Sonke Gender Justice, Activate Change Drivers! And ActionAid SA, are looking for a consultant for the purpose of conducting an end-term evaluation of Generation G South Africa according to the terms of reference set out herein.
Programme Locations: South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape)
Application Deadline: 15 September 2024
Timeline Contract: 16 September 2024 – 31 December 2025
Consultancy Budget: R148 300
Reporting to: Global end-term evaluation consultant
The Generation G partnership strives towards the creation of gender-just and violence-free societies with and for young people in their full diversity. The partnership raises public support, advocates for improved policies and laws, and strengthens civil society to contribute to achieving gender justice. It thrives on the diversity, strength and collaboration of experts, evidence-based and evaluated approaches, cross-country learning, and global advocacy.
The key approach of the programme is a gender-transformative approach that focuses on the following elements:
- a) Investing in amplifying young feminist voices;
- b) Strengthening the role of young men as allies in gender equality;
- c) Promoting human rights and youth agency;
- d) Analysing and addressing harmful norms and unequal power relations;
- e) Embracing sexual and gender diversity.
Gender-transformative lobbying and advocacy happens at the individual, community, institutional and policy levels. The different levels of gender-transformative lobbying and advocacy are embedded in three mutually reinforcing long-term outcomes (LTOs):
- LTO 1 aims at increasing and mobilising public support for gender justice and rejecting gender-based violence.
- LTO 2 focuses on strengthening gender-transformative and youth-inclusive policymaking and legislation .
- LTO 3 envisions a strong, inclusive and resilient civil society that is able to fight for gender justice.
Our strategic objective is to create societies that are gender just and violence free, with and for young people in their full diversity.
Objectives
The end-term evaluation of the Generation G programme has two-fold objectives: programmatic focused and collaboration focused. Detailed objectives are:
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the programme : evaluate the results of the programme, which changes occurred, how changes happened and the contribution of the programme to these changes:
- Evaluating the partnership collaboration focusing on coherence, localisation/leading from the South, partnership with the Ministry and the Embassies, lessons learned and good practices.
- Evaluating the relevance and validity of the theory of change .
The Generation G country coalition of South Africa calls for an external, independent consultant to address these objectives clearly and comprehensively. The National consultant will work in collaboration with the global consultant and youth researcher.
Methods and approach
The realist evaluation approach will be used. The realist evaluation focuses on understanding what works, for whom and under what circumstances, and will be informed by the programme’s theory of change and context at country and global levels.
Scope of Work
- Attend an orientation meeting with global consultants and the Generation-G team;
- Attend an end-term evaluation planning meeting in Rabat Morocco, which will be held from 2 – 6 December 2024.
- Attend training on the Realist Evaluation approach and data collection;
- Translate and contextualise the tools;
- Facilitate focus group discussions and key informant interviews;
- Review country project reports and validate progress against indicators targets;
- Support data analysis led by the global consultant;
- Develop a field work report, including country specific recommendations;
- Provide input for the preliminary findings and final report.
Duration
Approximately 30 days (spread between September 2024 – September 2025).
Travel
The consultant will work in their home country, with travel to the sites. Attendance at the end-term evaluation planning meeting in Rabat Morocco, 2 – 6 December 2024 is mandatory.
Qualifications and specialised knowledge, experience and skills required
- Proven track record in the evaluation of complex programs, with specific attention to gender equality and gender justice;
- A solid understanding of the social, political, and cultural context in South Africa;
- At least 10 years of relevant working experience;
- Proven track record in facilitating participatory evaluation workshops;
- Preferable experienced in the Realist Evaluation Approach;
- Written and spoken fluency in English and Xhosa and Zulu.
Conflict of Interest (CoI)
National consultants should not have COI nor have been involved in the Generation G programme.
Please limit the proposal text to no more than 10 pages.
Budget
R148 300
Closing Date
15 September 2024
Sonke is a South African-based non-profit organisation working throughout Africa.
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