Background
Lutheran
World Relief (LWR), a U.S. based non-profit development organization, was
awarded a Cooperative Agreement by USAID Indonesia to undertake the project,
“Increasing Coastal Resiliency and Climate Change Mitigation through
Sustainable Mangrove Management in Sumatra.” The project period is for 36
months from May 27 2011 to May 26 2014, with additional funding and activities
through December 2014. The project covers 5 villages in Teluk Dalam, a
sub-district of Simeulue island, and 5 villages in Singkil Barat, a sub-district
of Singkil, all in Aceh Province, Indonesia.
LWR now seeks to engage an independent Evaluator to conduct a Final
Evaluation in January of 2015.
Purpose
The purpose of the Final
Evaluation is to; (1) Review CADRE’s
performance against objectives and their indicators; and plus with OECD-DAC
evaluation criteria – relevance, connectedness, coverage, efficiency, effectiveness,
impact and sustainability; (2) Document key
achievements, strength, weakness and lesson learnt. (3) Recommend technical and management
aspects of the project for scaling of this project in the future.
The
required deadlines and deliverables for this assessment are:
(1)
Assessment
Plan (Evaluation Plan)/ Inception Report: This document will be by
the consultant and approved by the LWR Country Director. The plan
provides the
consultant’s detailed understanding of what is being evaluated and why,
showing
how each evaluation question will be answered by way of: proposed
methods,
proposed sources of data, sampling methodology, and data collection
procedures.
The Assessment Plan must be submitted within a week of signed agreement.
(2) Draft Assessment Report; (3) All field work and interviews
completed
on or before 31 January 2015. (4) Final
Assessment Report: due to LWR by 28 February 2015.
The minimum qualifications for the lead evaluator:
(1) Demonstrated experience as a lead evaluator for projects such
as those funded by USAID. (2) Minimum of 10 years working in/with the
NGO sector with demonstrated knowledge on principles of rural development,
disaster risk reduction/climate change and integrated community level
programming; (3) Excellent analytical writing skills as demonstrated by writing
samples; (4) Excellent written and verbal English skills; (5) Experience working in Aceh and an
understanding of the cultural appropriateness for the region; (6) Respectful of
local people.
For the complete of Term of Reference for the proposal, please
send your request to lwrindonesia1@gmail.com
placing “CADRE Final Evaluation” in the subject line. The proposal submitted 11 January 2015 after
5PM will not be considered.
