Baseline Evaluation for Promotion of Children – SRHR and Advocacy

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Sonke Gender Justice

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: R250,000 ZAR / Budget
  • Deadline: 26/04/2024
  • Location: South Africa
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
Project Overview

Sonke Gender Justice seeks to hire a consultant to complete a baseline evaluation of the project titled “Masoyise uxhatshazo olusekezwe kwisini ingakumbi amanina nabantwana!”- Let us overcome Gender-Based Violence, especially towards Women and Children! The project aims to develop and promote meaningful and inclusive youth participation through capacity building and mobilise communities to address harmful gender norms through gender transformative approaches. The project will be implemented in two districts, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NNM) and the Amathole District Municipality.


Purpose of this Consultancy 

  • To create a benchmark for evaluating the project measuring results and impact throughout and at the end of the project period. 
  • To measure and validate the initial value indicators of the projects impact matrix (see project proposal)
  • To investigate the extent to which adolescents and youth are insufficiently informed about their rights and have access to decision making spaces
  • To assess the capacities of community action teams members (CATS) to advocate against harmful religious, traditional, and social gender norms 
  • To understand the incidence and causes of harmful parental, religious, cultural, and traditional practices
  • To establish whether GBV-related policies and laws are translated and prioritised on the local level and implemented and monitored by governmental representatives, traditional leaders, and councillors.
  • To assess the barriers for reporting and correctly processing GBV cases.

Key deliverables of the evaluator and timeframe

No. | Deliverable | Deadline
1 | Evaluation Inception Report | By 17 May 2024
2 | Draft Evaluation Report + summary infographic draft | By 8 July 2024
3 | Evaluation Findings Presentation | Week of 15 July 2024
4 | Final Evaluation Report + final summary infographic | By 26 July 2024


Evaluation team composition-Required Competencies
Team lead and co lead:

  • Evaluation experience at least 10 years in conducting external evaluations, with mixed-methods evaluation skills and having flexibility in using non-traditional and innovative evaluation methods
  • Experience with program design and theory of change, gender-responsive evaluation, participatory approaches, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Experience in collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data as well as data visualisation. 
  • In-depth knowledge of GBV, gender transformative approaches, meaningful youth participation is advantageous
  • A strong commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results, i.e., credible evaluation and a report that can be used.
  • A strong team leadership and management record of accomplishment, as well as interpersonal and communication skills to help ensure that the evaluation is understood and used. 
  • Good communication skills and ability to communicate with various stakeholders and to express concisely and clearly ideas and concepts.
  • Regional/Country experience and knowledge: in-depth knowledge of country South Africa 
  • Language proficiency: fluency in English; 

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