Oxfam – Calling Consultant for:
Final Evaluation - "Strengthening Capacities of Civil CSO to enhance SDGs Governance" project
(code: FE C0819)

BackgroundOxfam in Indonesia, the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) and the Indonesia Women Coalition for Justice and Democracy (KPI) work in close collaboration to promote Civil Society (CS) and women’s participation in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) processes. Numbers of key meetings and discussions beginning in 2013, led by INFID and KPI and supported by Oxfam in Indonesia, confirm the need for continued CSO participation throughout SDGs processes, particularly with the regard to the forthcoming definition of national indicators and to set up a legal and institutional framework for monitoring and accountability.The Overall Objective of the project is to promote constructive and effective civil society participation in key Indonesian social, economic and environmental public policies dialogue, developments and implementation, specifically this project will strengthen CSOs and Women’s Right Organizations (WROs) capacity to enhance governance and improve government accountability with respect to SDGs on poverty reduction, gender equality and reduction of inequality.

The Project has 3 expected results, described as follows:

1.Networked CSOs have in-depth understanding of SDGs and improve legal and institutional framework to promote better governance and accountability of SDGs realization.  

2.Increased capacity of National and local CSOs and WROs for: participatory monitoring of SDGs realization, producing evidence using digitals tools and data analytics for accountability.

3. Enhance national and local CSO and WRO capacity to advocate on key policies affecting SDGs achievement and government accountability for them.

Purpose of Final Evaluation

The final evaluation is expected to assess how the project design, implementation and intervention has contribute to achieve the set of objectives and the significant change. It should be participatory in order to optimize the learning opportunities for Oxfam in Indonesia and partners. Evaluation recommendations should be focused and relevant to highlight key learning and should provide justifications to support recommendations for a potential project in the future.

Scope of Evaluation

The final evaluation will cover a set of key topics namely relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency as well as evaluating sustainability and impact as follows:
1.        Accountability Assessment
·        Assess the accountability of Oxfam with the partners, communities, donors and stakeholders.
·        Assess the project emphasis on women.

2.        Relevance Assessment
·        Assess the relevance of program approach and strategy in achieving the objective.
·        Analyze whether the technical assistance addresses the needs and demands of the beneficiaries.

3.        Effectiveness Assessment
·        Evaluate differences the project has made to the beneficiaries.
·        Evaluate the performance of the project with references to qualitative and quantitative achievements of outcomes as defined in the program documents.

4.        Efficiency Assessment
·        Identify factors and constraints which have affected the efficiency of the logical sequence of program implementation including technical, managerial and overall program approach. In addition, considering any unforeseen external factors.
·        Assess the qualitative and quantitative aspects of management and other inputs (such as equipment, monitoring and review, technical assistance and budgetary inputs) employed by the project for the achievement of objective.

5.        Sustainability and Impact
·        Assess preliminary indications whether the program results are likely to be sustainable after the program implementation period (both at the community and government level.
·        Provide success stories and/or key achievements supported by evidence and explanation.
·        Provide recommendations for design, planning, and implementation of future influencing program based on a summary of accountability, relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency assessments.
·        Evaluate the degree of actor representation and stakeholder participation (including beneficiaries, government and private sector) in the program implementation process with a view to analyzing and anticipating continued support to ensure sustainability of the project.

Consultant Description

A.        Consultant Objective
Interested consultant/ team should submit their proposal in a few pages including the proposed technical approach and methodologist (methods, budget, plan). In addition to measuring the project achievement, the final evaluation will also highlight issues and challenge affecting effective and efficient implementation of activities to achieve project output and their contribution to objective.

The consultant is responsible for:

1.        Developing detailed work-plan and arranging every evaluation activity independently.
2.        Performing evaluation process based on described evaluation methodology during the set time-frame.
3.        Reporting the evaluation results based on mutually agreed format which meets Oxfam in Indonesia minimum standards

B.        Consultant Qualifications

The consultant must have a strong record in conducting evaluation, particularly in SDGs and gender. The consultant should have excellent knowledge of monitoring and evaluation in theory and practices, and participatory process. The consultant should have the following skills and competencies:1. Demonstrate experience of producing high quality and credible evaluations (we require sample or summary of previous evaluation project).

2. Experience working with/evaluating NGO work.

3. Experience knowledge in SDGs implementation and monitoring, participatory process, and multi-stakeholder partnership.

4. Ability to write concisely, analyze data and information precisely, and present any key findings in well-define structure.

5. Excellent writing in English and verbal communication, both in English and Bahasa Indonesia

DeliverableThe consultant should develop a clear and simple evaluation report (max 20 pages). Technical explanation should be comprised in appendices, including lists of informants, data, and other supporting information. The information should have relevance to the report’s analysis, findings, and conclusion.The consultant should explain the evaluation methodology clearly and how the methodology is applied to the analysis through relevant data and information. The assessment of program achievements should be justified in a logical framework and evidence to support the recommendations. The recommendations should include details on how to implement in the project proposal with the same issue. The report is expected to be relevant for internal discussion and learning and external discussion with all stakeholders, including the beneficiaries and local government.

The list of report contents is:

1.        Cover page (Evaluation title, project name, project number, the country where the project was implemented, evaluator name and Oxfam logo).
2.        List of acronyms.
3.        Table of content.
4.        Executive Summary.
5.        Brief of program description, purpose of the evaluation and evaluation methodology.
6.        Synthesis and Result: project accountability, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact of project activities, with recommendations for sustainability.
7.        Recommendation and Lessons learned: Assessment of attainment of indicators, operational and developmental lessons.              
8.        Annexes: TOR, Work plan, List of people interviewed, List of documents reviewed.      

Expression of Interest
If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please do apply by sending your complete application and required document as mentioned above to jakarta@oxfam.org.uk
Please mention the code of the position title (code: FE C0819) on the subject of the email.
The closing date: January 22, 2019

Only short listed candidates will be contacted
We encourage women and people with disability to apply