Consultants for End of Country Programme Evaluation (CPE)

GOK / UNFPA 7th Country Programme (2009-2013)

Consultants for End of Country Programme Evaluation (CPE)

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Vacancy No: VA/FPA/KEN/05/2012

Closing Date: Sunday, 6th May, 2012

Post Title: Consultant(s)

Post Type: Special Service Agreement

UNFPA wishes to nationally recruit a team of three qualified and dedicated consultants (Evaluation Team) who will be charged with the responsibility of conducting the end of country programme evaluation of the GOK/UNFPA 7th Country Programme and preparing the Country Brief and/or other technical papers as may be required.

The consultants will be responsible for the three core programme components of UNFPA, namely:

(i) Population Dynamics;

(ii) Sexual and Reproductive Health; and

(iii) Gender Equality and Human Rights

The GOK/UNFPA 7th Country Programme responds to selected national priorities in the social and political pillars of Kenya Vision 2030, which is the country’s blueprint covering the period 2008 to 2030.

The Country Programme has been designed to contribute to the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) outcomes, while ensuring linkages with the UNFPA Strategic Plan, which is the centerpiece for organizational programming, management and accountability for the period 2008-2013.

The goal of the Seventh Country Programme is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the people of Kenya, which will contribute to the First Medium Term Plan (MTP I) of Kenya’s Vision 2030.

The Evaluation Team (ET) will work in close consultation with the Evaluation Manager, the Evaluation
Management Committee and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists from UNFPA Africa Regional
Office and Country Offices from the Region.

Profile of the Consultants

Consultant for Sexual and Reproductive Health:

At least a Master’s Degree in Public Health, or any other relevant field; extensive national and international experience in monitoring and evaluation of Reproductive Health programmes.

Experience on evaluation of UN supported programmes will be an added advantage.

Consultant for Population Dynamics:

At least a Master’s Degree in a Population related subject, or any other relevant field; extensive national and international experience in monitoring and evaluation of programme population and development programmes.

Experience on evaluation of UN supported programmes will be an added advantage.

Consultant for Gender Equality and Human Rights:

At least a Master’s Degree in Gender and Development Studies, or any other relevant field; extensive national and international experience in monitoring and evaluation of Gender Programmes; Experience on evaluation of UN supported programmes will be an added advantage.

The Team Leader (TL) of the consultants will be one of the three consultants and will be charged with the responsibility of coordinating the activities of his/her co-consultants and assess the extent to which the various outputs contribute in meeting the aims of the GOK/UNFPA 7th Country Programme and the Government’s overall population objectives as they relate to the ICPD and ICPD+5 goals.

In preparing the final report, the Evaluation Team will consider the prospective elements of the programme and the need to focus on sexual and reproductive rights, and accelerating progress towards MDG 5 and towards the ICPD agenda. The Team Leader must therefore be very clear on both the retrospective and prospective needs of the UNFPA supported programmes.

The Team Leader must, in addition to the aforementioned, be able to demonstrate a very clear understanding of both the retrospective and prospective needs of the UNFPA supported programmes.

He/she should have solid understanding of evaluation methodologies, and/or a proven expertise of research in a social science relevant for the evaluation, in particular national monitoring and evaluation systems. Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and policy advice are essential. Familiarity with UNFPA or United Nations operations will be an advantage.

Applicants who can play the role of the TL should express this interest in their application for the consultancy. He/she will coordinate the inputs of co-consultants as well as coordinate the preparation of the comprehensive and synthesized report of the Country Programme Evaluation in accordance with the Terms of Reference.

Terms of Service

The fees for the consultancy will follow the UN regulations and in consultation with the UNFPA Country Office.

In addition, the consultants will be provided with the necessary administrative and logistical support to enable them deliver on the expected outputs.

UNFPA will apply performance based principles to the management of the evaluation contract, in which case the contract sum will be paid in installments pegged to achievements of milestones as stipulated in the Terms of Reference.

Interested persons are expected to submit their applications as well as P-11 forms which can be accessed at http://www.unfpa.org/employment/docs/p-11.doc through the email recruit.unfpa@gmail.com.

The application should clearly indicate the area of interest.

Applicants should give full details of educational and professional qualifications, work experience, telephone number, email address and attach copies of certificates and testimonials.

In addition, applicants should submit a report of the most recent evaluation conducted on a UN supported programme and should be available on a full time basis for duration 7 weeks beginning June 2012.

Applications must be clearly marked the programme component of interest (Population Dynamics; Sexual and Reproductive Health; or Gender Equality and Human Rights), to be received on or before 6th May 2012.

For detailed TOR, please download from www.kenya.unfpa.org or send request to ngechu@unfpa.org.