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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local go...
Purpose and Objectives
The evaluation has performance, learning, and accountability and policy issues. The aim is to determine the relevance and fulfillment of objectives, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact outlook. This evaluation should provide information that is credible and useful enabling the incorporation of lessons learnt into the decision-making processes of both implementers and donors. There are two primary audiences for this evaluation. First the fund manager, Hivos and the grant funders of MAVC and secondly, UN-Habitat Management.
The objectives of the evaluation are to determine the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the contract agreement as a whole, in relation to achievement of the expected results and to review the efficiency with which the delivery of programme activities and outputs were implemented.
Specifically the evaluation will:
Assess the processes of project design, planning, implementation, delivery of the project.
Assess what process was made toward achievement of what was planned.
Review the benefits, examining the results chain, outcomes and results achieved to beneficiaries of the project
Identify lessons and provide forward looking recommendations.
Scope and Focus
The duration of the consultancy is one month and the evaluation will be conducted in the month of October 2017. The consultant will be required to:
Review the partner contract documents, agreements, progress and narrative and finance reports;
Preparation of a detailed evaluation matrix;
Preparation of detailed methodology, data collection tools;
Review of effectiveness, efficiency, impact outlook, relevance and sustainability of the Innovate Counties Challenge;
Identification of the areas where the project has made progress in terms of intended effects and has realized tangible results
Approach and Methodology
The evaluation will be structured in three consecutive phases: an inception phase, data collection and report writing phase. A variety of evaluation methods will be applied including but not limited to:
Using a Results Based Framework;
Desk review of relevant documents;
Interviews with various stakeholders, including relevant UN-Habitat staff, HIVOS management and other relevant key stakeholders;
Surveys to beneficiaries and key partners;
Analysis and synthesis of information should be presented logically to give an overall assessment of progress and effects of the project. **
RESPONSIBILITIES
The consultant(s) will be responsible for conducting the evaluation based on these TOR and applying UNEG norms and Standards. He/she has overall responsibility for producing the evaluation deliverables according to the quality standards of UN-Habitat for evaluation reports.
Deliverables expected are:
Inception Report with Evaluation Work plan;
Evaluation Reports Drafts;
Final Evaluation Report
COMPETENCIES
Communication - Speaks and writes clearly and effectively and exhibits interest in having two-way communication.
Client Orientation - Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view. Keeps client informed of progress or setbacks in projects evaluation and meets timeline for delivery of products to client.
Creativity - Offers different options to approaches and methods of evaluation to meet client needs; and promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Work Experience
Experience in project evaluation is required and IT skills are required.
Proven competency in quantitative and qualitative research methods, particularly self-administered surveys, document analysis, and informal and semi-structured interviews are required **
Language
REMUNERATION
Payments will be based on deliverables over the consultancy period. There are set remuneration rates for consultancies. The rate is determined by functions performed and experience of the consultant. The fees will be paid as per agreement.
Applications should include:
• Cover memo (maximum 1 page)
• CV and Filled P-11 indicating the following information:
Please also be advised that since April 15th 2010, applicants for consultancies must be part of the UN-HABITAT e-Roster in order for their application to be considered. You can reach the e-Roster through the following link: http://e-roster.unhabitat.org
All applications should be submitted to:
Ms.Anne Idukitta
UN-HABITAT
P.O.Box 30030, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: Anne.Idukitta@unhabitat.org
Deadline for applications: 28 September 2017
Justification / mandate of the evaluation
The evaluation of the GWOPA Strategy 2013-2017 has been mandated by the UN-Habitat Management. It will assess the achievements and lessons learned and recommendations will feed into the formulation and implementation of the new strategy for 2018-2022.
Purpose and objectives of the evaluation
The evaluation has performance, learning and accountability purposes. The findings, lessons learned and recommendations from this evaluation will inform decision-making and strategic direction for the new five year strategy. The evaluation will also document results and impact of the strategy and reveal the extent to which the strategic objectives were achieved, challenges experienced and identify missed opportunities.
