Vacancy Announcement Details
Evaluation Consultant(s) (a sole consultant, or a team of two consultants) for the Global Assessment and Final Evaluation Report Preparation as part of the Terminal Evaluation of the United Nations Development Account 10th tranche "Programme on Statistics and Data"
14 May 2021
UN DESA
The United Nations Development Account (DA) is a mechanism to fund capacity development projects of the 10 economic and social entities of the United Nations Secretariat. The objective of the DA 10th tranche “Programme on Statistics and Data” (the Programme) was to strengthen the statistical capacity of developing countries to measure, monitor and report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an accurate, reliable and timely manner for evidence-based policymaking. The Programme was implemented jointly by all the 10 DA implementing entities and coordinated by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) from September 2016 to April 2021 with a total budget of USD 11.4 million.
The terminal evaluation of the Programme will be carried out from June 2021 to May 2022. The evaluation is designed to generate information on the Programme’s results achievement. It is also expected to provide recommendations on how to improve the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of DA-funded projects and programmes, including through reflecting on the Programme’s implementation model involving 10 implementing entities and its catalytic value, spurring greater interest and mobilizing additional resources towards its objectives. In addition, the evaluation will provide the implementing entities with lessons learned to inform future programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in the area of statistical capacity development.
The Capacity Development Programme Management Office (CDPMO) of DESA is seeking a qualified senior evaluation consultant, or a team of two evaluation consultants, to conduct the following tasks as part of the terminal evaluation of the Programme:
- Prepare the inception report for the terminal evaluation;
- Conduct the global, or programme-level, assessment, including an in-depth assessment of Programme Component 1 (“horizontal” component), and prepare a Global Assessment Report;
- Prepare the Final Evaluation Report, synthesizing the findings of the global assessment and the two separately conducted in-depth thematic component assessments; and
- Develop a 3-page summary of the Final Evaluation Report and a presentation (PPT) on key findings, conclusions and recommendations.
The consultancy will be home-based. Full details available on the DESA website. Application deadline 31st May.