Background of the project & assignment
Despite the ecological, social and economic importance of the Water Tower Landscape (WTL), deforestation and forest degradation are among major environmental problems affecting its forests and people. WWF Tanzania, through support from WWF Switzerland, has been working with the Government of Tanzania (GoT) and other partners to support the establishment and management of an enabling policy and political environment in efforts to reduce biodiversity loss and restoration of water flow in selected rivers through policy advocacy and other strategies.
WWF Tanzania is therefore commissioning a final evaluation of the WWF CH Forest Landscape Restoration Project, implemented in Kibaha, Kisarawe, Ilala and Mkuranga.
Objective of the consultancy
The purpose of this End of Term/Final Evaluation is to assess the performance of the programme and capture its achievements, strengths, challenges, lessons and best practices to inform and strengthen future programming.
Specific objectives
- To assess the progress made towards the desired results (as per the approved results framework) at the outcome and output levels.
- To assess the level of accountability with respect to the programme overall work plan delivery and use of programme resources to date
- To assess the impact of the programme achieved to date
- To assess whether the project has achieved the desired results at the intermediate results, outcome and output levels
- To identify the best practices and key lessons learned during implementation and based upon these, draw recommendations for future project interventions.
Scope of the assignment
The Final Evaluation will review the relevance of design, effectiveness, efficiency of planning and implementation, impact, adaptive capacity, development effectiveness and civic space and potential for sustainability and replication. It will also assess the project performance in terms of progress towards the end targets and the factors affecting successful implementation and achievement of results.
Methodology
Best approach for desired results should be provided, this is important and forms part of the evaluation
Required profile of the consultancy
The consultant(s) may comprise of a highly qualified senior evaluation/review specialist with extensive experience in conducting evaluations – ideally in the subject matter in question as well – as well as experience and understanding of implementation arrangements for CSOs.
Contract duration
This assignment will last for one month (30 days). Applications should include a brief, complete, combined technical and financial proposal that is fully signed and includes the consultant profile, specific evidences of experience with similar work, the proposed approach and methods, and the work plan and schedule for the process. The consultant’s CV should also be included. the financial proposal should also include clear details of direct and reimbursable time and other costs; this includes unit costs for professional fees and reimbursable taxes.
This is an individual, firm, or team of experts) consultancy work, and therefore interested candidates can visit WWF website https://www.wwtor.tz/jobs_and_opportunities/consultancies_and_tenders/ to download the TOR for more information, and should send your full proposal (both technical & financial) through procurement email at [email protected] (only electronic application will be accepted) and please, also remember that, for uniformity reasons, the title of the assignment “Final Evaluation of WWF CH Forest Landscape Restoration Project in Water Towers Landscape” and addressed to;
Secretary
Procurement Committee,
WWF Tanzania Country Office, Plot 252 Kiko Street Mikocheni, P. 0. Box 63117, Dar es Salaam;
The application should be submitted to the above email by or before, before 1000hrs local time, Friday, 24th February, 2023.
WWF has a principle of zero tolerance for fraud and corruption, if you encounter such an incident, then report by sending an email to [email protected]
