Consultancy Technical Support for Programme Management

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Technical support to programme management in the context of fragility (emergency, violence, political complexity and institutional fragility)

Section: Programme

Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Duration: 4 Weeks (two weeks home based and two weeks based in Tegucigalpa)

Start date: September – October (Negotiable) home-based work during two weeks in December 2017.

Purpose of the assignment
Under the guidance of the Representative, the Consultant will provide technical advice and support to ensure sound management strategy of the UNICEF Honduras Programme of Cooperation 2017-2021. Additionally the consultant will provide external quality assurance of the COAR 2017 package including the narrative section of the COAR and analytical statements of the Results Assessment Module.

Major duties and responsibilities

1. CPMP updated
• Analysis of Honduras´ socio-political and institutional context and its implications in the country programme implementation.
• Advising the country office on adjustment of EWEA, ERM, BCP to the current country context
• Update the CPMP incorporating management strategies to address challenges in socio-political and institutional context using the latest    UNICEF guidelines.
• Discussion of the updated CPMP with the CMT

2. Municipal strategy
• Desk review of the document Strengthening of National and Local Child Protection System in Honduras.
• Support the development of the municipal programmatic strategy of UNICEF Honduras, that includes programmatic convergence in 35    municipalities on the four components of the CPD 2017-2021: child protection, social policy, ECD and education.
• Implement a workshop on the municipal programmatic strategy with the staff to validate the proposed strategy
• Advises the Representative on the municipal programmatic strategy.

3. High quality COAR 2017 in accordance with the UNICEF COAR guidelines, UNICEF Brand Book and UNICEF Style Book guidelines and in line with the COAR reporting schedules and timelines (home-based during two weeks in December 2017)
• Advises on how to improve the 2017 COAR from lessons learned of the 2016 COAR.

•Support the Representative to undertake an in-depth analytical review of the drafts of the COAR 2017.
• Provide clear and precise guidance and feedback to the CO to address the quality gaps in line with the COAR guidance.
• Review of the final draft of the COAR and RAM to ensure that the quality gaps identified have been addressed.

Deliverables
1. CPMP updated according to the last guidelines
2. Municipal CPD strategy prepared, including an internal workshop with UNICEF staff
3. High quality COAR 2017 (December 2017)

Minimum qualifications and competencies
1. Academic background

• Advanced university degree in business administration, programme management or social sciences.

2. Experience
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience at the national and international levels in programme management, including in context of fragility
• Experience in emergency and humanitarian response
• Former/retired UNICEF Staff is an asset.

3. Competencies
• Prior similar work experience with UNICEF.
• Knowledge of UNICEF’s rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Availability and willingness to take up an assignment on short notice and ability to work under pressure
• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Fluency in English and Spanish required (verbal and written).

Evaluation criteria
• Education (level and relevance): 10%
• Relevant Work Experience (duration and quality): 30%
• Proposed Methodology and Approach: 20% (Proposed work plan and approach of implementation of the tasks as per the ToR)
• Financial proposal: 40%