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 ROLE AND PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL CONSULTANT
The National Consultant will work closely with and under the technical leadership of the International Consultant (Team Leader) to support the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of the endline evaluation.The purpose of the National Consultant role is to:Provide contextual, cultural, and gender expertise relevant to Nigeria’s SRHR, GBV, and harmful practices landscape;Support field-level data collection, stakeholder engagement, and validation of findings;Ensure gender-responsive, rights-based, and contextually grounded analysis, particularly in relation to women, adolescents, and marginalized groups;Strengthen the quality, credibility, and usefulness of evaluation findings and recommendations.While the International Consultant remains fully responsible for overall evaluation design, quality assurance, and final reporting, the National Consultant will provide substantive analytical and operational support throughout all evaluation phases.
SCOPE OF WORK AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The National Consultant will support the evaluation across all five phases of the evaluation process, in close coordination with the International Consultant and UNFPA.

A. Support to Evaluation Design and Desk Review
Under the guidance of the International Consultant, the National Consultant will:
Review key project and contextual documents, including:
Project design, logframe and theory of change;
Progress reports, monitoring data, and relevant National policies;
Gender, GBV, Adolescent SRHR, and harmful practices frameworks.
Contribute to the contextual and gender analysis

B. Field Data Collection and Stakeholder Engagement
Support planning and coordination of field missions to Gombe, Kaduna and Akwa Ibom States.Conduct and/or co-facilitate:
Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with government counterparts, CSOs, health workers, traditional and religious leaders;
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with women, adolescent girls and boys, and community members, ensuring safe and ethical engagement.

C. Data Analysis and Interpretation
The National Consultant will support the International Consultant by:
Organizing, synthesizing, and summarizing qualitative field data, with particular attention to:
Gender dynamics and differential impacts on women, girls, and boys;
Variations across states, LGAs, and population groups

D. Reporting and Validation
Under the direction of the International Consultant, the National Consultant will:
Provide written analytical inputs for:
Relevant sections of the draft evaluation report (particularly gender, adolescents, social norms, and harmful practices);
 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
•    Master’s degree in women/gender studies, human rights law, social sciences, development studies or a related field.
•    5 years of experience in conducting evaluations, reviews, assessments, research studies or M&E work in the field of international development.
•    Substantive knowledge on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, GBV and other harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, early, child and forced marriage, and issues surrounding masculinity, gender relationships and sexuality.
•    Ability to ensure ethics and integrity of the evaluation process, including confidentiality and the principle of do no harm.
•    Ability to consistently integrate human rights and gender perspectives in all phases of the evaluation process.
•    Solid knowledge of evaluation approaches and methodology and demonstrated ability to apply both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods.
•    Fluency in written and spoken English;