End-Phase Project Evaluation – CBM Global, Kenya at CBM Global Disability Inclusion

Monitoring-Evaluation-Accountability and Learning jobs in Kenya, Mid level,

Job Description

1. Background and rationale

CBM Global Disability Inclusion works alongside and is accountable to people with disabilities in some of the world’s poorest regions. People with disabilities are routinely excluded from health, education, livelihoods among other opportunities and the chance to fully participate in their communities. CBM Global has been active in Kenya since 2021, following its formal registration as an entity. However, its presence in the country dates to 1974.

Over many years, Turkana County has faced a high prevalence of food insecurity. This disproportionately affects vulnerable groups, like persons with disabilities, youth and women who face significant barriers to sustainable climate resilient livelihoods.

Based on a comprehensive needs assessment, the Turkana Inclusive Livelihoods and Resilience project adopts the graduation approach, pioneered by BRAC, to address these complex needs. The graduation approach is designed to provide a holistic model of poverty alleviation. In the project, the approach is being implemented through targeted support to ultra-poor households, with a combination of unconditional cash transfers to 698 HH, skills training, and asset building (e.g. provision of breeding goats, poultry, fishing equipment and craft supplies), social protection measures to ensure that vulnerable populations have access to basic requirements e.g. identity cards, health, as well as coaching and mentorship to households, to help participants transition from dependency to self-sufficiency.

In addition, the project provides access to assistive devices and other support services through referrals, strengthening the capacity of mainstream humanitarian and government actors on disability inclusion, as well as supporting local organisations of persons with disabilities in self-representation. The project also leverages on previous learnings from the humanitarian response project in these wards more specifically on systems strengthening towards disability inclusion and the promotion of inclusive service delivery. This project supports the scaling up of the engagement with the OPD movement and the locally established Age and Disability coordination mechanisms as well as the Age and Disability Focal Points structure across Turkana County.

The Turkana Inclusive Livelihood and Resilience Project is designed with a sustainable approach that emphasizes locally driven solutions and capacity building. The goal is for the affected communities to manage their livelihoods independently in the future, ensuring that they are not reliant on external long-term support. The various activities implemented by the project are aimed at enabling the community to better leverage their existing resources and skills, which in turn helps them to generate sustainable incomes. This ensures that, even after the project ends, these livelihoods continue to thrive, providing ongoing economic security for households.

The project has three outcome areas:

Outcome 1: Communities are supported to recover from the adverse effects of drought through the provision of diversified and inclusive climate smart livelihoods and value chains to build their resilience.

• Output 1.1 Improved access to climate smart and disaster resilient livelihoods to improve the socio-economic resilience, growth and well-being of the target communities.
• Output 1.2. Increased access for women, youth and persons with disabilities and mostly the underrepresented groups to business enterprise and livelihood activities.

Outcome 2: Persons with disabilities, the aging and other at-risk individuals access mainstream recovery activities by improving their mobility and access to specialized services.

• Output 2.1 Increased participation and economic contribution of persons with disabilities, the aging and other at-risk individuals in livelihoods recovery initiatives.

Outcome 3: Systems and local structures strengthened through training of key government ministries, the private sector, TUPADO and other humanitarian actors to promote inclusion in their sector specific programs and the economic infrastructure.

• Output 3.1 Increased access and participation of at-risk communities in mainstream services, recovery plans and interventions including access to capital to enable aspiring entrepreneurs to start or expand their businesses.

The consultancy is to lead a comprehensive evaluation of the project with two main purposes. The first is to provide an assessment of the objectives achieved against the project design and budget during the first phase; and the second, is to provide recommendations to optimise the outcomes of the second project phase.

