UNDP Jobs - 69109- International Individual Consultant

International Individual Consultant - Terminal Evaluation (TE)

Location :

Home based, INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

28-Oct-2016

Application Deadline :

30-Oct-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Twenty Five Working days spread over three months.

Languages Required :

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

In accordance with UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full and medium-sized UNDP support GEF financed projects are required to undergo a terminal evaluation upon completion of implementation. These terms of reference (TOR) sets out the expectations for a Terminal Evaluation (TE) of the Sustainable Urban Transport Project.

Duties and Responsibilities

An overall approach and method for conducting project terminal evaluations of UNDP supported GEF financed projects have developed over time. The evaluation should include a mixed methodology of document review, interviews, and observations from project site visits, at minimum, and the evaluators should make an effort to triangulate information. The evaluator(s) is(are) 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. The international consultant will be the team leader and coordinate the evaluation process to ensure quality of the report and its timely submission. The international consultant

will provide supportive roles both in terms of professional back up, translation etc. The evaluation team is expected to become well versed as to the project objectives, historical developments, institutional and management mechanisms, activities and status of accomplishments. Information will be gathered through document review, group and individual interviews and site visits. A set of questions covering each of these criteria have been drafted and are included with this TOR (Annex D). The evaluator(s) is(are) expected to amend, complete and submit this matrix as part of an evaluation inception report, and shall include it as an annex to the final report.

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 Management Unit, and other key stakeholders. The evaluator is expected to conduct a field mission as indicated in section 4 of this Procurement Notice i.e. Financial Proposal (page 2). Interviews will be held with the following individuals and organizations at a minimum, but not limited to:

Relevant personnel at UNDP Country Office in New Delhi, India and Program Officer in-charge of the Project;
National Project Director (NPD;
National Project Coordinator (NPC);
Project Management Unit (PMU);
Relevant project stakeholders but not limited to Institute of Urban Transport, Mott Mc Donalds etc.

The evaluator will review all relevant sources of information, such as the project document, inception workshop report, annual work and financial plans, project reports – including Annual APR/PIR (until 2015), project budget revisions, quarterly reports, Minutes of Project Technical Committee/Project Steering Committee meetings, Back-to-Office Reports of UNDP staff (if any), Study reports/Conference proceedings/government guidelines, etc., midterm review, progress reports, GEF focal area tracking tools, project files, national strategic and legal documents, and any other materials that the evaluator considers useful for this evidence-based assessment such as terms of reference for past consultants’ assignments and summary of the results; past audit reports (if any). A list of documents that the project team will provide to the evaluator for review is included in Annex C of this Terms of Reference.

Kindly refer to detailed ToR

Competencies

Functional Competencies

Knowledge of Urban Transport policies/conditions in India and abroad through implementation or through consultancies in evaluation of donor funded projects;
Demonstrated ability to assess complex situations, succinctly, distils critical issues, and draw forward-looking conclusions and recommendations;
Ability and experience to lead multi-disciplinary and national teams, and deliver quality reports within the given time;
Experience with multilateral and bilateral supported Urban Transport and/or climate change projects.

Core Competencies

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

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualification:

Post-Graduate degree in Transport planning, Management or Business administration;

Professional Experience:

Minimum of ten years accumulated and recognized professional experience Urban Transport and climate change projects, and knowledge of UNDP and GEF;
Minimum of six years of project evaluation experience in the result-based management framework, adaptive management in climate change projects and community development.

Language:

Very good report writing skills in English.

Payment Schedule:

10% on submission and approval of the TE inception report;
30% on submission and approval of the 1ST draft terminal evaluation report;
60% on submission and approval (UNDP-CO and UNDP RTA) of the final terminal evaluation report.

Evaluation Criteria:

As given in detailed ToR.

Applications process:

As given in detailed ToR.

Detailed ToR can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/procurement/ToR-Int-Consultant_BKK-RCU.PDF

For any clarification please write to sandeep.sharma@undp.org