Call for Expressions of Interest

End term evaluation Youth with disabilities Consultancy Uganda

Anticipated timeframe: 28 July 2025 to 31 March 2026

Location: Uganda or Kenya/UK/South Africa

Anyim Maber (bright and better future): Enhanced opportunities for employment and employability for youth with disabilities End-Term Evaluation

The project aims to enable youth with disabilities (especially young women) in Uganda through Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to influence development processes to promote equitable access to finance, skills and markets and greater alignment with the green agenda.

It will achieve this by supporting the development of existing Mirco, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) owned by youth with disabilities to directly employ youth with disabilities (job seekers). It will provide the MSMEs with access to skills, finance and markets, and the job seekers with access to skills training including apprenticeships and employability skills.

Responsibilities

The end term evaluation (ETE) will assess the performance of the project and garner specific learnings that can be taken forward in future programme design and implementation. The evaluation should address the evaluation criteria questions in the Terms of Reference, including the effectiveness and replicability of the model piloted in this project and recommendations pertaining to scalability and sustainability.

This evaluation will employ a collaborative and participatory approach ensuring engagement with a wide range of relevant stakeholders. Mixed methods of data collection and analysis will be determined in collaboration with the appointed consultant/consultancy.

The evaluation will be contracted to an external independent consultant or consultancy company. Regional/global teams will be considered but it will be beneficial if the lead consultant and/or team members are based in Uganda. Gender balance and lived experience of disability within the team will be welcomed.

Please read the ToR for the full detail on this consultancy covering the project context, project overview and reach, project goal, intended outcomes, full purpose of the evaluation, methodology, outputs, communication plan, and all other vital information.

The evaluation will be contracted to an external independent consultant/consultancy company. Regional/global teams will be considered but it is beneficial the lead consultant/ team members are based in Uganda. Gender balance and lived experience of disability within the team is welcomed.

Skills and Experience

Consultants/Consultancies should have the following experience:

• Extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation for international development project/programmes, with strong skills in both qualitative and quantitative approaches.

• Thematic expertise in economic empowerment with comprehensive understanding of preferred practices/policy issues at national and global levels.

• Prior experience of Most Significant Change or Outcome Harvesting for programme evaluation purposes (depending on proposed approach).

• • Prior experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa essential, including primary data collection, preferably in Uganda.

• Prior economic empowerment work/evaluation experience and knowledge and expertise of disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming.

• Experience of carrying out evaluation and learning exercises of an appropriate scale and involving young people and persons with disabilities in a participatory manner.

• Can source and manage additional support with relevant services such as data collection, translation, sign language interpretation, and transcription, in Uganda when necessary.

• Can produce clear, concise, and analytical reports in English, with excellent attention to detail, and to meet agreed deadlines.

• Experience of producing learning and summary documents to share findings and recommendations with diverse audiences in clear and engaging ways. Familiarity with accessible design principles advantageous.

• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English. Fluency in relevant local languages in Uganda (Luo) is also highly desirable.

The deadline to submit your submission will be Friday 11 July 2025 23.30pm British Summer Time.

Virtual interviews will be held from 21 July 2025 onwards, lasting up to one hour. Client references will be required for each participating consultant before an agreement is signed.

Next Steps

To submit your bid please simply click on Apply

Remember to read the complete ToR, and complete the online Expression of Interest (EoI) form.

Value for money will be one of the proposal assessment criteria so please download and complete the Budget Template, completing both tabs, using Euros as the currency.

Then upload your completed budget template alongside your CV/ teams members CVs, and two examples of similar work you/your team has conducted.

Sightsavers is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this process.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we actively encourage Expressions of Interest from all sections of the community. Qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to express their interest. 

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential consultants will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.