Global Advocacy Campaign Evaluation Consultant

Full Request for Proposals

Habitat for Humanity International, or HFHI, is a non-governmental housing organization working in more than 70 countries around the world to address the housing needs of low-income individuals and families. In addition to our construction work and direct interventions, Habitat’s advocacy efforts focus on policy reform to remove systemic barriers and expand access to adequate, affordable housing. The organization seeks a consultant to conduct a midterm evaluation of its global advocacy campaign, Home Equals.

Home Equals aims to improve access to adequate housing in informal settlements for 15 million people through policy and systems change worldwide. The campaign works to bolster and align the advocacy efforts of our diverse global network and catalyze new engagement to achieve this collective goal. Home Equals operates as a collection of campaigns at the local and national levels, implemented and adapted to different contexts through our country offices.

Location: Remote
Duration: Six months (with the possibility of extension based on project needs)
Type of Engagement: Part-time consultancy
Start Date: June 9

Objective of the Role
The Global Advocacy Campaign Evaluation Consultant will be responsible for leading a strategic midterm review of Habitat for Humanity’s global advocacy campaign, Home Equals, assessing its effectiveness in fostering advocacy capacity across the organization and developing recommendations on how to optimize the second half of the campaign for longer-term advocacy sustainability.

Scope of Work

* Assess campaign effectiveness, including:

• Evaluate the campaign’s progress towards its objectives, providing insights to guide ongoing efforts.
• Assess the campaign’s ability to increase the advocacy capacity of national organizations as well as HFHI’s influence in global efforts.

* Assess what is needed for the organization to sustain advocacy without the current global advocacy campaign model, including:

• Identify internal challenges and bottlenecks (structure, ways of working, resource allocation, etc.) for advocacy implementation across our network.
• Assess ability to continue advocacy without a global campaign and the network’s readiness and willingness to implement advocacy through non-campaign-based approaches.

* Gather input from campaign stakeholders to inform the midterm review analysis and recommendations.

* Provide a series of actionable recommendations that can be utilized to strengthen the implementation of the second half of the campaign and support the transition beyond the campaign.

Deliverables
* Preliminary findings report.
* Final midterm evaluation report, which includes key findings and recommendations, as well as an executive summary.
* Presentation for both preliminary and final report findings, which can be shared in a more digestible manner with various stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience
* Experience conducting evaluations of global and national social and political change processes, particularly advocacy and campaigning.
* Experience working on, managing or evaluating nonprofit-led advocacy campaigns, with a particular focus on social justice issues.
* Suitability of the financial proposal: for the activities laid out in the methodology, within the financial possibilities of the project, etc. 
* Excellent analysis, writing and synthesis skills.
* Understanding of the global political landscape in international development, particularly global institutions and policymaking bodies such as the G7 (Group of 7).
* Experience communicating with diverse populations, proven understanding of and incorporation of inclusivity and equity when carrying out consultancy – through workstyle, process and final deliverables.
* Models Habitat’s core values: courage, humility, and accountability.
* Fluency in English required; Spanish proficiency desirable.

How to apply:

We invite qualified consultants with the relevant skills and experience to submit a proposal in accordance with the guidelines outlined in this Request for Proposals directly to Natalie Hart, [email protected], by May 14, 2025. Consultant(s) who have demonstrated their capacity to meet our needs will be contacted via email to be notified of their selection to move forward in the selection process. Consultants who have not been selected will not be contacted.

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