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Consultant Monitoring & Evaluation Teaching & Training Programme & Policy

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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.

And we never give up.

For every child, Education

How can you make a difference?

Purpose and Objective:

In partnership with the Mozambican government, the UNICEF country office in Mozambique supports primary education with a focus on quality education and learning outcomes in basic literacy and numeracy. These interventions are in line with the Mozambican government plans, strategies and priority actions and annually agreed with Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH). The five main outputs in the Annual Work Plan (AWP) are:

Promote increased access to early learning and school readiness;
Improve quality of primary education and learning outcomes through more competent and better-motivated teachers;
Promote increased access for vulnerable children and retention of adolescent girls in primary schools;
Build capacity for better planning, management and monitoring at national, sub-national and school level; and
Ensure children including adolescents to have access to learning opportunities in a safe and clean learning environment during and after the emergencies.

The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) component of donor funded programmes is getting more and more crucial, requiring more detailed intervention to obtain better outcomes, identify good practices, challenges and lessons learned, as well as intervene on challenges to improve the programme implementation. It is therefore important for UNICEF to equip with highly skilled M&E staff. In this consultancy opportunity, the consultant is expected to support the monitoring and evaluation component of various donor-funded programmes, including programmes funded by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Japanese Committee for UNICEF (JCU).

Methodology and Technical Approach:

Three major areas of intervention include M&E, coordination, and capacity development on M&E as follows:

Monitoring and evaluation

Regular monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the KOICA and other donor-funded programmes;
Periodic field visits to monitor programme implementation.

Coordination

Coordination with the Education Section’s programme officers and the team lead in the Maputo office;
Coordination with UNICEF technical staff in the field offices;
Coordination with central and provincial structures and other educational institutions/organizations that deal with the provision of education services;
Coordinate with other implementing partners;
Support coordination with donors, including KOICA Country office.

Capacity development

Enhancing staff capacity on M&E;
Enhancing capacity of government counterparts on M&E.

The consultant is expected to conduct all above work in close coordination with the relevant education staff in Maputo and field offices as well as relevant sections and government counterparts, under the guidance of the Education Manager based in Maputo.

Activities and Tasks:

M&E

Develop/improve programme progress sheets for proper M&E of responsible programmes;
Conduct field monitoring visits, attend stakeholder workshops and meetings to monitor, evaluate,

document and report on implementation of planned activities;

Ensure the implementation of the KOICA Visibility Plan;
Liaise with UNICEF communication section to enhance the visibility of funding donors; deliver key programme messages through websites and social media, documentation of best practices and lessons learned, dissemination to relevant partners and stakeholders;
Draft biannual and annual programme implementation plans and reports, including donor reports and communication and evaluation progress reports; both in narrative and presentation formats;
Analyse education statistics generated by Government and other partners for the use for UNICEF programme in close collaboration with the Education Officer in charge of M&E for UNICEF’s internal issues and develop infographics and/or presentation for internal and external use.

Coordination

Coordinate with the education section and other relevant section staffs on the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the KOICA- and other donor-funded programmes;
Coordinate with counterparts (government and other implementing partners) on the planning implementation, and monitoring of the KOICA- and other donor-funded programmes
Provide technical support on coordination with donors including KOICA.

Capacity development

Provide on-the-job training with colleagues from the education section and other sections through regular M&E interventions;
Provide technical support to specific trainings and workshops for the section and counterparts as required;
Support the team lead and the section on any relevant activities as required.

Deliverables and Payments:

Payments will be processed upon acceptance of the corresponding deliverable and against an invoice that will make reference to the contract reference and deliverable number. Payments will be approved by the respective section chief.

Deliverable 1:

Delivery timeframe: End of June

Deliverable/product(s): Monthly report with update on the overall programme progress sheet (including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting) of donor-funded programmes and other activities.

Deliverable 2:

Delivery timeframe: End of July

Deliverable/product(s): Monthly report with update on the overall programme progress sheet (including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting) of donor-funded programmes and other activities.

Deliverable 3:

Delivery timeframe: End of August