Background

Project Title: DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES 2016 K TO 12 BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM OF THE PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FACILITY)

The project provides development support services to the Department of Education (DepEd) in the course of its implementation of the 2016 K to 12 Basic Education Program in accordance with the National Acceleration Modality (NAM) agreement provision of procuring the Lot 4 Solar and IT Packages for un-energized schools. It also provides  technical assistance in establishing a social accountability mechanism through a Citizen Monitoring System in select regions.

Specifically, the project covers the following support services: (a) Procurement, delivery and installation of IT Computer packages (in particular, procurement, delivery and installation of Lot 4 packages); (b) develop and conduct 2 PFM training modules; (c) roll out of the PFM Assessment Tool in select regional and division offices; (d) scaling up of citizen monitoring teams to ensure timely and quality service delivery up to the beneficiary level; and (e) project management, assessment and monitoring. As agreed during the Project Board Meeting, outputs 1 and 2 shall be charged against the DepEd budget while outputs 3 and 4 shall be charged against the 2% Technical Assistance (TA) Facility.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will provide support for monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge management of DSS Kto12 project in UNDP Country Office.  

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the M&E Specialist shall perform the following tasks:

• Co-facilitate the M&E workshops with DepEd and other stakeholders;
• Assist in developing the M&E plan of DepEd Information and Communications Technology Service (ICTS); 
• Monitor and evaluate project work plan, expected outputs, and indicators;
• Collect and analyze data on Client Satisfaction Survey and Open Educational Resources Survey to improve project performance;
• Recommend tools and techniques to improve the quality and use of project data for decision making of DepEd;
• Compile and organize lessons learned from DepEd Computerization project and CPAG field monitoring; and
• Perform other related functions as may be directed by the Project Manager.

Institutional Arrangement

The M&E Specialist will be under the supervision of the Project Manager. His or her outputs shall be reviewed by the Project Manager.

Duration of the Work

The contract will be for 4 months to assist in the M&E reportorial requirements of the project. The M&E Specialist is expected to be on board on 01 September 2019 until 30 December 2019.

Duty Station

The M&E Specialist is not required to report daily at the WFP-UNDP Office in 11/F South Tower, Rockwell Business Sheridan, Mandaluyong City, but he or she may be asked to attend specific meetings and project activities. 

Competencies

CORPORATE COMPETENCIES

• Commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision, values and ethical standards
• Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences
• Treat all stakeholders fairly and without prejudice
• Maintains objectivity and impartiality in handling evaluation processes

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Experience in project development, implementation and evaluation--particularly in directly managing results-based monitoring and evaluation methodologies
• Demonstrated experience in conducting evaluation of multi-year and multi-component programmes and projects
• Familiarity with the norms and issues in early recovery and rehabilitation work in disaster-affected areas
• Ability to process large amounts and diverse set of data and documents related to infrastructure development, livelihood, resettlement, disaster risk reduction and management, and governance
• Demonstrated strong coordination and facilitation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to initiate discussions with national/local governmental officials, peoples organizations and communities
• Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment and to deal with complex multi-stakeholder environment
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and present comprehensive reports

Required Skills and Experience

 Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

        Qualifications – 70%

        Financial Offer – 30%

Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

Recommended Presentation of Offer

For purposes of generating Offers whose contents are uniformly presented and to facilitate their comparative analysis, it is best to recommend the preferred contents and presentation of the Offer to be submitted, as well as the format/sequencing of their presentation.  The following documents may be requested:

1. Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
2. Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
3. Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a methodology, if applicable, on how they will approach and complete the assignment. A methodology is recommended for intellectual services, but may be omitted for support services [Note: this is optional for support services];  
4. Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided.  If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP. 

Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

The combined scoring method where the qualifications and methodology will be weighted a maximum of 70% and combined with the price offer which will be weighted a max of 30% shall be adopted.

You may download the editable version of the Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the IC by clicking on this link: http://gofile.me/6xdJm/bE9TCw8fU

In view of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.