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2024/STEM/10984

Job offer type
Experts

Type of contract
Service contract

Activity sectors
Sustainable development ; Monitoring and evaluation

Deadline date
2024/04/23 18:00

Duration of the assignment
Short term

Contract
Freelancer

Duration
2 months

Mission description

This consultancy aims at developing the Monitoring and Evaluation frame of a programme under development with three objectives :

·      (i) deepen the development of the logical framework and its respective indicators, based on the outline theory of change

·      (ii) collect the baseline values,

·      (iii) develop a comprehensive and robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for the project in order to guide its management and implementation.

 The system should allow for the collection, processing and analysis of data, and make a concrete and continuous link with learning to support operational and strategic decision-making. The M&E system should also serve accountability purposes, both upwards (donors) and downwards (beneficiaries).

Nature of the services requested

The expected mission of the Expert are the following activities:

  • Review and refine the project's logical framework (indicators, targets, sources of verification) including a completed baseline based on reliable data sources and a clear methodology.
  •  Propose and develop a solid M&E plan co-constructed with the project stakeholders, in line with the commitments recommended in EF’s M&E policy, detailing in particular:

o   The description of each indicator, their adequate disaggregation (including gender) and their monitoring plan (means of verification, calculation method, tools, frequency, person responsible, etc.);

o   The data flow process, from collection to use (collection, feedback, consolidation, visualization, use for steering and decision-making, reporting, etc.);

o   Data management (analysis, reporting, archiving, confidentiality, quality control, data protection in compliance with data protection and the GDPR);

o   The tools and methods of data collection;

o   Identification of reliable data sources and a clear methodology for undertaking Endline exercises.

  • Assess the needs, practices and capacities of the team (especially the MEAL officer) in terms of tools, collection, consolidation and analysis of information.

The methodology should include meetings with Expertise France project team to co-construct the M&E system and to ensure buy-in. Note that a diagnosis study and a technical assistance for gender mainstreaming will be carried out concurrently with this consultancy. Coordination with the assigned consultants will be scheduled to ensure the coherence of the gender component within the overall project architecture and its M&E framework.

Project or context description

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is developing a new project aimed at providing a regional response to the phenomenon of sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean region. The project seeks to strengthen regional coordination among affected countries, support both public and private actors in the integrated management of this biomass to create an environment conducive to the development of sargassum value chains. At this stage of development, the programme’s intervention logic is structured into three components and one cross-cutting component:

  • Support the regional coordination by strengthening a network of expertise, to facilitate public decision-making through knowledge sharing, experience capitalization in sargassum management, and exchange of best practices among sargassum managers in Caribbean countries and territories.
  • Support the development of an enabling framework for value chain structuring in three or four Caribbean states to facilitate the scaling up sargassum valorisation chains with high replicability potential, while also building the resilience of communities to extreme climatic events.
  • Strengthen regional scientific cooperation to enrich knowledge on sargassum and produce data and capitalization materials to better assist the policy-makers and sensitize affected communities.
  • Mainstream gender in the sargassum management and valorisation activities conducted by public and private actors. The scope of this cross-cutting component is to be defined through a gender expertise. 

The geographical scope of the program will vary depending on the components. The first and the third component axis will cover a broader area and include countries in the Lesser Antilles, member states of the Organization of the East Caribbean States - OECS, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, and potentially Mexico. The second component, focusing on promoting an enabling framework for value chain structuring will have a narrower focus, targeting the Dominican Republic, Saint-Lucia and one or two other islands (currently under delineation in an ongoing diagnosis study).

Required profile

Education

  • Graduate degree (minimum 5 years of higher education) in development economics, political or social sciences, international cooperation, applied statistics or any other profile in line with the missions to be performed.

Experience

·         At least 5 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning in the context of international cooperation and development projects;

·         Experience of construction of project management tools and practices (theory of change, logical framework, planning, reporting, etc.) and knowledge of donor practices, particularly the EU;

·         Experience in developing an M&E plan;

·         Previous experience in the Caribbean region will be an asset.

 

Qualification and skills

 

·         Excellent understanding of all aspects of program quality;

·         Strong teamwork skills, initiative, organizational skills and autonomy;

·         Proven writing skills;

·         Pragmatic, proven ability to produce tools and documents in a short time;

·         Full professional proficiency in English. Spanish is astrong asset.

Additional information

Submission deadline: 23/04/2024, 18:00 pm (Paris time).

Expertise France reserves the right to choose a candidate before this date.

Application composition:

·     A technical offer, including :

    • A resume highlighting the skills and experience in line with the required ones (5 pages max);
    • A 3 to 5 pages memo of understanding of the context and issues of the mission;
    • A detailed workflow (including number of person/day per activity);

·     A financial offer detailing number of man-days and daily fee. 

Incomplete application will not be considered.

Selection criteria for applications

The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :

  • Candidate’s training/skills/experience
  • Candidate’s skills linked with the expert mission
  • Candidate’s understanding of cooperation project stakes
  • Candidate’s understanding of the mission’s role in the cooperation project

Deadline for application : 2024/04/23 18:00

File(s) attached : ToR_Short term Expertise MEAL.docx

Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :

  • democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
  • peace, stability, and security ;
  • climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
  • health and human development ;

In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results. 

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