Consultancy Opportunity: Final Project Evaluation

Project: OSF2 – Amplified Youth Voices in Public Debt Management

Organization: Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR)

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR), a national civil society network established in 2000, invites qualified consultants to submit proposals for an Independent Endline Evaluation of the OSF2-supported project “Amplified Youth Voices in Public Debt Management.” The project has been implemented over a four-year period across all ten provinces of Zambia and seeks to strengthen meaningful youth participation—particularly among young women and men—in public debt engagement, advocacy, and accountability processes.

Purpose of the Consultancy

The endline evaluation will assess the project’s overall performance across its full implementation period, with a focus on relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, coherence, and sustainability in line with the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria. The evaluation will generate evidence on the extent to which project objectives were achieved, capacities strengthened, partnerships enhanced, and cross-cutting issues such as gender equality and social inclusion integrated. The assignment is also expected to document lessons learned and provide actionable recommendations to inform future programming and advocacy.

Key Responsibilities

The consultant will be expected to:

• Review relevant project documentation and literature;
• Design and implement a robust mixed-methods evaluation methodology;
• Conduct stakeholder consultations and validation processes;
• Produce an inception report, draft report, and final validated evaluation report.

Duration

The consultancy is expected to be completed within one month and two weeks from the date of contract signing.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics, Development Studies, Evaluation, or a related social science discipline
• Postgraduate M&E qualification is an added advantage;
• Proven experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative evaluations;
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills;
• Demonstrated knowledge of Zambia’s governance and public debt landscape.

Application Process

Interested consultants are required to submit:

• A technical proposal;
• CVs of proposed team members;
• A financial proposal;
• References and samples of similar evaluation work.

Deadline for submission: 13 February 2026 at 17:00 hours (Zambian time).

Proposals should be submitted via email as specified in the full Terms of Reference.

Note: This is a summarized version of the consultancy advertisement. Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to access and review the full Terms of Reference using the link provided for detailed information on scope, deliverables, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements.