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Strategy Evaluation Consultant, Ford Foundation’s Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice International Program
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Ford Foundation
Remote (global)- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Consultancy
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Philanthropy
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: $300,000 USD / Budget
- Deadline: 06/06/2024
- Location: Remote (global)
Background
The current strategy of Ford’s GREJ-I program supports efforts to reduce violence by supporting women, girl, and gender-diverse-led organizations, particularly in the Global South, and placing those most affected at the center of developing solutions.
GREJ-I believes to effectively tackle gender-based violence (GBV), we must deeply consider the interactions of multiple power dynamics. These encompass economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental systems, which often exacerbate existing systems of oppression that naturalize violence based on gender and sexuality. These structures intersect with patriarchy, racism, ethnicity, classism, casteism, colonialism, and (dis)ability to perpetuate discriminatory practices and reproduce stigma, ultimately limiting the full realization of individual and collective rights.
Purpose of evaluation
● Explicate the GREJ-I program’s underlying theory of change and assumptions;
● Assess how the strategy sought to respond to the challenges/problems articulated in the theory
of change, what progress was made toward outcomes, and what was Ford’s contribution;
● Generate lessons to strengthen and refine the theory of change and underlying assumptions to
inform the next 5-year cycle of strategic grantmaking;
● Share field-facing lessons externally and as appropriate.
Deliverables
The specific timeline and deliverables will be mutually developed in dialogue with the Ford Foundation. At a high level, we envision the following phases/activities, with anticipated start of October 2024 and completion around May 2025:
● Discovery phase with evaluation partner and Ford that results in finalized evaluation questions, methodology, and implementation plan;
○ If applicable, an explication of the implicit theory of change
● Data collection
● Analysis
● Draft findings
● Final analysis, report, and reflections
● Dissemination events (internal and external)
Evaluation Partner Profile
While no partner profile and proposal will meet all the criteria below, the following qualifications are key areas of consideration in the review and selection of the incumbent. We welcome partnerships or collaborations between firms and/or individual consultants, especially those from and with deep experience working with the communities we support.
● Experience with strategy-level monitoring, evaluation, and learning of complex social change, with a focus on social justice evaluation.
● Interdisciplinary subject-area expertise in GBV prevention at the intersection of economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental systems.
● Expertise working in the geographies where Ford GREJ-I works (mostly in Nigeria, South Africa, and India, with select grants in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico).
● Familiarity with policymaking /policy analysis and experience working with actors operating
across different levels (e.g. community-grassroots, national, cross-regional, and global levels,
including work in the multilateral spaces and global governance systems).
● Commitment to and demonstration of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the evaluation
team, with a particular focus on representation and leadership from the regions where Ford
works (Nigeria, South Africa, and India in particular).
● Strong written and visual communication as well as storytelling skills
The current strategy of Ford’s GREJ-I program supports efforts to reduce violence by supporting women, girl, and gender-diverse-led organizations, particularly in the Global South, and placing those most affected at the center of developing solutions.
GREJ-I believes to effectively tackle gender-based violence (GBV), we must deeply consider the interactions of multiple power dynamics. These encompass economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental systems, which often exacerbate existing systems of oppression that naturalize violence based on gender and sexuality. These structures intersect with patriarchy, racism, ethnicity, classism, casteism, colonialism, and (dis)ability to perpetuate discriminatory practices and reproduce stigma, ultimately limiting the full realization of individual and collective rights.
Purpose of evaluation
● Explicate the GREJ-I program’s underlying theory of change and assumptions;
● Assess how the strategy sought to respond to the challenges/problems articulated in the theory
of change, what progress was made toward outcomes, and what was Ford’s contribution;
● Generate lessons to strengthen and refine the theory of change and underlying assumptions to
inform the next 5-year cycle of strategic grantmaking;
● Share field-facing lessons externally and as appropriate.
Deliverables
The specific timeline and deliverables will be mutually developed in dialogue with the Ford Foundation. At a high level, we envision the following phases/activities, with anticipated start of October 2024 and completion around May 2025:
● Discovery phase with evaluation partner and Ford that results in finalized evaluation questions, methodology, and implementation plan;
○ If applicable, an explication of the implicit theory of change
● Data collection
● Analysis
● Draft findings
● Final analysis, report, and reflections
● Dissemination events (internal and external)
Evaluation Partner Profile
While no partner profile and proposal will meet all the criteria below, the following qualifications are key areas of consideration in the review and selection of the incumbent. We welcome partnerships or collaborations between firms and/or individual consultants, especially those from and with deep experience working with the communities we support.
● Experience with strategy-level monitoring, evaluation, and learning of complex social change, with a focus on social justice evaluation.
● Interdisciplinary subject-area expertise in GBV prevention at the intersection of economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental systems.
● Expertise working in the geographies where Ford GREJ-I works (mostly in Nigeria, South Africa, and India, with select grants in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico).
● Familiarity with policymaking /policy analysis and experience working with actors operating
across different levels (e.g. community-grassroots, national, cross-regional, and global levels,
including work in the multilateral spaces and global governance systems).
● Commitment to and demonstration of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the evaluation
team, with a particular focus on representation and leadership from the regions where Ford
works (Nigeria, South Africa, and India in particular).
● Strong written and visual communication as well as storytelling skills
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