International Lead Consultant for Country Programme Evaluation

Duty Station:   Yangon, Myanmar with travel to the field locatoins

Duration: 3rd week of Aug’2016 to Dec’2016  for 65 working days (7 deliverables )

Background

The 3rd Myanmar Country Programme (CP) has been approved in 2011 by the UNFPA Executive Board and implemented in cooperation with the implementing partners (IPs) including government departments, INGOs/NGOs. The country programme consisted of 3 components namely Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender Equality and Population and Development. The CP is part of the United Nations Strategic Framework (UNSF) 2012-2015 in line with revised UNFPA Strategic Plan 2008-2013. The extension of country programme has been approved by the 2015 January UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board up to 2017. The extended country programme is aligned to UNFPA Strategic Plan (2014-2017) with more results focus interventions with four key programme areas: 1) sexual and reproductive health (including HIV/AIDS) 2) youth and adolescents, 3) gender equality and women’s empowerment and 4) population dynamics. UNFPA is partnering with the government departments, UN agencies, INGOs and local NGOs, foundations and research institutions in four programmatic interventions covering 89 townships in seven priority states/regions.

In this regard, Myanmar Country Office is planning to commission the independent evaluation of the UNFPA Myanmar Third Country Programme (2012-2017) in 2016 in accordance with the UNFPA evaluation policy. The evaluation intends to take stock of performance and actual achievements and provide independent and actionable recommendations as inputs to formulation of the next country programme for the period 2018-2022, which is the basis for further UNFPA’s support in Myanmar. In particular the 3rd country programme evaluation will aim at the following overall objectives:
• Enhanced accountability of UNFPA for the relevance and performance of the country programme 2012-2017;
• Broadened evidence-base for the design of the next programming cycle (2018-2022) in line with the corporate and national needs and strategies.

In order to process the conduct of country programme evaluation, UNFPA CO has developed the TOR of country programme evaluation that is approved by Evaluation Office. TOR mentioned the information of UNFPA’s assistance to Myanmar  under 13 sections such as 1) introduction, 2) context, 3) objectives and scope of the evaluation, 4) evaluation criteria and evaluation questions, 5) methodology and approach, 6) evaluation process, 7) expected outputs/deliverables, 8) indicative work plan timelines, 9) composition of evaluation team, 10) payment of consulting fees, 11) management and conduct of the evaluation, 12) document to be reviewed , 13) annexes.
The CP evaluation TOR is required to be taken as guidance note for conducting evaluation of country programme by Myanmar country office including all stakeholders mentioned in this TOR. The evaluation TOR is attached for necessary use and reference. As mentioned in the TOR, a team of evaluators including one international consultant (called as member consultant) and two national consultants (called as national consultant) and one interpreter will be led by one international consultant (called as lead consultant). 

Job Purpose

In order to implement the evaluation TOR, CO would like to recruit one international lead consultant to take the lead and conduct the country programme evaluation as mentioned in the evaluation TOR. Under the overall leadership of the UNFPA Representative and under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative and with the support of M&E officer, international lead consultant will conduct the works related to evaluation of 3rd country programme as well as providing guidance on the appropriate application of systems and procedures for evaluation.  As a team leader, the consultant will have the primary responsibility of coordinating the work of team members, liaising with UNFPA country office, implementing partner and other stakeholders.  Lead consultant could also supervise the team members to undertake the assigned tasks related to specific area (s) of evaluation. The team leader will be responsible for producing the final report of the end of programme evaluation with the support of the evaluation team.   

Deliverables: 

The international lead consultant will have responsibility to deliver the following deliverables (in 65 working days)
 Design report (including data collection instruments, evaluation matrix and clear timeline of activities)  5 working days
 Finalization of design report in country 5 working days
 Data collection and in country mission 3 weeks (20 working days)
 1st Draft of the CPE report (with inputs from the team members) 10 working days
 2nd Draft of the CPE report (with inputs from the team members) 10 working days
 Debriefing presentation at the end of the field phase; 5 working days
 Final CPE report  and evaluation brief preparation and presentation 10 working days

Key responsibilities/ Main tasks

The lead international consultant will be responsible for the following specific tasks:
• Provide overall leadership on the independent evaluation of the UNFPA CPE based on inputs and insights from the international and national consultants 
• Supervise and coordinate the work of evaluation team members and responsible for the quality assurance of all evaluation deliverables
• Develop the assessment framework
• Collect information, conduct desk reviews of relevant documents and interview with the government partners, UN/UNFPA staff, donors and other partners  based on the  developed assessment framework 
• Responsible for combining the first comprehensive draft of the evaluation report, based on the inputs from other evaluation team members
• Producing and ensuring completion of all the deliverables including design report, draft evaluation report, evaluation brief/ presentation and final evaluation report that meets all of UNFPA’s evaluation quality standards.
• Ensure that all the evaluation team members selected to work under his/her supervision are fully briefed about the whole evaluation process, objectives, methodology framework, and key milestones/deliverables.
• Responsible, with support of the international/ national consultants, for submitting all the deliverables under this consultancy at acceptable quality and in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Advanced degree in development studies, business administration, public health,  or any other social science studies
• At least 15 years’ proven experience in leading evaluations in the field of development for UN organizations or other international organizations
• Experience in conducting complex programme and/or country level evaluations including knowledge of evaluation methods and techniques for data collection and analysis
• Knowledge of Myanmar country-specific development context
• Experience in the Southeast Asia region and preferable in Myanmar
• Strategic vision, strong technical and analytical capacities and demonstrated ability to collect, analyses and interpret data and information
• Excellent leadership, communication ability and excellent drafting skills in English
• Expertise in humanitarian programming and vulnerable contexts for more than 10 year experiences
• Familiarity with UNFPA or UN operation systems
• Ability to work within a team

Core Competencies:

• Values/Guiding Principles;
• Performance Management;
• Developing People/Fostering Innovation and Empowerment
• Working in Teams;
• Communication information and ideas/Knowledge Sharing;
• Self-Management/Emotional Intelligence and Conflict management/Negotiating and resolving disagreements;
• Analytical and Strategic Thinking/Results Orientation/Commitment to Excellence.

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent communication, diplomacy, and writing skills;
• Job knowledge/Technical expertise;
• Results-based implementation.
• Innovation and making use of new approaches;

HOW TO APPLY:

Applicants with the required qualifications and experience should submit a written letter of application, a copy of curriculum vitae (CV), completed UN P11 form (http://countryoffice.unfpa.org/filemanager/files/myanmar/hr/P11_Form.doc), relevant education certificates and the names and contact information of three references.

Applications should be addressed to UNFPA Representative. Attention: International Operations Manager, Room A07, UNFPA, No.6, Natmauk Road, Yangon.
Email: myanmar.office@unfpa.org

For further details, please refer the attached detailed VAs and also at UNFPA website
http://myanmar.unfpa.org.

Only those candidates in who meet all qualifications and experience will be contacted for further consideration.