Consultant for Project Evaluation with Action Aid International Cambodia

BTDC-ID: 32944

Closing Date: 24-Jan-2025

Consultant for Project Evaluation

Contact Name

Action Aid International Cambodia
Ms. CHUN Sotheary, Team Leader Women’s Rights and Campaign

Phone

012 661 955

Email

Website

www.actionaid.org/cambodia

Announcement Description

The project title “Enhancing Inclusive Social Protection and Decent Work for Women Workers in Cambodia” is implementing in Phnom Penh Municipal, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo provinces from 1st June 2022 to 31st June 2025 supported by the Australian NGO Cooperation Programme (ANCP) via ActionAid Australia. This project is implemented by ActionAid Cambodia in partnership with Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) and Cambodia Food and Service Federation (CFSWF). This project builds women workers’ knowledge and capacity to advocate for policy and practice reform at workplace to improve wage, labor rights and working conditions and access to social protection of formal and informal economy sectors. The project aims to meaningfully engage and facilitate leadership of women workers in the formal and informal economy in the decent work agenda (including claiming their rights at work) and inclusion in social protection.

The Cambodian economy is heavily reliant on the garment and textile industry, which contributes more than a third of the country’s GDP and employs almost one million workers of which nearly 80% are women. Despite the centrality of the industry to Cambodia’s economy, working conditions are poor, with low wages, unfair dismissals and widespread gender discrimination and harassment.

A study undertaken by ActionAid in 2021 found that almost all surveyed workers were earning well below a living wage. There have been COVID-19 job losses and salary reductions, with only 10% of workers receiving social protection support through the National Social Security Fund (this includes entertainment workers, BBC Media Action, 2020). These factors resulted in 89% of surveyed workers reporting that their household had run out of money for food since the pandemic began and almost half had taken on additional loans to cover basic household costs.

Consultant for Project Evaluation

Career Category: Consultancy
Location: Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu Province, Kandal Province, Takeo Province

Project title: Enhancing Inclusive Social Protection and Decent Work for Women Workers in Cambodia

Funding by: Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP)

Project delivery period: 1st July 2022 – 30 Jun 2025

Project locations: Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo provinces

Implemented: IDEA, CATU and CFSWF

Evaluation Purpose/Usage

Using the findings of the evaluation, we aim to:

Be accountable and provide space for our rightsholders and stakeholders to share their feedback, perspectives and changes made by the project.
Make use of findings for learning to improve future programming of ActionAid Cambodia and its partners.
Present proof of impacts to our contributors and seek collaboration for further engagement and improvement in the future.

Objective of Evaluation

The overall objective of the evaluation is to measure effectiveness and document the changes contributed by the project. The evaluation will specifically focus on:

To assess the effectiveness of the implementation and expected results, including determining the end-line value of the project indicators
To check out the relevancy, coherence, efficiency and impacts of the interventions of the project.
To seek and document best practices and other key learning and draw feasible recommendations.
Documentation of the case studies person with disability

Methodology

ActionAid Cambodia prefers to see robust and participatory methodologies which can collect accurate data and engage everyone, including the project team, rightsholders with the extract number indicated in annex 1 and key stakeholders in the process as much as possible. It is not limited to but preferably presents at least the following data collection methods that should be deployed: (see more details in the ToR attached below)

Qualification of Consultant Team
ActionAid is seeking an experiences consultant team with the following qualification:
Comprehensive knowledge and research experiences relevant to the field of the project
At least 5 years of experience in conducting evaluation.
Have excellent written and spoken English skills and demonstrated ability in writing briefing papers and other information products.
At least master’s degree in a related area, preferably in labour rights and decent work, social science or gender and women's rights analysis and other relevant fields.
Experience in developing and managing both quantitative and qualitative methods
Able to examine, process and precisely dissect huge data, give brief outlines and clarify the importance of that data
Ability to be flexible with time and work schedule and attention to meet tight deadlines
In-dept knowledge, skills and comprehensive experiences in monitoring and evaluation.
Commitment to AAC's Child Protection and SHEA and Safeguarding policy

Budget

The consultant should send a proposal with a clear breakdown of activities and methods. AA Cambodia will review and contact the consultant with best methodology with the most reasonable budget proposal from $6600-$7000 including tax.

How to apply

Interested consultant team/firm is encouraged to submit the evaluation proposal. The proposal shall incorporate the following information:

Consultant team profile (CVs) and expression of interest
Technical proposal and financial proposal
Tentative research work plan
Previous works relevant to the assignment of action research (if any)

Submission to email address provided in the contact details.

Email subject line: Consultant to Decent Work

Application deadline: 16 February 2025 at 5:00 PM.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview after 2 weeks of the deadline.

Task Manager:

Further information regarding the ToR, please contact the focal point for this assignment/consultancy to Ms. CHUN Sotheary, Team Leader Women’s Rights and Campaign ActionAid Cambodia via email or phone number provided.

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