Location: Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Application Deadline: 05-Oct-18 (Midnight New York, USA)
Time left: 9d 18h 21m
Additional Category: HIV, Health and Development
Type of Contract: Individual Contract
Post Level: National Consultant
Languages Required: English
Expected Duration of Assignment :Estimated 39 work days
Background
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency for ensuring rights and choices of all. The strategic goal of UNFPA is to achieve the three transformative results: ending unmet need for family planning, ending maternal death, and ending violence and harmful practices against women and girls. In pursuing its goal, UNFPA has been guided by the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action (1994), the Millennium Development Goals (2000) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015).
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia, and Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) are UNFPA country offices that form one of the administrative clusters of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. The programmes of these offices have the harmonized programme cycle ending in 2020, therefore the cluster programme evaluation of all four programmes is planned as part of the UNFPA quadrennial evaluation plan (DP/FPA/2018/1) approved by the Executive Board. The evaluation process will be organized in line with UNFPA Evaluation policy, adapted to the cluster needs.
In line with this, UNFPA is looking for individual consultant with expertise in data collection and analysis, and provision of operational support to act as National Research Assistant for evaluation of UNFPA programme assistance to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. National Research Assistant will act as a member of the Evaluation Team led by the International Team Leader and consisted of the national evaluator, national expert(s) and national research assistant in each of the four cluster countries.
Duties and Responsibilities
National Research Assistant will collect, compile and analyse available evaluation data for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in a form of the database. The Consultant will also be responsible for contacting relevant evaluation stakeholders and arranging field work for National Evaluator and National Expert(s), as well as providing logistical support (sending invitations, liaising with attendees, organisation of venue etc.) for organisation of dissemination seminar.
Duration and working schedule:
39 work days in total, in the period 15 October 2018 (estimated start of the assignment), to 31 May 2019:
5 work days for participation at the evaluation training;
10 days for reviewing and analysing data,
5 work days for preparation of field phase,
14 days for support during the field phase, and
5 work days for support to organisation of dissemination seminar
https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=81233
