National Consultant: Team Member Country Programme Evaluations - Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Expert

 

 

Job code: 15678

Position: National Consultant Team Member Country Programme Evaluations: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Expert

Contract Type: Individual Consultant Contract

Duration: 40 working days (approx. 5 months) Deliverable based

Closing date: 25 January 2024 – 23:59hrs (Jakarta Time)

 

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Job Description

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS ONLY FOR NATIONALS OF INDONESIA

 

National Consultant (Deliverable Based)

Purpose of consultancy: 

UNFPA Indonesia is seeking to hire a National Evaluation team member to undertake and provide an assessment of UNFPA Indonesia country programme evaluation.

The 2024 UNFPA Evaluation Policy encourages country offices to conduct country programme evaluations (CPEs) for every programme cycle and, as a minimum, every two cycles. UNFPA Indonesia will be undertaking a country programme evaluation (CPE) to provide an independent assessment of the performance of its 10th Country Programme (programme period: 2021-2025) and offer an analysis of various facilitating and constraining factors influencing programme delivery and the achievement of intended results. The CPE will also draw conclusions and provide a set of actionable recommendations for the next programme cycle.

The team members will report to the CPE Manager (UNFPA Programme Analyst, M&E) and Evaluation Team Leader. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Evaluation team member: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Expert

The gender equality and women’s empowerment expert will provide expertise on the human rights of women and girls, especially sexual and reproductive rights, the empowerment of women and girls, engagement of men and boys, as well as GBV and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, child, early and forced marriage. S/he also expected to analyse the contribution of gender equality and women's empowerment in accelerating the achievement of UNFPA's three transformative outcomes: ending unmet need for family planning, ending preventable and ending gender-based violence and all harmful practices. S/he will contribute to the methodological design of the evaluation and take part in the data collection and analysis work, with overall responsibility of contributions to the evaluation deliverables in her/his thematic area of expertise. S/he will provide substantive inputs throughout the evaluation process by contributing to the development of the evaluation methodology, evaluation work plan and agenda for the field phase, participating in meetings with the Evaluation Manager, UNFPA Indonesia CO staff and the ERG. S/he will undertake a document review and conduct interviews and group discussions with stakeholders, as agreed with the evaluation team leader.

The modalities for the participation of the evaluation Team Members in the evaluation process, their responsibilities during data collection and analysis, as well as the nature of their respective contributions to the drafting of the design report and the draft and final evaluation report will be agreed with the evaluation Team leader. These tasks will be performed under her/his supervision.

 

Duration and Working Schedule:

The consultancy will be for a duration of 40 working days from 15 February to 30 June 2024. 

 

Expected service and deliverables:

1. Submission of the design Submission of the design report (inception report) and PowerPoint presentation (February 2024)
2. Submission of Preliminary PowerPoint presentation of field phase for a debriefing meeting with the CO and the ERG (April 2024)
3. Submission of evaluation report draft and PowerPoint presentation of the evaluation results (May 2024)
   • First draft 
   • Second draft
4. Submission of the final evaluation report and PowerPoint presentation of the evaluation results (June 2024)

 

Place where services are to be delivered: 

The Evaluation Team Members are expected to work from Indonesia with regular presence at the UNFPA Indonesia office as agreed upon discussion with the CPE Manager

 

Expected Travel: 

Travel will be determined based on needs identified notably during the fieldwork (data collection) phase.

 

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  Master’s degree in women/gender studies, human rights law, social sciences, development studies or a related field.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• 5-7 years of experience in conducting evaluations, reviews, assessments, research studies or M&E work in the field of international development.
• Substantive knowledge on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, GBV and other harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, early, child and forced marriage, and issues surrounding masculinity, gender relationships and sexuality.
• Good knowledge of humanitarian strategies, policies, frameworks and international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles, as well as the international humanitarian architecture and coordination mechanisms].
• Ability to ensure ethics and integrity of the evaluation process, including confidentiality and the principle of do no harm.
• Ability to consistently integrate human rights and gender perspectives in all phases of the evaluation process.
• Solid knowledge of evaluation approaches and methodology and demonstrated ability to apply both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with a multidisciplinary team of experts.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken).
• Work experience in/good knowledge of the national development context of Indonesia. 
• Familiarity with UNFPA or other United Nations organizations’ mandates and activities will be an advantage.

Languages: 

Fluent in written and spoken English.

 

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

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Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.