Location: The consultant will work Home based and in Yemen Home based and Yemen
Application Deadline : 30 April 2023
Type of Contract : Individual Consultant
Language Required: Knowledge of Arabic is an asset
Duration: 8 Weeks , including two weeks in Yemen .
Hiring Office: UNFPA Yemen Country Office
Purpose of consultancy: To conduct Final Evaluation of the project “My Safety, Our Future: The Protection of Women and Girls from Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Yemen.” (June 2017 – March 2023)
Responsibilities:
Impact: Women and girls gain power over their lives, pursue their potential and live a life free from violence and inequality.
Outcome: GBV survivors and at-risk women and girls increased their knowledge, improve their livelihood opportunities, and utilize GBV prevention, mitigation and response services that reduce their vulnerabilities to GBV
Output 1: Comprehensive, specialised GBV services and support structures are available and functioning.
Output 2: GBV survivors and at risk women and girls have improved capacities and safe access to resources, support services and livelihoods opportunities
Output 3: Improved Awareness-raising and community mobilisation interventions are in place to identify key risks and address negative norms, attitudes and practices that perpetuate the social acceptance of GBV
Output 4. Strengthened accountability of Yemen’s humanitarian architecture on prioritise GBV prevention and response, adopting risk mitigation strategies in their response plans, and increase the core capacity of humanitarian actors in addressing GBV
Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:
Knowledge and Experience:
The following are the required skills and competencies expected from the selected applicant for conducting this Final Evaluation. In the case of an evaluation team, it is expected that the team leader should fulfill all required skills and competencies.
Education:
Advanced/ Postgraduate Degree in relevant discipline (e.g. Gender studies, public health, development and social studies, sociology, political science, etc.) Advanced degree in evaluation is an asset.Professional experience:
At least 10 years’ experience in programme evaluation in a protracted and/or complex humanitarian and/or development contexts and proven accomplishment in undertaking evaluations, including leading evaluations of multi-stakeholder programmes for multilateral organisations. Experience in evaluating reproductive/mental health, and Rapid Response Mechanism related programmes/project. Experience working in Yemen will be an advantage.Knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of evaluation and DAC criteria. Knowledge in results-based programming. Proven expertise in evaluating programmes focusing on reproductive/mental health, GBV, and Rapid Response Mechanism. Extensive knowledge of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. Excellent written and spoken English and presentational capacities. Knowledge of Arabic language is the prerequisite. Knowledge of the UN system would be an asset.Important: The evaluator/s has to explicitly declare his/her independence from any organisations that have been involved in designing, executing or advising any aspect of the particular programme of UNFPA Yemen that is the subject of the Final evaluation. Selection process will ensure that the evaluator/s does not have any relationship with this particular UNFPA Yemen programmes in the past, present or foreseen in the near future.
How to apply:
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