Terms of Reference End of Project

1. Background
   War Child UK (WCUK) is a child rights organization founded in the UK in 1993 with a vision of a world in which children’s lives are not torn apart by war. WCUK exists to support and rehabilitate child victims of war and deal with the lasting consequences of conflict by working with local communities, civil society organizations and local authorities in both conflict and post-conflict countries; ensuring sustainable security for the children; promoting livelihood opportunities and addressing the development needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized children. Currently, we work in six conflict and post-conflict countries: DRC, Uganda, Afghanistan, Jordan (Syria response), Iraq and Central African Republic (CAR).
   From January 2015, War Child UK implemented an EC-funded project in DRC titled “Ending violence against children: child protection and reintegration of children in conflict with the law in Kinshasa and Goma.” The project is implemented in 7 neighbourhoods in Kinshasa and 10 neighbourhoods in Goma, North Kivu, DRC.
   The project Overall Objective is “To support the effective implementation of the 2009 Law on Child Protection (LCP) in DRC”, whilst its Specific Objective is “To improve the detection, prevention and response to violence against children in the provinces of Kinshasa and North Kivu”. The programme is structured around three main results:
2. A toll-free child helpline is established and functional in selected neighbourhoods/districts of Kinshasa and Goma/NK;
3. Referral systems are accessed and provide high-quality child-friendly services in the 17 target neighbourhoods/districts of Kinshasa and Goma/NK;
4. Juvenile Justice stakeholders in Kinshasa and Goma have increased capacity and resources to provide psycho-social support to children in conflict with the law (CiCL) and to reintegrate them with their family or community.
   The project has been implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity (MINAS), its Divisions at local level (DIVAS Goma, DUAS Kinshasa), the Community-based Child Protection Networks, Local Service Providers and the Child Parliament.
5. Overall Purpose of the Evaluation
   The end of project evaluation shall document:
    The extent to which the project outputs and outcomes have contributed1 to an enhanced protection of children in the Provinces of Kinshasa and North Kivu, DRC.
    The relevance and effectiveness of the approaches and assumptions to promoting the identification, prevention and response to violence against children in the selected areas with a focus on children in conflict with the law.
   1 Evaluator may want to consider the contribution analysis approach
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    Lessons learnt and proposed feasible recommendations to inform future programme design that will support children affected by armed conflict settings within War Child UK, other NGOs, donors and the government.
   The evidence generated through this evaluation exercise is expected to:
    Better inform future programme design/programming on identification of children at risk or vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and children in conflict with the law.
    Report against the outcome indicators as set out in the project log-frame.
6. Scope and Focus of the Evaluation
   The aim of the consultancy is to conduct a robust evaluation of the extent to which the project has achieved its expected and unexpected outcomes, and identify evidence that these outcomes have contributed to the strengthening of child protection systems, including for children in conflict with the law and children victim of abuses, in the project areas.
   The Consultant(s) is expected to evaluate the project following the OECD DAC criteria2: (i) relevance; (ii) effectiveness (added value, learning and partnership approach), (iii) sustainability (iv) efficiency and value for money (v) impact. For Value for Money, and consider DFID’s 4E’s as the questions.
   More specifically, the consultant is expected to develop and implement a methodology that will answer the following questions besides the OECD DAC criteria (to be finalised and agreed between War Child UK, and the consultant(s) after contract award):
    Did the project reach the most vulnerable boys and girls through its interventions?
    Who has benefitted (women, men, girls and boys) from the programmatic interventions and in what ways? Specifically, is there evidence that the approaches used in the project contributed to improvement in the systemic protection of children and a change in the perceived level of safety and wellbeing amongst children?
    Has the project increased the knowledge, attitude and practices of children and community members in target communities on child rights and referral pathways, this includes the awareness raising work done with Child Parliaments, training and mentoring of Community Child Protection Committees, Support and Capacity building of Local Divisions of Social Affairs, implementing partners. What worked well and what are the lessons learnt?
    Has the project contributed to improving the capacity of War Child’s local partners to deliver quality interventions and meaningfully impacted the lives of children in the target communities?
    Determine the projects’ contribution to enhancing child protection systems within communities and the effectiveness of the methodologies used. What has worked and what has not?
    To what extent the project has contributed to changes in regional/national/local policies and whether these have contributed to changes in practice and attitudes of decision and policy makers that directly benefit the project’s target group.
    Determine the extent to which the broader context (political, security, environmental, social, and financial) has impacted upon the project’s progress?
