UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for an International Consultancy for End-of-the Project Assessment of Integrated Programme for Climate Resilience and Empowerment in Attapeu Province Lao PDR- Child Protection. The duration of this assignment is 5 months, starting 01st January 2024 to 31st May 2024 and the Consultant shall be based at UNICEF, Vientiane office/ Home based and travel to Attapeu province for data collection.
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UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for an International Consultancy for End-of-the Project Assessment of Integrated Programme for Climate Resilience and Empowerment in Attapeu Province Lao PDR- Child Protection. The duration of this assignment is 5 months, starting 01st January 2024 to 31st May 2024 and the Consultant shall be based at UNICEF, Vientiane office/ Home based and travel to Attapeu for data collection.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
The assessment will appraise the effectiveness of the implementation strategy and the results. This will include implementation modalities, roles and responsibilities of implementing partners, coordination, partnership arrangements, government institutional capacity strengthening, beneficiary participation, prospects for replication and sustainability of the programme.
The assessment will include review of the project design and assumptions made at the beginning of the project development process. As for project management including the implementation strategies and project activities, the assessment it will appraise the extent to which the project results have been achieved, partnership established and/or strengthened, capacities built, and gender and human/child rights addressed. It will also assess whether the implementation strategy has been ideal and recommend areas for improvement. Furthermore, the assessment will also consider to what extent the results from this project contributed to meet the overall Theory of Change for Child Protection Programme, UNICEF Lao PDR, which are:
- Lao PDR has a functioning, adequately resourced and staffed child protection system, where all stakeholders are aware of and perform their responsibilities in a coordinated manner to ensure adequate protection.
- Children, families, and communities have better access to and use quality preventive and responsive services for addressing child protection vulnerabilities and violations.
- Parents, caregivers, children and their communities promote positive social norms and adopt behaviors that reduces violence, abuse and harmful practices against children and ensures children in need access support to recover. Finally, the assessment will pay special attention to scalability of this Attapeu model.
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Expected Deliverables:
1) Inception report: The consultant will prepare an inception report which details the understanding of the assessment and how the key assessing questions will be addressed. This will ensure that there is a shared understanding of the assessment among UNICEF and related implementing partners. The inception report will include the assessment matrix summarizing the assessment design, methodology, key assessing questions, data sources and collection analysis tool for each data source and the measure by which each question will be assessed. The report will include the scope of work, work plan, time frame, analysis, after 5 working days from starting the assessment process. The inception report should include a proposed schedule of tasks; activities and deliverables, with clear responsibilities for each task or product. The inception report will be discussed and agreed upon with UNICEF and involved stakeholders.
2) Draft Assessment report- The consultant will draft KOICA-funded UNICEF Child protection programme in Attapeu assessment Report, considering the proposed format of the report. And the report will be submitted to the UNICEF review and comments. UNICEF will share with relevant stakeholders, and comments will be provided within 10 days after the reception of the Draft report.
3) The final report (30 to 50 pages): This report will incorporate comments from the Validation workshop with UNICEF and relevant stakeholders. The final report includes a full narrative report, two case studies, and one presentation, which summarizes the final report.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Qualifications or Specialized Knowledge/Experience Required:
Advanced degree in relevant field such as Public/Social Policy, International development, Planning, Public
Administration, Management M&E, child protection, social protection and other relevant fields.
Extensive expertise, knowledge and experience in the field of evaluation/assessment of development programmes
At least 10 years of experience of programme formulation, monitoring and evaluation
Fluency in English, and knowledge of Lao language is an added advantage
Submission of applications:
- Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply and upload the following documents to: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/
- Letter of Interest (cover letter)
- CV or Resume
- Performance evaluation reports or references of similar consultancy assignments (if available)
- Financial proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum cost including travel, accommodation cost, medical insurance, including Medical Evacuation for this assignment as per work assignment.
The deadline for applications is 07th December 2023
Assessment Criteria:
A)Technical Evaluation (maximum 75 Points) Weight 75%
- Advanced degree in relevant field such as Public/Social Policy, International development, Planning, Public Administration, Management M&E, child protection, social protection and other relevant fields. (20 points)
- Extensive expertise, knowledge and experience in the field of evaluation/assessment of development programmes (30 points)
- At least 10 years of experience of programme formulation, monitoring and evaluation (25 points)
B)Financial Proposal (maximum of 25 Points) Weight 25%
The maximum number of points shall be allotted to the lowest Financial Proposal that is opened /evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained minimum points (50) score in the technical evaluation. Other Financial Proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.
The Contract shall be awarded to candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores, subject to the satisfactory result of the verification interview.
Please find the TOR here:
Intl_ToR_KOICA ATP assessment-final 002 SC_VA.pdf
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