AFG – Consultancy – Lifesaving assistance of integrated Health, Nutrition, WASH and Protection services for crisis-affected populations

COUNTRY : AFGHANISTAN

STARING DATE : AUGUST 2024

CONTEXT

Since 2021, the situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating, with significant consequences for the most vulnerable members of the population. In response to the continuously worsening crisis, Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI), INTERSOS and the Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees (DACAAR) (with the support of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) have provided life-saving assistance through a strengthened, integrated and complementary approach, since January 1st, 2023 until November 31st, 2024 (with a potential top up until May 31st, 2025). This includes the provision of Health, Nutrition, Protection, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WasH), Economic Recovery and Market Systems (ERMS) and Shelter and Settlement services across 11 targeted provinces to the most affected population. Their action particularly focused on vulnerable population living in remote and underserved areas, focusing on women’s and girls’ access to assistance, particularly healthcare services.

Since the project has been running for more than 12 months and will continue for another year, this evaluation will extract best practices, lessons learned, what worked and what didn’t, and make recommendations to enhance ongoing quality and what could be added or/and can be done differently in future programming.

OBJECTIVE

The evaluation purpose is to understand to which level the project achieved its proposed objective: To contribute to a reduction in mortality and morbidity in the 11 targeted provinces of Afghanistan.

The type of evaluation proposed for this program is summative performance evaluation to establish a causal link between; increasing access, coverage, and use of health, nutrition, WASH, and protection services, responding to the needs of vulnerable households through livelihoods and winterization support, and achieving reduced mortality and morbidity, and enhanced dignity, of affected populations. The evaluation should have a mixed research design. Quantitative data will be provided by the partners while the consultant must collect primary qualitative data, through Focus Group Discussions and Key Informant Interviews with beneficiaries, community stakeholders, and project staff. The consultant will be responsible for getting approval to the field locations to collect data, and have their own data collection team. Project data, such as monitoring records, indicator tracking tables, and such can be requested by the consultant from the partners.

A total of 45 days’ assignment, the evaluation is expected to be started tentatively in September-October 2024. The exact schedule/plan of the consultancy will be agreed upon with the consultant during the signing of the contract.

Profile of the external evaluation team

• Post-graduate degree in Humanitarian Studies, Disaster Management, Development Studies, and/or relevant Social Sciences discipline;
• At-least 3 years’ proven experience conducting evaluations of humanitarian programs. Consultants should have previous experience in evaluating Health and WASH projects (additional experience in evaluating protection and mental health related projects desired);
• Familiarity with international quality and accountability standards;
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills;
• Experience in the use of participatory methodologies;
• Knowledge of the Afghanistan context and languages (Dari and Pashto) is essential;
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English;
• Proof of having access and approvals to conduct the data collection (PUI will not be responsible)
• Experience with BHA/USAID-funded projects is an advantage.

The full information about the background, expectations, required documents and the selection process can be found in the detailed Terms of reference document: ANNEX- SELECTION PROCESS GUIDANCE

For more information, please refer to the Terms of Reference

Deadline for submission

18th Aug 1600 Kabul time