UNDP Jobs - 50236- Local Consultant for Final Evaluation of UNDP

Local Consultant for Final Evaluation of UNDP - Emergency Capacity Development Facility (ECDF)

Location :

Sana’a, YEMEN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

07-Oct-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

2 months

Languages Required :

Arabic English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Project Title:

The Emergency Capacity Development Facility (ECDF) is the United Nations Development Programme‘s.

Project Description:

The Emergency Capacity Development Facility (ECDF) is the United Nations Development Programme‘s response to strengthen national capacities during Yemen’s transitional phase. It was launched in May 2012 as a multi-donor platform to support key public sector institutions (i.e. President and Prime Minister Offices, Ministries of Planning, Finance, Industry and Trade, and Interior) to deliver on their mandate during the transition period and contribute to the implementation of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Implementation Mechanism and of the Government Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development (TPSD), 2012-2014. The ECDF is organized around 3 main modules to support: Organizational leadership; Aid coordination and partnership; Socioeconomic reforms.

ECDF overall objective is to support the Core institutions steering Yemen during the transition and delivering the key benchmarks of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) mechanism, the Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development (TPSD), and the Mutual Accountability Framework (MAF). In pursuit of this objective, ECDF provides hands-on support with international consultants embedded in the Core Institutions. ECDF is engaged to deliver their activities with emphasis on stakeholder ownership and sustainability of results through the following 4 project outputs:

Component:

Strengthened vision and leadership with enhanced policy and planning capacity.

GoY Core Institutions (CI) exposure to other governance models and leadership experience; strengthened policy capacity; Strategic Planning capacity built and plans drafted for the PO, PMO, and MOPIC.

Effective organizational structures, including staff allocations, and communication protocols.

Standardized organization structures with clear communication and decision making structures; Human Resources systems organized within the HR departments; Strengthened internal and external co-ordination and communication; ICT system supporting effective coordination within and between the PO, PMO, and MOPIC.

Strengthened aid management and implementation of the development effectiveness agenda.

Improved aid transparency and predictability and capture of aid on budget; Enhanced mutual accountability and monitoring of aid effectiveness indicators; Improved policy formulation, linkages between planning, programming and budgeting, strengthened M&E of the TPSD, and economic analysis and reporting; National ownership of the coordination mechanisms between GoY and development partners.

Strengthened socio-economic analysis and needs assessment capacity.

Key sector policies formulated on the basis of sound socio-economic analysis; Employment strategy to reduce unemployment among youth and women completed.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work:

The final evaluation will cover the entire project in term of duration, results and implementation. It will evaluate the project impact, relevance, political buy in, effectiveness, efficiency, results and monitoring framework, implementation and cost efficiency, sustainability and ownership as detailed in the following section.

The performance vis a vis Project Document outcomes, institutional arrangements, financing (disbursements and co-financing), impacts and opportunities for the design of a new capacity development intervention in core government institutions will also be evaluated.

Duration of the Work: The duration of the consultancy working days, including travel time, are presented below.

This schedule may be updated through written (or emailed) agreement between the UNDP representative and the Evaluator, as needed, during the course of the contract.

The team of consultants will conduct the evaluation for up to 24 work days over a period of 2 calendar months from the inception of this TOR. If there is delay in any of the inputs from ECDF required for evaluator to fulfill the role presented above, the evaluator will bring this to the attention of the UNDP representative.

Under no circumstances should consultant invoice for more than the maximum number of days above without formal advance approval from UNDP Representative, along with associated amendment to this TOR.

Task:

Desk review and Briefings of evaluators.

Expected days to finish the work: 3 days

Finalizing the evaluation design and methods and preparing the detailed inception report.

Expected days to finish the work: 3 days.

In-country evaluation mission (visits, interviews, questionnaires).

Expected days to finish the work: 8 days.

Preparing the draft report.

Expected days to finish the work: 5 days.

Stakeholder meeting and review of the draft report (for quality assurance).

Expected days to finish the work: 1 day

Incorporating comments and finalizing the evaluation report.

