Support to the Africa Led Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Terms of Reference for Baseline Assessment

Programme Title- Support to the Africa Led Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Summary

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE) is an international organization striving towards Gender Justice, Good Governance and Poverty Eradication. AAE has been a human rights Advocate and a development partner in Ethiopia for 34 years. AAE is implementing multi-country, consortium managed program to support the Africa Led Movement to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation and/ or Cutting (FGM/C) since 2022, with the financial support of UK Government (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – FCDO). This programme has been established Building on the foundations of the first five-year investment (2013-2018) of the FCDO with focus on accelerating the pace of change and achieving results to contribute to the vision in the SDGs of a world free of FGM/C by 2030.

As part of the wider consortium, ActionAid is delivering a package of community implementation interventions across four countries (Ethiopia, Senegal, Somaliland, and Kenya) to engage community members, girls, women, men, and other stakeholders in order to shift attitudes and behaviors towards the practice of FGM/C. In Ethiopia, ActionAid will be working in rural communities in Farta and Guna Begemidir (Guna) woredas of the South Gondar Zone in Amhara region.

This Tor is therefore developed to guide the baseline assessment for this program. The assessment will supplement a higher-level quantitative baseline data collection exercise taking place across the entire ALM consortium.

Objectives and purpose of the baseline study

The overarching objective: The ultimate objective of the baseline assessment is to establish the basis for which the ALM Programme will be implemented in Ethiopia and specifically, to collect data against the Ethiopia-related indicators set out in the ALM Programme’s Adaptative Monitoring and Results Framework.

Scope of Work

Using a feminist approach to monitoring and evaluation, the consultant will be required to undertake the following:

§  To review the relevant project documents as well as relevant ActionAid and consortium documents to inform the literature review and provide secondary data for the baseline report.

§  To develop and provide a workplan, inception report and tools that will guide the collection of the baseline data and development of the draft report.

§  To conduct the baseline assessment using methodology and tools developed in collaboration with AAE team, with support from the MEL lead at ActionAid UK.

§  To train and supervise the data collection enumerators to pilot/test the data collection tools together with the enumerators to ensure quality and effectiveness of tool.

§  To oversee the data collection process

§  To analyse data collected, compile and interpret for compilation into a draft report.

§  To develop a draft and final report, this will include a comprehensive and rigorous baseline data collection methodology and tools, methods for analysis and proposed structure for the final report.

§  To submit a final report based on review/feedback received from ActionAid Ethiopia

§  To populate the log frame with the baseline data collected as per the project outcome and output indicators.

§  To develop and present a summary PPT and presentation of key findings and recommendations.

Expected Approach and Methodology – The consultant will be responsible for producing a comprehensive mixed-method methodology as well as a detailed work plan for delivering the baseline assessment.

Expected Deliverables: The Consultant  will be required to deliver the following:

1.       A workplan and inception report

2.       Enumerator Training

3.       A draft and then final baseline survey report,  together with  summary report.

3.1. The baseline report must not exceed 35 to 40 pages, (excluding annexes) as a Word document written in plain and concise English with minimal jargon.

3.2. The ALM Programme Adaptive Monitoring and Results Framework populated with the baseline data against each indicator at outcome and output level

3.3. A PowerPoint presentation summarizing key findings and recommendations that can be used to disseminate findings within ActionAid and with external stakeholders. The consultant and team are required to make a presentation of key findings and recommendations to the AA Ethiopia and AA UK project team.

3.4. The raw data (all transcripts, quantitative data, data collection tools) must be handed over to AAE

Expected Timetable – 4 weeks (30 consecutive days) since the contract signing.  The deadline for the submission of the final draft is February 1^st, 2023 and presentation of findings 15 February 2023.

Required expertise, qualifications, and competencies, including language requirements:

General criteria:

• A master’s degree or work experience in social sciences preferably having health background
• At least 5 years of experience in developing and carrying out monitoring and evaluation (MEL) system, hands on experience in program quality assurance, baselines, and evaluation design from a feminist lens with diverse knowledge in mixed methods approach.
• Proven experience in participatory approaches to designing and delivering baselines
• Demonstrable expertise and experience on FGM/C, women’s, and girl’s rights, GBV and gender equality and HRBA (Human Right based Approach).
• Experience and willingness to work in the Geographical areas of Guna and Farta .

• Proven cross-regional experience and Experience with socio-ecological community approach would be preferable
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Proficient in English and Amharic
• Technical criteria
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative methodology, methods, tools and analysis and visualization. Knowledge of qualitative data analysis software like Nnivo, Dedoose ,MAXQDA. ATLAS etc. And quantitative data analysis software like SPSS and/or STATAis an asset.

  Experience in participatory and community-led approaches preferably socio-ecological model.

  Demonstrable knowledge and skills in development and use of online data collection methods and tools for data collection and analysis.

  Evidence of strong downward accountability mechanisms used with project stakeholders/research participants to actively share results and learning.

  Evidence of use of ethical considerations and methodological measures that respect the rights of all stakeholders

  ·  Evidence of successfully designing and managing large-scale, rigorous, and robust research processes and evaluations.

  · Evidence of producing clear, concise, and high-quality reports in English