Adv: Project Evaluator

Date: 06/03/2025

Evaluation Term of Reference

Project Title: Market-driven economic empowerment for women and youth

Project Number: E-PSE-2022-0362

Project country: Palestine

Donor: Brot für die Welt

Evaluation duration: March – June/2025

Start Date: Late March, 2025

Introduction

Brief about YWCA of Palestine

YWCA of Palestine is a non-governmental association that started in Palestine in 1893 and was officially registered in Jerusalem in the year 1918. It is a union of four local associations in the cities of Jerusalem, Ramallah, Jericho and Bethlehem. It envisions free and democratic Palestinian civil society where women and youth are empowered to exercise and protect their human, social, economic and political rights. It is affiliated with the World YWCA, a global movement that works for -through its members: the national YWCAs in over 100 countries in the world, for the rights of women, young women, and girls. The World YWCA holds a special consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Description of the Subject Matter of the Evaluation

The End-of-project evaluation focuses on YWCA Vocational Training and Economic Empowerment Project implemented between 2023 and 2025. The current project focuses on increasing the living conditions of youth; especially young women, by offering them learning opportunities and entrepreneurial and employment support; mainly through both vocational training centers (VTCs) in Ramallah and other employment initiatives. This goal has been realized by offering learning opportunities for youth through vocational training; including livelihood training, short courses, and diplomas based on the assessment of market needs. YWCA of Palestine capitalizes job-readiness training and on-job training and placement as a tool to integrate youth into the market labor.

Evaluation Team and Qualifications

YWCA of Palestine seeks to engage the services of an independent consultant/firms, who have the following experience and expertise in project/program evaluation:

Qualifications of Evaluation Team Leader

·                  Master’s Degree Education in a related area e.g. Social Science, Development, Business administration

·                  7-10 years of experience in evaluation in the education, and development sector, preferably related to the TVET sector in Palestine, and experience assessing the vocational services.

·                  Knowledge and understanding of the vocational education context in Palestine.

·                  Experience using participatory methods of evaluation

·                  Vocational education improvement projects, with the ability to understand from a program and/or project manager’s perspective what would be useful information and recommendations from this evaluation.

·                  Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative data.

·                  Demonstrated track record of producing high-quality evaluations.

·                  The person/team can move freely across the West Bank and have a work permit in the area of work.

Application Procedures

Interested applicants are requested to submit the technical and financial proposal information as part of the initial screening. The following documents should be submitted via email to YWCA of Palestine’s Procurement Department procurement@ywca.ps  no later than Wednesday, March 19, 2025. The proposal shall include:

1.              Cover Letter, signed by a duly authorized representative of the Applicant’s organization, mentioning the total bid amount.

2.              Profile (CV, authorized certificate and registrations, past experiences, and 3 references letters)

3.              Technical Proposal outlining the methods to be used, along with a brief explanation and justification for the approach.

4.              Financial Proposal, kindly provide your proposal in Euro including VAT/Makassa: This should cover expert fees as well as any ancillary expenses (transportation, accommodation, taxes, fees, workshops, and other related costs).

5.              Profile of consultancy firm, CVs of lead and team member(s), and only CVs of persons in case of individuals to carry out assignment.

6.              An example of a recent/relevant assignment report

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