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Position: IHA Consultant

Reports to:  MEAL Manager (Direct)and PQI Director (Parallel)

Location: Yemen (Taiz Governorate: Al Ma'afer, Al Mawasit, and Maqbanah districts) 

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children is seeking an independent external Consultant to conduct the project’s final evaluation. The evaluation will build on the baseline and other available project evidence to assess performance, outcomes, quality, and learning over the implementation period, and to generate actionable recommendations for current and future programming.

The purpose of the final evaluation is to assess the project’s overall performance and achievement at end line and to inform learning and future programming. Specifically, the evaluation is expected to:

• Establish comprehensive end-line data for project outcome indicators in the project performance framework.
• Assess the extent to which the project met its intended outcomes as set out in the IPTT.
• Assess the extent to which implementation aligned with relevant OECD-DAC criteria and Save the Children quality standards.
• Assess how and why the intervention made a difference to targeted beneficiaries.
• Assess beneficiary satisfaction and perceptions of how the project responded to their needs.
• Identify lessons learned, including unintended outcomes, and provide recommendations for Save the Children and donor programming.

Scope of Role

The final evaluation will cover the project’s implementation in Taiz Governorate, specifically Al Ma’afer, Al Mawasit, and Maqbanah districts, including 10 health facilities and their catchment areas in urban and rural settings. It will assess the project’s integrated interventions in health, nutrition, WASH, and child protection, and will consider the full implementation period as reflected in the final approved project documentation.

The Consultant/Consultancy will be expected to undertake, at a minimum, the following high-level tasks:

• Review key project and secondary documents, including baseline and monitoring data.
• Refine the study questions in consultation with Save the Children.
• Develop the inception report, study matrix, methodology, sampling approach, workplan, and data collection tools.
• Lead and manage fieldwork and data collection, including quantitative and qualitative components.
• Conduct analysis and triangulation of findings, including comparison of baseline and end-line results where relevant.
• Prepare and present draft and final evaluation outputs to Save the Children and relevant stakeholders.
• Engage relevant stakeholders appropriately throughout the evaluation process, including planning for accessible and child-friendly feedback to communities and children.

Expected Deliverables

• Inception workshop/facilitation with relevant stakeholders
• Inception report including study objectives, scope, methodology, sampling strategy, study matrix, risks and mitigation, ethics considerations, stakeholder engagement plan, timeline, and resource requirements
• Ethics submission package (if applicable) including study protocols, consent/confidentiality materials, and considerations for children and vulnerable groups
• Final data collection tools and data collection mechanism
• Draft study report including executive summary, methodology, findings, conclusions, recommendations, annexes, and associated data/analysis
• PowerPoint presentation summarizing formative/interim findings and any emerging issues or methodological refinements
• Final study report incorporating stakeholder feedback
• Knowledge translation materials, including PowerPoint presentation of final findings and Evidence to Action Brief 

All deliverables will be subject to Save the Children review and approval in line with the ToR. Save the Children will provide consolidated feedback on the draft report for incorporation into the final version.

Methodology Expectations

The methodology will be proposed by the Consultant and approved by Save the Children’s commissioning manager. The final evaluation is expected to be methodologically sound, context-appropriate, participatory, inclusive, and aligned with the Save the Children Evaluation Handbook. 

• The methodology is expected to include, as relevant:
• Review of key project documents, monitoring data, and secondary sources.
• Quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, including cross-sectional surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and site visits.
• Sampling that matches the baseline approach, unless an alternative is proposed and approved by Save the Children.
• Meaningful participation of children where relevant to the project scope.
• Appropriate disaggregation of data by sex, age, and other relevant vulnerability markers. 

The evaluation must adhere to ethical, safeguarding, and data protection standards, including informed consent, confidentiality, inclusion, gender-sensitive and age-appropriate data collection, and appropriate arrangements for consultations with women, girls, boys, and men. The evaluation protocol, tools, and consent forms may be subject to ethics review prior to data collection.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of inte

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Essential:
• Advanced university degree in public health, health systems management, or a related field. 
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in research, evaluation, or consultancy work in humanitarian or complex emergency contexts, particularly in sectors relevant to the assignment. 
• Experience conducting evaluations in Yemen, with sensitivity to local context and culture.
• Proven experience designing and conducting evaluations using appropriate evaluation designs and mixed quantitative and qualitative methods. 
• Experience with integrated programming in health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, and related humanitarian sectors. 
• Experience conducting utilization-focused evaluations informed by OECD-DAC criteria.
• Strong understanding of data collection methods, analysis, and reporting. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical findings clearly to non-specialist audiences. 
• Fluency in Arabic and English. 
• Demonstrated understanding of child safeguarding, child participation, gender-sensitive programming, and ethical research practices.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

“Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer. Women are strongly encouraged to apply”