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Gender Equity Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant

Date issued: October 30, 2026

Date due: November 6, 5:00 pm ET

About AHF

Accelerate Her Future (AHF) is a social impact organization tackling gender equity from both sides. We partner with organizations to address workplace barriers faced by Indigenous, Black and racialized women. We also provide tailored programs such as the Fellowship Circle for Indigenous, Black and racialized women pursuing careers in business and STEM.

Our Values

Courageous action | Compassionate engagement | Authentic voice | Transformative solutions

Scope of Work

AHF is launching a multi-year project to increase the representation of Indigenous, Black, and racialized women in leadership and decision-making roles in Canadian workplaces. The project will help medium- and large-sized employers build equity into their talent management systems: how they recruit, develop, evaluate, retain and promote people. It does this by applying Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) at each stage of the employee lifecycle.

AHF is seeking a Gender Equity Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Consultant to serve as the project’s evaluator. The consultant will lead monitoring and evaluation from start to finish. They will bring a GBA+ and private-sector lens to how the project measures outcomes. 

The consultant will build the tools, collect and analyze the data, manage the M&E workstream, and write the reports.

The initial contract term is December 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. AHF intends to renew annually through August 31, 2029, subject to performance and continued funding.

This work will include the following activities:

M&E planning and management

  • Lead M&E strategy and planning, including the evaluation approach, the measurement plan and a four-year M&E workplan
  • Manage the M&E workstream day to day in Asana, including milestones, data collection schedules, risks and deliverables
  • Coordinate evaluation activities with the project team, partners and translation providers
  • Provide quarterly M&E updates on progress, emerging findings, and risks to data quality or timelines

 

Evaluation design

  • Develop the project’s theory of change and logic model
  • Develop an evaluation plan aligned with the funder’s required outcomes and indicators and with the project’s lifecycle indicators
  • Establish baseline measures in Year 1
  • Provide feedback loops in real time throughout the project
  • Apply GBA+ and intersectional analysis to the evaluation design 
  • Design measures of change suitable for private-sector employers
  • Design quantitative and qualitative tools, including surveys, pre- and post-assessments, interview and focus group guides, and feedback forms
  • Develop consent, privacy and data management protocols for data collection

 

Monitoring

  • Monitor activities, outputs and indicators throughout the project
  • Maintain an indicator tracker
  • Verify output data provided by the project team
  • Align indicator reporting periods with the funder’s reporting schedule

 

Data collection and analysis

  • Collect data across project phases and regions across the country
  • Assess framework, learning modules and tools developed for private-sector companies
  • Track participation and results
  • Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, including disaggregated data

 

Learning and reporting

  • Share findings with the project team at key points to refine the framework and tools
  • Draft the results and outcomes sections of progress reports to funder
  • Prepare an interim evaluation report
  • Prepare the external final evaluation report, with findings and recommendations for scaling systemic change
  • Hand over all data, tools and records to AHF at the end of the project

Deliverables include:

Period

Deliverables

Year 1 

Four-year M&E workplan and data collection calendar; theory of change and logic model; evaluation plan and indicators; baseline measures; data collection tools; privacy and consent protocol; indicator tracker

Year 2 

Results sections for the Progress Report; data collection in four regions; pre- and post-assessment analysis; findings to inform framework refinement; qualitative line of inquiry; quarterly M&E updates

Year 3 

Results sections for the Progress Report; implementation testing evaluation; qualitative line of inquiry;  interim evaluation report

Year 4 

Results sections for the Progress Report; draft final evaluation report; external final evaluation report and data handover

The budget for this work is $30,000 in Year 1, $32,500 in Year 2, $24,000 in Year 3, and $28,500 in Year 4. 

Qualifications and Evaluation Guidelines

AHF is seeking proposals from consultants who have the following qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing and conducting evaluations for private-sector facing initiatives
  • Experience evaluating private-sector-facing initiatives, such as employer toolkits, roadmaps, frameworks, maturity models, self-assessment tools or workplace gender equity programs
  • Experience reforming and evaluating HR, talent management or workplace equity policies, practices or procedures
  • At least 5 years of direct engagement with advancing gender equity in the private-sector. This can include consulting to companies or working in-house. 
  • Hands-on experience designing and administering quantitative and qualitative tools, and analyzing results, including disaggregated data
  • Experience applying equity lens to evaluation design and data applying frameworks such as GBA+, UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and/or other relevant frameworks
  • Experience managing evaluation workstreams on multi-year, multi-partner projects, using project management software
  • Experience evaluating and reporting on funded projects, including final evaluation reports
  • Direct experience working with advisory committees or boards and comfortable communicating with senior leadership

 

Assets:

  • Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation from the Canadian Evaluation Society
  • Ability to work in French
  • Proficiency with Asana, or project management training
  • Lived or professional experience with Indigenous, Black and racialized communities

 

Proposals should include the following details:

  • A short bio of the consultant(s). If you are submitting as a firm, name the lead evaluator who will do the work.
  • A brief description of the consultant’s qualifications, with explicit reference to hands-on evaluation of private-sector-facing initiatives
  • A summary of two to three similar evaluations, describing the consultant’s own role and the plans, tools and reports they personally produced
  • An evaluation approach and M&E workplan covering each project year
  • A detailed budget for each year
  • Two references from private-sector organizations or from projects with private-sector partners

 

Please limit proposals to five (5) pages. Incomplete proposals, or submissions that do not align with the guidelines above, will not be considered. Accelerate Her Future will notify shortlisted consultants about next steps by November 13, 2026.

Accelerate Her Future is unable to discuss the terms of this work and will not be able to respond to questions or requests for further information.

Submission

Please submit your proposal using the form below by November 6, 2026, 5:00 pm Eastern Time. The consultant must be eligible to provide services in Canada.

Submit a Proposal

We would like to thank all consultants for taking the time to submit a proposal. We are a small team and will contact only those shortlisted for a follow-up conversation.

If you have a question, or would like to begin a confidential conversation about your individual accessibility or accommodation needs during the recruitment process, please contact our team at info@accelerateherfuture.com.

Accelerate Her Future was founded on land and waters of the traditional territory of many nations including the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabeg, the Attawandaron, and the Métis within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum agreement.

We respect Indigenous Peoples’ deep connections to the land and waters, and affirm our commitment to continued learning while engaging our head, heart, and hands to advance the TRC Call to Action 92 and the MMIWG2S+ Calls to Justice 6.1, 11.1, and 15. We invite you to learn more about the history and presence of the Indigenous communities on the land and waters you gather on and work with us to build a better future for all.

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