Terms of Reference (ToR): Consultancy Service for Design and Technical Support in Developing a GESI and Disability Inclusive Outcome Harvesting (OH) and Most Significant Change (MSC) Operational Manual, Training Packages, and Application Support 47/26/SNV
Location: Seven regions (Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Central Ethiopia, South Ethiopia, Sidama, and Southwest Ethiopia), nine clusters, and is delivered through four Implementing Partners and three SNV Cluster Offices, Ethiopia
Organization: SNV
Deadline: September 8, 2026
Job Description
The purpose of this assignment is to engage a qualified consulting firm to design, operationalize, and support the institutionalization of an integrated GESI-responsive and Disability Inclusive qualitative impact and systems learning framework for RAYEE II.
The assignment will strengthen the programme’s ability to:
- Generate credible evidence on systemic and behavioural change
- Capture transformational youth employment outcomes
- Enhance adaptive management and learning systems
- Strengthen safeguarding-sensitive documentation and ethical storytelling
- Improve accountability, policy influence, and strategic communication
- Institutionalize OH, MSC, and systems thinking approaches across programme structures
The consulting firm will deliver practical tools, manuals, methodologies, and training packages to embed qualitative and systems-based evidence generation into routine programme implementation.
The consulting firm must demonstrate:
- Minimum 7 years institutional experience in evaluation and learning systems
- Proven expertise in Outcome Harvesting and Most Significant Change
- Experience in systems thinking, market systems development, and adaptive management
- Strong capacity in GESI, disability inclusion, and safeguarding
- Demonstrated experience in training and facilitation of complex methodologies
- Experience in donor-funded youth employment or livelihood programmes (preferably Mastercard Foundation or similar)
- Experience in Ethiopia or comparable contexts is an advantage
Preferred Experience
- Experience with youth employment programmes particularly in agribusiness,
- Experience in market systems development,
- Experience in Ethiopia or similar contexts.
Core Team Expertise
Impact Evaluation and Systems Change Lead (Team Lead)
Master’s/PhD, 10–15 years’ experience in evaluation, systems thinking, and market systems development. Leads overall design, integration of OH/MSC, systems change analysis, and alignment with RAYEE II and Mastercard Foundation frameworks. The Lead is the overall lead because the assignment is fundamentally about:
- Systems transformation
- Contribution analysis
- Integration of all evidence streams
- Alignment with Mastercard Foundation Shared Measures
OH and MSC Specialist
Master’s, 8–12 years’ experience in Outcome Harvesting and Most Significant Change.
Responsible for designing qualitative evidence systems, storytelling methods, and validation processes.
GESI, Disability Inclusion and Safeguarding Expert
Master’s, 8–12 years’ experience in gender, inclusion, and safeguarding.
Ensures all tools and processes are ethical, safe, accessible, and inclusive of RYW and youth with disabilities.
Learning and Capacity Building Expert
Master’s, 7–10 years’ experience in training, facilitation, and knowledge management.
Leads ToT, coaching, learning systems, and practical application of tools in the field.
Found More details (TORs) at the below link: >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCzlgB9NDnhgrKF-ocpAwcl_fDHHWkXM/edit
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants who meet the qualification stated above, should submit their proposals as indicated below. Title of the specific assignment, “Consultancy Service for Design and Technical Support in Developing GESI and Disability Inclusive Outcome Harvesting and Most Significant Change Operational Manual, Training Packages and Application Framework” should be mentioned in the envelop/email subject. SNV will not be responsible for proposals submitted without indicating title of the assignment on the envelope or subject of the email. Both the Technical and Financial proposals should be submitted in a separate email to ettenders@snv.org. or a separate envelope for those who are submitting in person.
Failure to comply with this requirement will result in automatic rejection of the bid. SNV will not be responsible for proposals submitted without indicating the title of the assignment (“Consultancy Service for Design and Technical Support in Developing GESI and Disability Inclusive Outcome Harvesting and Most Significant Change Operational Manual, Training Packages and Application Framework”) on the subject of the email/envelop. Proposals must be received by SNV Addis Ababa office to the address below no later than September 08, 2026, 17:00 (5:00PM) close of business.
All submissions should be sent to: Via email to: ettenders@snv.org or must be submitted in person.
All physical submissions should be sent to: SNV Ethiopia, Mexico Sar Bet Road Next to African Union P.O. Box 40675, Addis Ababa | Ethiopia Fax + 251 (0) 11 616 6252 Tele + 251 (0) 11 616 6232 or via <ettenders@snv.org>.