Position:Consultant (s) for Impact Evaluation
Description
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) focuses on a small number of specific
social and economic development problems by forming (intellectual and
financial) partnerships with organisations sharing similar objectives.
to vulnerable populations on four continents, irrespective of their race, religion, political persuasion or gender.
In East Africa, AKF supports programming in Kenya, Tanzania, and
Uganda that contributes to a better quality of life for hundreds of
communities. Working in education, rural economic development, health, and civil
society, AKF leverages its global experiences and partnerships to bring new
ideas to East Africa.
AKF in collaboration with the Department for International
Development (DFID) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Kenya has been
piloting and adopting innovative and relevant approaches to expand education
opportunities and improve learning outcomes for children in targeted primary
schools in marginalized areas in Coast and North Eastern Provinces (NEP) of
Kenya since September 2011.
This joint initiative is piloting and validating new
interventions as well as consolidating existing interventions with plan to
scale up successful interventions.
AKF has been working in 106 primary schools in the North Eastern
and Coast Province in this phase implementing the following interventions.
AKF is planning to conduct a study to assess whether the set of interventions delivered by AKF improved learning outcomes in the intervention schools and the implications of these results for MOE, AKF and development partners.
Consultancy Scope
This consultancy is expected to take place from February and
March 2013 and the consultant is expected to be responsible for all technical
(study design, methodology, tools), administrative and logistical aspects. The
exact timeframe will be determined in discussion with the consultant and the
project management team.
Qualifications and Competencies
The consultant must demonstrate, experience of:
- Designing
and conducting impact evaluations and studies in education; developing
quantitative and qualitative tools and instruments; collecting and
analyzing data; and writing results-based reports;
- Quantitative
and qualitative data and information analysis;
- Experience
in database design and development; and
- Experience
working in Kenya or East Africa and knowledge of Kiswahili, a plus.
AKF recognizes that all of these qualifications may not be found
in one Consultant.
It is possible to present a team of Consultants to meet these
criteria.
Application Process and Deadline
Consultants meeting the above criteria can obtained the detailed
Terms of Reference from Nafisa Shekhova at nafisa.shekhova@akdn.org by January
18th, 2013 and proposals should be received no later than January 25th, 2013,
16:00 hours East Africa Time.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
