Oxfam – SIDA Humanitarian Partnership Agreement (HPA) – Final Evaluation At Oxfam

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Background:

The year 2024 marked 10 years since the strategic partnership between Oxfam and Sida’s Humanitarian Department first started. In this time, Oxfam and Sida have delivered timely and relevant humanitarian responses in the world’s worst crises, in the hardest to reach areas. While there is much to be celebrated, both parties are very keen to reflect on the partnership period, learn from it and use the practical learning to inform our respective work going forward.

As we prepare for this evaluation, the world is facing unprecedented levels of humanitarian need due to compounding crises such as conflict, climate change, and economic instability. An estimated 301 million people across 73 countries require humanitarian assistance, 71 million people are internally displaced, extreme weather and acute economic hardship exacerbate the crisis of displacement and food insecurity.

The latest HNO is calling on the world’s responders to implement local and community-driven responses, focusing on the most vulnerable, and using inclusive approaches such as cash assistance and gender-sensitive planning. Sida and Oxfam have extensive experience in this type of locally-led, gender-sensitive programming in the framework of the HPA. We hope that this evaluation will bring out tangible recommendations about what works best, what could be improved and how we can further scale up this type of locally-led, gender-sensitive response in a time of ever-growing needs.

Oxfam is currently in its third and longest multi-year partnership cycle with Sida. The current partnership cycle is approaching its natural end on 31st March 2026. It was directed by the current Sweden Humanitarian Strategy, which ends in 2025.6 It is accompanied by additional technical guidance for Locally-Led Humanitarian Action7 and Anticipatory Action.8

Objectives:

Evaluate the impact of the interventions (for protracted and sudden-onset response activities) according to the OECD criteria which include relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact.

Provide a learning opportunity for Oxfam to understand what has worked well and what could be improved in its humanitarian programming going forward, with a particular focus on Do No Harm – the Safe Programming Approach.

We are especially keen to understand how we can remove barriers to the adoption of the PBA approach at programme/local partner level – what were the programmes concerned about in the beginning, what type of support did they find helpful in the transition from project-based to programme-based funding.

Please review attached ToRs for more details.

Duration of consultancy & application:

Oxfam has set aside 8 weeks (commencing on 15th November) for this evaluation. The final product should be delivered no later than 16th January 2026.

Bids should include a detailed proposed work-schedule with specific tasks and should also incorporate a budget that outlines all relevant costs that will be associated with this evaluation. Interested individuals and consultancy firms should send in their applications no later than 21st October 2025.

Required documents:

  • Consultant/consultancy firm profile, including legal registration documents,
  • Names and CVs of key personnel proposed for the implementation of the consultancy,
  • Copy of a certificate of business registration, business license or similar document
  • Sample of previous work (reports related to the topic),
  • Technical packet
  • Content of Technical Packet
  • Proposed methodology
  • Detailed work plan, including delivery date of each deliverable.

Please note:

  • Upload all requested documents under CV section of online application form.
  • The bid shall be for the works specified in this ToR, and shall be broken down in details.
  • The currency for the bid shall be in SEK.

How to apply

Please follow this link to apply for the role on our website: https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/consultancy-oxfam–sida-humanitarian-partnership-agreement-hpa–final-evaluation-int11250/23952/description/

Please read through the list of required documents before starting the application.