Duties and Responsibilities
Evaluation, Scope, Key Issues and Criteria
This evaluation is a final project evaluation. It will cover activities conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (under SCR 1244), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia, that have been implemented since the beginning of the project (January 2011) until the time of the evaluation. The evaluation will also take into account activities through November 2013).
For the purposes of this evaluation, the key questions identified by stakeholders and project activity implementation were organized in line with OECD DAC criteria under the following main evaluation criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact.[1] Further, the evaluation will assess capacity development, partnerships, visibility and results based management/monitoring/evaluation as cross-cutting themes.
Evaluation Questions
Relevance and Coherence:
- Do project objectives and target groups address identified needs in the national/territorial and sub-regional context?
- Were relevant normative and strategic frameworks effectively articulated within UN Women (internally)?
Effectiveness:
- Is the project design articulated in a coherent way? Are project outcomes, outputs and activities clearly articulated? To what extent were the originally defined objectives of the intervention realistic (achievable)? Was the project well planned?
- What are the changes produced by the project at the national/territorial and sub-regional levels? What has been the progress made towards the achievement of expected outputs and outcomes? What results were achieved? What were the reasons for the achievement or non-achievement of results?
- To what extent are beneficiaries satisfied with project results?
- How were lessons learned, identified in the mid/term evaluation utilized to inform this project?
- What was/is UN Women’s comparative advantage in designing and implementing this project and women, peace and security programming in general?
Efficiency:
- Were project funds managed effectively? Could the activities and outputs been delivered with fewer resources without reducing their quality and quantity?
Sustainability:
- Is the project supported by national/territorial and local institutions and civil society? Do these institutional and civil society actors demonstrate ownership of project results, leadership, commitment and technical capacity to maintain/implement the benefits of the project?
- What is the likelihood that the benefits from the project will be maintained for a reasonably long period of time following the end of the project?
Impact (road to):
- What are the intended and unintended, positive and negative, long term effects of the project?
- What would the development have been like without the project intervention?
Cross-cutting themes:
- Capacity Development: How did the project contribute to capacity development of its stakeholders/beneficiaries? What adaptive or management capacities of national/territorial and sub-regional partners have been supported?
- Partnerships and Coordination: How were relevant sub-regional and national/territorial actors and stakeholders included in UN Women programming and implementation?
- Visibility: Did the project implement UN Women visibility guidelines?
Forward looking insights:[2]
- Should UN Women UNSCR 1325 programming continue into the future? Were the approaches and strategies used by UN Women effective, relevant and potentially sustainable? Which other approaches/beneficiaries etc. should be considered?
- What did stakeholders and beneficiaries consider as the most necessary areas of future UNSCR 1325 intervention at the national/territorial and sub-regional levels?
Required skills and experience
- Degree in law, political science, gender studies, security, or a related discipline.
- A minimum of 10-15 years of relevant professional experience, specifically in the area of evaluating international development oriented initiatives and organizations;
- A substantial international track record of conducting different types of evaluations, including process, outcome and impact evaluations in different countries with a variety of organizations;
- A demonstrated experience with applied research with data collection, analytical and presentation skills and demonstrated ability to structure information;
- Previous experience with the United Nations and/or other international organisations is considered an asset as is previous work on the women, peace and security agenda;
- Strong analytical, writing and communication skills in English; and
- Strong computer skills.
- Fluency in spoken and written English;
- Knowledge of Bosnian, Croatian and/or Serbian language is considered an asset.
Deadline 9- Jun- 2013
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