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Background

Oxfam is committed, over the next decade, to a just and sustainable future. As Oxfam is driving by this mission, it works to enhance humanitarian action for which Oxfam helps people and communities develop core competencies to strengthen their resilience, continues to reorient the humanitarian system towards local leadership, and expands opportunities for those impacted by protracted conflict and recurring crises to lead on sustainable solutions. As populations around the world are heavily impacted by multi-dimensional inequalities, which make people more vulnerable to natural disasters, Oxfam fights those inequalities in a conscious way by promoting just economies, gender and climate justice, and accountable governance.

Oxfam America implements a disaster risk reduction program in Asia whose main outcomes are:

• DRR Capacity Development: By the end of the project, the vulnerable communities Oxfam’s local humanitarian partners are able to carry out disaster risk reduction activities (from preparedness to response) to save lives and livelihoods in the event of disasters. 
• Communities’ Asset Protection: By the end of the project, the vulnerable communities have access to diversified livelihoods and external resources.
• DRR Knowledge and Learning: By the end of the project, Oxfam, local partners, communities, national actors, and others have generated and shared, both internally and externally, their knowledge of disaster preparedness and anticipatory action gained through the project
  

Oxfam and local partners in Asia are currently implementing two grants as part of a regional program aimed at Strengthening Community Preparedness, Rapid Response and Recovery in Asia. A first phase implemented from 2020 to 2023, and a second phase which started in 2024 will end in December 2026. The program works with 8 local NGOs to implement DRR activities in a total of 87 communities in four target countries: Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Overall, the project targets approximately 36,186 people directly and 437,017 people indirectly.

For this, Oxfam and partners work in the same target areas since its very first phase, as summarized below:

• Oxfam in Nepal, in 40 communities in four  municipalities: Bhimdatta, Dodhara Chandani, Beldandi and Parsuram in the lower Mahakali River basin in Dadeldhura and Kanchanpur district, Sudurpaschim province.
• Oxfam Pilipinas, in 32 communities in six municipalities: Balangiga, Lawaan, Quinapondan, Dolores, Virac and Salcedo in Catanduanes under Region V and Eastern Samar province under Region VIII.
• Oxfam in Bangladesh, in 12 communities in Gaibandha, Barisal and Barguna districts; and
• Oxfam in Indonesia, in three communities in two districts, Timor Tengah Selatan and Malaka, Nusa Tenggara Timur. 

Purpose and Scope of the Evaluation

This evaluation comes after 6 years of implementation in the same communities of the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal. A first evaluation report was delivered at the end of ACT phase 1 in 2023 to assess the effectiveness, impacts and identify the best DRR practices. As this second phase of ACT will end by December 31, 2026, Oxfam America is looking for a team of evaluation consultants to conduct a summative and formative evaluation that will provide valuable information on  how ACT programming contributed to strengthening DRR capacities, local DRR systems, and early signs of sustainability in the target communities over the years , and will provide insights and recommendations for a next phase.

Team Composition and Qualifications

It is expected that the evaluation team will take into account the specificities of each country’s context in the data collection, methods and analysis. For this, the Evaluation Advisory Committee recommends forming a team of evaluators who will support the Evaluation Lead in this regional evaluation process. Oxfam is looking for an Evaluation Lead possibly from one of the four countries who will hire in-country evaluators within the budget limit for this evaluation.

Evaluation Lead

• Have a minimum of 7 years of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) experience managing multi-country evaluation projects in Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Resilience, Food Security, other relevant areas.
• Have conducted studies, evaluations or surveys to better understand, learn about and measure disaster preparedness or humanitarian action
• Have very solid knowledge of, and experience using a diversity of M&E approaches and methods mixing qualitative and quantitative methods to accurately answer evaluation questions. 
• Is able to lead and support the whole evaluation team. Have experience in building a team of local evaluators/consultants in the region to collaborate on a multi-country programme evaluation, and remotely working with them and advising them in the most effective manner. 
• Have a good understanding and demonstrating application of gender sensitive, safeguarding and feminist standards and principles in evaluation to integrate into data collection and analysis as well as into evaluation recommendations. 
• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to accurately and concisely convey informative and formative answers to evaluation questions in a report and PPT presentations and other dissemination products, as well as liaising with a diverse teams in country (Oxfam and implementing partners, in-country evaluators, local stakeholders), and community members in a respectful and culturally-appropriate manner. 
• Experience in effectively and visually presenting using multiple media evaluation findings and learnings adapted to the target audience and users of the evaluation: teams (Oxfam and implementing partners), local and national government structures and community members. 
• Have good facilitation skills both online and in face-to-face contexts and able to provide a toolbox of facilitation  methods for the whole evaluation team.
• Ability to travel to remote areas in Asia, if needed. 
• Develop a dissemination strategy based on the local contexts to support Oxfam and partners in disseminating the evaluation findings.
• Have excellent English language skills (requirement) to communicate with ACT teams. 
• Must comply with Oxfam’s Safeguarding Principles and Code of Conduct.
• Ideally, one contract would be signed with the Evaluation Lead’s firm who would be composed of members, who are either based or have experience in the target countries of this evaluation. 

Evaluators

• Have a minimum of 5 years of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) experience in Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Resilience, Food Security, other relevant areas in the country where the evaluator is focusing on. 

• Have very solid knowledge of and experience using a diversity of M&E approaches and methods mixing qualitative and quantitative methods to accurately answer evaluation questions 

• Have a good understanding and demonstrating application of gender sensitive, safeguarding and/or feminist standards and principles in evaluation to integrate into data collection and analysis as well as into evaluation recommendations. 

• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to accurately and concisely convey informative and formative answers to evaluation questions, and to liaise with and convey the information very clearly to the Evaluation Lead, and provide quality inputs for the report and dissemination products for the local context.

• Solid experience in field data collection and proving clear and effective analysis taking into consideration specificities of the context.
• Have excellent language skills in the local language to communicate with local stakeholders and actors, and good English level to report back to the Evaluation Lead. 

• Understands the local culture and the cultural sensitivity of the surrounding areas of assessment
• The evaluator must have no familial or personal connections to the sample population to ensure objectivity and fairness.
• Able to speak and understand the vernacular or local dialect and possess relevant knowledge.
• Must comply with Oxfam’s Safeguarding Principles and Code of Conduct.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

Oxfam invites bids from firms, individuals and groups of individuals with the experience and skills described above. Please send the following to Marion Cabanes, Senior Humanitarian MEAL Advisor at marion.cabanes@oxfam.org by July 12, 2026: 

• A brief 2 to 3-page expression of interest with a description of the proposed methodological approach, deliverables, budget for this evaluation, including how you plan to work across the target countries (hybrid, remotely and in the field), and the possible dissemination strategies.
• CVs detailing relevant skills and experience of no more than 2 pages per resume of each person part of the consulting team, including contactable referees for the Evaluation Team Leader. 
• Sample of previous work evaluating DRR or humanitarian interventions (one piece) to assess the following skills: writing, presenting data visually, considering gender and inclusion, or feminist principles, and other media used to present findings. 
• Online interviews with eligible candidates will be held between July 27 and 31, 2026. Final selection will be made by August 1, 2026 for a start of the evaluation process as soon as possible after background checking cleared.

Note: All offers of consultancy will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening check