Spotlight Initiative, Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Knowledge Management Consultancy, Harare, Zimbabwe

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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, a fair chance

UNICEF has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1982. We are a team of passionate professionals committed to the protection and fulfillment of children’s rights.

Supporting the Government’s vision of a prosperous and empowered upper-middle-income society, the 2022 to 2026 UNICEF Zimbabwe country programme is aimed at contributing to sustainable socioeconomic development that provides all children, including adolescents, with opportunities to fulfil their potential, lead a healthy life, access quality learning and protection and meaningfully participate in society.

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How can you make a difference?

UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to engage a qualified and committed individual consultant to carry out Spotlight Initiative, Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Knowledge Management Consultancy.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Spotlight is a multi-agency initiative developed jointly and implemented jointly with UN Women, UNDP, ILO, UNFPA and UNESCO. Accordingly, the initiative requires a joint approach of Monitoring and Evaluation. The monitoring and evaluation component of the Spotlight is led by UNICEF in close collaboration and coordination with other UN Agencies, CSOs and Government stakeholders. As the Spotlight Initiative comes to a close, an extensive programme to facilitate closure and handover to the government has been put in place. The Consultant will be responsible for supporting UNICEF in conducting final results verification, coordinating the close out activities and ensuring accurate documentation of the spotlight Initiative.

BACKGROUND:

In September 2017, the EU and the UN launched an ambitious partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls worldwide. The Spotlight Initiative (SI) aims at mobilizing commitment of political leaders and contributing to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Initiative aims at ending all forms of violence against women and girls, targeting those that are most prevalent and contribute to gender inequality across the world. In Zimbabwe the Spotlight Initiative programme ran from 2019 and ends in 2023.

The Spotlight Initiative is in the final quarter of implementation after 5 years. An extensive programme has been put in place to ensure accurate documentation and handover to government to sustain the results of the programme. The monitoring and evaluation component of the Spotlight is led by UNICEF in close coordination and collaboration with other UN Agencies, CSOs and Government stakeholders participating in the initiative. Due to the extensive nature of assignments at close out, a consultant is required to support UNICEF in conducting final results verification, coordinating the close out activities and ensuring accurate documentation of the spotlight Initiative.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Coordinate Programme Close Out Activities and Reporting
2. Support Documentation of the Spotlight Initiative
3. Support Spotlight Evaluation and Thematic Evaluation
4. Conduct Independent Quality Assurance
5. Coordinate the Spotlight Close out event

Major deliverables

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Working days and Timelines

Coordinate Programme Close Out Activities and Reporting (2019-2023)

1. Final Spotlight Initiave Report

10 days

Expected completion: ~15 August 2023

Support Documentation of the Spotlight Initiative

2. Final Documentation Report
3. Two – Pager summary developed and shared

10 days

Expected completion: ~15 August 2023

4. Dissemination Report

5 days

Expected completion: ~30 August 2023

Conduct Independent Quality Assurance

5. Field Mission Reports Produced

8 days

Expected completion: ~30 September 2023

Support Spotlight Evaluation and Thematic Evaluation

6. Report on field mission produced

10 days

Expected completion: ~30 September 2023

Coordinate the Spotlight Close out event

7. Close out event programme produced
8. Spotlight Initiative Close- Out Report produced

5 days

Expected completion: ~30 September 2023

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

• Advanced university degree(Masters) in social sciences, statistics, development, monitoring and evaluation, or other relevant area.

  • Five years relevant professional field work experience Professional work experience in programme development and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation activities as follows
  • At least two years exposure to gender-based programming. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in demography, statistics, and data management.
• Professional technical knowledge /expertise in methodology of M&E, including theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods.
• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Results Based Management principles and practices and implementation
• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Activity Monitoring & Evaluation, Evaluation Design, data analysis, and reporting.
• Gender equality and diversity awareness

Desirable

• Professional/technical knowledge /expertise in Team Management, Coaching & Training.
• Mastery of UNICEF’s M&E policies and procedures.
• Latest programme monitoring and evaluation theory, methodology and tools.
• Understanding of UN Mission and system, current key UN topics; and International Code of Conduct.
• Understanding of UNICEF Mission Statement and UNICEF Guiding Principles.
• UNICEF strategic framework for partnerships and collaborative relationships.

Languages

• Fluency in English is required, and the language of the duty station is desirable.

Details of the assignment can be found in the attached ToR ToR Spotlight Initiative Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant .pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors 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.

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.

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.