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.

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 utilization-focused design. The consultant will refine the methodology during the inception phase.

The anticipated methodology includes:

A systematic document and administrative-data review;
A beneficiary survey with at least 231 completed responses, representing approximately 10% of the targeted primary beneficiary population;
Approximately 20–25 key informant interviews;
Approximately 2–4 focus group discussions;
Written contributions where direct participation is not feasible;
Stakeholder validation and reflection; and
A field mission of approximately 7–10 working days in Gaziantep.
All evaluation activities must follow gender-responsive, survivor-centred, trauma-informed and do-no-harm principles. The consultant will be responsible for ensuring informed consent, confidentiality, safe participation and secure data management.

Key deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for producing:

An Inception Report, including the evaluation matrix, methodology, sampling strategy, workplan, data-collection tools, ethics protocol and analysis plan;
A Draft Evaluation Report;
A Final Evaluation Report in English, compliant with the UN Trust Fund Evaluation Guidance and report template;
A response matrix demonstrating how review comments were addressed; and
A concise three-page evaluation infographic in English and a corresponding three-page version in Arabic.
Required qualifications and experience
The successful consultant or team must demonstrate:

Between 5 and 10 years of relevant experience conducting external evaluations;
Demonstrated mixed-methods evaluation experience, including quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis;
Specific experience evaluating programmes addressing violence against women and girls;
Strong knowledge of gender equality, women’s empowerment and human-rights-based approaches;
Experience with gender-responsive, participatory and survivor-centred evaluation methods;
Experience in Theory of Change and contribution analysis;
Knowledge of ethical and safety standards for research and evaluation involving survivors of violence;
Experience in stakeholder engagement, data visualization and producing actionable evaluation reports;
Relevant regional or country experience, preferably involving Syrian refugee communities or displacement contexts;
Strong communication, team-management and report-writing skills; and
Fluency in both Arabic and English.
Application requirements
Interested consultants or evaluation teams must submit:

CVs of all proposed team members;
A technical proposal demonstrating:
Understanding of the evaluation objectives and scope;
Proposed methodology and evaluation approach;
Proposed stakeholder-engagement and fieldwork plan;
Workplan, timeline and deliverables; and
Team composition and division of responsibilities;
A detailed financial proposal;
At least two samples of previous evaluation reports, preferably completed within the last five years; and
Contact details for at least two previous clients who may serve as references.
The technical and financial proposals should account for all consultancy fees, fieldwork, data collection, travel, translation, data analysis, reporting and infographic-production costs necessary to complete the assignment.

Please send the complete application package by email to:

Use the following email subject:

Application – UNTF Final External Evaluation – [Applicant’s Name]