MEAL Consultant, ACT Project (Consulting Opportunity)

Company Description

Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. We offer lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic justice, gender equality, and climate action. We demand equal rights and equal treatment so that everyone can thrive, not just survive.

Job Description

Oxfam invites bids from firms, individuals and groups of individuals with the experience and skills described in this job description. The full Terms of reference for this assignment can be found herehttps://oxfam.box.com/s/10uiac2wpc0tjarevwy0yja8owrx6v23.

Asia Community Preparedness and Transformation (ACT)

Programme/Project

Strengthening Community Preparedness, Rapid Response, and Recovery program in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines

Bangladesh: WAVE Foundation, SKS Foundation, and JAGO NARI

Indonesia: CIS Timor

Nepal: NEEDS Nepal

Philippines: CDP, SIKAT, and PDRRN

Geographical coverage: global; regional; country(ies)

South and  South-Est Asia: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines

Programme timeline

2024-2026

Evaluation Budget

US $50,000

Evaluation Commissioning Manager/s

Marion Cabanes, Humanitarian MEAL Advisor

Target Stakeholders to be involved

Local Authorities, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Community-based Organizations (CBOs), and community members in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines

Closing Date

December 2026

Evaluation Timeline

August - December  2026

Closing Date for Proposal Submittal; July 12 ,2026

COORDINTES WITH

Bangladesh: WAVE Foundation, SKS Foundation, and JAGO NARI
Indonesia: CIS Timor
Nepal: NEEDS Nepal
Philippines: CDP, SIKAT, and PDRRN

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

This evaluation comes after 6 years of implementation in the same communities of the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal. A first evaluation report was delivered at the end of ACT phase 1 in 2023 to assess the effectiveness, impacts and identify the best DRR practices. As this second phase of ACT will end by December 31, 2026, Oxfam America is looking for a team of evaluation consultants to conduct a summative and formative evaluation that will provide valuable information on how ACT programming contributed to strengthening DRR capacities, local DRR systems, and early signs of sustainability in the target communities over the years, and will provide insights and recommendations for a next phase.

Oxfam is committed, over the next decade, to a just and sustainable future. As Oxfam is driving by this mission, it works to enhance humanitarian action for which Oxfam helps people and communities develop core competencies to strengthen their resilience, continues to reorient the humanitarian system towards local leadership, and expands opportunities for those impacted by protracted conflict and recurring crises to lead on sustainable solutions. As populations around the world are heavily impacted by multi-dimensional inequalities, which make people more vulnerable to natural disasters, Oxfam fights those inequalities in a conscious way by promoting just economies, gender and climate justice, and accountable governance.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

With the support of Oxfam and partners, the consulting team will lead and develop a robust methodology adequate to answer the key evaluation questions and to assess the level of sustainability. The evaluation process should include the following steps:
1.Inception phase: Review available documentation on current and past projects and evaluations. Consult communities, local NGOs and local authorities and define sustainability and local leadership in those specific contexts to design the evaluation’s methodology to evaluate the sustainability of Oxfam’s DRR interventions, and validate the sustainability domains proposed in this ToR. There may be need to clearly define key concepts such as food and economic security, and the different domains of sustainability. It is recommended developing a first roadmap of the dissemination strategies to be considered for this evaluation and identifying key prog