Lead Evaluator
CCA Women's Mentorship Program Evaluation 

The Canadian Co-operative Association is seeking a qualified consultant to undertake an evaluation of CCA's Women's Mentorship Program.

Where: Home based with travel to Ottawa and one trip overseas  

Proposed timeline: 30 days over six months, beginning May 2012  

APPLICATION PROCESS: 

Please send a current resumé and cover letter outlining key qualifications, previous experience and indication of daily rate. Please also submit a brief comment on the proposed methodology and timeline out lined in the complete terms of reference to sarah.feldberg@coopscanada.coop.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2012.   

For compensation outline, please see complete terms of reference.  Only suitable candidates will be contacted and interviews will be conducted as suitable candidates apply. 

Introduction  

The Women's Mentorship Program is an annual training program for women leaders of overseas financial co-operatives that provides a unique opportunity for professional development.   Every year since 2002, CCA has delivered a Women's Mentorship Program for women credit union managers from Africa and Asia where CCA works in partnership with credit union movements. The mentorship program is a mutual learning opportunity for Canadian and international co-operators.

There have been many positive changes and improvements reported in women's leadership capacity as a result of this program, but CCA is also aware that barriers still exist. The purpose of this evaluation will be to formally evaluate the program, in order to identify both positive and negative impacts, what barriers women credit union managers still face and how the women's mentorship Program can address them in the future.

This Evaluation is part of a larger study on the impacts of CCA's Women's Leadership and Gender Equality programming.

Objectives of the Evaluation

The primary objective of the Women's Mentorship Program Evaluation is to capture the impact of the program on women credit union managers over the past 10 years. Specifically, the objectives are:

• To review the operations of the Women's Mentorship Program in order to make the program as effective and efficient as possible

• To assess the positive and negative impacts of the Women's Mentorship Program over the last 10 years

• To make recommendations on how the program can be improved and how it can/should evolve.   

Canadian Co-operative Association
The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is a national association for co-operatives in Canada, representing more than ten million co-operative and credit union members from over 2,000 organizations.  Individual co-op members are represented by CCA either directly through their co-operative, through their provincial co-op associations or credit union central, or through sectoral organizations. CCA provides leadership to promote, develop, and unite co-operatives and credit unions for the benefit of people in Canada and around the world.  

For more information on the Women's Mentorship Program information visit our website.    

Can't see the video?  This one and many more are found at the CCA Cinema.  Just scroll through for "Giving credit where credit is due".