Request For Expression of Interest (RFEI): Independent Evaluator
Position Overview
Position Summary
Women’s World Banking is seeking an independent evaluator to assess our progress against our 2018-2027 strategy. Women’s World Banking’s 10-year strategy centered around 4 strategic objectives and 3 operational objectives, which articulate goals for our programmatic work, research, communications, and investments, as well as our fundraising efforts, financial health, project management, and human resources-related areas. While much of this data is collected by the internal Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team, an independent evaluator is being sought to provide an external and objective perspective.
Roles and Responsibilities
The overarching purpose of the evaluation is to assess the organization’s progress against 10-year strategic and operational objectives. The full strategy, key results, and KPIs will be provided to the selected evaluator. The evaluation will be focused on the dimensions of learning and accountability.
The evaluation will build on an internal assessment of performance against key results, and provide a deeper assessment in the following areas:
- What are the drivers of our achievement in reaching women at scale? Which models of delivery have been most or least effective?
- Have our programs supported active use of financial services by women, and which programs have been most or least effective?
- Has our global policy advocacy affected our regional policy work? If so, how?
- Has our new global network approach achieved its objectives?
- Has our communications approach and delivery effectively positioned Women’s World Banking as a thought leader? If so, how?
- How efficient is our project delivery and how might we improve it?
Scope
The design of the evaluation should include, at minimum:
- Document review of relevant strategic documents
- Interviews with management and staff
- External stakeholder interviews
Budget
Please provide a fee proposal for the evaluation, including required number of hours/days.
Preferred Qualifications
We expect the evaluator (and team if applicable) to have the following qualifications:
- Expertise in conducting strategy evaluations
- Expertise in evaluating both programmatic and operational work
- Prior experience working in the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and/or Sub-Saharan Africa
- Prior experience working with non-profits and/or bilateral funders
How to Apply
Expressions of Interest must be received no later than January 27, 2026 at midnight GMT.
Please include the below in your Expression of Interest:
- Letter of interest that details the evaluator(s) relevant expertise and suitability
- Resume(s) for all team members
- Detailed fee proposal
- Evaluation plan that addresses:
- Proposal of work product
- Timeline
- Team roles and responsibilities (if applicable)
Applicants may submit their question(s) in writing until January 23, 2026 to jhb@womensworldbanking.org. Please include in the e-mail subject line “Questions: Independent Evaluator”.
Note: This RFEI does not guarantee or commit Women’s World Banking to proceeding with the above-described work. Due to the overwhelming responses, not all candidates will be contacted.
Women’s World Banking is an equal opportunity employer for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
Women’s World Banking will be unable to contract with any individual who is US citizen or resident without an LLC or LP or similar structure.
Questions & Responses:
- Are there full Terms of Reference available that outline the expected scope and deliverables?
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- We will be requesting an inception report, final evaluation report, and presentation, at minimum. Other deliverables will be contingent on any additional donor requirements, which are pending.
- Are you able to share any information on the anticipated budget envelope for this assignment?
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- The expected budget is between $15,000 and $25,000.
- Kindly confirm the required languages for the assignment.
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- English is the only required language for the assignment.
- Do you expect the team to include in-country or national expertise covering regions of interest?
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- This would be very helpful, but it is not required.
- To better estimate the level of effort required, could you provide additional information on the organizations and offices within scope (e.g. WWB regional or country offices)?
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- The scope would be the entire organization, including 3 regional teams. There is a total of about 85 staff, with between 7-14 staff per region, but not all would be involved in the evaluation. The evaluation plan would dictate the number of staff that are to be involved.
- We understand that much of the data is collected internally by the M&E team for tracking against relevant KPIs. To support our level of effort estimation, we would kindly request an indication of the number of projects implemented between 2018 and 2025.
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- The current number is just under 110 projects (as of 2025 Q3).
- Kindly confirm whether the key results and KPIs to be provided are available at a global level, or whether they are disaggregated by country or region.
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- All KPIs will be provided at the global level. Where relevant, they can also be disaggregated by country or region.
- Given the scope of work, would you be open to a slightly longer implementation timeframe (for example, up to six months)?
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- The timeframe will need to be limited to 2-3 months, and the scope will be adapted to reflect that need.
- Is there a page limit for the proposal?
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- No more than 10 pages.
About Women's World Banking
We believe in being a force for the greater good, devoted to accelerating and growing the financial inclusion of women. With rapidly changing markets, influenced by technology and social behavioral expectations, we are embarking on a new chapter to transform the way we design and implement solutions.
For over 40 years, Women’s World Banking has partnered with financial institutions, showing them the benefit of investing in women as customers. We equip these institutions with in-depth research and data driven insights to develop financial products and educational programs. While our clients are financial service providers, our mission is to engage consumers – women who are marginalized by financial systems.
Women’s World Banking and WWB Asset Management is an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
