Job Description:
For our JISRA project, we are currently seeking a qualified evaluation partner to conduct a rigorous endline evaluation. This assessment will measure our initiative’s impact, sustainability, highlight successes and areas for improvement, and guide our future programming. Interested consultants, firms, or research institutions are invited to submit proposals outlining their approach, budget, methodology, and qualifications.
About JISRA
The Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) is a partnership of 50+ civil society organisations based in Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda, the United Kingdom, Belgium and The Netherlands. The Arabic word Jisr’ means bridge, which perfectly symbolizes what JISRA aims to do: build bridges between divided communities. The programme is aimed at promoting peaceful and just societies where all enjoy Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB). JISRA works with a great variety of local faith-based actors, partners, networks, youth- and women’s organisations to support, capacitate and amplify inclusive voices and policies. The unique composition allows JISRA to work within faith communities as well as with high-level decision-makers.
JISRA began on May 1st, 2021, as part of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) political agenda of strengthening civil society under the Power of Voices policy framework. The partnership is led by Mensen met een Missie in a consortium with Faith to Action Network, Tearfund, and Search for Common Ground. JISRA aims to:
● Strengthen the voice of religious actors in civil society and in nurturing civic space
● Leverage religious actors’ constructive role in high level advocacy
● Build stronger relations between inter-religious spaces for peaceful societies
● Enhance the inclusion and participation of women and youth in FoRB space
For the JISRA programme, baseline and midline studies have been conducted to measure progress and effectiveness of JISRA’s work undertaken around FoRB related issues, validate the theory of change (ToC), learn and adapt programming and to gain insight in the programme’s impact. This Terms of Reference is set up for the endline evaluation of the JISRA programme, and to invite proposals from suitably experienced consultant(s) to lead the study. The endline evaluation’s aims to to assess the effectiveness of JISRA’s approach to advance FoRB, the coherence of JISRA with other initiatives working on FoRB, and assess the sustainability of the programme, after 2025.
How to Apply:
Applications can be sent to [email protected] by January 3, 2025. Interviews will be held in the second half of January 2025.