Strengthening of Children’s Rights in Chimanimani District – Chikukwa Ecological Land Use Community Trust (CELUCT)

Job Summary

Deadline: 25 March 2022

Ref: A-ZWE-2019-0102

About
CELUCT implemented a project titled Strengthening of children’s rights in Chimanimani district A-ZWE-2019-0102 from the 1st of May 2019 to the 30th of April 2022. The project was funded by Bread for the World / EED Germany. The project was implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Zimbabwe Republic Police Victim Friendly Unit, all schools in the district, communities, child protection committees at school, ward and district levels as well as ward-based case management teams. CELUCT is therefore seeking the services of an experienced professional to conduct an evaluation of this current phase of the project. The evaluation is expected to come up with recommendations and generate lessons to inform designs for other future interventions and activity implementation. While the evaluation primarily relies on activities conducted during the current project phase, it is expected that some key elements from the previous / preliminary project phases will be incorporated. CELUCT is a Community-Based Organization formed in 1991 and registered as a Trust with the registrar’s office in 1996.Its mandate is to build a peaceful and healthy community. The majority of the community members largely communicate using Shona and Ndau languages however the approximately 30% can still understand and speak English. CELUCT has pursued its endeavors despite being situated in a place that has suffered series of drought spells, tropical storms such as Cyclones (Idai, Japhet, Chalane, Eloise between 2019 and 2021 and cyclone Ana in January 2022), the greatest damage was caused by Cyclone Idai of March 15 in 2019. It has not been spared either from the devastating effects of the covid-19 pandemic which has since caused irregular / inconsistent program implementation from 2020 to date.

Duties And Responsibilities

Purpose and objective of the evaluation
The evaluation is expected to track project implementation, assess appropriateness in responding to the identified problems and measure progress towards achieving its objectives. It is intended to assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, impact and successes of the project. The evaluation is also expected to identify and document lessons learnt and generate recommendations that project implementation partners and other stakeholders might use to improve the design and implementation of related projects and programs in Chimanimani district and beyond.

Qualifications And Experience

The evaluation is primarily intended for: a) CELUCT; b) BfdW-EED and other partners; c) Project stakeholders such as Chimanimani Rural District Council (CRDC) and relevant Government line ministries and government agencies (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labor and Social Well-fare, Zimbabwe Republic Police, AGRITEX, Ministry of Youth development, District Development Coordination Office, child protection structures, traditional leaders and like-minded community based organizations; d) Communities and project beneficiaries.