Research Consultant
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CARE
- Career category: Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: Not specified
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Deadline: 23/01/2026
- Location: Netherlands
Why CARE Nederland?
CARE Nederland, a Dutch-based member of the CARE International confederation, is looking for a consultant to conduct research on the effectiveness of applying equitable partnership standards and localisation principles.
Advancing equitable partnerships is one of the key ambitions in CARE Nederland’s Strategic Roadmap. Our key assumption is that including the people (and other local actors like CSOs) closest to impact in our humanitarian and development programmes will lead to more effective, relevant and sustainable outcomes. And because these are the people who experience poverty and exclusion the most, we assume that their inclusion will lead to more equity, legitimacy and justice. However, there is currently very little evidence available on the effectiveness of equitable partnerships and localisation. Existing research has focused more on efficiency, whereas comprehensive analysis on the relation between equitable partnership efforts and programming results seem less available.
At the level of CARE Nederland, through programming experience and participation in various platforms / working groups, we have obtained results that show improved collaborative relations in addressing power imbalances. But we do not know yet if these changes have led (or will lead) to more effective response to what is needed in a specific context and achieve more impact in the end.
The main objective of this research is to collect evidence for advocacy towards financial partners and to advance equitable partnerships and localisation internally.
The key research question is: Do equitable partnerships and localisation lead to better programmatic results, according to the OECD/DAC criteria?
Sub questions will be proposed by the consultant and agreed upon with CARE Nederland.
What are the deliverables?
- A solid research report that presents the correlation between efforts towards equitable partnerships and localisation on the one hand, and project / programme results on the other, including lessons learned and concrete recommendations for CARE/INGOs, Civil Society Organisations and financial partners.
o The report will include an overview of evidence that is already available, in the countries selected, and it will include an inventory of what CARE Nederland has done on Equitable Partnerships and Localisation in the past 5 years. A link with (past and ongoing) impact evaluations of programmes will also be made.
- Overview of suggested advocacy messages that are concise, with concrete language, and include examples of approaches to equitable partnerships.
- A presentation that summarizes results to be used during a validation workshop.
Timeline for the assignment
This assignment foresees 20 days of work to:
- Propose a research framework, in particular the methodology, and including tools
- Support data collection from a distance
- Perform a thorough analysis of the data
- Prepare a draft and final research report
- Presentation and dissemination within CARE, in-country partners and among other organisations in the form of a validation workshop (online)
The assignment will cover a period of maximum three months and starts in February.
CARE Nederland, a Dutch-based member of the CARE International confederation, is looking for a consultant to conduct research on the effectiveness of applying equitable partnership standards and localisation principles.
Advancing equitable partnerships is one of the key ambitions in CARE Nederland’s Strategic Roadmap. Our key assumption is that including the people (and other local actors like CSOs) closest to impact in our humanitarian and development programmes will lead to more effective, relevant and sustainable outcomes. And because these are the people who experience poverty and exclusion the most, we assume that their inclusion will lead to more equity, legitimacy and justice. However, there is currently very little evidence available on the effectiveness of equitable partnerships and localisation. Existing research has focused more on efficiency, whereas comprehensive analysis on the relation between equitable partnership efforts and programming results seem less available.
At the level of CARE Nederland, through programming experience and participation in various platforms / working groups, we have obtained results that show improved collaborative relations in addressing power imbalances. But we do not know yet if these changes have led (or will lead) to more effective response to what is needed in a specific context and achieve more impact in the end.
The main objective of this research is to collect evidence for advocacy towards financial partners and to advance equitable partnerships and localisation internally.
The key research question is: Do equitable partnerships and localisation lead to better programmatic results, according to the OECD/DAC criteria?
Sub questions will be proposed by the consultant and agreed upon with CARE Nederland.
What are the deliverables?
- A solid research report that presents the correlation between efforts towards equitable partnerships and localisation on the one hand, and project / programme results on the other, including lessons learned and concrete recommendations for CARE/INGOs, Civil Society Organisations and financial partners.
o The report will include an overview of evidence that is already available, in the countries selected, and it will include an inventory of what CARE Nederland has done on Equitable Partnerships and Localisation in the past 5 years. A link with (past and ongoing) impact evaluations of programmes will also be made.
- Overview of suggested advocacy messages that are concise, with concrete language, and include examples of approaches to equitable partnerships.
- A presentation that summarizes results to be used during a validation workshop.
Timeline for the assignment
This assignment foresees 20 days of work to:
- Propose a research framework, in particular the methodology, and including tools
- Support data collection from a distance
- Perform a thorough analysis of the data
- Prepare a draft and final research report
- Presentation and dissemination within CARE, in-country partners and among other organisations in the form of a validation workshop (online)
The assignment will cover a period of maximum three months and starts in February.
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