Thailand: External Consultant for Evaluation

Malteser International is a non-governmental worldwide relief organisation of the Sovereign Order of Malta for humanitarian aid. The organisation has almost 60 years of experience in humanitarian relief and recovery and actually covers over 100 projects in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Since 1993, Malteser International has been providing Health and WASH services for refugees from Myanmar living in temporary shelters in Mae Hong Son province, Northwest of Thailand. DG ECHO has provided much of the funding for the activities carried out over the years. With a reduction of ECHO funding for Thailand, activities previously funded by ECHO have gradually been incorporated (starting since 2009) in a succession of EuropeAid-funded projects under its “Aid for Uprooted People” program. As the project to be evaluated is coming to an end as of July 2017, the most recently approved funding of a new project by EuropeAid will be covering a comprehensive health and WASH program with start from August 2017.

To conduct a final independent and field-based evaluation within the EuropeAid funded project “Mother and Child Health Care, Nutrition and WASH for Uprooted people and Hosting Communities in Sob-Moei District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand” in Thailand, Malteser International is looking for an External Evaluation Consultant

Objectives of final evaluation

The objective of this end-of-project, field-based, external and independent evaluation is to assess the implementation process and impact orientation of the above-cited project, with feedback on the achievements as well as to facilitate learning for improvement of design and management of future projects, and in order to demonstrate accountability to donors and beneficiaries. Moreover, the evaluation should:

• Detect the real changes in the field and analyse the changes attributable to the intervention
• Check and explain achieved results
• Identify and judge unexpected results
• Assess the sustainability of the intervention's benefits
• Report and give accountability to the institutions that have allocated the resources
• Outline best practices and lessons learnt for future projects

For more information, please see the Terms of Reference

Timeframe

The evaluation is expected to take place preferably in August and/or September 2017. The preliminary timeframe is described in detail in the Terms of Reference

Required expertise

• Technical knowledge and experience in one or more of the following fields: MCH, WASH, and livelihood, in the South East Asian context
• Experiences in Primary Health Care and knowledge of the Thai-Myanmar border context is an advantage
• Demonstrated capacity and experience in evaluating development and humanitarian programs
• Fluency in English (spoken/written)
• Experience in working with (local and international) non-governmental organisations is required
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated cross-cultural skills

Tenders and Evaluation Management

Bids must include:

• 1-2 pages outline covering: a) overall framework proposed for evaluation and b) methodologies that will be applied
• Indication of availability to conduct evaluation (limitations in availability to be highlighted around the suggested timing for the evaluation)
• CV and evidence of past completed evaluation experience(s)
• Proposed budget for the evaluation covering consultancy fees, travel and per diem. The budget should present consultancy fee costs according to number of expected working days over the entire period. It is anticipated that the evaluation will last around 14 working days.

Bids should be submitted electronically to Malteser International by the closing date of 14.07.2017 to:

Per Vogel, Program Coordinator/Country Representative at per.vogel@malteser-international.org