Background
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives and Scope
- Evaluate the relevance of the project and the impact of project interventions and contribution in building institutional capacity of ZEC to carry out its functions.
- Assess if the outputs and outcome have been achieved and/or will be achieved, given the activities supported by the UNDP and identify challenges in the implementation of the project.
- Assess the appropriateness and relevance of the project strategies in addressing the identified problems and hence contributing to the achievement of the stated outputs and outcomes.
- Review and assess the efficiency of implementation and management arrangements of the Programme.
- Make recommendations about design of any capacity development support in the future bases on lessons learned in the project implementation.
The following deliverables will be expected from the evaluation team:
- Inception Report, detailing evaluation scope and methodology, including data collection methods as well as approach for the evaluation. The inception report should also contain a detailed work plan with timelines for agreed milestones;
- The Draft Evaluation Report which will be shared with ZEC, UNDP and funding partners for comments and input; and
- The Final Evaluation Report, incorporating comments from stakeholders.
Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
- Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
- Strong analytical and research skills with sufficient understanding of survey design, quantitative/qualitative methods and data analysis.
- Participatory project design, management and implementation
- Evaluation of development programmes and projects Experience in governance, rule of law, international law and human rights
- Qualification in development, social sciences or related fields.
- Knowledge of the local environment
- Knowledge of UNDP procedures and programme implementation strategies will be an added advantage.
- Good writing skills
- Computer literacy
Required Skills and Experience
- University degree in public administration, economics, development planning, business administration, law or other relevant qualifications;
- Extensive experience in conducting evaluations, with a strong working knowledge on institutional capacity building/development and state building;
- Extensive knowledge of result-based management (RBM) evaluation, UNDP policies, procedures and participatory monitoring and evaluation methodologies and approaches;
- Minimum of 7-10 years professional expertise in international development co-operation, governance issues, programme/project evaluation, impact assessment/development of programming/strategies;
- Minimum of 7 – 10 years experience in leading multi-disciplinary multi-national teams;
- Good professional knowledge of the Africa region; and
- Demonstrated analytical, communication and report writing skills.
National consultant – Capacity development
- University degree in area(s) such as public administration, economics, business management, development planning or law and at least 3 years of professional experience in the area of capacity development and governance issues;
- Sound knowledge of governance issues in Zimbabwe; and
- Experience in conducting evaluations.
The National Expert will, inter alia, perform the following tasks:
- Review documents;
- Participate in the design of the evaluation methodology;
- Conduct the outcome evaluation in accordance with the proposed objective and scope of the evaluation;
- Draft related parts of the evaluation report as agreed with the Team Leader; and
- Assist the Team Leader in finalizing the draft and final evaluation report.
Proposal should be submitted at the following address;
UNDP
Arundel Office Park
Block 10
Norfolk Road, Mount Pleasant
Harare
Or by email to;
bidsfinancial.zw@undp.org (for financial proposals)