The deliverables of the evaluation are:

• Overall Performance Assessment: The evaluation will specifically measure the overall effectiveness and efficiency (including value for money) of the project in achieving the targeted outputs and outcomes with the agreed budget according to the milestones and indicators in the original project proposal. It will also assess whether activities were relevant to bring about the project outcomes planned in the logical framework. Both data-based indicators (e.g., number of persons supported, income increases, etc.) and narrative/qualitative indicators (e.g., community feedback on livelihood improvement, perception and satisfaction) will be assessed to understand overall effectiveness. This will include collecting data on the number of people affected by the project, disaggregated by gender, age, and disability.
• Livelihood Intervention Impact Assessment: The impact of the project on in-kind livelihood support and income improvement for target populations will be assessed. The number of persons who received in-kind support (e.g., cash transfers, livestock, farm inputs and other materials) will be measured alongside which of these also reported an increase in income (against an initial baseline) from their chosen livelihood activity. Determine the progress of the impact on households and how these interventions are contributing to poverty reduction, economic stability and resilience.
• Improved Mobility and Support Services for Persons with Disabilities: Assessment of how the project has improved physical mobility for persons with disabilities enabling them to participate in economic activities and if they have accessed to at least one new support service. Further, review the appropriateness and relevance of assistive devices (as measured through satisfaction levels) and whether barriers for persons with disabilities were addressed (e.g., transport, infrastructure, community integration) while assessing the effectiveness of the support services offered through referral mechanisms.
• Coordination of the Response: Assessment of the effectiveness of the coordination mechanisms between CBMG, TUPADO, county governments, and other actors. This includes how the coordination could have been better structured to improve engagement, any strengths and/or gaps in collaborative efforts and documenting specific examples of good practice, resulting in recommendations for improving future coordination.
• Accountability to the Participants and Community: Assessment of the inclusive and participatory accountability systems put in place to ensure participants, and the community have a voice in decision-making at all stages. Evaluate how communication and participation mechanisms (such as community feedback loops, consultations, and grievance redress systems) were structured and implemented. Examine how the project responded to this feedback and what changes were made as a result.
• Challenges in implementation: The evaluation will analyse the causes and challenges contributing to any targets not being achieved. This includes identifying internal and external factors such as unforeseen challenges, capacity issues, environmental or cultural factors, or gaps in planning or implementation.
• Risk management: The evaluation will assess how risks to the population and/or the project were identified, managed, and mitigated, including any protection and safeguarding, operational, security, financial, personnel management or other relevant risks.
• Inclusiveness and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and underrepresented Persons: Assessment of the inclusiveness and accessibility for persons with disabilities and other underrepresented persons e.g. older persons. Work closely with self-representatives to evaluate how well the project removed barriers to enable participation for these groups, ensuring their full inclusion in livelihood activities and resilience-building efforts. Analyse whether the pre-conditions for inclusion (in terms of disability, gender, and the associated intersectionality) were applied consistently throughout the project.
• OPDs Operational at Turkana County Level: Evaluate the extent this project has improved OPD (Organizations of Persons with Disabilities) effectiveness at county level and their engagement with policy-making bodies and processes. This includes their involvement in the Age and Disability coordination mechanisms and Focal Points structure, advocacy, and inclusion efforts at the county level.

The evaluation will assess the project’s performance against OECD/DAC criteria (Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Coherence, Impact, and Sustainability), with a focus on the integration of gender, equity, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) principles.

Learnings to Inform Future Phases: The evaluation findings should include clear recommendations and considerations to improve the second phase of the Turkana livelihoods and resilience project, as well as to inform similar initiatives, particularly those implementing the graduation approach by CBM Global and its partners elsewhere in the federation. Key insights include what worked well, what could be improved, or what should be stopped or changed.

3. Scope and methodology

The evaluation will cover the entire phase one of the Turkana Inclusive Livelihoods and resilience project from early 2024 to mid-2025 as implemented in Turkana County, Kalokol and Kangatotha ward. It will cover all project documents including design documents, activity, narrative and financial reports, and any other documentation, human interest stories, case studies captured during the project period, among other project documents. The evaluation will collect and gather feedback from sample community members (households, representative groups) partners, and other stakeholders using jointly designed inclusive data/information collection tools and methodologies on various aspects of the project. The evaluation will combine multiple methodologies to ensure a comprehensive assessment. This will include surveys and interviews, FGDs, observation, data analysis of key indicators among others. In addition, the evaluation must be participatory by ensuring meaningful involvement of the community members and project participants in the evaluation process, either through self-assessment sessions or by actively contributing to data collection and analysis while capturing local knowledge and perspectives which reflects the voices of those directly affected by the project.

