Overview
Conduct an endline evaluation of the Youth Health Enhancement to Harness the Demographic Dividend (YE4DD) project across Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia. The evaluation will assess the project's achievements, generate evidence for future programming, and ensure accountability to stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- - Assess project performance against OECD/DAC criteria (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability).
- - Document good practices, lessons learned, and innovative approaches.
- - Provide practical, actionable recommendations for future youth health programming.
- - Develop a detailed methodology, including a reconstructed Theory of Change, evaluation matrix, data collection tools, and work plan.
- - Conduct data collection using mixed methods (desk review, quantitative analysis, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, field visits).
- - Draft and finalize an evaluation report incorporating stakeholder feedback.
Required Experience
- - Minimum of 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience in conducting evaluations.
- - Experience in evaluating multi-country projects, preferably in adolescent/youth health, SRHR, youth empowerment, or demographic dividend.
- - Proven experience in mixed-method evaluation design and implementation (qualitative and quantitative).
- - Experience working with government partners, UN agencies, CSOs, and youth networks.
- - Familiarity with the country context of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia is an asset.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in public health, social sciences, international development, evaluation, demography, or a related field.
