SEGA is seeking an external Evaluation Consultant to assess and document the impact, effectiveness, sustainability, and potential scale-up of its Graduates Business Development Program in Morogoro Region. The consultant will conduct a mixed-methods evaluation and produce evaluation reports, a donor-friendly brief, and a sustainability and scale-up strategy.
Responsibilities
- Develop an analytical framework and detailed methodology for the evaluation.
- Reconstruct the program’s Theory of Change where necessary.
- Assess the impact of the program on participants’ businesses, income, profitability, financial management, living standards, and economic empowerment.
- Apply a gender and safeguarding lens to the evaluation.
- Conduct cohort analysis where records permit.
- Use a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Develop and administer individual surveys, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews with beneficiaries, families, and key stakeholders.
- Interview SEGA program graduates, current participants, instructors, community members, and local business owners.
- Review program monitoring data, program documents, financial and loan information, and relevant national data.
- Prepare an inception report with a detailed work plan and proposed tools.
- Present initial findings at a mid-point meeting and incorporate feedback or course corrections.
- Prepare a draft evaluation report and discuss findings and recommendations with SEGA.
- Submit a final evaluation report in English, including findings, case examples, gender and safeguarding analysis, lessons, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Prepare a three- to four-page donor-friendly evaluation brief.
- Develop a practical three- to five-year sustainability and scale-up roadmap and strategic presentation.
Requirements
- Program evaluation and research skills.
- Quantitative and qualitative research skills.
- Experience designing mixed-methods evaluations.
- Ability to conduct surveys, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews.
- Analytical and report-writing skills.
- Knowledge of women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, business development, or finance.
- Knowledge of gender, safeguarding, confidentiality, and data protection principles.
- Ability to assess program sustainability and scale-up potential.
- Understanding of the Tanzanian or African development context.
- Ability to prepare work plans, budgets, evaluation reports, and strategic recommendations.
Application Instructions
- Submit a proposal responding to the Terms of Reference, an initial work plan and availability confirmation, your consultant or organisation profile/website, CVs, at least three references, recent evaluation or research samples (including tracer study examples where available), and a budget breakdown.
- Applications are due by 16:30 hours on the deadline date.
