Background

FHI 360 is responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions of Ethiopia by implementing an integrated health, nutrition, protection, and WASH program. In March 2021, the Integrated Services for Humanitarian Implementation – Northern Ethiopia (ISHI-NE) project received funding for a nine-month program from the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), followed by a non-cost extension and a cost modification from May 2022 to June 2023 to expand operations into Amhara and Afar. The main objective of ISHI-NE is to improve the well-being of conflict-affected and displaced populations through an integrated, multi-sectoral response. To achieve this goal, FHI 360 is providing an integrated package of emergency response services consisting of primary health care through static and mobile support, emergency nutrition support to pregnant and lactating women and children under five years of age, improvements to water supply and adequate means of sanitation at the community and facility level, and protection support for children, women, and vulnerable populations. Since the start of the project, the ISHI-NE project has actively engaged with relevant stakeholders, such as the host government, other partner organizations, the United Nations, regional clusters, and community leaders and members to ensure the project effectively delivers project activities through collaborative and sustainable methods. In doing so, FHI 360 has successfully accessed hard-to-reach areas and provided life-saving provisions to the most impacted IDPs, host communities, and returnees.

Scope of Work

FHI 360 is seeking a consultant to lead a final evaluation for the ISHI-NE project to assess how effective the program was at meeting its overall objective in Amhara and Afar. The consultant will oversee all data collection and analysis activities, train data enumerators, perform checks on collected data, coordinate the data analysis process, lead the report writing, manage the evaluation process, and facilitate a reflection workshop on the evaluation findings and lessons learned.

Specifically, the evaluation will seek to answer the following questions:

·       Did ISHI-NE reach the appropriate target groups and individuals within the target areas?

·       How were the different needs of conflict-affected communities integrated into the design?

·       How were the different needs of conflict-affected communities integrated into the implementation of the project?

·       Did ISHI-NE adapt appropriately and promptly to changing contexts and needs?

·       What changes took place in the project implementation that differed from the original design?

·       What major achievements has the ISHI-NE project achieved concerning the initially planned outcomes and stated objectives?

·       What were the main factors for success or failure that impacted FHI 360’s achievement of

project activities?

·       Which aspects of project sector integration were the strongest or weakest?

·       Based on ISHI-NE’s project implementation strategies regarding integration and coordination, what recommendations does the project have in the future?

·       Is there a need to change strategies laid out in the theory of change? If yes, what are the suggested changes based on the lessons learned from project implementation?

·       What are the major challenges and setbacks the ISHI-NE project faced? What strategies did the ISHI-NE project execute to address the significant challenges?

In addition to the Final Report, the consultant(s) will provide a short supplementary paper to show the work carried out, including a list of people interviewed or met, the summary records and dates of the meetings held, a soft copy of all the raw data, photographs, and the consultants' observations and recommendations. The final report and the supplementary report shall be submitted to FHI 360 at the same time, not later than five working days after the final review of the draft report. Each of the final documents shall be submitted in electronic form.

Deliverables

·       Finalization of Tools and Endline Survey Plan

·       First Draft of Report

·       Final Draft of Report

·       Short supplementary report (as described above)

·       All raw datasets, analysis, notes, delivered