RFP - Consultancy – SPRINT IV Evaluation

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About the Proposal

SPRINT IV continues to have its primary focus on ensuring access to essential SRH services during crises for women, girls, and vulnerable groups across the Indo-Pacific region. Drawing on IPPF’s existing local networks and partnerships at the country level, SPRINT covers all stages of the humanitarian program cycle; from preparedness through to response, and back to recovery, system strengthening and mitigation. The purpose of the evaluation is to:

• Provide an independent evaluation of the overall achievements towards the SPRINT IV goals/outcomes, including the degree to which IPPF has been able to advance the nexus between humanitarian and development efforts and measure progress and achievements accordingly.
• Assess the effectiveness of SPRINT IV at all levels of implementation from national MAs, key national partners, beneficiaries, etc. to regional, global level networks, and partnerships to strengthen the capacities, in terms of the MISP/ SRH preparedness, timely response, early-recovery, advocating inclusive policies, with a particular focus on meaningfully engagement of various vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups across the disaster management cycle.
• Assess the sustainability of IPPF Humanitarian programming in the Indo-Pacific region and present suggestions for further streamlining of the SPRINT IV program model to drive further impact and efficiency gains.

The evaluation is expected to generate evidence that will help guide the direction of SPRINT IV beyond the costed extension phase of the program (2025-26) and enable IPPF to better manage and deliver quality, inclusive, accountable and sustainable results. The evaluation will reflect on the SPRINT IV Program Logic and M&E Framework for the intended results and should inform IPPF Humanitarian/ DFAT management level decision making, documenting the best practices within the SPRINT IV which could be scaled-up, and may help to inform other humanitarian programming beyond SPRINT IV being delivered across the Federation.

IPPF will be responsible for overall management and administration of this evaluation. This will include contracting, briefing the evaluation team; developing evaluation plan, managing feedback from reviews of the draft report; and liaising with the evaluation team throughout to ensure the evaluation is being undertaken as agreed.

Scope of evaluation

The entire SPRINT IV program is included in the scope of this study, including program design, implementation across the four outcome areas – policy advocacy, preparedness, response and recovery, and program documentation (e.g., monitoring and evaluation framework, risk management framework, annual workplans, etc). The evaluation will also consider the progress and achievements of SPRINT IV implementation within the broader context for SRHR preparedness and response in humanitarian settings, including its complementarity/ synergy with IPPF Strategies[1], other Humanitarian programs/ projects, and partners. In addition, the evaluation should discuss:

• Innovation: In what aspects did the project manage to bring innovative solutions to meet the needs of the MAs, crisis-affected population, provide unique methods to overcome challenges, and demonstrate exemplary approaches within the humanitarian context.
• Lessons Learned: What are the key results (both positive and negative), insights, stories, and messages learned from the SPRINT IV program worthwhile reporting to improve the strategies and implementation of future humanitarian work.

The evaluation should cover the entire duration of the SPRINT IV program i.e. April 2022 up to Aug. 2024. To review and compare project progress, the consultant/s to consider the SPRINT III as the baseline as well as Mid-Term Review (MTR) conducted in mid-2023. This evaluation looks at the extent to which process aligned with what was intended and/or the extent to which progress has been achieved against the expected outcomes. IPPF requires this consultancy to be completed by early Dec. 2024. Accordingly, we encourage the consultant/s to submit their Expression of Interest (EoI) at the earliest.

Deliverables

The SPRINT-IV, a 3-year project, is concluding in December 2024. This document will complement the final SPRINT-IV report highlighting the impact in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and sustainability of the on-going support that was provided by the IPPF Humanitarian team to the MAs, across the disaster management cycle, both during stable times and crisis responses. It will provide documented evidence of the strategies, failures and successes, technical assistance provided across SPRINT IV MAs and beyond[2]. This will provide valuable strategic direction for IPPF in terms of resource allocation and tailored technical assistance, emphasising extent to which Technical Advisors could be engaged across the various IPPF Humanitarian programs/ projects, enhancing the institutional knowledge, to strengthen the Humanitarian programming.

Eligibility

• At least 2-5 years of overall experience in reviewing programme/ projects, developing strategic documents, documentation, evaluation, desk review and preparation of strategic or technical reports.
• Experience in humanitarian programming, especially on SRH/ SGBV in emergencies in international humanitarian and/ or UN agencies with field work to support partners. Familiarity with the MISP including SGBV objectives and indicators in humanitarian contexts would be desirable.
• Experience of working in the Asia-Pacific regions with national level implementing partners to build their capacities, supporting Regional/ Sub-Regional office/s for developing strategies, Annual programming, providing technical assistance in the field.
• Masters or Ph.D academic qualification preferred.
• Understanding of quantitative and qualitative evaluation approaches.

How to Apply

Individual/s interested in this assignment should provide:

• Expression of Interest (EoI) with a detailed work-plan for achieving the specific objectives, including evaluation approach and management to complete the assignment and deliverables as described in this Terms of Reference.
• A cover letter (no more than one page) and CV outlining their experience against the requirements listed above, including examples of previous work in relation to the Terms of Reference.
• Consultancy Fees must be quoted in USD. Please indicate daily rate and number of days’ work, as part of your application.

Please submit your application to HAnnadorai@ippf.org with the subject “Consultancy – SPRINT IV Evaluation”. Deadline for submission is 11 October 2024.

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