UNDP Jobs

• Building capacity of institutions like the IMC in order to prepare and submit state party reports;
• Technical support on ratification and domestication of instruments Zimbabwe has not ratifies;
• Support engagement toward the establishment of a National Human Rights Institution;
• Capacity support to justice delivery service organs;
• Support human rights mainstreaming in UN agencies as they collaborate with the GoZ Institutional strengthening.

• Assess the project design and its achievements against the intended objectives and outputs;
• Examine whether the activities, outputs and objectives outlined in the programme document have been achieved and make recommendations on the way forward;
• Draw lessons that will guide the design of future interventions, in particular a successor project for supporting and strengthening the human rights architecture and enhance knowledge sharing;
• Assess the contribution of the project towards meeting UNDP’s commitment of support to the Government of Zimbabwe.

• Conduct a desk literature review of the GoZ Support for the strengthening of the promotion and protection of Human Rights and Rule of Law through enhanced capacity of institutions in the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs  Programme documentation, including supporting frameworks and statutory instruments;
• Briefly review the past and present major GoZ priorities on the promotion and protection of human rights and rule of law reforms and relevance of the project objectives, outputs and outcomes, as outlined in the Government priorities/ frameworks;
• Assess the progress towards the achievement of project outputs while highlighting the contributory factor to project success on a particular objective, or lack of it;
• Assess the effectiveness of the project design in terms of depth and breadth vis-a-vis the beneficiaries’ needs and the capacities of local authorities, the implementing ministry and UNDP to deliver on the intended objectives;
• Analyse the extent to which the various project components have managed to synergise project impact through linkages in purpose and coordination.In particular, assess whether the women empowerment and gender mainstreaming component was effectively taken on board, citing the strategies engaged;
• Analyse and assess the effectiveness of the institutional arrangements for project implementation;
• Assess the accountability, planning and M&E systems and tools and make recommendations for their improvement, if necessary;
• Analyse the linkages between the project and other projects that are implemented in the government ministries and the synergies that have been generated towards meeting international obligations on human rights, the capacity to report to treaty bodies and the effectiveness of domestication and ratification efforts;
• Analyse and assess the effectiveness and challenges of the funds disbursement and procurement mechanisms and make recommendations on how these could be improved;
• Assess the contribution of the project within the context of UNDP’s commitments under the Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF), Country Programme Document (CPD) and CPAP;
• Make recommendations on the alignment of project focus and design to the UNDP Corporate Strategy 2012-2015, RBA Strategy and Management Review and Zimbabwe Country Office strategic focus areas Support to democratic governance and the emerging policy thrust of the new Global Political Agreement’s Inclusive Government.
  

A comprehensive detailed evaluation report should be structured along the following lines:

1. Executive summary
2. Introduction
3. The project and its development context
4. Findings and Conclusions
   4.1.Project formulation

             4.2. Implementation

            4.3. Results

        5. Recommendations

        6. Lessons learned
        7. Annexes  - in addition to the evaluation report , other products such as presentations of findings is requested    including  annexes detailing names of persons interviewed, documents reviewed, field visits, evaluation methodology, case studies & photographs, TOR’s etc.,

• The length of the report should not exceed 50 pages in total;
• The first draft of the report should be submitted within 2 weeks of completion of the mission;
• The draft should be submitted to UNDP and it will be circulated for comments to Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, Project Management and other key stakeholders; and,
• If there are discrepancies between the views and findings of the evaluation team and the aforementioned parties, these should be explained in an annex attached to the final report.

• Master’s degree in Political Science, International Relations, Law, Social Science, Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy or related field;
• A PhD in a relevant field will be a distinct advantage.

• At least ten years work experience in the area of governance, rule of law, human rights and preferably with a focus on institutional capacity development and programme evaluation;
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural diverse and dynamic environment;
• Knowledge and familiarity with UN System.