Consultant for External Endline Evaluation of the Project “ENHANCING BORDER MANAGEMENT CAPACITY”

Overview

The consultant will conduct an external endline evaluation of the project “Enhancing Border Management Capacity” to assess its performance, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations for future programming.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare an Inception Report and Evaluation Matrix detailing methodology, tools, and workplan.
• Complete data collection, including interviews, focus groups, document review, and field observations.
• Submit a draft evaluation report responding to evaluation questions and presenting findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Submit a final evaluation package including the final report, executive summary, evaluation brief, and management response matrix.
• Participate in a dissemination webinar or knowledge-sharing event.

Required Experience

At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, policy analysis or programme assessment; demonstrated experience in designing and conducting independent evaluations for United Nations agencies, international organizations, bilateral donors, government institutions or international non-governmental organizations; experience conducting evaluations using OECD-DAC criteria and UNEG Norms and Standards; experience applying mixed-methods evaluation approaches; experience preparing evaluation matrices, sampling strategies, data collection tools and evidence-based evaluation reports; experience working in complex, politically sensitive, fragile or security-constrained operational environments; experience engaging senior government officials, institutional stakeholders, civil society organizations and international development partners; and no prior involvement in the design or implementation of the project being evaluated.

Qualifications

An advanced university degree, preferably a master’s degree, in governance, development studies, public policy, international relations, migration studies, social sciences, public administration, statistics, economics, law, governance or another field relevant to the assignment.

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