Consultant Final Evaluation - DRC, Careers in Africa,

Consultant Final Evaluation - DRC

Position Title:Consultant Final Evaluation - DRC

Duty Station: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Organization:International Alert

Employment Type:Full Time Permanent

Background Information:

This is a short-term consultancy for February and March 2015

We’re looking for someone with strong evaluation experience and expertise in conflict transformation

approaches in peacebuilding, to carry out a final evaluation of an Alert project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). You will work with International Alert’s DRC team to design and implement the evaluation, and prepare the final report, over a total duration of 18 days including fieldwork in DRC. Please see the evaluation terms of reference for more details. 

Skills and experience required:

·             A Masters’ degree or equivalent in development, project management, social sciences or similar

·             A minimum of 3 years’ experience working on managing and transforming conflicts

·             At least 6 years’ experience in qualitative evaluation of peacebuilding or development programmes

·             Experience and skill in writing evaluation reports

·             Knowledge of the socio-cultural, economic, and socio-political contexts in Eastern DRC

·             Fluent in French (reading, writing and speaking)

·             Experience collecting case studies, photos and/or film is an advantage

·             Knowledge of Kiswahili is an advantage

Consultancy dates:

To be agreed, during February and March 2015

Mode of application:

To apply, please submit the following:

    A detailed CV (including references and areas of expertise)

    A motivation letter

    A proposal for the evaluation methodology, reflecting the Terms of Reference

    Two previous evaluation reports written by the candidate

    Candidate's proposed daily rate

Please submit your application package in French via email to Emmanuel Sebujangwe (esebujangwe@international-alert.org), copying Jeff Mbuyi Tshiyombo (jmtshiyombo@international-alert.org) and Maria Lange, Country Director (mlange@international-alert.org). Do not fill the Alert application form.

If necessary, interviews with shortlisted candidates will be held the week commencing Monday 26th January 2015.

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within one week of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer.

All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

Application deadline:  Friday 23 January 2015