Purpose

UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund in the Republic of Moldova in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, with the financial support of the Czech Republic Development Cooperation requires the services of the two National Consultants for evaluation of the progress in implementation of the National Programme on Demographic Security 2011 – 2025 and its Action Plans.

The evaluation will assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact, leadership and institutional management and human rights based approach and relevant cross-cutting issues in implementation of the National Programme on Demographic Security 2011 – 2025 and its Action Plan, results achieved, factors that facilitated/hindered the achievements, will document good practices and lessons learned and provide recommendations for review the Programme and for development of a new Action Plan.  

 

Scope of work and objectives

The overall scope of the assignment is to evaluate the progress of the National Programme on Demographic Security 2011 – 2025 and its Action Plans.

To achieve the envisaged scope, the following objectives were set:

• Evaluate the progress in implementation of the Programme and results achieved so far towards initially set objectives and targets.
• To assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, leadership and institutional management and human rights based approach and relevant cross-cutting issues in implementation of the Programme.
• Analyze and describe the extent to which the national ownership is ensured, including domestic financial allocations to accelerate Programme implementation.
• Describe good practices and provide factors that facilitated and/or hindered the achievements of the results so far and elaborate lessons learned to be considered in reviewing of the Programme;
• Present specific recommendations to be incorporated in the next Action Plan of the Programme.

The evaluation will consider core results achieved since 2011 and will present, to the extent possible, implications of the results achieved towards demographic context of the country. Evaluation should be grounded on human rights based approach, ensure that results achieved are evidence-based, proposed recommendations are results-oriented and specific.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

The following qualification criteria will be applied during the selection of the National Consultants:

Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in Social Policies, Public Policies, Economics, public administration, international development and/or other related science.
• Other formal education relevant for the assignment (such as training in Human Rights Based Approach, Results Based Management or Monitoring and Evaluation) is an asset.

 Years of Experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in social policies, gender, migration or demography OR at least 5 years of relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation, public policy and impact assessments. Please note that in selection of the consultants, preference will be given to a consultant with extensive expertise in social area and another consultant with extensive experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.

• Previous experience of collaboration with Government of Moldova in developing sectorial policies, in particular State Chancellery, National Commission on Population and Development and Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family.
• Experience of work with development partners, in particular UN/UNFPA and EU (successful experience in working with UN agencies is an asset).
• Experience in organization, moderation and or facilitation of participatory team-works, joint researches, national/local level consultations, trainings.

 Languages:

• Fluency in Romanian and English is required.
• Working knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Russian, Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language would be an asset.

UNFPA is committed to workforce diversity. Well qualified candidates, particularly women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV are particularly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

Interested candidates must submit in English the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• Cover Letter, explaining how the candidate’s experience meets each qualification criteria;
• Two samples of previous evaluation reports of large policy documents / programmes.
• Duly completed and signed P11 including past experience in similar assignments and at least 3 reference names.

The application should be submitted with the mark “National Consultant on NPDS Evaluation” by February 21, 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00) by email to jobs@unfpa.md

Detailed Terms of Reference and template of Personal History Form (P11) are available at the UN Moldova website http://www.un.md and UNFPA Moldova website http://www.unfpa.md .

Failure of candidates to submit a duly completed P11 form, as well as false representations on this form, shall constitute sufficient grounds for withdrawal of further consideration of the application. All information provided in the P11 form will be treated as strictly confidential.

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