Consultancy: M&E Tools development (CDPF and GPE COVID19 Accelerated Funding)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

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UNICEF started operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first country office in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

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The overall objective of this assignment is for an international consultant to support UNICEF to plan and develop tools to support data collection, reporting and management related to two major programmes within the UNICEF Cambodia country office’s education section – the CDPF Phase III and Cambodia’s GPE-funded COVID-19 Response and Recovery programme.

The overall objective of this assignment is to support UNICEF and MoEYS implementing partners to assist the programme team and implementing partners at national and sub-national levels to collect data for results monitoring. Particularly for GPE, the consultant will also be expected to contribute to the scoping and implementation of programme evaluation activities, particularly those linked to the utilization of school block grant.

The international consultant will engage and work closely with UNICEF Cambodia education team to carry out the following specific tasks, in line with the timeline developed by UNICEF:

CDPF- Related

• Based on the existing CDPF M&E framework, develop tools for timely data collection, tracking and analysis of key programme activities to facilitate UNICEF Education Team’s planning and reporting requirements;
• Develop standards and conduct data quality assessments to support efficient collection of high-quality data from implementing partners;
• Design high-quality data products to communicate results to a variety of audiences, including data products, dashboards and infographics;
• Design quantitative and/or qualitative M&E tools to measure programme performance and impact of capacity development investments. This may include longitudinal studies, case studies, sample trainee surveys and other evaluation approaches and methods, among other things; and
• Support and mentor UNICEF staff and MoEYS implementing partners at national and sub-national levels through on-the-job training to implement the newly developed tools and reporting templates.

GPE-related

• Support MoEYS to finalize the M&E implementation framework for its national COVID-19 response and recovery plan
• Develop tools to assist with results monitoring and reporting for the GPE COVID19 response and recovery programme, particularly relating to key intervention areas such as continuous learning, the back-to-school campaign, communication for education, school block grants, remedial education, and education resilience and system-building activities;
• Design surveys or monitoring checklists for outcome level indicators; support with methodology, planning for survey administration, data management, analysis and reporting;
• Assist relevant MoEYS’ technical departments to revise their current data collection forms/ templates in order to collect all the necessary data required for reporting against the agreed Results Framework for the GPE COVID19 response and recovery programme;
• Support MoEYS in developing the COVID-19 national response plan M&E framework and develop tools and data collection methodologies to support implementation by MoEYS.
• Provide input, and assist the UNICEF education team to coordinate where necessary, the M&E inputs into GPE quarterly reporting and other COVID-19 reporting requirements, including the consolidation of data;
• In consultation with MoEYS, assist with scoping and implementation of the GPE programme evaluation, including survey design using mobile data collection tools such as Kobo Toolbox, Google Forms, data analysis using SPSS/Stata software, and data visualization using PowerBi or ONA Platform.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A Post Graduate degree in education, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, human resource development, international development or another related field;
• At least five years of relevant work experience in monitoring and evaluation of multi-sectoral programs, including emergency response programs, human resource development or other related areas of work;
• At least 3 years of practical experience in working with statistical packages like STATA/SPSS is an asset.
• At least 3 years of experience in design and planning monitoring and evaluation framework, log frames, TOC of programmes, particularly those linked to social sectors, evaluation, survey implementation, advanced statistical research.
• Field work experience in developing countries is required; and experience working in SE Asia and/or in Cambodia considered an asset.
• A least 3 years of practical experience in survey design using quantitative and qualitative methods, survey administration, analysis and reporting would be an asset.
• Excellent inter-personal, mentoring, facilitation and communication skills.
• Proficiency in using MS Office package including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access database etc. and data visualization software such as PowerBI, or ONA platform.
• Experience designing online forms and surveys using mobile data collection tools such as KOBO Toolbox.
• Excellent English language written and spoken skills are required.
• Able to work to meet deadlines.

Please find the term of reference for this assignment ToR- Consultant on M&E Tools.pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.