The PRC, in collaboration with the German Red Cross and with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), implements a project entitled “Advancing DRR and Anticipation to the Most Vulnerable Communities in the Philippines (AdDRRA)” to enhance the efforts of DRR and AA in the Philippines in 2023. One of the key results of the project is to set up, test, and activate (Early Action Protocols) EAPs/Plans for Anticipatory Action (AA) to consolidate for a proper handover to PRC. This result will build on the achievements and considerable experiences gained from the previous projects and will focus on revising and developing the Early Action Protocols (EAPs) as well as institutionalizing the AA into the PRC and national government disaster management mechanism in cooperation and collaboration with the national mandated agencies and the Philippines National AA Technical Working Group.
Overall Goal:
Target communities in high-risk areas and the Host National Society (HNS) can effectively prepare for, withstand, respond to, and recover from stresses and shocks, and adapt to the humanitarian consequences of climate change and extreme events.
Result 1
Target communities, in potential conflict areas, have increased knowledge, awareness about, and practices towards potential hazards and climate change-related risks, and know how to prepare for and react to them.
Result 2
Set-up, testing, and activation of Early Action Protocols (EAPs)/Plans for anticipatory action to consolidate for a proper handover to PRC.
Result 3
The PRC society has the operational capacities in terms of mechanisms, protocols, and trained staff to effectively respond to crisis and disaster situations within its mandate.
Result 4
The PRC is enabled to actively find and manage its roles and responsibilities within the humanitarian system on various levels in an integrated and coordinated manner.
Project locations:
Anticipatory Action (6 provinces): Apayao, Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Nueva Ecija, and Quezon-Lucena.
Conflict-sensitive DRR (3 provinces): Lanao del Sur, Iligan City, and Maguindanao del Norte (Cotabato).
Objectives and Expected Outputs of the Final Evaluation
The Final Evaluation of GP1 aims to:
(a) To assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of the project to guide the project to consider lessons learned and to fuel the overall GP1 final evaluation.
(b) To identify challenges & residual issues and provide recommendations if some project performance improvement is required.
Final Evaluation coverage, criteria and description
Relevance
1. To what extent were the objectives of the project relevant for its beneficiaries, including vulnerable groups?
2. Are the activities and outputs of the project consistent with the overall goal and the attainment of its objectives?
Effectiveness
- What were the major factors (designs/planning implementation and external impacts) influencing the achievement or non-achievement of the objectives?
- Are the expected changes observed as a result of the project?
Efficiency
1. Was the project implemented in the most efficient ways compared to alternatives?
2. How was the quality of the management of the project, including planning, monitoring, and reporting, resource and personnel management, cooperation, coordination, and communication?
Sustainability
1. How are the project’s outcomes integrated into existing local policies, strategic plans, and financial mechanisms to ensure their continued support and maintenance by local institutions (including chapters) and stakeholders after the project concludes?
2. Are the activities or effects likely to be maintained after donor funding?
Reporting/Deliverables
All the below-mentioned deliverables will be reviewed and validated by GRC and PRC, especially in the inception and consolidation meetings. All the findings, inception, preliminary, and final reports should be delivered in English. The following is the suggested template. However, it can be discussed and agreed upon later.
- Inception report and data collection methodology – The evaluation team will submit an inception report before the final evaluation implementation, aiming to develop an approach within a 3-day review period.
The report will include the following:
- the context and scope based on the initial, secondary data review.
- in-depth methodology for the primary data collection, including the list of stakeholders for KII and FGD, and detailed questions per KII and FGD.
- the work plan for the scope of the consultancy, tentative schedule of meetings.
- Data collection and field visits- The evaluation team will carry out the data collection and field visits needed to prepare the preliminary report. The mission should not take longer than 10 working days. Areas to visit include Luzon and Mindanao.
Once finalized, the evaluation team will submit a preliminary report:
- Preliminary report- The evaluation team will present preliminary findings, conclusions, and recommendations, including the final evaluation methodology, in a meeting with the PRC DMS, GRC team in the Philippines, based on feasibility and conditions.
After submission of the preliminary report, a 1-day validation workshop will be organized with the PRC and GRC teams:
- Facilitation of a validation workshop
- Presentation and discussion of the preliminary evaluation report and findings.
- Validation of recommendations by GRC and PRC, plus key stakeholders (if possible).
- Collection of additional observations or recommendations.
- Approval of the structure of the final report.
The costs associated with the workshop will be borne by the GRC-PRC, but the evaluation team is expected to facilitate the workshop.
- The evaluation team will then submit the final report, accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, including preliminary findings, to the PRC and stakeholders for endorsement and comments on the final recommendations.
The final report shall outline the following:
- Executive summary – a tightly drafted, to-the-point, **free-standing document (**about 3 pages max) with the following, fixed structure:
- Short project description
- Key questions of the evaluation
- Key findings
- Lessons learned.
- Major recommendations (mainly general recommendations)
- Introduction for final evaluation: purpose, scope, key questions, short description of the project to be reviewed, and relevant framework conditions.
- Design and methodology
- Key findings concerning the questions pointed out in the ToR.
- Conclusions based on evidence and analysis
- Recommendations as expected in the ToR, which are relevant and feasible and targeted to the respective audience.
- Lessons learnt, as generalizations of conclusions for both PRC and GRC for future program designing and implementation, if applicable.
- Annexes (ToR, list of consulted persons/organizations, consultees documentation, literature, etc.)
6. Final Evaluation Duration.
The Final evaluation is expected to last up to 25 working days within September and December 2025 (including 3 days for desk review and inception report, 7-10 days for Data collection and field work, and 10-12 days for report finalization and integration of final comments from PRC-GRC).
Educational qualifications:
The consultant should meet the following professional expertise criteria:
- Diploma (Bachelor’s or Master’s) in a relevant area such as: Disaster Risk Reduction, Development Studies, Political or Social Sciences.
Experience:
- More than 4 years’ experience in conducting evaluations of strategies, policies, and/or development/ humanitarian programmes, preferably in Disaster Risk Reduction.
- Demonstrated knowledge of evaluation strategies in international organizations or NGOs, preferably with EU/German funding
- Demonstrated knowledge of the political, economic, social, and gender situation in the Philippines and Mindanao would be an advantage.
How to apply
Application Submission and Selection Process
- Interested candidates are invited to submit their application by: October 26, 2025, 5:00 PM Philippine Standard Time (PST).
- Application packets should be addressed to: Criselda C. Longga, DMS Manager
- Complete application documents should be emailed:
- To: criselda.longga@redcross.org.ph;
- Cc: dms1@redcross.org.ph; s.quesseveur@redcross.org.ph;g.delossantos@redcross.org.ph; hrd.recruitment@redcross.org.ph
- Subject**:** “Application for for the Final Evaluation of the programme for AdDRRA ”
- Language**:** English
The application must include the following documents/information as a prerequisite for consideration. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed
Documentation required for the application:
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document, as the application only allows uploading a maximum of one document:
- Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability.
- Personal CV, indicating all experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least two (2) professional references.
- Technical proposal, including a) a brief description of why the individual considers him/herself the most suitable for the assignment and a proposed methodology for the evaluation.
- Financial proposal, Note: consultants must quote prices in Philippine Pesos (PHP).
Applicable taxes and obligations. Note that PRC is VAT exempt.
- Signed Declaration of Conformity (see annex I)
- Example of previous study.
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