding of the Ethiopia context, including the environment for civil society engagement.
  • Ability to apply gender- and conflict-sensitive approaches in data collection and analysis.
  • English proficiency and excellent track record in producing high quality and utilization-focused reports.
  • At least one team member must have Amharic and Oromifa language proficiency.

    Deliverables
  • Inception report and negotiated evaluation
    plan that details lines of inquiry, definitions, data sources, methods for data collection, methods for data analysis, conflict considerations and time and budget planning.
  • Data collection instruments and protocols.
  • Draft evaluation report for comments and review.
  • Final copy-edited evaluation report following review (no more than 30 pages excluding annexes), including a stand-alone executive summary of no more than 5 pages.

    Implementation information
  • Time-line:The exact time-lined will be agreed upon as part of the inception period.
  • The Mid-Term Review is planned to conduct preparatory steps in January 2019 and data collection in February/early March. The report should be finalized for sharing by the end of March.
  • Locations and travel:Data collection will require travel to key programme and project locations, in close collaboration with the LPI team and partner organisations.
  • Activity planning:The detailed activity plan and budget for the Mid-Term Review will be agreed upon based on the methodology proposed in the technical proposal.

    Fees
  • LPI will pay a daily fee for an agreed number of payable days.
  • The number of days will be agreed upon informed by the technical proposal of the evaluation team. The fee will be subject to negotiation.

    How to Apply:
  • Please send CVs of all Evaluation Team members, along with your technical proposal (describing your understanding of the ToR, detailing methodology for implementing the ToR, conflict sensitivity considerations, activity schedule and a detailed budget outline for fees and reimbursable costs incurred by the Evaluation Team (e.g. for travel of the evaluation team) to charlotte.booth@life-peace.org by 18th January 2019.
  • The CVs and Technical Proposals will be assessed on: qualifications and experience of the evaluation team, quality of the methodology proposed and cost effectiveness (value for money).

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