   The consultant is responsible to:
    Provide actionable, specific and practical strategic recommendations on how War Child UK and its partners can use the learning to strengthen future work.
   2 http://www.oecd.org/dac/evaluation/daccriteriaforevaluatingdevelopmentassistance.htm
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    Lead the planning and implementation of lessons sharing/dissemination workshop with stakeholders in DRC if the consultant(s)’ time in the country allows him/her to do so and/or if the consultant is from the DRC. In other case, the consultant can support the planning and implementation of the lessons sharing/dissemination workshop remotely.
7. Process and Methodology
   This evaluation will take a course of four to five weeks between December 2016 and February 2017. The assignment is for approximately 33 days during which the consultant(s) must spend at least 10 working days in the field-sites of DRC. War Child would be able to provide logistical support in organizing the accommodation, arranging meetings and transportation. We can support in finding a safe and clean hotel and book a room at our negotiated rates, but all payments remain the sole responsibility of the consultant.
   Please note that evaluation teams are highly encouraged to apply, ideally including a lead evaluator and a local specialist in the DRC.
   To fulfil the objectives of this exercise both quantitative and qualitative assessment methods should be employed. We require a participatory methodology whereby the work engages all key stakeholders including beneficiaries, community members and War Child staff to collect data on all the outcome indicators and respond to all the evaluation questions stated above.
   Qualitative Comparative Analysis: the project has baseline and end-line data available on children’s perceived level of safety in selected areas and some survey results with children in conflict with the law. We require the consultant(s) to conduct thorough comparative analysis preferably using the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) approach.
   The consultant will:
    Develop inception report, tools for the evaluation (including tools for all the outcome indicators), methodology and a schedule of field activities. It will be approved by War Child and act as an agreement between parties for how the evaluation is to be conducted. The Inception Report should include:
   a) Overview of the Programme/Project
   b) Methodology for the project evaluation
   c) Evaluation Matrix with questions
   d) Information Collection, Analysis and Reporting
   e) Work plan
    Use participatory/consultative methods (including but not limited to – picture/video diaries, case studies) and should provide details of the approach/methods to be used. The assessment should follow War Child UK’s Ethical Research Policy.
   The key participants of the exercise will include the children and youth who are direct beneficiaries; implementing partners:
    DISPE: Division for Child Protection
    DIVAS : Division des Affaires Sociales (Goma)
    DUAS : Division Urbaine des Affaires Sociales (Kinshasa)
    MINAS: Ministry of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action, and National Solidarity (MINAS)
    EGEE : Etablissement de garde et d'éducation de l'Etat
    CSK : Centre de Sauvetage Kinsahsa
    TPE : Tribunal pour Enfants
    Child Parliament
    WCUK staff.
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8. Deliverables
   Expected Outputs:
9. Inception Report in French. This should include a detailed work plan for evaluation, toolkit and guidelines for the evaluation.
10. Evaluation Report: The report should be in French and not more than 25 pages and free of jargon, excluding annexes. The report must include a two page ‘before and after analysis’ of the Child Safety Report Cards Survey datasets in the DRC clearly highlighting the change in children perceived level of safety within their communities, schools and households.
    Evaluation Report should be consisting of:
     Title Page
     Table of Contents / Figures and Tables
     Abbreviations / acronyms page
     Executive summary (2 pages maximum)
     Background and a short introduction to the project
     The evaluation methodology (including evaluation/research questions and tools)
     Findings
     Innovation and lessons learned
     Case studies/stories should be used to highlight/illustrate the findings
     Recommandations
     Conclusion
11. Evaluation Summary Report: A short 12-page summary report in English should be provided by the consultant.
    Lessons sharing/dissemination document capturing key impact and learning and presented in a reader friendly and marketable format should be produced in English and French. It should not be more than two sides of an A4 page.
12. Timeframe
    The Evaluation is expected to be initiated ideally in January 2017 with Desk Review and preliminary information gathering. The security situation in DRC may not allow any travel to happen before mid-January 2017. The final report is due by 15th of March 2017. The consultant will be however required to update War Child throughout the consultancy through regular meetings. The final timeline can be confirmed with the evaluation team at the proposal/Inception Report stage depending on the methodology proposed while below is an indicative timeline for initial discussion:
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    Activity
    # of Days
13. Document Review, development of Inception Report and the data collection tools (quantitative and qualitative). The Inception Report and tools must be produced in English and should be approved by War Child.
    5 days
14. Field data collection including the training of enumerators3.
    Note: The number of days depends on the number of enumerators hired and the data collection plan agreed in the Inception Report.
