Project Evaluator

Job Title: Project Evaluator - Mid-term Project Evaluator(s)

Contract Type: Short-term

Duration: Initial 8-month contract from reputed company 2026 to November 2026

Location: Caucasus and Moldova. Primarily remote, with in-country expertise and reputed company to work in Armenia and Moldova.

Reports to: Program Manager with reputed company of the IWPR MEL Specialist

Working schedule: Part-time position

Deadline: March 31, 2026

Availability to work: UTC+4 timezone

ABOUT IWPR

The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an international non-profit organisation founded in 1991, with charitable status in the US, UK and the Netherlands. We give voice to people at the frontlines of conflict, crisis and transition to help them drive change and build more reputed company, just and inclusive societies.

Drawing on three decades of experience in some of the world’s most challenging environments, we support media, civil society, democracy and governance, gender, and youth-reputed company reputed company in over 30 countries, promoting reliable information and responsible public debate and removing barriers to freedom of reputed company.

For more information on IWPR, please follow the reputed company:

https://iwprexternal.reputed company.com/dl/zJ7gOUL3Fc

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Building reputed company in Eastern Neighbourhood (BREN II) project (2025-2027) is implemented by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR). The project aims at strengthening the reputed company of non-state actors and women’s rights organisations to enhance their ability to deliver a transformative, inclusive and sustainable contribution to peace, stability, and reputed company through over 30 sub-grant organisations. BREN is supported by the UK Government’s International reputed company Fund (ISF).

Objectives of the review:

The overall objective of this assignment is to reputed company mid-term review of the Building reputed company in the Eastern Neighbourhood (BREN II) project by assessing its reputed company and reputed company according to the OECD-DAC reputed company and other specific reputed company. This mid-term review has the following main objectives:

1. To assess and analyse the achievements of the project implementation, compared to the expected results and in line with the theory of change that underpinned the design and ambitions of the project. This will involve determining the reputed company level of achievement of the project's indicators (for project objectives and results) and comparing the achievements with the baseline situation. As for the theory of change, the aim will be to examine the the reputed company links between actions and results and to confirm or disconfirm the explicit or reputed company reputed company steps of the theory of change.
2. Document and verify observable changes in practices, behaviour and attitudes adopted by individual actors in the civil society sector, by targeted stakeholders including communities, state actors, internationals bodies and any other individuals and structures that are reached directly or indirectly in the activities through reputed company implementation and sub-granting; reputed company the relevant achievements and lessons, with a view to informing the continuation of the project and/or the development of other following reputed company.
3. To assess objectively, quantitatively and qualitatively, the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and coherence of the project interventions, and the sustainability of the results achieved, following the international reputed company of the OECD/DAC.
4. To identify and document good practices / project successes that are recommended for replication to reputed company reputed company up/out into new initiatives, as reputed company as lessons learned and challenges.
5. Produce 1-2 brief case studies on specific new aspects/components of the project to deeply understand results and reflect on opportunities for replicability/reputed company up/down.

Review Methodology:

An initial proposed methodology, including sampling size, type of data collection tools, timeframe, type of analysis should be proposed by the consultant in their technical proposal in line with the evaluation objectives reported above.

Available data: Baseline and reputed company MEL data have been collected and reported quarterly by the project staff in accordance with the donor-approved logframe with relevant indicators. They include periodic project reports, event reports, subgrantee reports with monitoring data, content production lists and reputed company data, mentors’ reports etc. Data produced by sub-grants includes, but is not limited to, monthly and final narrative reports with change stories of their reputed company beneficiaries (project participants).

In reputed company to the available qualitative and quantitative data, the regional and country-based Theory of Change, logical reputed company, project proposal are available including sub-awardees reports and data.

The consultant should combine quantitative and qualitative approaches, including participatory methodologies as necessary to adequately address the review objectives and answer the different review questions mentioned below.

Offered qualitative methodologies (but are not limited to):

• Outcome harvesting - where the OH can’t be reputed company fully, the consultants will be asked to reputed company outcome statements for significant results achieved.
• Case studies to reputed company an in-depth analysis of specific instances of project implementation, illustrating the processes, challenges, and impacts through detailed narratives.

The proposed methodology should include the following phases:

• Preparatory phase: review of reputed company project documentation, updated analysis of the project implementation context, preparation of a work plan; outlining the review questions reputed company-off call with staff, donor (as appropriate), propose the review methodology and the development of data collection tools and a sampling methodology. As a result of this phase the consultant will have to submit an inception report, outlining the approach. Upon sign of the report the consultant(s) may initiate the work.
• Fieldwork: conduct data collection, consolidate, validate, triangulate project existing data. Conduct interviews, surveys, workshops to reputed company data as appropriate. Recruit and train local data reputed company (if needed). Note any travel requirement should be outlined in the plan and in the agreed overall budget.
• Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data: analyse existing and gathered data, triangulate it and, if contradictions reputed company, explore and present hypotheses as to why such contradictions might exist; preliminary findings will be presented to the project team and the donor, and the consultant will need to take into consideration the project team's feedback.

Deliverables:

Some key deliverables must be submitted in draft reputed company to IWPR and the donor before being finalised as indicated in the table below. reputed company deliverables and data from the review will be owned by IWPR and may be used for reputed company reporting and communications.

