Consultant to conduct a mid-term review of the FGM regional programme
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Remote (global)- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 10+ years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Deadline: 25/03/2026
- Location: Remote (global)
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
Scope of work:
The DFAT-funded "Breaking the Silence on FGM/C in Southeast Asia" programme, implemented by UNFPA, in partnership with UNICEF, has emerged as a pivotal initiative aimed at increasing the accountability of stakeholders across the region.
The consultant will also support the amendment of the FGM MERL framework to include two new countries (Maldives and Sri Lanka) into the regional initiative and will draft a 6 months progress narrative report for the programme.
In details, this individual consultant will
- Submit an inception report outlining the key questions, methodological approaches, tools, sampling of stakeholders and interview guides (target countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and regional level; lighter approach in Maldives and Sri Lanka)
- Conduct online key informant interviews and/or focus group discussions with UNFPA and UNICEF, key partners, Key TUSIP partners, DFAT
- Submit a draft Mid-Term Review report presenting key findings, lessons learned, and conclusions, including (but not limited to): 1) Findings against agreed review criteria, including relevance, effectiveness, coherence, coordination, emerging sustainability, and cross-cutting issues such as disability inclusion, climate change, alignment with the goal of the broad TUSIP initiative; 2) progress against planned outputs and activities, identifying areas of strong performance, bottlenecks, and implementation risks; and 3) review the programme activity logs and draw recommendations for the Year 3,4 activity logs and work plan.
- Present the findings at an online MTR validation meeting with key stakeholders
- Develop an updated version of the MERL framework integrating 2 new countries and revisions as a result of the MTR
- Submit a 6 months project progress report for the TUSIP FGM programme (Jan-June 2026)
- Contribute to the DFAT TUSIP and PHR mid-term reviews
- Review M&E documents from other projects as needed
Professional Experience and Required Skills:
- A minimum of ten years’ experience of working in monitoring, reporting, evaluation, and learning
- Experience of working with UNFPA on GBV, Youth SRHR or harmful practices is desirable
- Demonstrable experience of conducting high-quality reviews/evaluations of programmes on GBV and harmful practices
- Demonstrable experience of developing a rigorous Theory of Change on harmful practices, to identify social and behavioural change on norms
- Experience on working with different types of data
- Demonstrable experience of developing user-friendly monitoring and reporting tools, activity logs.
- Excellent written and oral skills in English is mandatory
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