Expression of Interest for End of Project External Evaluation

Silveira House
Strong Institutions and Inclusive Participation (SIIP) Project
1. Introduction
Silveira House (SH) is a not
• for
• profit, faith
• based organisation founded in 1964 by Jesuit missionaries of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a social justice and development centre that seeks to take marginalised communities out of poverty, strengthen their resilience capacity and promote responsible environmental stewardship. Our work is centred on youth and community economic empowerment, climate justice and food systems, governance and peace building and health advocacy.
1.1 Project Experience
Silveira House has over the last thirty
• five (35) months (1 September 2022 to August 2025) implemented the Strong Institutions and Inclusive Participation (SIIP) Project funded by Misereor. The project targets the portfolio committees of Parliament, two government ministries, youths from Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Chinhoyi and Masvingo and five rural district councils of Hurungwe, Hwedza, Mberengwa, Muzarabani and Nkayi. The overall goal of this project is to realise a functional and accountable development
• oriented state that leaves no one behind. The project has the following objectives:
Objective 1: Strengthened effectiveness and accountability capacity of governance institutions by 2025.
Objective 2: Enhanced youth participation in governance and development processes through the integration of civic Education with entrepreneurship.
Objective 3: Improved citizen access to information on governance and development processes in Zimbabwe.
2. Evaluation purpose
This evaluation will provide Silveira House, and key stakeholders with sufficient information to:
i. Assess the extent to which key approaches and tools employed by the programme were successful or unsuccessful and identify the reasons for it, i.e. the enablers and barriers or constraints. In addition, explore how the project has adopted and adapted different approaches according to the operational contexts.
ii. Assess the performance of the project, paying particular attention to the outcomes and or impact of the project interventions against the stated objectives;
iii. Assess the intended and unintended outcomes of the project and determine the level of the project’s contribution to these outcomes. The evaluation will be expected to adequately identify the outcomes achieved during the life of the project from inception to end;
iv. Assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of project strategies and activities;
v. Identify and document key lessons learned and best practices and to propose practical prepositional recommendations for future interventions.
3. Scope of the Evaluation
The evaluation scope includes the work of Silveira House under the SIIP project covering period from 1 September 2022 to August 2025 in the five across the target stakeholders. The evaluation will measure both the intended and unintended impacts of the project and will be guided by the project Theory of Change (To. C) among other .
4. Evaluation Criteria and Questions
This evaluation will focus on aspects of Relevance, Effectiveness, Impact, and Sustainability. The criteria definitions and expected key evaluation questions are detailed below. The evaluator may adjust or add to the below questions, in consultation with Silveira House, to ensure sufficient data is collected and that the evaluation objectives are met.

8. Management of the Evaluation Process
This evaluation is commissioned by Silveira House (the client) and Misereor is the sponsor. The evaluator(s) will report to the project M&E Officer with the Project Coordinator having overall oversight.
9. Consultant profile
The evaluator(s) must possess and demonstrate the following Requirements:
Essential:
• Team leader/Lead Evaluator should possess at least an advanced degree in Development Studies, Public Administration, Peace and Security Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences or a related discipline. Have at least 5 years of relevant Experience in development consultancy, some of which should ideally focus on Governance and Democracy, Advocacy, Youth and Women Empowerment, and Rural Development sectors.
• At least 5 years’ Experience in qualitative and quantitative research; clear understanding and application of Outcome Harvesting, participatory research methodologies and Experience using different social research tools and techniques in project evaluations.
• Work Experience in rural areas of the country will be an added advantage.
• Ability to work directly with diverse stakeholders especially policy makers, district government structures, religious and traditional leaders, youth in politics, and delivering quality work under tight deadlines.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, Shona and Ndebele
• Demonstrated Experience in using mobile data collection technologies such as ODK, KOBO etc
• Demonstrated Experience in designing social surveys, developing and administering data collection tools, processing and analysis of data.
• Strong organisational, reporting and presentation Skills.

5. Methodology

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