Consultancy - Assessment Expert

The incumbent will report to IDLO’s Evaluation Unit and Director, The Hague Office, and under a day-to-day supervision of the Evaluation Specialist. The Assessment Expert will be responsible for undertaking this assessment in line with the Terms of Reference. The incumbent will be expected to carry out the following key duties in line with the detailed Terms of Reference. Inter alia, the incumbent will:

• 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 ToCs of the project and develop the EQs and Indicators.
• Identify methodological approaches and tools to capture data, in-line with the expected results.
• Organize and manage data collection from start to finish including setting up and conducting the interviews (remote or on-site) i.e. 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 Rapid Assessment Report
• Finalized Rapid Assessment 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 fields of legal and policy 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.