Consultancy for conducting the External Evaluation of the Misereor supported Project No. 321-910-1053 ZG - Swayam Shikshan Prayog

Consultant

Consultancy for conducting the External Evaluation of the Misereor supported Project No. 321-910-1053 ZG working towards “Improvement of the socio-economic conditions of women from poor households in India” for Swayam Shikshan Prayog

Project In Brief :

The project on Improvement of the socio-economic conditions of women from poor households in India is being implemented by Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) with the support of Misereor. The project during July 2021 to June 2024 covers 50,000 households in 500 villages across 10 blocks in Osmanabad, Solapur, Latur and Nanded districts with the goal of sustainable livelihoods for, as well as improving the social situation of women from poor households in India.

Need :

SSP is currently looking for conducting the External Evaluation of the Misereor supported Project No. 321-910-1053 ZG working towards “Improvement of the socio-economic conditions of women from poor households in India”, the project being implemented by Swayam Shikshan Prayog for the period of 1st July 2021 to 30th June 2024 with the support of Misereor. Based on the requirement of the assignment, the consultant is supposed to complete the Project Evaluation Report with Case Studies, Problems, Impact, Challenges and Recommendations from the field visits before 30th April, 2024. The assignment will be carried out through physical field visits, virtual discussions and desk research.

Assignment In Brief

Key components of the assignment would be:

To measure the success and progress of the initiative in terms of the objectives and results.
To document the lesson learnt, and highlight the best practices which could be used in future programming.
Meetings with the field team for compilation of data required for the report.
Draft Report with Insights, Women leaders profiles with study/data on the increase in their economic status and Case Studies
Submission of Final Report
A PPT that captures key findings from the evaluation study

Outputs and Deliverables:

An inception report with review framework, tools, sample size, work plan and travel plan.
Transcript from of each FGD/IDI
Draft report for comments
Final, edited report
A PPT that captures key findings from the evaluation study

Contract Period:

Contract period for the consultancy will be for a period from 28th February to 30th April, 2024 on terms and conditions agreed mutually. The Contract will be governed by standard terms of service contracts of the organization and will be shared with shortlisted candidates upon request.

Qualification & Experience:

Consultant / Agency must have enough qualification in writing Case Studies and Insights Reports in social development /rural development
Consultant / Agency must have minimum 5 years of experience and expert team with demonstrated track record of keen interest to conduct the impact study.

Remuneration:

Remuneration will be on par with the norms in the Social sector. Interested candidates are expected to make a financial offer of their minimum expectation.

Selection Process

A shortlist of maximum three consultants will be established based on expressions of interest. The shortlist will be evaluated on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume, financial offer and their reference check by Swayam Shikshan Prayog:

Academic qualifications
● Years of project management and relevant economic development /sector experience
Experience in working with international organizations and Govt
Language proficiency (English, Hindi)

Preference will be given to candidates having successfully handled similar assignment. Weightage will also be given to candidates with whom Swayam Shikshan Prayog had prior satisfactory association.

Final selection will be by a Management Committee of Swayam Shikshan Prayog, who may telephonically interview the shortlisted candidates and the decision of the Committee will be final and binding.

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted. In case your profile does not match with the aforementioned requirements, your application will be eliminated at preliminary scrutiny stage and Swayam Shikshan Prayog is not obliged to send any communication in that regard and will not entertain any follow-ups in that regard.

Please mail your expression of interest along with your profile; timescale based financial offer and at least 2 independent references to sspindia1@gmail.com

Closing Date for Applications: 15th February, 2024.