Who we are
SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.
Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.
SOS Children’s Village Program Gode as one of the seven SOS Children’s Village programs in Ethiopia was established in 2004, and formally inaugurated on 03 October 2005. The program in Gode has 5 units:
- Alternative Child Care, in which children and youth who lost parental care are nurtured until they become self- reliant
- Family and Community Development Program Unit, where families are enabled to provide adequate care to their children
- School education, with kindergarten, primary and preparatory levels
- SOS medical Centre, with both inpatient and outpatient care and
- Emergency response program.
The project titled ‘’Integrated intervention to save lives and restore livelihood in Somali region, Ethiopia’’ has been implemented from December 15, 2020 to September 30, 2020, with additional 4 months of no-cost-extension. The project started during the peak drought time, during which massive livestock death, high pastoral dropout affecting mostly IDPs, increase of the mal-nutrition rate and critical shortage of water for human and livestock consumption were reported. In response to this, the project team of SOS CV designed a comprehensive and integrated intervention in the areas of WASH, Protection and restoration of livelihoods. The project initially targeted to address the immediate needs of 29,635 vulnerable people in Adadle district of the Shabelle zone in the Somali region.
Objectives of the Evaluation:
The overall objective of the final project Evaluation is to review the activities implemented by the project and their relevance to drive the specified objectives and outcomes of the project. (See excerpt from project logframe below) The evaluation needs to review the level of achievements of the project objectives, results and outputs, and to generate information on the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, performance and success of the project, including the sustainability of results and document lesson learnt.
The project has to be evaluated along the 6 OECD DAC criteria:
Relevance: Is the intervention doing the right things?
Coherence: How well does the intervention fit?
Effectiveness: Is the intervention achieving its objectives?
Efficiency: How well are resources used?
Impact: What difference is the intervention making?
Sustainability: Will the benefits last?
However, in order to give the evaluation more focus and to foster learning, the criteria are ranked as follows:
- Relevance, Effectiveness and Impact
- Efficiency and Sustainability
- Coherence
Subsequently the evaluators will produce a report that is giving those criteria and ranking the appropriate weight, attention, space and effort.
Specific Evaluation Questions:
- With respect to the evaluation criteria and taking into account their ranking (see above), some specific questions have to be answered by this evaluation: (mainly focused on the timely implementation and success of the project).
- Are the project activities appropriate and relevant to the needs of the drought affected target communities? To what extent?
- Have the project activities been delivered timely to the drought-affected community? To what extent?
- Have target communities and people been affected negatively by the project? To what extent?
- Are the target communities and people more prepared, resilient and less at-risk as a result of the project interventions? Have they developed sustainable strategies for their livelihoods? To what extent?
- Do the communities and people affected by drought, have the right knowledge on their entitlements, and have they participated in decisions that affect them throughout the project period? To what extent?
- Does a responsive and workable mechanism, to handle complaints, during the project period exist? Is it accessible to the target group? To what extent?
- Did communities and people affected by drought receive the assistance they required from competent and well-managed staff and volunteers? To what extent?
- Are the project resources managed and used responsibly for the intended purpose?
- Was the project management including steering, monitoring and supervision, project team management, follow up on logframe and work plan, effective and efficient?
Excerpt from the project log frame:
Specific Objectives / Project Objectives | Indicators |
Improved protection, life-saving water supply, sanitation, hygiene use and food security for climate induced 29,635 IDPs and host communities in Somali region | By the end of project period, 70% of the beneficiaries have improved access to protection, WASH and food security compared to baseline |
Expected results | |
Result 1: 29,310 people use safe drinking water and sanitation facilities | • By the end of the project period, 85% of the target beneficiaries (sex disaggregated data) will have improved access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities, compared to the baseline • 50% knowledge increase in basic hygiene behaviour among the beneficiaries |
Result 2 (previously 3): Improved protection and reduced gender based violence for 16,707 girls and women | • By the end of the project period 20% more cases of CP violence or GBV are reported and used the existing referral systems • 50% knowledge increase in protection and GBV among the beneficiaries |
Result 3 (previously 4): 29,310 people have restored critical productive household assets | • By end of the project period, 80% of the beneficiaries (sex disaggregated data) have improved productive inputs such as small ruminants, animal feed and veterinary services • 200 beneficiaries (sex disaggregated data) started small income generating activities, by sex and age • 70% of beneficiary HH have three meals per day |
Scope of the evaluation
It is mandatory to follow the ADA evaluation guidelines, which are based on the OECD DAC criteria. In particular, the steps 8 to 13 have to be well planned, implemented and documented by the evaluator. A detailed plan on how those steps will be realized has to be presented at inception.
The OECD DAC criteria for evaluations in humanitarian settings, performance is understood to mean the extent to which implementers were able to reach stated strategic objectives; adapt to a challenging and highly dynamic context; and provide quality, relevant, effective, efficient, conflict- and gender- sensitive interventions to populations in need. This includes the ability of SOS CV to:
- effectively target the most vulnerable populations;
- adapt programming to specific gender- and age-related needs;
- train and utilize local partners to reach isolated communities;
- collaborate with local authorities and the humanitarian country team;
- seek opportunities for joint programming, procurement and logistics where possible;
- effectively advocate for increased humanitarian access;
- and the ability to adapt interventions to ensure programming remained relevant and was consistently in line with the primary and vital needs of populations affected by the drought in Somali region.
