Empathy for Life integrated Development Association (ELiDA)

ኤምፓቲ ፎር ላይፍ ኢንተግሬትድ ደቨሎፕመንት አሶሴሽን

Terms of Reference

Project name: STAR Project - Supporting Transformative Action and Resilience in Raya Kobo, Habru, Lasta, and Bugna Woredas of North Wollo Zone

Activity title: Post-Distribution Monitoring Survey for Cash and Dignity Kit Protection Distribution

Requested date: January 2, 2025

1. About ELiDA

ELiDA is a women-led CSO established in 2008, licensed by the Authority for CSOs with Certificate No. 1143. The organization aims to empower women and girls to participate in leadership and decision-making in Ethiopia. ELiDA focuses on girls’ education, women's involvement in peacebuilding, SGBV prevention and response, HRs promotion, child protection, economic empowerment, and environmental protection. ELiDA currently operates in Addis Ababa, Amhara, Afar, Tigray, and Oromia regions. Its key funding partners include UK Aid, UN Women, UNTF, USAID/IRI, AWDF, UNDP, UNOHCHR, Malala Foundation, FCDO, German Embassy, PACT, CARE/AFD, and Ethiopian Aid. In financial and technical partnership with these agencies, ELiDA utilizes evidence-based strategies to address priority issues impacting key populations, vulnerable and marginalized groups in society.

      2. About the project 

The STAR Project, funded by the OCHA-EHF, implemented by ELiDA and UEWCA, is a critical one year initiative designed to address the severe GBV crisis in the conflict-affected North Wollo Zone. Targeting the woredas of Raya Kobo, Habru, Lasta, and Bugna, the project aims to reduce GBV prevalence and enhance the safety, well-being, and resilience of women, girls, and other vulnerable IDPs and host community members through a comprehensive, women-led approach combining prevention and response activities.

      3. Background and rationale

Cash and dignity kit support for protection assistance is a key intervention to mitigate protection risks and support the immediate needs of vulnerable individuals and households. To ensure accountability to affected populations, assess effectiveness, and inform program improvement, a Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) survey will be conducted among cash and dignity kit support recipients. The PDM will evaluate whether the cash and dignity kit assistance was delivered as intended, used safely and appropriately, and contributed to addressing protection-related needs without causing harm. Findings will support evidence-based decision-making and strengthen future cash and dignity kit protection programming.

     4. Purpose of the PDM 

The purpose of this PDM survey is to assess the relevance, effectiveness, safety, and accountability of the cash and dignity kit support protection provided to targeted beneficiaries. The PDM has the following specific objectives: the PDM survey aims to:

• Assess beneficiaries’ utilization of the cash and dignity kit assistance;
• Measure satisfaction with the amount, modality, and delivery mechanism of the cash transfer and quality and quantity of and dignity kit support package;
• Identify any protection risks, safety concerns, or unintended negative consequences associated with cash and dignity kit support receipt;
• Examine accessibility, timeliness, cash and dignity of the distribution process;
• Capture beneficiary feedback and recommendations to improve future cash and dignity kit support for protection interventions.
• Assess the level of food consumption scores of beneficiaries in line with the measurement formula 

    5. Scope of the PDM survey

The Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) survey will be conducted in targeted woredas and kebeles where cash and dignity kit assistance was provided. The assessment will cover a total of 1,500 beneficiaries, comprising 400 cash recipients and 1,100 dignity kit recipients.

Distribution by woreda:

• Cash support - 400: Bugna (41), Lasta (13), Raya Kobo (259), and Habru (87), and 
• Dignity Kits -1,100: Bugna (113), Lasta (35), Raya Kobo (713), and Habru (239).

A representative sample will be drawn from these populations to ensure the survey results accurately reflect the experiences of all beneficiaries, evaluate the impact and quality of the distribution.

    6. Methodology

The PDM will employ a mixed-methods approach, primarily focusing on quantitative data collection, complemented by qualitative feedback.

Key methodological components include:

1. Sampling: representative sampling of cash and dignity kit recipients, disaggregated by sex, age, and vulnerability where applicable;

2. Data collection tool: structured PDM questionnaire aligned with cash and dignity kit protection standards (including protection-sensitive and do-no-harm principles);

3. Data collection method: face-to-face interviews or CAPI will be conducted by trained enumerators, ensuring confidentiality and informed consent;

4. Ethical considerations: protection-sensitive data collection, referral pathways for protection concerns, and safeguarding principles applied throughout the process.

    7. Roles and responsibilities

       A. Project management team

• Provide overall coordination and technical oversight
• Approve PDM tools and sampling approach
• Ensure adherence to protection and ethical standards.

       B. Consultant

• Develop a well-organized and structural aligned PDM and FSC tools
• Provide orientation for enumerators on PDM objectives, tools, and protection principle
• Conduct beneficiary interviews accurately and respectfully
• Ensure confidentiality and obtain informed consent
• Submit a completed PDM and FSC in a timely manner along actionable recommendation.

      8. Duration

The PDM survey is expected to be completed within 10 days, including enumerator deployment, data collection, and submission of completed report a maximum of 10 pages.

     9. Deliverables

The assignment will result in the following deliverables:

• Completed PDM questionnaires from the sampled beneficiaries
• Cleaned dataset submitted to the project team
• Brief survey finding report that highlight key observations, challenges, and immediate issues raised by beneficiaries.

    10. Budget and cost coverage

The consultant should submit a separate technical and financial proposal which require to undertake the PDM.

    11. Reporting and supervision

Consultant will report to the assigned field supervisor and focal person. The overall process will be supervised by the project management team to ensure data quality, ethical compliance, and timely completion of the PDM survey work including the report.

    12. Confidentiality and data protection

All information collected during the PDM survey will be treated as strictly confidential. Personal identifiers will be anonymized, and data will be used solely for program improvement and reporting purposes, in line with data protection and safeguarding policies.

1. Required expertise

• Advanced degree in Gender, Law, Psychology, Sociology, Social work, or related field

• Minimum 5 years of experience in undertaking various evaluation including outcome harvesting and process monitoring, Midterm evaluation and third party monitoring preferably in UN agency funded programs, final evaluation 

• Experienced using statistical software including Kobo, SPSS, Power Bi, ODK 

• Experienced in WFP Food consumption Score/FSC calculation 

• Understanding of fragile context in Ethiopia mainly Amhara North Wollo Zone 

• Strong understanding of gender-responsive institutional frameworks

• Expert on governance, gender, safeguarding, and leadership with excellent communication skills

• Commitment to ELiDA’s values of integrity, inclusiveness, and gender equality.

• Follow “Do No Harm, Safeguarding, and PSEHA” principles in all its operations. 

• Strong time management skills, meet deliverables and deadlines.

• Committed to maintaining ELiDA’s organizational core vision, mission, values and principles.

How To Apply

1. Application procedure

Interested consultants should submit the following documents to procurement@elidaethiopia.org by January 7, 2025

• Letter of Expression (Cover letter)

• Updated CV of key team members

• Technical proposal involving- Understanding the ToR, objectives, methodology (including sampling), deliverables, timeline, risks and assumptions, teaming approach, previous experience, and logistics and communication plan.

• Financial proposal involving details of financial/cost breakdown, including any tax related to the assignment.

• Business registration, Business license, TIN certificate, VAT certificate (for consultancy firms), ToT or similar declaration for tax payments (for individual applicants or sole proprietors), Reference letter (from previous employers), and any other relevant supporting documents related to the assignment.