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The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries
The overall objective of the endline evaluation
The purpose of the evaluation is to assess both the processes and the outcomes of interventions and collect evidence and lessons learnt in Nairobi, Wajir and Mandera counties. The findings emerging from the end line evaluation will:
- Generate information on the level of achievement of the intervention objectives, outcome and evidence of emerging impact, information which will be useful to stakeholders, including the county Governments
- Inform and guide the design and implementation of future Save the Children projects
The specific objectives are:
Specifically, the evaluation seeks to address the following issue and provide specific, actionable and practical recommendations for future programming based on the findings.
- Measure the level of achievement of the immunization project and the changes in coverage and quality of immunization services in the programme implementation areas.
- Changes in social acceptance, care-seeking and health-promoting behaviors for immunization services by families and communities in the project sites.
- Document the lessons learned during programme implementation and assess how much the programme brought change in the capacity of the Ministry of Health and National Vaccines and Immunization Program division to steward the vaccines and immunization program
Study Design and Methodology
- The consultant will develop the methodology that should be able to clearly answer each of the specific objectives and should specify mechanisms to avoid bias. The consultant and his/her team are expected to propose methodology and best sampling design to conduct the evaluation.
- The consultant will propose an appropriate mix of qualitative, quantitative methodologies, tools, work plan and budget for the end-line survey
Consultant’s qualifications and experience
The consultant(s) will be expected to be have experience in conducting endlines, evaluations and/or implementing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) programmes in addition to working in urban informal settlements and ASALs regions of Kenya. The consultant(s) will have the primary responsibility for conducting the endline evaluation and writing of the endline evaluation report. The consultant will be expected to lead and coordinate the data collection, entry and analysis of data and report writing.
Specifically, the (Lead) Consultant should possess the following qualifications:
- Relevant Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Applied Nutrition, Biostatistics, Monitoring and Evaluation Systems or any Health Science or Social Science disciplines. PhD will be added advantage.
- Previous experience in the area of maternal, new-born and child health and public health.
- Sound knowledge and experience working with the county governments and familiarity with their health systems.
- Have a proven gender sensitivity and capabilities to handle child safeguarding during the study
- Demonstrated knowledge of project evaluations and possess strong research skills.
- Experience in the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of MNCH projects.
- A demonstrated high level of professionalism and ability to work within tight deadlines.
- Excellent spoken and written English.
- Good computing skills.
- Have strong writing skills (will be required to produce examples of previous work
- Independence from the parties involved
Closing Date : Sept 29, 2022
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