    16 days
15. Data analysis and drafting of report for WCUK review
    7 Days
16.  Presentation of key findings of the evaluation to WCUK and its partners and obtaining feedback on conclusions
    3 days
    3 The participatory research activities will need to be done by experienced participatory researchers
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     Lesson dissemination workshop planning with WCUK and its partners
     Lesson Sharing Document preparation and printing including child friendly versions
17. Submission of the Final Evaluation Report(s) and Lessons Dissemination Document
    2 days
    Total number of days
    33 Days
18. Document review
    The consultant is expected to read and reference all possible sources of existing information which include:
     War Child UK ethical research policy and Child Safeguarding Policy
     War Child UK Global Programming Framework (GPF)
     Project proposal, log frame and the budget
     Baseline and end-line Reports
     Child Safety Report Card Reports datasets
     Sources of existing information e.g. government records, government policies, strategy papers, studies etc.
     Monthly, quarterly and interim reports of the project.
     Project M&E tools and guidelines
     Child Protection Minimum Standards, as a reference point for the minimum standards and key activities expected to be met and delivered for a project of this nature.
     Monitoring reports of all activities under the project
19. Conditions of the Consultancy
    The consultant(s) will use her/his/their own office/resources/materials and technology in the execution of this assignment. War Child will provide local travel/transport to the field sites and office space in DRC. The Consultant is responsible for her/his own accommodation (help can be provided by our country office). The consultant will be responsible for her/his/their own subsistence, flights (if required) and all other related costs4. War Child UK will provide local travel/transport to the field sites.
    Supervision and Reporting
    The consultant shall be responsible to keep War Child UK regularly informed of progress made. The consultant will be jointly supervised by the Country Director in DRC and WCUK’s MEAL Adviser based in the London office.
    Funding and Payment: The consultant will be paid by War Child UK as follows (negotiable):
20. 30% after successful submission and our approval of the inception report and tools to War Child UK
21. 70% on successful submission and our approval of the final evaluation report
    Qualifications of Consultant(s), research agency or academic institution(s):
     Masters’ Degree in Development Studies, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or related discipline coupled with advanced skills and knowledge in Research Methodologies
     At least 5 years’ experience in evaluation of development/humanitarian work specifically in Child Protection and Juvenile Justice.
     Knowledge of and experience in working with children in conflict with the law, including a fair understanding of the advocacy and policy environment of DRC.
    4 These costs should be included in the consultant’s budget
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     Excellent research and monitoring and evaluation skills including participatory methodologies, QCA and evaluating psychosocial support and life skills programmes.
     Excellent verbal and written skills in English and French are essential.
     Willingness and ability to travel to Kinshasa and Goma in the DRC. The consultant will be provided with a full security briefing both before going into the country and when arriving in the country.
    Note: All Consultants will be required to abide by War Child UK’s organizational policies, namely Child Safeguarding Policy with Code of Conduct, Evaluation Policy and Ethics Policy and will be required to sign a statement of commitment to these and other organisational policies. The consultant(s) will also be required to complete or provide evidence of references and DBS/police checks in advance of appointment. The consultant is responsible to abide with WCUK security management rules during the life of this consultancy.
22. Recruitment and appointment
    Interested applicants are requested to submit the following information as part of the initial bid:
     CV of the consultant(s) including current geographical location.
     A short two-page application outlining the evaluation methodology (including calendar, key deliverables and tools, research questions).
     Detailed budget with breakdown of daily rate plus number of days and other costs. The budget should not exceed Euros 12,000 (inclusive of VAT). The budget will be evaluated alongside the technical proposal and we reserve the right to make alternative suggestions on costing. The consultant is responsible for meeting their own subsistence, accommodation and international travel costs whilst the local in-country transportation to field sites will be provided by WCUK.
     Two references from previous clients
     Two examples of a recent/relevant evaluation report preferably regarding child protection programmes. Please share web link if it is published online
    The selected candidate(s) will be contracted for the evaluation and will commence work shortly after successful recruitment, references and police checks. A consultancy contract will be signed between consultant and WCUK.
    The budget should not exceed the amount of Euros 12,000 in total (all inclusive).

Applications should be sent to: recruitment@warchild.org.uk using reference “Final Evaluation of War Child’s EC funded Projects in Afghanistan and DRC” in the subject line not later than 30th November 2016. Any queries to the ToR can be referred to Hur Hassnain at hur@warchild.org.uk
Please note that submissions which do not meet all the above requirements will not be reviewed. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.