Consultant for Mid-Term Review – Youth Empowerment Program (YEP)
- Career Category: Consultancies
- Location: Phnom Penh
Summary
Type of Contract: Short-term Consultancy
Assignment Period: Mid-Term Review (2026)
Program Period Covered: March 2024 – Mid-Term 2026
Purpose of the Consultancy
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a mid-term review of the Youth Empowerment Program to:
- Assess program relevance, effectiveness, and innovation
- Identify early outcomes and emerging impact on youth and stakeholders
- Generate lessons learned and practical recommendations for program improvement, sustainability, and potential scale-up
Scope of Work
The consultant will:
- Review YEP implementation from March 2024 to mid-term 2026
- Assess program design, theory of change, and implementation quality
- Examine progress toward intended outcomes across spiritual growth, wellbeing, agency, and self-sufficiency
- Engage key stakeholders including youth participants, caregivers, church leaders, mentors, and Compassion staff
- Analyze sustainability and replication potential of the program model
Methodology
The consultant is expected to apply a participatory mixed-methods approach, including:
- Desk review of program documents and monitoring data
- Quantitative surveys with youth participants
- Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)
- Key Informant Interviews (KIIs)
- Case studies / Most Significant Change stories
Key Deliverables
- Inception Report (methodology, tools, timeline, ethics)
- Draft Evaluation Report with preliminary findings and recommendations
- Final Evaluation Report incorporating feedback
- 2-page Learning Brief / Presentation for leadership and donors
Budget and Payment
Applicants must submit a cost-effective and itemized budget covering professional fees, fieldwork, data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination.
Payments will be made upon satisfactory completion and acceptance of deliverables.
Eligibility
- Required Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree in development studies, education, social sciences, theology, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in youth development, community development, or church-driven programming
- Proven experience conducting at least three program evaluations
- Strong skills in participatory and mixed-methods evaluation
- Demonstrated ability to assess innovative or integrated programs
- Experience in Cambodia or similar contexts is an advantage
- Alignment with Christian values and sensitivity to church-led contexts