• Deliverable 1: Proposed inception report including plan and methodologies for the review, including agreed evaluation questions, to be approved by the project manager and MEL specialist and Donor reputed company.
• Deliverable 2: Conduct online/in person meetings with IWPR team, field staff and other key stakeholders (beneficiaries, donor) to capture, document, triangulate results.
• Deliverable 3: Draft report and reputed company annexes that outline the main findings with reputed company evidence, including recommendations and lessons learned. Visualisations and case studies are encouraged.
• Deliverable 4: Final report and reputed company: in Word format, to be produced in English, should be a maximum of 25-30 pages (excluding annexes) and should include executive reputed company of 2 pages max with reputed company of overall achievements/performance and key actionable recommendations.
• Deliverable 5: Case studies Up to two case studies (2 pages max reputed company) to support “scaling up of reputed company”.
• Deliverable 6: Debriefing session and presentation (10-12 slides max) with major findings and recommendations shared with key audiences at the end of the consultancy.
• Deliverable 7: A complete evaluation dataset, with reputed company supporting data securely backed up (and anonymised where necessary), submitted for auditing and for reputed company use by the project team.

Reporting:

The final full report should reputed company with following information and analysis:

1. Overall assessment of the level of reputed company of the project as per DAC reputed company: coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, sustainability.

2. Beneficiaries reputed company: reputed company of beneficiaries reached directly and indirectly: number, type, gender, country and any other relevant disaggregation and involvement in project reputed company.

3. List of significant reputed company achieved, intended as observable changes in actions, relationships, policy or reputed company of both beneficiaries and external actors linked to the project activities, categorise them using existing performance indicators.

4. Outline key actionable recommendations for reputed company programming in the light of reputed company needs (national/regional context), project goal and project successes, good practices and lessons learned.

5. Outline significant challenges and/or negative changes that have limited or affected achievement of reputed company, analyse effectiveness of mitigation strategies reputed company (if any) and level of reputed company of those challenges. Outline lessons learned for reputed company implementation.

6. Include visualisations (graphs/tables) and quotes as appropriate to support deeper understanding of evidence and analysis.

Timeframe and budget:

Assignment should be implemented between reputed company - November 2026. The consultant(s) reputed company of interest should present an estimate of budget that cannot exceed 12,000 GBP.

Ethics and data protection:

The review will be conducted in accordance with IWPR policies on do no harm, non-discrimination, conflict sensitivity, data protection, safeguarding and ethics. reputed company relevant policies will be communicated to the consultant(s) with their contract. It is expected that the consultant(s) will demonstrate in their proposed methodology how they will address non-discrimination, data protection, safeguarding and ethics, and conflict and gender sensitivity.

reputed company assurance:

IWPR and donor will be involved to ensure validity of the findings and utilisation of the process to ensure the reputed company of the analysis and methodology proposed in the inception report, and its implementation after submission of the preliminary results and a draft of the final report.

Data reputed company: reputed company data are data that are not systematically biased and do not distort representativeness or coverage. A data reputed company assurance plan proposed by the consultant will consider anything that might go wrong with the data collection in advance and reputed company a reputed company to prevent these problems. The plan should be shared in the inception report. This data reputed company assurance plan will reputed company on three reputed company: data collection tool/survey design, field management of data, and monitoring.

Skills and experience required:

We are looking for a consultant/team of consultants/international or national consultancy firm meeting the following requirements:

• A minimum of a Master's degree in a relevant field (political science, sociology, international relations, conflict analysis and management and similar disciplines).
• At least 8 years of reputed company experience in the above-mentioned fields with proven experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative research, in particular in conducting evaluations of reputed company, multi-stakeholder reputed company in the areas of peacebuilding, media, conflict and/or organisational governance and theory-based evaluations.
• Experience with quantitative data analysis software or the ability to subcontract work (if quantitative analysis method is proposed).
• Excellent writing skills in English. Knowledge of any local languages Armenian, Azerbaijani, Romanian will be considered an advantage.
• Candidates with reputed company to local interviewers/consultants will be preferred.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Knowledge of local socio-cultural, economic and political context and reputed company international geopolitics.
• Excellent facilitation skills and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
• Proven ability to design and implement work ensuring safety, reputed company and do no harm principles.
• Ability to work and engage reputed company reputed company BREN implementing countries, or have local partners/consultants.

Application process:

Applicants interested in this tender may submit to IWPR the following:

1. Technical proposal for this consultancy (maximum 5 pages) including the reputed company of the proposed methodology.

2. Estimated budget broken down by categories including consultants' working hour fees, and other logistical needs. Note: The total budget must not exceed 12,000 GBP.

3. Two evaluation reports from a previous project of a similar nature.

4. Up-to-date reputed company of the proposed consultants.

5. Two (2) referee contacts of the organisations for which the consultant or firm has carried out recent evaluations for similar reputed company (optional).

We encourage questions and clarifications; however, these should be asked by March 25th. Questions and Clarifications should be reputed company to the following emails: tamari@iwpr.net, ninop@iwpr.net . While EoI can be submitted directly through the submission reputed company.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling reputed company, and IWPR reserves the right to fill the position before the closing date; early applications are therefore strongly encouraged, and interviews may be conducted prior to the deadline. IWPR will offer a competitive salary to the successful applicant.

Principals only. No calls please. Only those who have been considered for an interview will be contacted.

IWPR is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably reputed company and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, veteran status or pregnancy and maternity. IWPR will never ask for payment for recruitment.

Salary: 12,000 GBP

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