External Evaluation Consultancy
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Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL
- Job type: Consultancy
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Funds
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Renumeration: $110,000 / One-off
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 23/09/2024
- Location: Remote (global)
Background
The Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) was established by five bilateral donors in 2006 as a multidonor funding mechanism to support in-country civil society organisations for increasing access to safe abortion. It is the only international fund focused exclusively on the right to safe and legal abortion. SAAF is hosted by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and it is overseen by an independent board, with the day-to-day operations managed by the SAAF secretariat.
Purpose
The purpose of the evaluation is to make an overall independent assessment about SAAF with consideration of OECD-DAC evaluation criteria and principles. The evaluation will consider the SAAF portfolio holistically, with a focus on the effects from the recent changes of its grantmaking approach introduced in 2022. It will provide conclusions to key evaluation questions and propose practical recommendations to maximise SAAF’s contribution to its goal and inform SAAF’s future strategic direction.
Objectives
1) Determine SAAF’s unique role in and contribution to the current funding environment of abortion programming.
2) Assess SAAF’s overall programmatic and operational performance under its redesigned grantmaking approach.
Deliverables Requirements
The Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) was established by five bilateral donors in 2006 as a multidonor funding mechanism to support in-country civil society organisations for increasing access to safe abortion. It is the only international fund focused exclusively on the right to safe and legal abortion. SAAF is hosted by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and it is overseen by an independent board, with the day-to-day operations managed by the SAAF secretariat.
Purpose
The purpose of the evaluation is to make an overall independent assessment about SAAF with consideration of OECD-DAC evaluation criteria and principles. The evaluation will consider the SAAF portfolio holistically, with a focus on the effects from the recent changes of its grantmaking approach introduced in 2022. It will provide conclusions to key evaluation questions and propose practical recommendations to maximise SAAF’s contribution to its goal and inform SAAF’s future strategic direction.
Objectives
1) Determine SAAF’s unique role in and contribution to the current funding environment of abortion programming.
2) Assess SAAF’s overall programmatic and operational performance under its redesigned grantmaking approach.
Deliverables Requirements
- The Inception Report of maximum 10 pages will be developed in close collaboration with the SAAF team to ensure that it remains focused on the evaluation objectives.
- The Evaluation Report will describe the evaluation process, methods and data sources and put forward the evaluators’ findings and concrete recommendations, including suggestions on how those can be achieved.
Evaluator Profile
The evaluation team will need to demonstrate strong experience of applying rigorous evaluation methodologies using OECD-DAC criteria across multi-country portfolios, and thematic expertise in the contexts of abortion and/or sexual and reproductive health rights. The required mix of skills will cover:
▪ Experience in conducting grants and fund portfolio evaluations using qualitative and quantitative research and analysis methods, particularly in the health sector.
▪ Experience with evaluating complex, non-linear and systems-level change.
▪ Ability to understand and assess electronic data systems based on relational databases and data visualization technologies.
▪ Knowledge of the international context for sexual and reproductive health services and rights, and/or safe abortion in the regions in which SAAF operates.
▪ Excellent interpersonal skills and ability and to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders including within civil society organisations, international donors.
▪ Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience in writing technical, analytic and evaluation reports, and critical interviewing skills.
▪ Ability to discreetly handle sensitive data and/or conversations.
▪ Advanced oral and written skills in English (required) and strongly preferred in Spanish and French.
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