Home-based: Humanitarian PM&E Expert Consultant (24 working days between Aug and Nov 2023) - Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO)

Consultant Programme & Policy Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Document lessons learned and provide recommendations for HPM implementation

You have:

• Master's degree in social sciences, international development, politics, economics, humanitarian studies.
• A Bachelor degree combined with nine (9) years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
• Minimum seven (7) years work experience in Humanitarian Programme Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation or Humanitarian Programme Management and Coordination.
• Strong technical M&E skills, experience in data collection and analysis.
• Experience in humanitarian PME and/or Coordination.
• Experience in drafting humanitarian policy and guidelines.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience in humanitarian/emergency response with NGOs/UN system in the region is an asset.

Contract

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Purpose of Activity/Assignment

Over the past year and a half, the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) has been coordinating the humanitarian response for children outside Ukraine. As part of this response, ECARO successfully established, implemented, and coordinated a regional Humanitarian Performance Monitoring (HPM) system for 16 countries involved in the humanitarian effort. Throughout this response, UNICEF prioritised partnerships with national counterparts and subnational authorities, including municipalities. Many of these partners were new to collaborating with UNICEF and had limited experience in humanitarian response. This engagement presented new challenges and opportunities for UNICEF's approach, especially concerning the implementation of HPM within this context.

As part of the ECARO response to the UNICEF evaluation of the humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine, ECARO aims to engage a qualified consultant to support the HPM team in conducting an assessment and documenting valuable lessons learned from this experience. The primary objective is to document the way the HPM system has been implemented in the region and formulate actionable recommendations to be considered for better contextualizing the HPM package for ongoing and future humanitarian response in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region based on the lessons learned from this experience. The consultant will be responsible for delivering a compelling case study that presents the lessons learnt and suggest actionable recommendations to make the system more fit for purpose.

Scope of Work

a) Reviewing relevant documentation related to the establishment, rollout, and coordination of the HPM system in the ECA region.

b) Conducting in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, including UNICEF staff, national counterparts, subnational authorities, and other relevant partners, to gather insights into the challenges and successes encountered during the HPM design, roll out, and implementation.

c) Identifying and analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the current HPM system and its alignment with the overall humanitarian response strategy.

d) Identifying specific challenges faced by partners and UNICEF in implementing HPM.

e) Documenting good practices, innovative approaches, and successful strategies employed during the HPM implementation to overcome context specifying challenges.

f) Based on the lessons learned, the challenges and the good practices identified for the case study, suggest practical and actionable recommendations to improve effectiveness of the HPM package in ECARO and similar contexts.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks / Milestone******Deliverables / Outputs******Timeline / DeadlinePrepare a detailed workplan with key milestones.Workplan finalized and validated by the supervisor.1 working day;

By 30 August 2023

Global and regional HPM practice review and data collection plan/tools.Summary of current global and regional practice, with a focus on distinguishing elements of the ECA regional approach and the relevance of HPM tools and practices to the ECA region.5 working days;

By 20 September 2023

Identification of good practices and areas for improvement, which will be further investigated during the data collection phase.Validated data collection tools and protocols, including a provisional list of respondents for tailored and effective data gathering.Data collection and analysis.Data collection completed10 working days;

By 15 October 2023

Preliminary findings analyzed, including suggestions for recommendations, and discussed with the HPM team.Case study drafting and consultation on recommendations.Case study draft completed, including clear, actionable, and region-specific recommendations for improving the HPM package.5 working days;

By 25 October 2023

Case study validated with key stakeholders.Validation and dissemination of the final case study.Case study finalized and disseminated in at least one regional webinar with key stakeholders.3 working days;

By 30 November 2023

Estimated Duration of the Contract

24 working days (between August and November 2023)

Consultant's Work Place and Official Travel

The assignment will be home-based with no travel foreseen.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy & Payment Schedule

Payment will be made on submission of an invoice and satisfactory completion of the above-mentioned deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines. All materials developed will remain the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future.

Please submit a lumpsum professional fee (in USD) in your application based on 24 working days to undertake this assignment.

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

• Master’s degree in social sciences, international development, politics, economics, humanitarian studies. A Bachelor degree combined with nine (9) years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
• Minimum seven (7) years work experience in Humanitarian Programme Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation or Humanitarian Programme Management and Coordination.
• Strong technical M&E skills, experience in data collection and analysis.
• Experience in humanitarian PME and/or Coordination.
• Experience in drafting humanitarian policy and guidelines.
• Fluent in English.
• Experience in humanitarian/emergency response with NGOs/UN system in the region is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most marginalized children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family 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:

Please include a full CV and Financial Proposal in your application. Additionally, indicate your availability and professional fee (in USD) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a professional fee will not be considered. 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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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