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DFID Strategic Grant Independent Progress Review (IPR) evaluators

VSO is seeking to recruit evaluators to conduct a mid-term Independent Progress Review (IPR) of our three-year Strategic Grant from DFID, which runs from April 2011 to March 2014.

VSO is a leading international development agency working with volunteers to achieve development outcomes. Its distinctive approach to development focuses on building the capacity of local partner organisations and individuals in developing countries through strategically placed skilled professional volunteers. Through sustainable skills transfer and partnering, organisations and individuals are better able to access quality services and advocate for change at the grassroots level.

In the 2011-12 year VSO had partnered with over 1,000 organisations in 30 countries (including 20 fragile states) delivering in excess of 445,000 international volunteer days.

The UK Government, through the Department for International Development (DFID), has invested £78m over 3 years from April 2011 to March 2014, through a Strategic Grant Arrangement (SGA) with VSO. This equates to around 53% of overall VSO[1] funding in 2011/12.

In order to maximise the returns for this investment VSO has undertaken a strategic review and implemented a change programme designed to improve the leverage and impact we can generate from DFID funding.

VSO is seeking the services of suitably qualified firm of consultants/evaluators to conduct a mid-term, Independent Progress Review (IPR) of our three-year Strategic Grant with DFID. Further details of the IPR and application procedure are outlined below.

Applications from interested firms and individuals should be sent to Andrew Caffery at Andrew.Caffery@vso.org.uk, and must be received by 22nd of June 2012.

Further details on the IPR and the application procedure along with our Pre-Qualification Questionnaire can be found below.

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