Call for external organisational and programme evaluators

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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) TO CONDUCT AN ORGANISATIONAL AND SPECIFIC PROGRAMME EVALUATIONS

SEPTEMBER 2010 TO JANUARY 2011

Gender Links is a Southern African NGO founded in March 2001 with offices in Johannesburg, Mauritius (Francophone base) and Botswana (headquarters of the Southern African Development Community) as well as project sites in seven other countries. The vision of the organisation is a region in which women and men are able to participate equally in all aspects of public and private life in accordance with the provisions of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. GL has four programme areas: the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development; media; governance and justice.

At its meeting in March 2005 the GL Board resolved to commission an external evaluation of the organisation and specific programmes as per donor requirements every five years. The first such evaluation took place in 2006. In preparation for the tenth anniversary of Gender Links in March 2011 as well as to provide specific assessments required by key donors GL is calling for proposals for two suitably qualified, impartial, independent consultants to conduct an organisational and specific programme evaluations for Gender Links.

Qualifications of the evaluator/s

A post-graduate degree or equivalent in monitoring and evaluation or social sciences.
Qualifications and or experience in gender, media and governance.
Proven experience in conducting organisational evaluations that operate regionally and working with strategic programmatic documents and log frames. Specific experience of conducting DFID and UNIFEM evaluations would be an advantage.
Knowledge and experience of organisational systems and development, including financial systems preferably including managing an NGO in a challenging funding environment.
Experience in managing and conducting big research projects; training and programme management.
The ability to think and write critically and constructively.
Excellent inter personal and written skills; ability to use IT to the maximum advantage in such an under taking.
Fluency in English, knowledge of French and Portuguese would be an added advantage.
A sound reputation for independence and fairness; compliance with ethical standards for evaluators.

Please see the attachments for details of the assignment as well as the format for the EOI.

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