Vacancy: Consultant, project evaluation

SAIH is seeking a consultant or consultancy team to undertake an evaluation of our exchange programme, Students’ rights, academic freedom and equitable higher education. The programme is financed by NOREC and carried out in collaboration with Equal Education (EE) in South Africa, Youth Empowerment Transformation Trust (YETT) in Zimbabwe and Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) in Zambia

The evaluation will assess expected results of the project so far, as well as some recommendations for further exchange (see attached Terms of Reference). The project takes place in four countries: Norway, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and the evaluation team must interview partners and stake holders in all four countries.

SAIH is looking to contract a consultant or team of consultants with extensive experience of carrying out multi-country evaluations and with knowledge and sensitivity of SAIH and their partners’ key focus areas such as academic freedom and the right to education.

To apply, please send a proposal for undertaking the evaluation to SAIH’s Norec coordinator, Susanne Brovold Hvidsten at susanne.hvidsten@saih.no by 15th May 2021.

Any questions can also be directed at this email address or to Norec resource person Malin M. Steinsland malin.steinsland@saih.no

​The application should contain:

• Profile of the lead consultant and consultant team members with traceable references and copies of/links to CVs and previous writing and published materials.
• A layout and a breakdown of how the consultants understand and plan carry out the assignment.
• Professional fee quotation indicating envisaged actions, the requested fee for the work in the job description.
• Motivation letter.
• Self-declaration (see attachment)

SAIH is a Norwegian solidarity organisation of and for students, teachers and academics, operating nationally and internationally with development cooperation, political advocacy and information work. Established in 1961 to support the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, SAIH has since collaborated with partners across various parts of the world, focusing on issues such as health and education rights, equality, inclusion and anti-discrimination particularly relating to groups that historically have been discriminated, protection of human rights and academic freedom, civil society organisations, and youth leadership. In Norway SAIH has members from the student and academia sectors and is present at universities and colleges across the country through Local Chapters.