Approach and Methodology
The consultancy should adopt an evaluation methodology coherent with the overall framework and scope of the evaluation as described above. The evaluator(s) will collect primary data from direct beneficiaries of the project where the security situation permits and use secondary data to triangulate the findings. The evaluation will use both quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as document review and, when available and appropriate, analysis of programme reports. The evaluation requires a participatory methodology whereby the work engages all key stakeholders including beneficiaries, community members and relevant staff of SOS CV (SOS CV Ethiopia, SOS CV IOR ESAF, SOS CVI, SOS CV Austria).
Key Deliverables, time frame and reporting schedule
Deliverables | Format | Max. length (pages, duration) | Deadlines |
Kick off and clarification meeting | Online and face to face meeting combined | ½ day | November 27, 2020 |
Draft Inception Report (comprising of evaluation matrix (see step 9 in ADA evaluation guidelines), methodology, sampling methodology and size, data collection tools, data analysis method, field work schedule, ethical considerations/ safeguarding, consent forms, etc.) | Word document | 15pages 1week | December 1, 2020.
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Final Inception Report | Word document | 15Pages 1week | December 7, 2020. |
Draft evaluation Report in English for review with qualitative and quantitative data analysis interface (profound interpretation of the data and analysis is required, not only statistics) | Word document | 50Pages 3weeks | December 28, 2020. |
Validation workshop –presentation on key findings, conclusions and recommendations | Power point/slides | 1 PPT 1 day | January 4, 2021 |
Final evaluation Report in English, no more than 50 pages (excluding annexes) and free of jargon. The report must include: Title Page Table of Contents / Figures and Tables Abbreviations / acronyms page Executive summary (1 to 2 pages maximum) Background and a short introduction to the project (1 to 2 pages maximum) The evaluation methodology (including evaluation/research questions and tools) (as an Annex) Findings with clear reference to the evaluation objectives, evaluation criteria and specific questions in the ToRs Innovation and lessons learned Case studies/stories should be used to highlight/illustrate the findings (if lengthy, as an Annex) Recommendations and Conclusion
Lessons sharing/dissemination document capturing key impact and learning and presented in a reader friendly and marketable format. Cleaned data (transcriptions of interviews/questionnaires & quantitative data sets) | PDF document | 50Pages 2 weeks | January 15, 2021 |
SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia needs the assignment to be carried out within 45 consecutive days starting from the date of agreement signed (tentatively December 1, 2020) including submission of the final evaluation report. Detailed time table for different stages of the work will be prepared by the consultants.
Job Requirements
Required Skills, qualifications and Experience:
- A social science background, e.g. higher education (MA, PhD) in development, education, psychology, emergency, or related field with at least 5 years of practical experience of each team member is required.
- Proven experience in evaluating humanitarian and development programmes
- At least basic knowledge and understanding in the area of gender, child protection and environmental protection, in particular in an emergency context
- Experience with international (I) NGO’s
- Good writing and communicative skills
- Good command of English
- Work experience in Somali region, Shebelle zone would be an added advantage.
Payment modality
- Applicants are expected to submit their financial proposal (inclusive VAT and Tax) for the entire assignment. All VAT and TAX amounts will be deducted from the total amount as per Government Regulations. The consultant/consultant firm will be paid in phases upon completion and submission of key deliverables. The payment schedule will be as follows:
- 30% of the contract will be paid to the consultant/consultancy firm/ up on submission of satisfactory inception report
- 30% of the contract will be paid upon completion and submission of draft evaluation report.
- 40% of the contract will be paid upon submission and acceptance of the final evaluation report.
Ethical standards and Intellectual Property
- Ownership and copyright of all collected data and survey reports will be the sole and exclusive property of SOS CV. The consultant or firm will submit all original documents, materials and data to SOS CV.
How to Apply
Application Procedures:
Interested and Qualified Consultants can submit their proposal until 23:59 (CAT) on 27 November 2020. The bid has to be in EURO, and if necessary, contain suggestions and recommendations to the Terms of References.
Submission address:
The consultant/ consultancy firm will submit:
- Resume of the firm, copies of credentials, renewed license and TIN number.
- Detailed CV of the consultants with full description of the profile and experience
- At least three certificates or recognitions of similar study previously conducted
- A cover letter outlining the suitability of consultant or consultant firm for the assignment
- A technical proposal (max 7 pages): interpreting the ToRs and elaboration of the proposed methodology and design, including a draft work plan; in addition the following annexes:
- brief overview of the consultant/consultancy firm and the skills and experiences they would bring to the assignment (including CVs of all team members assigned to the evaluation)
- contact details of three referees from other organizations that have recently contracted the consultant/consultancy firm to perform similar work for the last 1- 2 years.
A financial proposal: clarifying the following costs:
- budget with professional fee per day
- travel related costs for the evaluators
- logistical costs (vehicle hire, accommodation and living costs; stationeries, and supplies needed for data collection; and other costs related to field mobilization and validation workshop ) as far as these cannot be provided by SOS CV Ethiopia National office (located near Atlas hotel on the way to Bole Medhanialem Church).
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