Call for Expressions of Interest: Consultants and Experts to Evaluate UNDP's Support to MDGs

The present call for expressions of interest is for individual international consultants who will undertake the evaluation and draft the final report. The selected candidates will review relevant documentation and carry out interviews at UNDP headquarters in New York and in a sample of countries to evaluate the roles played and results achieved by UNDP in support of the achievement of MDGs and to assess the extent to which UNDP support to MDGs has contributed to their national achievement.

The assignment involves both home-based work and limited international travel. The type of activities the consultants might be assigned includes: (i) document review; (ii) conduct of country case studies of UNDP work related to MDG achievement (including supervision of national consultants, as appropriate); (iii) case studies of specific UNDP initiatives in supporting MDGs at global, regional and national levels; (iv) analysis of evaluation evidence collected from different sources; and (v) report writing and editing.

The UNDP initiatives proposed for evaluation are focused predominantly on upstream policy advice, advocacy, awareness raising, and progress monitoring.

Competencies

* Expertise in development economics and/or related international development fields;
* Knowledge of international development policy agenda, particularly the MDGs and post-2015 agenda;
* Capacity to work in teams with limited supervision;
* Strong communication skills and writing abilities;
* Capacity to develop frameworks and methodologies to complete the assignment;
* Ability to organise and analyse complex multi-country data sets; knowledge of QCA advantageous; and

* Capacity to withhold judgment until after thorough analysis of facts, and to separate facts from personal interpretation and inclinations.

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