PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS ONLY FOR NATIONALS OF INDONESIA

National Consultant – TEAM LEADER for the Evaluability Assessment of UNFPA Indonesia Country Office

Contract Type: Individual Consultant Contract

Duration: June to August 2023

Closing date: 22 May 2023 – 23:59hrs (Jakarta Time)

Job code: UNFPA/IDN/ICC/23/02

Purpose of consultancy: 

The main purpose of this evaluability assessment (EA) is to determine whether the causal pathways toward UNFPA three transformative results stipulated in the country programme document, and country program action plans are logical. The EA will assess how the programme theory has been operationally translated in practice given the availability of relevant data and the capacity of M&E systems to provide it.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The scope of the EA will focus on the Country Programme 2021-2025, the planned results, the results framework linked to these results, and other country projects to see the alignment with the CP 2021-2025 implemented by UNFPA Indonesia.  

The evaluability assessment will examine evaluability in principle and in practice. More specifically, evaluability in principle will look at the clarity of design of the programme whereas the evaluability in practice will assess how the programme theory has been operationally translated in practice in 2021-2023 of the programme periods. In addition, the exercise will provide guidance on approaches for CP10 programme evaluation. The evaluability assessment is not an evaluation and will not aim to provide management with prescriptive expert recommendations on what the specific contents of the programme TOC/results framework should be. Rather, it will be a forward-looking exercise, intended to help management and programme/technical experts refine the UNFPA Indonesia CP10 and next country programme cycle implementation strategy, verify the results framework, and align resources adequately. 

The Evaluation Manager will be the UNFPA M&E programme analyst in close coordination with UNFPA Assistant Representative and Evaluation Reference Group, under the overall guidance and responsibility of the UNFPA Indonesia Representative. The evaluation manager will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight and management of the evaluation including management of the evaluation budget, ensuring the quality and independence of the Evaluation and its alignment with UNEG Norms and Standards and Ethical Guidelines.

An evaluation reference group (ERG) will be created to provide guidance/technical inputs to the evaluation and quality assure all evaluation deliverables (from a technical point of view) which include the inception report, draft report, and final report.

The Evaluation Reference Group composed of UNFPA and selected government stakeholders will be the main decision-making body for the evaluability assessment and have overall responsibility for the management of the evaluation process including hiring and managing the team of external consultants. The ERG is responsible for ensuring the quality and independence of the assessment and to guarantee its alignment with UNEG Norms Standards and Ethical Guidelines. 

Key roles and responsibilities of the ERG include: 

• To prepare the terms of reference for the evaluability assessment;
• To lead the selection and hiring of the team of external consultants;
• To supervise and guide the consultant team in each step of the evaluability assessment process;
• To review, provide substantive comments and approve the inception report, including the work plan, analytical framework, methodology, and selection of countries for in-depth case studies;
• To review and provide substantive feedback on interim deliverables and draft/final evaluability assessment reports;
• To quality assure the entire evaluability assessment process;
• To approve the final report for the evaluability assessment;
• To liaise with the ERG and convene and chair the ERG review meetings with the assessment team;
• To identify and ensure the participation of relevant stakeholders in coordination with the EARG throughout the evaluability assessment process;
• To contribute to learning, knowledge sharing, the dissemination of the evaluability assessment findings, and follow-up on the joint management response.

The ERG will support the evaluability assessment at key moments of the evaluation process to ensure broad participation in the conceptualization of the exercise. Members will provide substantive technical inputs, will facilitate access to documents and informants, and will ensure the high technical quality of the evaluation products as well as learning and knowledge generation.

Team Leader

The EA team leader will lead a team member team to: 

• Assessing the theory of change, bottleneck analysis, and critical assumptions of the UNFPA Indonesia country programme to determine if it fully reflects the contextual conditions faced by the programme.
• Determining the validity, quality, and adequacy of the results and resources framework (RRFs) of the respective programmes to determine whether they are SMART and capture all key intended and unintended contributions of the programmes.
• Assessing the availability and quality of data for indicators for UNFPA Indonesia results and resources framework (including the baseline data and the achievement towards the target)
• Clarifying the alignment of RRF with the UNFPA strategic plan 2022-2025 and other existing programme, particularly the UNSDCF, to streamline the planning, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of UNFPA Indonesia CP 10th.
• Review and determine the sufficiency of human and financial resources to deliver the programme results within the time period.
• Determine UNFPA Indonesia CO programme value for money from its planned investments.

His/her primary responsibilities will be: 

• guiding and managing the team throughout the evaluability assessment phases; 
• setting out the methodological approach; 
• reviewing and consolidating the team members’ inputs to the evaluability assessment  deliverables; 
• liaising with the UNFPA and ERG and representing the evaluation team in meetings with stakeholders; 
• Delivering the inception report, and evaluation report in line with the requested quality standards.

Required expertise, qualification and competencies, including language requirements:

The team leader is a national consultant who must have extensive experience in leading evaluability assessments and/or evaluations of a similar size, complexity, and character, as well as technical expertise in areas related to evaluation and results-based management. A general understanding of UNFPA’s mandated areas of programming i.e. SRH, youth, GBV, and population and development will be a key advantage. 

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree (Doctoral degree is an advantage) in Development Studies, Public Health, Sociology, Economics, Social Studies, International Relations, or other related fields.
• 7 years of experience conducting or managing evaluations. Preference will be given to candidates with experience conducting evaluability assessments or programmatic evaluations on areas such as maternal health, family planning, adolescents and youth, gender-based violence, and population and development
• Experience working with the United Nations, particularly UNFPA. Preference will be given to the candidate who has a strong understanding of UNFPA’s policies and programming. 
• Awareness of ethical risks in programming around sensitive issues, both in programme delivery and in all aspects of M&E. 
• Proven skills in evaluation methodology, and research analysis, including quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis techniques.
• Demonstrate expertise/experience in developing results frameworks, tools or guide for monitoring and evaluation;
• Be fully acquainted with results-based management orientation and practices;
• Excellent report writing skills, analytical skills, and computer skills.
• Experience leading teams.

Language

Excellent command of written and spoken English

How To Apply

The Job description and requirement as stated in the attached ToR

Interested and qualified individual are requested to submit the UN Personal History (P11) form to idn.jobs@unfpa.org with post code as subject of the email.

UNFPA Work Environment

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, embracing diversity in all its forms, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunity for all including persons with disabilities.