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The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and its project partners seek independent evaluation consultants to evaluate the implementation of the KASA! Initiative which supports sexual violence prevention and advocacy interventions in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal and at regional levels. The evaluation will be used to inform the necessary adjustments or changes for the remainder of the initiative as well as to inform and improve the development of future programming, including grant-making support to our partners, advocacy strategy and stakeholder engagement. The evaluation is expected to be carried out in 3 months, from June to August 2025.

Scope of Work

In line with AWDF’s strategic priorities, AWDF is commissioning a mid-term review of the KASA! Initiative, which is just past halfway through the initial five-year contract.  The programme evaluation will cover the implementation period from June 2021 to December 2024. KASA! The initiative has supported 45 women’s rights and feminist organisations (24 in Nigeria, 12 in Ghana and 9 in Senegal) since June 2021. The duration of the evaluation is 3 months. The deliverables include an inception report, data collection, analysis and reporting, two validation workshops and final delivery of the evaluation report including a slide set and infographic. 

Qualifications and Experience Required

The call is open to individuals or teams of consultants led by women or gender-diverse persons in Africa, preferably Ghana, Nigeria and/or Senegal, with the following required skills and experience:

•  Hold a graduate degree in Social Sciences or related studies
• Have at least 8 to 10 years of work in the Global South towards promoting and protecting human rights and gender/social justice
• Demonstrated experience working in the area of sexual violence in Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria and/or across Africa
• Demonstrated experience in designing and carrying out evaluations for large multi-actor programmes, using Feminist MEL and related evaluation approaches
• Experience in evaluating similar programmes in the three focus countries and/or regions in the Global South
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and French
• English and French writing skills and report-writing experience.
• Commitment to AWDF’s values of feminist leadership, accountability, diversity, respect and solidarity
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and a flexible attitude
• We will prioritise applicants based in Ghana, Nigeria or Senegal.

How to Apply

Please submit the following as part of your application:

• Profile, capability statement and CVs of the consultant(s) presented to carry out the MTR
• Proposed evaluation plan, including a work plan and budget. This budget should include the estimated consultancy fee for the entire assignment in United States Dollars, supported by an appropriate breakdown analysis of fees plus a detailed estimated travel budget.
• Overview of similar work and assignments undertaken
• 3 references 

to consultants@awdf.org by 17 April 2025. Email subject header: Consultancy, MTR Kasa! Initiative

Download the terms of reference for more information.

The African Women’s Development Fund is inviting applications for two vacancies in our Programmes team. If you’re a highly motivated and innovative individual who is passionate about women’s rights in Africa, excited about African feminisms and embrace African women’s diversity, we’d love to hear from you. We have openings for the following positions:

Programme Manager – Impact and Learning: Responsible for leading and supporting the overall implementation of the AWDF impact and learning strategy. The role will design and implement processes and systems that embed evidence-based decision making and the ability to understand, learn and adapt to increase AWDF’s collective impact. The role drives and champions strategic and organisational learning, monitoring and evaluation working in collaboration across teams. It will also lead all aspects of the Impact and Learning function including budgeting/financial management, leadership and staff development, policy development and strategic planning.

Please follow this link to apply for the position of Programme Manager – Impact and Learning

Programme Specialist – Agency and Resilience: Working in close collaboration with colleagues in the “Nurturing” cluster, the A&R Specialist will focus on unlocking the agency of African women’s rights and feminist activists, leaders, organisations, collectives and movements so they flourish and are impactful. The role will be responsible for leading the re-imagining and implementation of AWDF’s new strategy work with African women’s rights and feminist organisations, collectives and movements working for gender justice in Africa.

Please follow this link to apply for the position of Programme Specialist – Agency and Resilience

Closing Date for applications is 6th June 2023

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We have vacancies for dynamic, driven African Feminists with a passion for women’s rights and social justice. If you are a team player, proactive and excited about working with multiple stakeholders and partners, we’d love to hear from you.

The following positions are currently available.

1. Movement Building Specialist (Click here for Terms of Reference)

2. Programme Officer – Team Learning (Click here for Terms of Reference)

3. Programme Officer – Special Initiatives: Ford Foundation (Click here for Terms of Reference)

4. Bilingual Capacity Building Assistant, French & English (Click here for Terms of Reference)

5. Bilingual Consultant: Due Diligence, English & French (Click here for Terms of Reference)

Closing Date for submitting Applications: 15th July 2021

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Nous avons des postes vacants pour des féministes africaines dynamiques et motivées, passionnées par les droits des femmes et la justice sociale. Si vous avez l’esprit d’équipe, et si vous êtes enthousiaste à l’idée de travailler avec de multiples parties prenantes et partenaires, nous serions ravies d’avoir vos candidatures. Suivant, sont les postes disponibles :

Spécialiste : Construction de Mouvements (Cliquez ici pour les Termes de Référence – en Anglais)

Chargé(e) de Programmes – Apprentissage en équipe (Pour les Termes de Référence, Cliquez ici – en Anglais)

Chargé(e) de Programmes – Initiatives spéciales – Fondation Ford (Postulez ici! Termes de Référence en Anglais )

Assistant(e) -Renforcement des Capacités, Bilingue (Français et Anglais) (Postulez ici! Termes de Référence en Anglais)

Consultant(e) – Due Diligence, Bilingue ((Français et Anglais) (Pour les Termes de Référence, Cliquez ici – en Anglais)

Date de clôture : 15 juillet 2021

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