National Consultant to Evaluate the SASA Together Strategy
Organizational Context
UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. This consultancy supports the final evaluation of the SASA! Together component of the Spotlight Initiative Programme in Uganda, implemented from 2019-2026 in Kasese, Tororo, and Amudat districts. The program aims to shift gender-equitable social norms and reduce violence against women and girls.
Job Purpose
This role serves to independently evaluate the effectiveness of the SASA! Together program in shifting social norms, balancing relationship power dynamics, and reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) across three target districts in Uganda. The evaluation will assess behavioral changes, shifts in social norms, strategy effectiveness, and capture operational learning to inform future program design and accountability. The findings will be used to improve future GBV prevention programs and provide accountability to donors and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
The consultant will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the SASA! Together program in selected sub-counties of Amudat, Tororo, and Kasese. Key responsibilities include conducting an initial desk review, developing and implementing a mixed-methods evaluation methodology (quantitative surveys and qualitative methods like FGDs and KIIs), analyzing project data, and collecting primary data from beneficiaries and stakeholders. The consultant will prepare an inception report, draft and final evaluation reports, and present findings for validation. This involves engaging with UN Women staff, implementing partners, community leaders, and target beneficiaries, ensuring adherence to UN Women's evaluation guidelines and UNEG norms and standards.
Work Experience
A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in designing and conducting impact evaluations of GBV prevention programs is required. Experience with social norms measurement, feminist gender-power analysis, and evaluating community mobilization programs like SASA! is essential. Experience in sub-Saharan Africa and working with diverse stakeholders is desirable.
Skills
Evaluation methodology (mixed-methods), data collection and analysis (quantitative and qualitative), report writing, stakeholder engagement, understanding of gender-based violence prevention, social norms change, and community mobilization programs.