Young and Emerging Evaluator - National Consultant

The 2024 UNFPA Evaluation Policy encourages country offices to conduct country programme evaluations (CPEs) for every programme cycle and, as a minimum, every two cycles. UNFPA Moldova will be undertaking a country programme evaluation (CPE) to provide an independent assessment of the performance of its 4^th  Country Programme (2023-2027) and offer an analysis of various facilitating and constraining factors influencing programme delivery and the achievement of intended results. The CPE will also draw conclusions and provide a set of actionable recommendations for the next programme cycle.

UNFPA Moldova is seeking to hire a national consultant, a young and emerging evaluator (YEE), to provide support to the evaluation manager and the evaluation team during the CPE process. 

Scope of work:

(Description of services, activities, or outputs)

The national consultant will be involved in all the phases of the CPE, namely Preparation, Design, Field, Reporting and Dissemination and Facilitation of use phases as described in the UNFPA Evaluation handbook

The national consultant / YEE is expected to perform a variety of tasks under the guidance and supervision of the Programme Analyst on M&E. 

These include: 

Duration of assignment: 3 November 2025 – 30 September 2026.

Total number of working days is estimated at: up to 35 full working days.

Preparation phase - 8 days

Design phase - 5 days

Field phase - 15 days

Reporting phase - 5 days

Dissemination and facilitation of use phase - 2 days

Note: The mentioned number of working days has been estimated as being sufficient/ feasible for the envisaged volume of work to be completed successfully and cannot be used as criteria for completion of work/assignment. The provision of envisaged deliverables approved by the Programme Analyst on M&E would be the only criteria for the Contractor’s work to be considered completed and eligible for payment/s.

The UNFPA Moldova Country Office is looking for a National Individual Consultant / YEE under 35 years old and who has the following educational background and minimum qualifications:

Education:

or

Knowledge and Experience: 

Languages:

The national consultant / YEE must have their own laptop.

Basis of payment:

Payment will be done in 4 (four) installments, after completion and approval by UNFPA of the deliverables as follows : 

Phase 1: Upon completion of the preparatory phase and approval of the preparatory phase report (8 days)

Phase 2: Upon approval of the design report (5 days)

Phase 3: Upon submission of a draft final evaluation report of satisfactory quality (15 days)

Phase 4: Upon approval of the final evaluation report and the PowerPoint presentation of the evaluation results (7 days)

The fee per day will be established based on the requirements included in this Terms of Reference and the consultant's expertise, in alignment with UNFPA Policy and Procedures for Contracting Individual Consultants.

The ownership of the outputs under this consultancy will remain with the UNFPA Moldova Country Office. 

Consultant’s performance will be evaluated against such criteria as: timeliness, responsiveness, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered.

Prerequisites for concluding the Contract with Individual Consultants:

Before signing the Contract with UNFPA, each Individual Consultant is

required to pass the following mandatory courses and submit the completion

Certificates to UNFPA:

● Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

 https://extranet.unfpa.org/Apps/PSEA2017

• Fraud and Corruption Awareness and Prevention

https://extranet.unfpa.org/Apps/Antifraud/English/story_html5.html 

● BSAFE

https://training.dss.un.org/