URGENT ACTION FUND-AFRICA TENDER MAY 2025
| CONSULTANCY SERVICES – MID TERM REVIEW |
Who we are
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and womn’s human rights pan-African Fund registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s five sub-regions- East Africa: Nairobi- Kenya, Kampala-Uganda, and Addis Ababa-Ethiopia; North Africa: Cairo-Egypt; Central Africa: Yaoundé and Douala Cameroon; Southern Africa: Harare- Zimbabwe, Lilongwe- Malawi; Antananarivo-Madagascar, Johannesburg, Pretoria & Cape Town- South Africa, Gaborone- Botswana and West Africa: Abuja -Nigeria and Parakou- Benin and Lomé- Togo. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF Africa uses a Rapid Response Grant-making mechanism to support unanticipated, time-sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote women’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and climate justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their personhood, integrity, and rights.
About the Mid-Term Review
We are seeking a consultant to conduct a mid-term review of a project implemented in Kenya. The purpose of the review is to assess the project’s progress against its intended objectives, identify what is working well and what is not, and evaluate financial management practices, including anti-corruption measures. The review will also support learning and reflection, assess how cross-cutting themes such as GBV, SRHR, sustaining defenders, and climate are being addressed, and provide recommendations for improved implementation. This process will contribute to UAF Africa’s learning and meet the reporting requirements of our donors.
Purpose of the mid-term review
The main purpose of the mid-term review is to assess the progress of the projects against the set objectives, learn what is working well and what is not working, and assess the financial management of the project, including anti-corruption measures. The review is intended to contribute to learning for UAF Africa and point out areas for improvement of the projects.
Objectives
To assess the degree to which the project is on track to achieve its intended outcomes
- To support reflection and learning at the midpoint of the projects
- To assess how the project has been addressing cross-cutting themes of GBV, SRHR,
Sustaining Defenders, and climate. - To meet the contractual requirements as prescribed by the donor.
- To provide information for reflection, recommendation, lessons learned and good
practices of the projects to revise or enhance implementation.
Scope of Work
The scope of work and the detailed TOR is accessible using the link here.
Qualifications
Eligible Consultants must demonstrate:
- Proven experience in conducting mid-term or final evaluations of donor-funded projects, preferably in the human rights, gender justice, or development sectors.
- Strong understanding of project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
frameworks, and results-based approaches. - Demonstrated knowledge and application of the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability).
- Expertise in assessing cross-cutting themes such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), sustaining defenders, and climate
justice. - Knowledge of financial management assessment, including anti-corruption measures
and accountability practices. - Familiarity with the Kenyan context, especially civil society and women’s rights
movements. - Excellent analytical, writing, and facilitation skills to support participatory learning and
reflection processes. - Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality, actionable reports with practical recommendations.
- Experience working with feminist organisations or applying feminist and participatory evaluation methodologies is an added advantage.
