Recruitment of individual consultant ( monitoring and evaluation) for federal PCU.

Source: World Bank — Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES -INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE

URBAN FOOD SECURITY AND SAFETY NET OFFICE

Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project (UPSNJP)

Grant Number D732-ET

Assignment Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Ref #. ET-UJCFSA-240752-CS-INDV

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received financing from the World Bank to the cost of the Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project (UPSNJP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The Consulting Service (The Services) includes lead the UPSNJP monitoring and evaluation work; including supporting the region, regional hubs and City M&E offices that are responsible for M&E of the UPSNJP financed activities.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist among others will have the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Coordinate with the UPSNJP M&E Officers at Region, Regional Hub, and city levels in maintaining a monitoring and evaluation system for the region, regional hubs, and cities to ensure that verifiable data is supplied, analyzed, and reported as required.
2. Review existing M&E guidelines and design formats for monitoring.
3. Prepare results based Monthly, Quarterly Progress Report, Semi-Annual Report, Annual Report and other relevant reports (e.g. Annual Performance Report) for UPSNJP according to the M&E reporting criteria.
4. Coordinate and plan baseline surveys, impact evaluation and other project related surveys and studies. Disseminate study reports and findings.
5. Regularly follow-up on project implementation progress as per the key performance indicators.
6. Identify training needs for monitoring and evaluation and arrange and conduct training for relevant project consultants at regional and city levels.
7. Advise the Project Coordinator on all aspects relating to provision of up to date project management information.
8. Assist regions, regional hubs, and cities in the preparation of M&E reports, consolidate and submit quarterly monitoring and evaluation reports to the Project Coordinator;
9. Prepare and submit Monthly, Quarterly Progress Reports for UPSNJP for period to October, January, April and July not later than 10 days of the end of each quarter.
10. Consolidate and submit Semi-Annual Reports for UPSNJP for period July to January not later than the 1st week of February each year.
11. Prepare and submit to UPSNP and UPSNJP Annual Performance Report for UPSNJP for period July to July not later than August 7 each year.
12. Review and comment on M&E reports of cities, regional hubs, and regions; and assist cities, regional hubs, and regions as necessary to ensure the quality of the reports.
13. Work with UPSNJP team members and other Project implementing partners to familiarize them with key performance indicators of the UPSNJP. 
14. Participate in M&E and other training courses as appropriate.
15. Familiarize self with the UPSNJP Manuals and Guidelines.
16. Monitoring compliance with UPSNJP PIMs.
17. Collaborate and closely work with other PCU team members
18. Perform other duties assigned by the Project Coordinator. 

The duration of assignment will be for one-year contract, with a possibility of extension upon satisfactory performance of the consultant.

 Required Competencies

The UPSNP and UPSNJP Monitoring and Evaluation specialist should have experience in monitoring and evaluation of Projects. He or she should have adequate knowledge and understanding of Project implementation, and experience with monitoring and evaluation. The assignment also requires excellent report writing skills in both Amharic and English.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant should possess the following qualifications/ competencies:

• MSc/MA/BSc or equivalent in social sciences, economics, management, social work, sociology, development studies or a related field; Master’s Degree that include project management and monitoring and evaluation preferred.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in implementation of projects and M&E for masters and bachelor respectively, preferably of infrastructure projects management including experience in similar projects and geographic areas, with 5 years of experience in aspects of project management involving monitoring and evaluation systems and capacity building for M&E in an urban development setting.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English, excellent report writing skills.
• Excellent command of computer projects and applications with significant capabilities in computerized database, spreadsheet constructions.
• Excellent change management skills and strong commitment to sharing expertise and experience in order to develop others (helping others to achieve goals),
• Skills in resolving conflict successfully.
• Knowledge of the urban sector issues in Ethiopia is an advantage.

Urban Productive safety Net and Job Project under Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office now invite eligible individual consultants/Specialists to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: Qualification and Experience as MIS specialist in Social Protection projects and their capability on the basis of academic background, general and relevant experience, and knowledge of local condition.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III paragraph 3.16 and 3.17 of The World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers Procurement In Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services (recent Edition) (“Procurement Regulation”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

A Consultant will be selected in accordance to Section VII para 7.34 to 7.39 of The World Bank Procurement Regulation based on qualification and relevant experience of the applicants to the assignment.

Remunerations: will be as per the Ministry of Finance channel one salary scale.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 8:30 am to 12 in the morning and from 2:00 to 5:00 pm local time in the afternoon.

Expressions of interest (including recent and comprehensive CV with a letter of application and other relevant supporting documents) must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by January 31, 2023 on or before 4:00pm

The address:-Attn:Ato Birhanu Teshome-

Head, Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office 

Email- sbirhanu1@gmail.com

and

Ato Yihenew Mengstie

Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project Procurement Specialist

Email- ymengstiejobfsa@gmail.com

In front of National Bank of Ethiopia, Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure, 5th floor, Project UPSNJP Procurement Section

Country: - Ethiopia