Country Programme (2007-2011/2012) evaluation - UNFPA Moldova

The costs of the UNFPA evaluation will be covered from 2011 CP core funds.
The International Consultant /Team Leader will be remunerated in two stages based on the
quality and timeliness of the presented outputs, which are as follows: The first draft of the
UNFPA evaluation report prior on comments from various reviewers (30% of total fee). The
Final UNFPA evaluation report, incorporating the comments received from various stakeholders,
presented during a stakeholder meeting (70% of total fee).
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Health Economics, Social Policy, Public
health, Gender, Demography, Development or transition Studies, or relevant Social Sciences with
at least 8-10 years of relevant professional experience, including previous substantial involvement
in evaluations and/or reviews;
• Advanced relevant professional experience, including previous substantial involvement
in evaluations and/or reviews;
• Excellent knowledge of the UN system and UN common country programming
processes, UNDAF and UNFPA programme activities;
• Specialized experience and/or methodological/technical knowledge, including data
collection and analytical skills, particularly in one of the following areas: human rightsbased
approaches to programming; gender considerations; Results Based Management
(RBM) principles; logic modelling/logical framework analysis; quantitative and
qualitative data collection and analysis; participatory approaches; Sector Wide
Approaches (SWA).
• Knowledge of development challenges in CEE/CIS region especially Moldova;
• Past experience as a team-leader in a related assignment (s);
• Previous experience on evaluation in Eastern European countries and a good
understanding of the culture and context will be an advantage but not necessarily
required;
• Good understanding of following approaches: Human Rights, Gender, participatory
evaluation and processes and results based management for monitoring and evaluation;
• Ability for the compilation of data and its quantitative and qualitative analysis within the
logical framework approach and problem tree analysis;
• Ability to work in partnership with various stakeholders: partners, governments,
beneficiaries on sensitive issues like reproductive health;
• Proven experience in policy development and analysis around reproductive health,
gender, population issues and poverty reduction strategies highly desirable;
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