UNDP Jobs - 56878- International Consultant -Team Leader

International Consultant -Team Leader - Terminal Evaluation of the Sustainable Land Management - Kilimanjaro

Location :

Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region, TANZANIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

30-Jun-2015

Application Deadline :

10-Jun-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

24 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

24 working days

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

The project was designed to create an enabling environment for the adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices by decision-makers and farmers.

To do so, the project is addressing four key barriers to sustainable land management in the region, which are as follows:

Limited livelihood opportunities outside the natural resources;
Weak incentives for adoption of SLM;
Weaknesses in the policy, planning and institutional environment that influence SLM; and
Inadequate skills at all levels required for promoting and/or adopting SLM.

In order to remove the barriers, the Government of Tanzania (GoT) and UNDP/GEF developed a project aimed at “Reducing Land Degradation on the Highlands of Kilimanjaro Region” with a goal of ensuring that Sustainable Land Management provides the basis for economic development, food security and sustainable livelihoods while restoring the ecological integrity of the Kilimanjaro region’s ecosystems”. The project objective is “to provide land users and managers with the enabling environment (policy, financial, institutional, capacity) for SLM adoption”.

The objective will be achieved through four outcomes as follows:

The policy, regulatory and institutional framework that support sustainable land management;
Markets support expansion of livelihood options in Kilimanjaro to reduce pressure on agriculture and natural resources and increase income;
Institutions with capacities and skills to undertake knowledge based sustainable land use planning and adopt methods and technologies for climate change resilient NR supported development; and
Project managed effectively, lessons used to upscale SLM in the region and the country.

The Terminal Evaluation (TE) will , therefore, cover the entire project and will be conducted according to the guidance, rules and procedures established by UNDP and GEF as reflected in the UNDP Evaluation Guidance for GEF Financed Projects

Duties and Responsibilities

The objectives of the evaluation are to assess the achievement of project results, and to draw lessons that can both improve the sustainability of benefits from this project, and aid in the overall enhancement of UNDP programming.

An overall approach and method for conducting project terminal evaluations of UNDP supported GEF financed projects have developed over time. The evaluator is expected to frame the evaluation effort using the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact, as defined and explained in the UNDP Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-supported, GEF-financed Projects. A set of questions covering each of these criteria have been drafted and are included the TOR (Annex C).

The evaluation must provide evidence-based information that is credible, reliable and useful. The evaluator is expected to follow a participatory and consultative approach ensuring close engagement with government counterparts, in particular the GEF operational focal point, UNDP Country Office, project team, UNDP GEF Technical Adviser based in the region and key stakeholders. The evaluator is expected to conduct a field mission to Kilimanjaro; the Regional Administrative Secretary’s Office in Moshi, as well as the districts of Hai, Moshi, Mwanga, Rombo, Same and Siha, and the municipality of Moshi. The team will also make consultations with project collaborating institutions and civil society organizations operating in the project area. While the Evaluation Team is in Dar es Salaam, they will make consultation with stakeholders including the Office of the Vice President; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, PMORALG, ICRAF and UNDP Country Office

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s Degree or PhD in the Environmental Sciences or related field (natural resources management, or economics) with experience in research, project design, planning, implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Experience

A minimum of ten (10) years of post-graduate professional experience in environment/sustainable development, with practical working knowledge of the developing world including East Africa and Tanzania;
Substantive knowledge of UNDP-GEF tools for Monitoring and Evaluation, and general knowledge of the UNDP Practice Areas,
Familiarity with project implementation in complex multi donor-funded projects.
Proven and extensive evaluation manager with demonstrated experience in conducting international development evaluations preferably at team leader role;
Broad knowledge of Sustainable Land Management or related themes and shall demonstrate familiarity of the consultancy by way of having successfully worked on similar assignments in the recent past;
Demonstrated experience with implementation and/or evaluation of capacity-building efforts in developing countries, ideally in the area of land and/community based natural resources management;
Competence in adaptive management as applied to conservation or natural resources management.

Language:

Fluency in the English language and excellent oral and written communication skills.

How to submit proposals:

Proposals should be submitted to icprocurement.tz@undp.org e-mail address not later than Wednesday, 10 June 2015;
Applicants should download the application documents from the following link: http://we.tl/6bThbaGR1U
Applicants should separate technical and financial proposals;
Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form and CV or the required documents for the technical evaluation will not be considered for evaluation;
Applications without submitting a financial offer instead of other format will not be considered due to the ease comparison of the received offers;
All necessary information for this post (TOR, Deliverables, Target dates, etc. are presented in the ICPN) therefore applicant must download it from the website as mentioned above;
Do not send CV only to the Email account mentioned above without Cover Letter and Methodology (if requested) as it will be considered as incomplete application;
The documents are available in PDF and MS Word (the TOR, ICPN, IC Conditions and P11) download them from the following link: http://we.tl/6bThbaGR1U. This is the only format available and it will not be provided in other formats;
Each email should be less than 8MB; emails over this size will not be received to the above mentioned account.