Jobs - 64271- Consultant (Substantive Expert)

Consultant (Substantive Expert)

Lieu :

Home Based, INDE

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

15-Mar-2016

Date limite de candidature :

04-Mar-16 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

National Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

Twenty working days spread over three months

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Twenty working days spread over three months

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is the main UN agency in the fight against illicit drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism in virtue of the UN Conventions and Universal Instruments in this regard. The UNODC Regional Office for South Asia is located in New Delhi (India) and covers six countries of the region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Its Regional Programme for South Asia” Promoting the rule of Law and countering drugs and crime in South Asia (2013-2015)” has five sub-programmes relating to (1) addressing transnational organized crime, (2) countering corruption, (3) terrorism prevention, (4) promoting efficient, fair and humane justice systems and (5) drug use prevention and treatment and HIV.

In keeping with its sub-programme (5), UNODC Regional Office for South Asia is supporting a regional project titled “Prevention of transmission of HIV among Drug Users in SAARC countries (RAS/H13)” that is being implemented in partnership with the governments of the member countries of the SAARC region.

The project focuses on creating an enabling environment and removing barriers to improved scale-up of HIV prevention and care programs for injecting drug users (IDUs) and oral opioid users through advocacy and demonstration. Its overall aim is to foster national responses which are conducive to the scale required to achieve 100% coverage of comprehensive HIV prevention and care services for injecting drug users.

The project is nearing its completion and as per its approved project document would like to carry out an end-of-project evaluation. The purpose of this evaluation is to measure achievements of project objectives, outcomes and impact. The overall expectation of the evaluation is to draw lessons from project implementation that form the basis for instituting improvements to the existing and future project planning, design and management. It will also help UNODC and other stakeholders to take stock of the project, learn from its implementation process and results, and identify gaps. In this regard UNODC seeks to engage a consultant to conduct an end-of-project evaluation from the impact and evaluation perspective.

In line with the approved project document, the final Independent Project Evaluation of RAS/H13 will be undertaken between March-May 2016 with the following purposes:

To review progress and get feedback and appraisal on the activities undertaken;
To identify areas for improvement and propose solutions;
To determine to which extent the project objective was met and whether resources were wisely utilized;
To assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the project(s);
To identify lessons learned and provide recommendations for future UNODC drug use and HIV prevention projects.

The results of the evaluation will be used internally by UNODC staff members, donors and other organizational units of UNODC, etc.

The overall evaluation process and field based activities in the SAARC region will be overseen and conducted in consultation with the Project Coordinator (RAS/H13), under the overall supervision of the Representative, UNODC, Regional Office for South Asia, and UNODC’s Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) in line with UNODC’s evaluation policy and UNEG Norms and Standards.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Under the guidance of the Project Coordinator and the Independent Evaluation Unit, the Substantive Expert will collaborate with the Evaluation Specialist on the Independent Project Evaluation of the UNODC project RAS/H13. On the basis of the Evaluation Terms of Reference, key responsibilities of the Substantive Expert include (i) supporting the Evaluation Specialist in developing the evaluation design with detailed methods, tools and techniques (ii) Leading the evaluation from the sector specialist point of view (iii) Implementing the tools developed for evaluation and data analysis (iv) Supporting the Evaluation specialist in finalizing the evaluation report (v) ensuring adherence to the UNEG Norms and Standards, UNODC Evaluation Guidelines and Templates, and the evaluation ToR, and (vi) ensuring that all deliverables are submitted timely to the Evaluation specialist in line with UNODC evaluation policy, handbook, guidelines and templates.

The Substantive Expert will be responsible for the quality and timely submission of his/her deliverables to the Evaluation Specialist. All products should be well written, inclusive and have a clear analysis process. The consultant will specifically do the following:

Carry out the desk review;
In collaboration with the Lead Evaluator, draft the inception report (in particular, the parts relevant to his/her expertise);
In collaboration with the Lead Evaluator, draft and implement data collection tools and analyze data;
Triangulate data and test rival explanations;
In collaboration with the Lead Evaluator, draft an evaluation report (in particular, the parts relevant to his/her expertise) in line with the UNODC evaluation policy, guidelines and templates;
Review and finalize the evaluation report on the basis of comments received;
In collaboration with the Lead Evaluator, present the findings and recommendations of the evaluation as required.
Participate in field missions, if needed.
Act as interpreter, if needed.

Compétences

Functional Competencies:

Extensive knowledge of, and experience in applying, qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods and experience in gender sensitive evaluation methodologies and analysis, and understanding of human rights and ethical issues related to evaluation;
Excellent technical writing skills;
Strong coordination and relationship management skills.

Corporate Competencies:

Promote the highest standards of ethics and integrity;
Support creativity and innovation;
Help create an enabling environment for open communication;
Share knowledge and support a culture of learning;
Demonstrate fairness and transparency.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in health or other level university degree in related scientific field (preferred, but other relevant educational background may be accepted in lieu of)

Experience:

A minimum of 10 years of professional technical expertise in a relevant health-related field;
A minimum of 5 years of progressive expertise in the subject of the evaluation HIV/AIDS prevention;
Understanding of human rights and ethical issues related to evaluation;
Working experience at the international level specific to the project;
Expertise and knowledge of the UN System, and preferably of UNODC;
Experience in the accomplishment of evaluations for the United Nations, is an asset.

Language:

Fluency in oral and written English is required;
Excellent communication and drafting skills in English;
Ability to communicate in another UN language is a strong asset.

Payment Terms:

The consultant will be issued a lump-sum consultancy contract (including consultancy fee, travel, boarding & lodging and miscellaneous costs). The payment will be done in accordance with rules and regulations on completion of deliverables as per the details given below:

1st instalment of 25% of the consultancy fee upon submission of the draft Inception Report to Evaluation Specialist (in line with UNODC evaluation guidelines, templates, handbook, norms and standards);
2nd instalment of 75% of the consultancy fee upon submission of the Draft Evaluation Report to Evaluation Specialist (in line with UNODC evaluation guidelines, templates, handbook, norms and standards.

Travel:

70% before the start of the missions, on submission of the travel plan along with the Inception report;
30% on completion of the travels and submission of the draft evaluation report.

Note: Payment for travel will be done based actual number of days travelled.

Payments will be made upon satisfactory completion and/or submission of outputs/deliverables and cleared by IEU.

Documents to be submitted:

Financial Proposal specifying all-inclusive per day consultancy fee. All travel expenses will be reimbursed as per actuals in line with UNDP rules or arrangements would be done by UNDP;
Detailed CV with contact details of three references;
A brief (not more than 3 pages) technical proposal that includes a write up on the way forward for preparing this Project Document focusing on sustainable livelihoods, community resilience and conservation of globally significant biodiversity in the high range Indian Himalayas. The documents should be referenced appropriately and a select bibliography provided with the proposal.

Cumulative analysis:

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive;
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation:

Technical Criteria weight - 70%;
Financial Criteria weight - 30%.

Evaluation Criteria:

Technical Proposal: 35 Marks;
Relevant Experience:25 Marks;
Qualification:10 Marks.

Notes:

Tickets will be issued considering the most direct and economical option and Consultants are not eligible for DSA;
Individuals working with institutions may also apply, contract would be issued in the name of institution for the specific services of individual;
Please note proposals without financial proposal will not be considered;
CV, Technical Proposal and Financial proposal have to be clubbed in one file for uploading. Complete Proposal has to be sent online only.