The evaluation will be carried out by an evaluation team that will comprise the external consultant, CBM Global representative team including senior humanitarian advisor, a representative from a program country team, CBM Global MEAL representative and an OPD representative. The roles are defined as follows.

A. External consultant

• Develop and present evaluation methodology, workplan and financial proposal.
• Work with the evaluation team to develop field data/information collection tools
• Carry out data/information collection as guided by the evaluation methodology
• Coordinate the field data/information collection and analysis
• Conduct one validation workshop with all relevant stakeholders.
• Organize one project reflection workshop
• Develop and submit all the required reports and documents including the evaluation report with input from the evaluation team.
• Include reasonable accommodation budgets, provision of sign language and demonstrated participation of OPDs and other underrepresented groups in the evaluation.

B. Evaluation team

• Support with the development of field data/information collection tools
• Carry out FGDs, self-assessments and community reflection workshops about project impacts and challenges.
• Data collection from key stakeholders and project participants
• Documenting case studies, good practices and lessons learnt
• Transect walks and observation
• Participating in the validation workshop
• Participating in project reflection workshop

4. Timeframe and duration

This consultancy is anticipated to run for a maximum of 30 days, starting on 1st of May to 15th June 2025 when the final report should be shared. It will include an inception meeting, visits to the project sites, visit to the implementing partner organization TUPADO, to CBM Global Kenya Office and other collaborators, a validation meeting to present the draft findings, before submission of the final report and relevant attachments. A reflection session, which would involve other members of the CBM Global teams and TUPADO team would also be facilitated.

5. Expected Deliverables

An inception report will be produced by the consultant, along with the relevant data collection tools, and shared with the evaluation team and approved by the Program Manager prior to the kick off the field data collection.

The following are the expected deliverables from the consultant.

• A draft report that includes comments sought from different stakeholders
• Presentation of the key findings and recommendations through a validation workshop with key stakeholders and project participants.
• Conduct one project reflection workshop with CBMG and TUPADO
• Submission of a fully accessible final report which will include: (1) Executive Summary (max 3 pages), (2) Introduction, (3) Methodology, (4) Analysis of the current status of the Project with regard to key components, outcomes, outputs, and implementation strategies, (5) Assessment of the context for the ongoing project implementation, (6) Key findings, best practices and lessons learned, (7) Conclusions and recommendations; and (8) Annexes. Main text excluding annexes should be at maximum 50pages.
• An easy read version of the report (Max 6 pages)

6. Place/ location of service delivered

This is an evaluation to be carried out in Kenya, with meetings in Nairobi, and field travels to Turkana County.

CBM Global will pay for the consultancy fee according to the schedule below:

• 50% Upon submission and acceptance of an Inception report
• 50% Upon submission and acceptance of the final report.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities

Demonstrated track record of carrying out similar type of evaluation.Ability to present and utilize mixed methodologies for carrying out an evaluation that promotes meaningful participation of the community and project participants.Proven ability to work with a team with diverse expertiseExperience in working with multi-stakeholders/partnerships.Familiarity with the GEDSI approaches and the DAC criteria.Experience in designing and utilizing participatory and inclusive evaluation methodologies.Work experience in the project county or in similar contexts will have an added advantage.Experience in livelihoods, economic empowerment and market systems development is required.Good intercultural skills and experience.Fluent in English and Kiswahili.Ideally, experience with livelihood graduation approach methodology.

Application Process

Submit your application Documents with clear methodology, detailed workplan, CVs of all members of the evaluation, and detailed budget via email to CBM Global at procurement.kenya@cbm-global.org quoting the Reference Title: “End of Project Evaluation – Turkana Inclusive Livelihoods and Resilience project – CBM Global Kenya” by 4th April 2025.

Any proposals received after the stated time and date will be automatically rejected. Proposals that do not follow the guidelines above will be rejected.

Canvassing for this assignment will result in immediate disqualification.

Close Date

04/04/2025