UN Women is seeking an Evaluation Consultant for an eight-month home-based consultancy focused on evaluating the ACT to End Violence Against Women Programme. Apply by 4 September 2026.
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About UN Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. The organization works to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, promote women’s empowerment and advance equality in development, human rights, humanitarian action, peace and security.
UN Women is now seeking an experienced Evaluation Consultant to conduct the final programme evaluation of the Advocacy, Coalition Building and Transformative Feminist Action (ACT) to End Violence Against Women Programme.
Opportunity Overview
The ACT Programme is a joint initiative between the European Union and UN Women focused on strengthening global and regional advocacy, coalition building and transformative feminist action to end violence against women and girls.
Job Title: Evaluation Consultant
Job Location: Home-Based
Organization: UN Women
Initial Contract Duration: 8 months
Job Schedule: Full Time
Potential Travel: Travel to project regions may be required, with expenses reimbursed separately
Closing Date: 4 September 2026 at 5:59 PM
The programme is implemented across Africa and Latin America, with a global component designed to accelerate impact and elevate the priorities of women’s rights movements in regional and global policymaking and intergovernmental forums.
The final evaluation will assess the Programme’s achievements throughout its lifecycle and provide both:
Summative Assessment
The evaluation will examine the results, achievements, strengths and weaknesses of the ACT Programme.
Formative Assessment
The evaluation will also provide forward-looking and actionable recommendations to strengthen future UN Women programming, women’s rights movements, advocacy initiatives and coalition-building efforts focused on ending violence against women and girls.
The successful consultant will report to the Programme Management Specialist and work closely with relevant programme, finance, monitoring and evaluation stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
The Evaluation Consultant will lead a comprehensive final evaluation of the ACT Programme.
Key responsibilities will include:
Assess Programme Relevance
Evaluate how effectively the ACT Programme has responded to the needs and priorities of women’s rights organizations and remained relevant within a changing environment related to ending violence against women and girls.
Assess Programme Coherence
Examine how the Programme has complemented, aligned with and added value to other initiatives, stakeholders and policy frameworks at global and regional levels.
Assess Programme Effectiveness
Evaluate the extent to which the ACT Programme achieved its objectives, including:
- Strengthening coalition building and networking.
- Supporting leadership and resilience within feminist women’s rights movements.
- Increasing advocacy and campaigning.
- Strengthening policymaking on ending violence against women.
- Supporting multistakeholder partnerships and coalitions.
Assess Efficiency
Analyse how programme resources, management arrangements, partnerships and implementation approaches contributed to the delivery of results.
Assess Impact and Sustainability
Assess the Programme’s contribution to longer-term changes in:
- Feminist movement strengthening.
- Advocacy influence.
- Coalition building.
- Efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls.
- Sustainability of results beyond the Programme period.
Identify Lessons and Recommendations
The consultant will identify:
- Good practices.
- Innovations.
- Lessons learned.
- Areas for improvement.
- Actionable recommendations for future programming.
The consultant will also assess UN Women’s contribution and comparative advantage in movement building, partnership facilitation and advancing advocacy and policy influence.
Evaluation Scope
The evaluation will cover the full lifecycle of the ACT Programme, from its inception in September 2023 through its scheduled completion in February 2027.
The scope includes:
- Global programme activities.
- Regional activities in Africa.
- Regional activities in Latin America.
- Relevant UN Trust Fund components.
- Funded programme partners.
- Women’s rights organizations and civil society organizations reached directly or indirectly through the ACT Programme.
Evaluation Methods
The consultant will use a transparent, participatory and gender-responsive evaluation approach.
The evaluation is expected to use a mixed-methods methodology, combining qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
Activities are expected to include:
- Desk reviews of key programme documents.
- Development of an evaluation matrix.
- Development of data collection tools.
- At least 30 combined key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
- Engagement with UN Women teams and programme partners.
- Consultation with the UN Trust Fund.
- Engagement with regional institutions.
- Consultation with the Global Civil Society Steering Committee.
- Engagement with women’s rights organizations and civil society organizations.
- Development and administration of a targeted endline survey.
- Data analysis and triangulation.
- Documentation of case studies and good practices.
- Preparation of inception, draft and final evaluation reports.
- Presentation of evaluation findings.
The evaluation methodology must integrate gender equality, human rights, feminist theory and culturally sensitive approaches.
Data Protection and Ethical Requirements
Because the Programme focuses on ending violence against women, the consultant will be expected to follow strong ethical and safety standards.
The successful candidate must:
- Apply the principle of “do no harm.”
- Protect sensitive information.
- Ensure confidentiality.
- Obtain informed consent.