Scope of the evaluation and methods
The evaluation will focus on the entire five year period of the strategy implementation, 2013-2017. It will cover both the strategy and the operational level with a view to drawing lessons to inform the development and implementation of the new strategy:
The evaluation will be conducted over a period of two months, from October to November 2017.
The evaluation will be conducted in four consecutive phases: an inception phase; data collection and field visit phase; an analysis and drafting phase; and evaluation findings presentation and dissemination phase.
The evaluation shall be independent and carried out in line with the evaluation norms and standards of the United Nations system. A variety of methodologies will be applied to collect information during the evaluation. These include desk review of relevant documents, interviews with various stakeholders, surveys to beneficiaries, and group meetings. Analysis and synthesis of information should be presented logically to give an overall assessment of progress and impacts in the implementation of the GWOPA Strategy 2013-2017.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The evaluation will be conducted by one independent external evaluation consultant and building on the mid-term evaluation of GWOPA Strategy that was recently conducted. The consultant has overall responsibility for producing the deliverables according to the quality standards of UN-Habitat for evaluation reports.
Deliverables expected are:
summary and annexes.
The independent Evaluation Unit of UN-Habitat will supervise and manage the evaluation process, including planning, providing technical support, follow up and dissemination of evaluation products. GWOPA Secretariat, Urban Basic Services Branch (UBSB) and Programme Division will be responsible for providing information and documentation required, and coordination with the relevant evaluation stakeholders. An Evaluation Reference Group (ERG) will be established to oversee the evaluation process.
The Evaluation consultant will be responsible for conducting the evaluation based on TOR and applying UNEG norms and Standards. He/she will prepare main evaluation deliverables (inception report, draft reports and final evaluation report).
Details of the evaluation are provided in the full Terms of Reference.
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Link to full TOR: **
http://mirror.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/TORforEvaluationofGWOPAStrate...
COMPETENCIES
Communication - Speaks and writes clearly and effectively and exhibits interest in having two-way communication. Shows interest and demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Client Orientation - Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view. Keeps client informed of progress or setbacks in projects evaluation and meets timeline for delivery of products to client.
Creativity - Offers different options to approaches and methods of evaluation to meet client needs; promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas. Actively contributes to new ideas to improve programmes and services by providing different options to solve problems and improve organization’s processes. **
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Advanced academic degree in political sciences, social economy, governance, planning, similar relevant fields.
Work Experience
The consultant must have proven and extensive experience in evaluating policy and strategies at international level. He/she should have proven capacity and strong methodological and analytical skills and solid knowledge of water and sanitation, partnerships and global networks.
In addition, the consultant should have:
Language
Fluency as well as excellent writing skills in English is required.
REMUNERATION
Payments will be based on deliverables over the consultancy period. There are set remuneration rates for consultancies. The rate is determined by functions performed and experience of the consultant. The fees will be paid upon satisfactory delivery of outputs as per agreement. Where applicable, travel costs of the consultant (airplane ticket economy class), transfers, and daily allowance as per the UN rate is payable in addition to the daily fee.
Applications should include:
• Cover memo (maximum 1 page)
• Summary CV (maximum 2 pages), indicating the following information:
Please also be advised that since April 15th 2010, applicants for consultancies must be part of the
UN-HABITAT e-Roster in order for their application to be considered. You can reach the e-Roster
through the following link: http://e-roster.unhabitat.org
All applications should be submitted to:
Ms. Lucy Waikwa-Omondi
UN-HABITAT
P.O.Box 30030, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: Lucy.Waikwa-Omondi@unhabitat.org
Deadline for applications: 29 September 2017
UN-HABITAT does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. If you have any questions concerning persons or companies claiming to be recruiting on behalf of these offices and requesting the payment of a fee, please contact: recruitment@unon.org
Deadline for applications: 29 September 2017
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