Description:
Project: UN JP ,,Strengthening National Capacities to prevent Domestic Violence ,,
In the last five years, the Government of Macedonia has increased its efforts in combating and preventing the phenomenon of domestic violence in the country. Changes in the legislative framework have been made to adequately address the issue and improve the protective and preventive measures. Besides amendments of laws, the National Strategy for Protection against Domestic Violence (2008-2011) has been adopted in 2008.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance of programme officer of the SI practice and the daily supervision of the Project Manager of the domestic violence project and in coordination with the Chief Technical Advisor (other UN Agencies will also be acquainted and involved in the process of development of the new Strategy by information sharing, briefings, inputs provision and other), the national Consultant is expected to support the international consultant in conduction of the analysis and to provide support in answering the six questions based on in-depth, objective and credible evidence.
Questions 1 – 3 refer to the extent of the country progress in the area of domestic violence that corresponds with some of the three outcomes foreseen in the Joint project.
Question 4 refers to the extent that the UN Domestic Violence programme has contributed to progress towards the three project outcomes?
Question 5 focuses on the timeliness and the quality of delivery of project outputs.
Question 6 asks if the modality of joint delivery of the outputs by 5 UN agencies has been the most effective mechanism.
More precisely the evaluator is expected to give answers on the following questions:
1. Is policy-making and implementation on domestic violence now more efficient then before 2008 (outcome 1)?
2. Are victims of domestic violence now better protected and supported than before 2008? (Outcome 2)?
3. Is the Macedonian public now more aware of domestic violence than before 2008? (Outcome 3)
4. What factors have contributed to achieving or not achieving intended outcomes? To what extent has the Domestic Violence programme positively contributed to progress towards the outcomes?
5. Has the Domestic Violence programme so far delivered outputs in time and good quality?
Duration of Assignment
The duration of this assignment is estimated at 30 working days within the period of February – March 2012. The consultant is expected to finalize her/his mission by the end of March 2012.
Required Skills and Experience
• Academic Qualifications:
- BA in social sciences, human rights or gender based related fields. an advanced degree (MA) in a related field is an additional asset,
- Good understanding of domestic violence, economic empowerment of women victims of domestic violence, social inclusion and related
policies, programme and/or instruments in the area of policies and strategies on the active labour market
- Strong analytical capacity and ability to organize and interpret data and information
• Professional Experience:
- A track record of at least five (3) years’ experience evaluating programmes linked to social inclusion programmes and economic
empowerment programmes, knowledge in DV will be considered as an asset
- Proven experience with evaluation or social science methodologies (semi-structured interviews, small sample surveys, data collection
and analysis)
- Experience in jobs requiring ability to absorb, analyze and synthesize large amounts of complex information within tight deadlines
- Experience in working with UN and other International Organizations and Donors in the area of research;
• Language Requirements:
- Ability and track record to translate texts from written English into Macedonian and vice versa.
Deadline: 19 January 2012
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