Mid-Term Evaluation: Gender Equality for Sustainable Development – East Africa
Organization: Horizont3000
Location: Onsite across East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania)
Job Type: Full-time
Application Deadline: 2 November 2025
Budget Range: EUR 72,000 – 80,000
About Horizont3000
Horizont3000 is Austria’s largest NGO focused on development cooperation, partnering with civil society organizations in Africa, Latin America, and Oceania. The organization emphasizes gender equality, human rights, and sustainable livelihoods and provides support through:
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Funding development projects and programmes
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Technical advisory services via regional and international experts
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Knowledge sharing through the knowhow3000 platform
In East Africa, Horizont3000 supports 21 partner organizations, helping rural communities strengthen livelihoods, adapt to climate change, defend land rights, and promote women’s empowerment.
About the Programme
The Gender Equality 4 Sustainable Development Programme (2023–2026), co-funded by Austrian Development Cooperation, is active in 10 countries. Its strategic goals are:
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Empower women and promote gender equality
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Integrate gender considerations in livelihoods and human rights initiatives
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Share knowledge and lessons via knowhow3000
In East Africa, the programme involves 24 projects, with a total budget of EUR 7.8 million, benefiting 96,000 direct participants (52% women) and 930,000 indirect beneficiaries. Key activities include:
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Sustainable livelihoods: farmer training, eco-friendly agriculture, village savings, cooperatives, entrepreneurship, renewable energy
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Human rights & civil society: land rights advocacy, education, legal aid, women’s rights promotion
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Organizational capacity: gender analyses, action plans, male engagement, peer learning
About the Evaluation
The mid-term evaluation will review programme achievements from January 2023 to mid-2025 and provide recommendations for the next phase (2027–2030).
Objectives:
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Assess relevance and effectiveness of gender-transformative approaches
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Evaluate how partners integrate gender into livelihoods and human rights projects
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Identify best practices and lessons to improve strategy and implementation
Methods:
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Participatory, gender-sensitive, and human rights-based approaches
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Mixed methods: document review, surveys, interviews, focus groups, and 4–6 case studies (suggested: Uganda & Tanzania)
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Deliverables: Inception Report, Theory of Change, Draft & Final Evaluation Reports, workshop presentations
Required Qualifications
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Minimum 5 years in qualitative evaluation (FGDs, case studies, surveys)
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Experience with gender equality and women’s empowerment evaluations
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Knowledge of climate-smart agriculture, natural resource management, climate adaptation, land rights is a plus
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Experience working in East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan)
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At least one team member with Master’s or higher in Gender Studies, Development, or Social Sciences
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Ability to work with civil society organizations of varying size and scope
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Strong English communication skills; local languages an advantage
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Teams should be 2–4 members, gender-diverse, led by a team lead
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Independence from programme design or implementation
Application Process
Submit proposals in English by 2 November 2025 to:
Proposal Requirements:
Technical Offer (max 12 pages):
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Understanding of the assignment
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Proposed methodology, sampling, data analysis, risk mitigation
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Team composition, roles, work plan, schedule, references
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Annexes: CVs and ≥2 reference projects
Financial Offer (max 2 pages):
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Personnel, travel, accommodation costs
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Total budget in EUR (net and VAT)
Evaluation & Payment:
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Technical criteria: 80%, Financial: 20%
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Payment schedule: 20% contract signing, 20% after inception report, 30% draft report, 30% final report
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