Consultancy - Evaluation Expert at IDLO - International Development Law Organization

Overview & Responsibilities

IDLO is conducting a final evaluation to assess the progress and outcomes of the “Justice, Human Rights and Equality Engagement” (JHREP) project in Kenya as it concludes implementation. In particular, the evaluation will:

• Provide an independent assessment of the project and measure the extent to which the expected results were achieved with emphasis on their impact on intended beneficiaries and sustainability of results, including their overall impact and contribution to strengthening the protection of constitutionally entrenched human rights; and   
• Identify relevant lessons learned that could inform the design and implementation of future projects related to access to justice and entrenching human rights in Kenya and similar contexts.   
• Conduct an in-depth desk review of project documents and reports, administrative records related to the various activities, project progress reports, and M&E data and reports. 
• Reconstruct the project’s ToC and develop the EQs and Indicators. 
• Identify methodological approaches and tools to capture data, in-line with the expected evaluation results. 
• Organize and manage data collection with a data collection consultant.  
• In coordination with the data collection consultant, set up and conduct in-person/remote key informant interviews and focus group discussions.  

The incumbent will undertake in-depth analytical work to produce the following deliverables in all draft and final versions:

• An Inception Note 
• A draft Evaluation Report 
• Finalized Evaluation Report 

Job Requirements

Education and Professional Experience  

• Master’s degree in international development, law, public policy, or other relevant social sciences is required. 
• Substantial experience in leading evaluations of capacity-building programmes in the field of customary and informal justice/legal and judicial reform/rule of law and human rights. 
• Minimum of 10 years of substantial professional experience with project cycle management, OECD DAC evaluation framework, ToC/logical framework approaches and quality assurance within international development evaluations