Expected days to finish the work: 2 days.

Expected outputs:

Electronic submission of all deliverables is required unless otherwise pre-arranged in writing with the UNDP representative. Any hard copy reports should be delivered to UNDP per contract to which this TOR is appended.

The evaluation team will produce:

Evaluation inception report:

Before going to the full-fledged data collection exercise. It will detail the evaluators’ understanding of what is being evaluated and why, showing how each evaluation question will be answered by way of: proposed methods, proposed sources of data and data collection procedures. The inception report will include a proposed schedule of tasks, activities and deliverables, designating a team member with the lead responsibility for each task or product. The inception report will be presented to the project team and will have to be approved before starting the data collection exercise.

Draft evaluation report:

The draft evaluation report will follow the same template than the final report. The draft evaluation report will be submitted to the project team and key stakeholders for revision as to ensure that the report match the expected requirement.

Final evaluation report:

The evaluation mission will produce a concise report according to the structure outlined in the Annex 7 of UNDP Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. In consultation with the UNDP representative or his designee, this report format may be revised insofar as no significant elements are omitted.

Sections of the report should include:

Executive Summary;
Introduction;
Description of the evaluation and development context;
Evaluation scope and objectives;
Evaluation approach and methods;
Data analysis;
Findings and conclusions, including the degree to which the project outcomes are likely to be delivered;
Recommendations: including recommendations on further action upon completion of the current project and specific recommendation to ensure the sustainability of the project and consolidate the results achieved by the project;
Lessons learnt: significant lessons that can be drawn from the experience of the project and its results, particularly those elements that have worked well and those that have not.

In addition, the final report should contain at least the following annexes:

Terms of Reference for final evaluation;
Additional methodology related documentation;
List of meetings attended;
List of persons interviewed;
Summary of field visits;
List of documents reviewed;
Summary table of findings;
Any other relevant material;
The team of candidates for Evaluator will provide their proposed daily rate during the selection process (along with any expected adjustment to number of days required). The selected team will then be compensated at rate approved by UNDP Personnel Division, considering candidate proposal, and commensurate with experience and responsibilities of the Consultant (as provided in the Contract accompanying this TOR);
Payments will be contingent on receipt of deliverables, as mentioned below;

Institutional Arrangement: (Indicate designation of person who will directly supervise the contractor)

Contact information for UNDP/ECDF: roberto.paganini@undp.org +967 71 2221764

UNDP Sana'a Yemen Office

Contact information for UNDP Yemen: Sophie Boutin; sophie.boutin@undp.org +967 71 2222301

Deliverables:

Acceptance of inception report.

Payment: 25% from the total amount of the contract.

Submission f draft evaluation report.

Payment: 50% from the total amount of the contract.

Approval of evaluation final report.

Payment: 25% from the total amount of the contract.

Financial proposal:

Lump sum with breakdown price.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

A good knowledge and relevant scientific understanding and in-depth experience of project evaluation techniques, particularly of those projects which are funded by UNDP, is preferred;
Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills a must;
Hardworking, commitment, ability to communicate and self- motivated person
Good interpersonal Skill;
Attention to details.

Corporate 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.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

Advanced degree in public administration management, international relations, development studies or related fields, or equivalent demonstrated experience.

Experience:

At least 10 years of relevant experiences in fields relevant to democratic governance, national institutions capacity building;
Previous consistent and successful experiences in leading similar evaluation mission (theme, scope, development context ) including in post conflict regions;
Familiarity with UN and/or World Bank M&E procedures preferred;
Experience with researching and writing on international development issues;
Full computer literacy.

Language Requirement:

Excellent ability to work in English, effective oral and written communication skills;
Arabic would be an asset.

Note:

The consultant shall not have been directly involved in the design or implementation of the project. To ensure unbiased impartiality, the consultants should also not have had prior involvement with any ECDF project activity.

Evaluation criteria:

The award will be based on the Combined Scoring method 70% technical evaluation and 30% financial evaluation (highest ranked candidate).