External Evaluation Consultant – Final Evaluation of an EVAWG Project

Organization: Amal Healing and Advocacy Center (AHAC) Project: Hand in Hand to End Violence Against Women Consultancy type: Individual consultants or evaluation team/firm Duty station: Gaziantep, Türkiye, with remote and retrospective coverage of Hatay Application deadline: 2 September 2026 at 23:59 Türkiye time Anticipated start date: 15 September 2026 Duration: Approximately 12 weeks, ending no later than 30 November 2026 Required languages: Fluency in English and Arabic is mandatory Background: Amal Healing and Advocacy Center (AHAC) is seeking a qualified independent consultant or evaluation team to conduct the final external evaluation of the project “Hand in Hand to End Violence Against Women.” Implemented from October 2023 to September 2026 with support from the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, the project addresses sexual and gender-based violence affecting Syrian refugee women and girls in Gaziantep and Hatay, Türkiye. The intervention combines community outreach, legal awareness and assistance, psychosocial support, case management, hotline services, referrals, community mobilization, advocacy and women’s empowerment. It also includes activities responding to the legal and protection needs of women considering return to Syria. Localisation: The evaluation will cover the entire 36-month implementation period, including the original intervention and the additional Funding Cut Response allocation. Purpose of the consultancy: The consultant will conduct an independent, gender-responsive and survivor-centred evaluation assessing the project against the following criteria: Effectiveness; Impact; Relevance; Coherence; Efficiency; Sustainability; Gender equality, human rights and Leave No One Behind considerations; and Knowledge generation and lessons learned. The evaluation will verify reported achievements, assess the quality and accessibility of services, examine the project’s contribution to change, identify intended and unintended results, and generate practical recommendations for AHAC’s future EVAWG programming. Particular attention will be given to the project’s adaptation to the February 2023 earthquakes, changes in the Syrian refugee population and return movements, reduced physical access to communities in Hatay, and funding and staffing disruptions. Evaluation methodology: The evaluation will use a theory-based, mixed-methods and ut...