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Tenders are invited for Endline Assessment and End-of-Project Evaluation of the Womens Voice and Leadership Project in Jordan. Closing Date: 9 Feb 2025 Background Oxfam has been in Jordan since the 1990s. We work with local partners in Jordan for a future where everyone can reach their full potential, especially women and young people. We provide essential humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees as well as vulnerable Jordanians, while promoting longer term sustainable solutions to challenges facing Jordan, with a focus on Climate Justice, Economic Justice, and Gender Justice. Under our Gender Justice programme, Oxfam in Jordan is implementing the Womens Voice and Leadership WVL initiative, a multi-country project to build the capacity of womens rights organizations to advance gender equality in the Middle East. This project focuses on three pathways: Improving the management programming and sustainability of local womens rights organizations, supporting enhanced delivery of quality services and advocacy, and supporting womens rights platforms, networks, and alliances to affect gender-sensitive policy change and policy implementation. The Womens Voice and Leadership project (WVL) aims to contribute to a greater systematisation of national level relationships and coordination as well as spaces to develop relationships, networks, at national and regional levels as well as spaces to develop these feminist relationships, networks, and strategizing spaces at national and regional level. Moreover, the effectiveness of this project depends on the extent to which it is designed and adapted to the needs and priorities of locally owned Womens Rights Organisations (WROs). As the WVL project nears its conclusion, Oxfam seeks to conduct an Endline Assessment and End-of-Project Evaluation to measure its impact, sustainability, and key learnings. It will be used to complete the projects final report. Objectives The primary objectives of this consultancy are: Endline Assessment survey: Provide Oxfam and project partners with Endline values for all indicators in the Performance Measurement Framework (PMF), utilizing benchmark baseline data. Provide quantitative and qualitative evidence (means of verification) towards the achievement of outcomes and outputs. Assess the degree to which the WVL project has managed to achieve its designated outputs and outcomes. Evaluate the current capacities of WROs using Oxfams Capacity Assessment Tools.[1] End-of-Project Evaluation: Assess the efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, sustainability, and impact of the project. Document progress on feminist leadership, partnership building, and transformative systemic change.[2] [3]Identify opportunities for sustaining the projects outcomes and expanding its impact. Provide actionable recommendations for future programming and for partnerships selection. Scope of Services The consulting firm/ consultant(s) will undertake the following tasks: 1. Desk Research and Literature Review Review all relevant project documents, including the WVL project implementation plan (PIP), Performance Measurement Framework, baseline data report, semi progress and annual reports, partners quarterly and annual reports, among other reports produced by Oxfam and/or partners during the lifespan of the project. Analyze partners deliverables (i.e. research, policy briefs, training manuals, regional learning and networking reports, social media posts etc.) that were developed during the project and how it feeds into the projects outcomes. 2. Design and Testing of Tools Based on the findings of the literature review of WVL project documents, the consultant(s) will focus on developing robust methods and methodologies, ensuring the identification and application of appropriate data collection tools tailored to each thematic area: Develop tools for qualitative and quantitative data collection. Align tools with Oxfams evaluation principles and project indicators. 3. Data Collection Conduct fieldwork using surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), and key informant interviews (KIIs). Prioritize inclusive methodologies that engage marginalized groups, such as women from rural areas, refugees, and persons with disabilities. 4. Evaluation of Indicators Measure and validate endline values for PMF indicators, ensuring data is disaggregated by gender, age, socio-economic status, and other relevant variables. Cross-reference and comparative analysis with baseline data to evaluate progress. Update the endline values under the PMF, ensuring that means of verification are validated and indicative of the change. 5. Assessment of Transformative Leadership for Womens Rights (TLWR): Evaluate how the program has fostered leadership that challenges and transforms gender inequalities. Assess how the project advanced feminist leadership within WROs and the broader movement and contributed to gender justice outcomes. Highlight contributions to enhanced enjoyment of human rights for women and girls, including how the project reached out to marginalized groups and addressed the needs of diverse identities and experiences of women. 6 . Impact Measurement and Learning: Outcome Harvesting: Identify and document significant changes resulting from the program, focusing on both intended and unintended outcomes. Reflective Learning: Create spaces for collective reflection to understand what strategies were effective and how they contributed to feminist leadership development and include recommendations to be considered for future opportunities Assess Oxfam in Jordans own contribution to the project; the role it played in the WVL-ME partnership - and capture learning and recommendations for future, partnership and accompaniment to feminist movement building in Jordan and in the region. 7. Data Analysis and Reporting Conduct a rigorous analysis of qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate project outcomes and impact. Prepare a comprehensive evaluation report that includes: Findings on efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, sustainability, and impact. Stories of change showcasing significant successes or challenges. Lessons learned and actionable recommendations for future programming. Deliverables and Timeline Click Here to view the deliverables and timeline Proposed Timeframe: Approximately 30 working days, with the final report and all supporting annexes and raw data delivered by [15th of April 2025]. Scope and Key Questions and Variables to Be Assessed The evaluation will cover the implementation period from April 2022 to March 2025 and will have a nationwide scope in Jordan, focusing on assessing the Womens Voice and Leadership (WVL) Project. It will examine the projects alignment with national and international gender equality frameworks, its implementation processes, and its outcomes. 1. Relevance How well did the WVL Project align with national gender policies, strategies, and the specific needs of womens rights organizations (WROs) and feminist movements in Jordan? How did the project adapt to remain relevant amidst political, economic, and social transformations in Jordan, such as, shrinking civic space, labor market dynamics or legal reforms and the ongoing conflict and Gaza and Lebanon? To what extent did the project address the local gender equality needs and priorities, and how responsive was it to stakeholder feedback? 2. Effectiveness What policy and systemic changes did the WVL Project facilitate to strengthen the enabling environment for womens rights and gender equality? To what extent did capacity-building interventions enable WROs to advocate effectively, influence policy, and implement impactful programs? Were project outcomes and outputs achieved as planned? Ahat was the extent of reach and engagement of WROs and feminist networks and the extent to which the project supported collaborations between partners and contributed towards a stronger local feminist movement? Were there any unintended positive or negative outcomes, and how were they managed or leveraged? 3. Efficiency How effectively were resources utilized, and was the project cost-effective? Did the project meet its objectives within the allocated budget and timelines? Did the WVL Project engage all implementing partners equitably, and were resources allocated effectively to maximize impact? Was the grant size, duration, and fund disbursement mechanism optimal to achieve project objectives, including responsiveness funds for nascent WROs and network-based actions? 4. Sustainability What impact has the wider context (including resistance and backlash to womens rights and feminist work in Jordan as globally) had on the projects ability to promote womens individual and collective voice and leadership? Within this context, to what extent has the WVL Project fostered leadership, ownership, and sustainability among WROs, feminist movements, and other national stakeholders? How did the project support the resilience and independence of WROs post-project? What opportunities exist within the Jordanian context currently for sustaining the projects achievements and advancing gender-sensitive SDGs and womens leadership in Jordan in the future? 5. Impact Given the context of the available operating environment for womens rights and feminist activists, organisations and movements in Jordan currently, to what extent did the WVL Project contribute to changes in social norms, policies, and empowerment outcomes for women? To what extent did the WVL Project assist WROs in developing new programs and ensuring financial sustainability? How did the multi-year funding, impact WROs capabilities in enhancing delivery of quality services and advocacy to advance women/girls rights and gender equality? 6. Partnership and Collaboration How did the WVL Projects partners, including Oxfam a Tender Link : https://reliefweb.int/job/4127841/evaluation-womens-voice-and-leadership-project-jordan
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