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Timor-Leste: Individual International Consultant for Evaluation of Timor-Leste Youth Parliament Programme.

Organization: UN Children's Fund Country: Timor-Leste Closing date: 01 Sep 2017 If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. Background As per attached. Attachement in TMS.pdf Annexes - TOR Youth Parliament Programme Evaluation.docx.pdf Purpose of the Assignment Overall Purpose The evaluation’s main purpose is to generate substantial knowledge and evidence on the TLYP in the context of Timor-Leste to inform national development policies and strategic planning processes as well as guide UNICEF CPAP 2015-2019 Outcome 3: Child Protection and Participation at the time of mid-term review in 2017. A formative evaluation with a utilization focused approach is suggested to ensure the usefulness and relevance of this evaluation exercise in Timor-Leste. Specific Objectives To assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact, sustainability, and equity of the Timor-Leste Youth Parliament (TLYP) programme. To draw recommendations on how the TLYP Programme can be further enhanced towards contributing to achieving results for children in Timor-Leste. To review and provide recommendation for the contents of the standard training/orientation package for TLYP. To document key findings and lessons learned of TLYP with local and international community. To provide strategic guidance to GOTL and UNICEF in determining its focus areas of support to adolescent and youth participation. To identify synergy areas with other initiatives related to youth and adolescents at national and sub-national levels (municipality). Assignment Tasks Phase 1. Inception Phase (in-country) Introductory meeting with UNICEF Timor-Leste and stakeholders Conduct desk review of relevant documents. (UNICEF will provide relevant information and documents with consultant including UNICEF style book and UNICEF publication guideline and manual of TLYP training) Submit an inception report including : context of the country, history and background of TLYP, evaluation framework, work plan, Theory of Change (ToC) on TLYP, methodology with proposed tools/interview guides, list of evaluation questions with source/methodology, limitation, risk/means of mitigation, list of reference. (Format needs to be aligned with UNICEF style book and UNICEF publication guideline) Submit revised final inception report based on the feedback received from evaluation reference group (UNICEF and GOTL) Phase 2. Data collection, Drafting evaluation report and power point presentation (in-country; 2nd visit) Meeting and interviewing key stakeholders at national level Conduct field visits to interview at the sub-national level. Draft evaluation report and power point presentation. Evaluation report needs to be well-structured and aligned with UNICEF Publication guideline/UNICEF style book, viz.; executive summary; context, purpose methodology; findings; conclusions; recommendations; lessons learned; and annexes including TOR, list of interviewees and site visits; data collection instruments; evaluation matrix; list of reference; two Human Interest Stories with pictures ( detailed check list will be provided for reference), outline of standard training manual for TLYP. Presentation of key findings to evaluation reference group for verification of preliminary findings. Submit final draft of evaluation report and power point presentation including all elements mentioned under activity 3 Phase 2 Phase 3. Finalization and Development of Dissemination Materials (by remote/home based) Submit final evaluation report and power point presentation deliverables based on the comments from UNICEF and other stakeholders and counterparts. Develop a reader friendly summary fact sheet on the evaluation of TLYP intended to be shared with children and adolescent including TLYP members. Develop an evaluation brief of TLYP evaluation with visual information (table, figures, pictures, etc), key findings, recommendations, and lessons learned intended to be shared with a wider audience including other line ministries of GOTL, development partners, and other countries (UNICEF will provide the examples). Expected Deliverables Phase 1: Minutes of the meeting including overall timeframe of the evaluation exercise Inception report, including the elements mentioned in Activity 3, Phase 1. Final inception report including the elements mentioned in Activity 3, Phase 1, based on the feedback from evaluation reference group with an additional appendix with table which clearly shows “comments received” “what degree have comments have been accepted by the consultant” and “how comments addressed in revised report”. Timeline for phase 1 deliverables: 7 working days in October 2017 Note: 2 weeks’ period is required between activity 3 and 4 (Phase1) in order to collect feedback from the evaluation reference group. Phase 2: Draft evaluation report and power point presentation, including all elements mentioned under activity 3 Phase 2. Final evaluation report and power point presentation, including all elements mentioned under activity 3 Phase 2. Timeline for phase 2 deliverables: 15 working days in November 2017 Phase 3: Final evaluation report and power point presentation, including all elements mentioned under activity 3 Phase 2. Reader friendly summary factsheet for children and youth including TLYP members (not exceeding more than 6 pages). Summary brochure for advocacy. Timeline for phase 3 deliverables: 13 working days in November/December 2017 Note: 2 weeks’ period is required between activity 5 (Phase 2) and 1 (Phase3) in order to collect feedback from the evaluation reference group. Qualifications of Successful Candidate Essential: Advanced university degree in Social Sciences or other related field Professional experience to conduct an evaluation (sample evaluation report is essential to submit together with technical/financial proposals) At least 8 years work experience, out of which at least 3 years practical experience in programme planning, management, monitoring and evaluation relevant to adolescents and youth participation Good understanding of UNICEF’s global and regional programme strategies particularly in Child Protection and Participation, and Human Rights Based Approach. Strong analytical and writing skills Excellent written and oral English Asset: Familiarity with Timor-Leste or region Working experiences in developing countries Knowledge of Portuguese and/or Tetum To view our competency framework, please click here. Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply online and submit the following documents: Letter of Interest Financial proposal. Applications submitted without apropose feewill not be considered. Technical proposal Samples of deliverables CV UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. How to apply:UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=506660