- Protect the identity of information sources where required.
- Apply appropriate stakeholder protection measures.
- Ensure data collection tools are gender-responsive.
- Follow relevant ethical and safety guidance for research involving violence against women.
Evaluation Process
The consultancy will include several key phases.
1. Inception Phase
This phase will include initial meetings to agree on the evaluation’s objectives, scope, methodology, approach and timelines.
2. Planning and Design Phase
The consultant will develop:
- Data collection tools.
- The endline survey instrument.
- The inception report.
- The evaluation matrix.
- Processes supporting the Evaluation Reference Group.
3. Implementation Phase
The consultant will lead:
- Document reviews.
- Interviews.
- Focus group discussions.
- Survey administration.
- Data collection.
- Data analysis.
- Reporting.
- Presentation of preliminary findings.
4. Dissemination Phase
The final phase will support the development of UN Women’s management response and the dissemination of evaluation findings and summary products.
Expected Deliverables
The successful consultant will be expected to produce several key deliverables.
Final Inception Report
Expected completion: 30 September 2026
Payment: 10%
Phase I Data Collection and Analysis
This phase includes document review, data collection, interviews, focus group discussions, the survey and data analysis.
Expected completion: As indicated in the Terms of Reference
Payment: 15%
Phase II Data Collection and Analysis
This phase includes additional document review, data collection and analysis.
Expected completion: 28 February 2027
Payment: 25%
Final Evaluation Report and Presentation
The consultant will submit the final evaluation report and present the final findings.
Expected completion: 15 April 2027
Payment: 50%
Required Qualifications
Education
Applicants must have a Master’s degree or equivalent in one of the following or a related field:
- Social Sciences.
- International Development Studies.
- Law.
- Human Rights.
- Gender Studies.
- Women’s Studies.
A first-level university degree combined with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted instead of an advanced university degree.
Advanced training or certifications in the following areas would be an advantage:
- Evaluation methodologies.
- Gender-responsive evaluation.
- Strategic planning.
- Project management.
Required Experience
Applicants should have at least seven years of progressively responsible experience in areas such as:
- Planning.
- Programming.
- Programme reviews.
- Evaluation.
- Development programmes.
- Human rights.
- Gender equality.
- Results-based management.
Applicants should also demonstrate extensive experience in:
- Evaluating gender equality programmes.
- Women’s rights.
- Ending violence against women.
- Movement building.
- Women’s human rights.
- Participatory evaluation methodologies.
- Gender-responsive evaluation.
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Data analysis.
- Complex global and regional programme evaluations.
Experience conducting project reviews and evaluations with UN agencies, particularly in gender equality, is strongly preferred.
Experience evaluating programmes in countries in the Global South is also a strong advantage.
Required Skills and Competencies
The ideal candidate should demonstrate:
Evaluation and Analytical Skills
- Strong expertise in analytical and evaluation methodologies.
- Experience conducting gender-responsive evaluations and strategic reviews.
- The ability to assess relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, impact and sustainability.
- Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills.
- The ability to identify root causes and develop evidence-based conclusions.
Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Experience facilitating discussions among diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong presentation and active listening skills.
- The ability to communicate effectively with international and multicultural stakeholders.
Project and Time Management
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver high-quality outputs on time.
- Experience leading independent evaluations.
Technical Skills
Applicants should have proficiency in:
- Microsoft Office.
- Qualitative data analysis software.
- Quantitative data analysis software.
- Evaluation and research tools.
UN Women Core Values
The successful consultant will be expected to demonstrate UN Women’s core values of:
- Respect for Diversity.
- Integrity.
- Professionalism.
The role also requires strong competencies in:
- Awareness and sensitivity regarding gender issues.
- Accountability.
- Creative problem solving.
- Effective communication.
- Inclusive collaboration.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Leading by example.
Language Requirements
Fluency in English is required.
Knowledge of French, Spanish or another United Nations official language is an advantage.
Diversity and Inclusion
UN Women is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace based on mutual respect.
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of background, gender, age, disability, nationality or other protected status.
Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the recruitment and selection process should include this information in their application.
Important Information for Applicants
All selected candidates will be expected to comply with UN Women’s policies, procedures and standards of conduct.
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.
Successful candidates will undergo reference and background checks, including verification of academic qualifications and employment history.
Applicants should ensure that all sections of the application form are fully completed, including education and employment history. Incomplete applications may be disqualified from the recruitment process.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit a complete application through the official UN Women recruitment portal.
Job ID: 36520
Application Deadline: 4 September 2026 at 5:59 PM
Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as early as possible and ensure that all required sections of the application form are completed before the deadline.
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