Project title: Consultants-: Institutional Effectiveness - Evaluation of the UNDP Strategic Plan, Global Programme, and Regional Programmes (2 Positions)
Closing Date: 7 November 2016 (Midnight New York, USA)
Background
The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is carrying out an ‘Evaluation of the UNDP Strategic Plan, Global Programme, and Regional Programmes (2014-17)’ as part of the IEO medium-term plan (DP/2014/5) approved by the Executive Board in January 2014. This TOR is focused on the three component of Institutional effectiveness to be covered as part of the broader evaluation of the Strategic Plan, Global Programme and Regional Programme Evaluation.
The final report of the Strategic Plan, Global Programme, and Regional Programmes evaluation, along with a separate summary report on Institutional Effectiveness covering key findings, will be submitted for Board consideration at the 2nd regular session in September 2017.
IEO is commissioning 2 specialists to cover the following areas:
- Higher quality programmes through stronger RBM;
- Greater organizational openness, agility and adaptability; and
- Improved management of financial and human resources.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the IEO Evaluation Manager for IE and support from the evaluation research consultant, the institutional effectiveness evaluator will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Further develop the evaluation plan of inquiry and prepare protocols for each method, tools and instruments of data collection, analysis and synthesis that will be used;
- Conduct desk review and analysis of all relevant documents, including but not limited to all available surveys and evaluation, audit and financial reports (2014-2016) and prepare preliminary findings to be triangulated with field data collection;
- Conduct field studies in at least 3 countries to collect data with various stakeholders and produce detailing report of field data collection and how the data analysis sustains or contradicts desk review preliminary findings;
- Produce a final report with: i) triangulated findings; ii) key identified factors that contributed or hindered UNDP’s institutional effectiveness; iii) conclusions; iv) lessons learned and v) recommendations; and
- Work in close collaboration with the other specialist, particularly in areas where there is cross cutting research and analysis.
While most of the assignment will be home-based it is expected that the consultant will conduct data collection in a few countries and may be required to attend meetings in New York in person or remotely.
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