RE-ADVERTISEMENT-Consultancy Opportunity: Endline Evaluation for the Action Against Child Labour Project

Are you a seasoned evaluator with expertise in child labour, child protection, and participatory research?
Do you have a passion for promoting children’s rights through evidence-based evaluations?Join Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL) as a consultant and help assess progress in addressing child labour in Kenya’s service industry under the Action Against Child Labour (AACL) Project.

About the Action Against Child Labour Project

The Action Against Child Labour (AACL) Project is implemented by Terre des Hommes The AACL Project is implemented by Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL) in strategic partnership with Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS-SP), in collaboration with key stakeholders in Busia County and at the national level.

Its overall goal is to expose and eliminate child labour in all its forms within Kenya’s service industry, aligning with TdH NL’s mission to end child exploitation and create safe, nurturing environments where children can flourish.

The project aims to achieve three key outcomes:

1. Children with increased opportunities to access education, life skills, and skills for work.
   
2. Families and communities with strengthened capacity to care for, protect, and provide for children.
   
3. Stronger implementation of child labour laws and policies in the service industry.
   

Implemented over three years (March 2022 – January 2026), the project contributes to systemic change by addressing root causes of child labour and promoting child rights.

Purpose of the Consultancy

TdH NL seeks a qualified external consultant to conduct an Endline Evaluation of the AACL Project.
The evaluation will assess the project’s impact, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and sustainability, and determine the extent to which its objectives have been achieved.

Specifically, the evaluation will:

• Inform future programme design, advocacy, and policy engagement for TdH NL, ICS-SP, government actors, CSOs, and development partners.

• Provide documented evidence of changes resulting from the project.

• Identify key lessons, best practices, and promising methodologies.

• Recommend effective and sustainable strategies for child labour prevention and response.

Key Responsibilities

🔍 Key Responsibilities

The consultant will:

• Conduct the evaluation using OECD-DAC criteria.
• Assess project outcomes and impact against established indicators.
• Analyze facilitating and constraining factors, including changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP).
• Document trends, unintended effects, challenges, and success stories.
• Engage children, communities, government, and private sector stakeholders ethically and meaningfully.
• Produce a comprehensive endline evaluation report with clear findings, analysis, and recommendations.
• Facilitate validation and dissemination workshops at the community and national level.
  

Duration

Evaluation Period: 10th November – 10th December 2025

Final Report Submission: 17th December 2025

Application Deadline: 31st October 2025, at 17:00 EAT

Consultant Profile

We are looking for a consultant who has:
✔ A Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Community Development, or a related field.
✔ At least 5 years of experience evaluating programmes on child rights, child labour, or child protection.
✔ Proven experience using mixed-method approaches (e.g., KAP surveys, FGDs, in-depth interviews).
✔ Strong understanding of child participatory approaches and safeguarding principles.
✔ Excellent analytical, communication, and report-writing skills in English and Kiswahili.
✔ Familiarity with social and cultural norms and child protection dynamics in Busia County.
✔ Experience working with or for INGOs and evaluating multi-stakeholder projects.

How to Apply

Qualified applicanQualified and interested applicants should submit the following documents in PDF format by 31st October 2025 at 17:00 EAT to:
📩 recruitment.africa@tdh.nl
with the subject line:
“Action Against Child Labour Project Endline Evaluation – Busia”

Required documents:

1. Technical proposal (max. 8 pages) outlining motivation, methodology, and work plan.
   
2. Financial proposal in KES (inclusive of consultancy, fieldwork, logistics, and admin costs).
   
3. CV(s) of the lead consultant and team members (max. 4 pages each).
   

Samples of previous evaluation reports and/or recommendation letters from INGOs.