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National Consultant - Outcome Evaluation for UNDP Jordan Country Programme Women Empowerment Projects
Procurement Process :IC - Individual contractor
Office :UNDP Country Office - JORDAN
Deadline :20-Jun-21
Posted on :03-Jun-21
Development Area :CONSULTANTS  CONSULTANTS
Reference Number :79217
Link to Atlas Project :
00064437 - Development Effectivness
Documents :
procurement notice
Terms of reference
Letter of interest - financial template
Personal History Form
Terms and conditions of IC
Overview :

To apply, kindly read the procurement notice, attach the following documents and submit through the following email:  ic.jo@undp.org

  1.  CV with at least three references;
  2. Technical proposal (to showcase requested experience and competencies); and
  3.  Financial proposal as in  the attached template.

no later than 20 June 2021 at 18:00 hrs. (Jordan time)  with subject: “ Outcome Evaluation for UNDP Jordan Country Programme Women  Empowerment Projects ".

Any request for clarification must be sent to danakhan.malhas@undp.org . Ms. Malhas will respond by email and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.

The new Country Programme Document (CPD) for Jordan (2018-2022) was formally adopted by the Executive Board in January 2018, marking the formal start of a new programme cycle. The UNDP Jordan Country Programme Document (2018-2022) is anchored on three major pillars, namely, i) Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (Env, CC and DRR), ii) Governance and Peace (GP), and; iii) Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Livelihoods (IG&SL) and complemented by Corporate initiatives including the Accelerator Lab, SDG Impact, Gender Equality Seal and Greening the Blue; and provides the framework within which programmes and projects covering the implementation period were designed and are being implemented.

The UNDP country programme will deliver direct policy and technical support to provide effective solutions to the developmental challenges of exclusion and vulnerability. In partnership with government, United Nations agencies, development partners, private sector, civil society and local communities and UNDP will target members of marginalized and vulnerable groups (including women, youth, persons with disabilities, residents of host communities, and refugees) and focus on both national and local levels, including those areas most heavily impacted by crises, to ensure no one is left behind. Both national and civil society institutions will be closely engaged in the design and implementation of programmatic interventions. Using its leadership and coordination role within UNSDF thematic groups. UNDP will also support the coherence and complementarity of the collective work of all United Nations agencies in Jordan and will engage in joint programmes and programming wherever relevant and effective to achieve results.

The office has been awarded the 2018-2020 Silver Gender Seal and will work throughout the coming year to ensure that all UNDP Jordan’s strategies, procedures, programmes and operations are gender centric. Once the new round is announced the Country office will start working to prepare for the Gold Seal.

Towards gender equality, UNDP Jordan delivers impactful solutions by targeting the challenges facing women and girls through inclusive stakeholder engagement, building evidence-based assessments, and ensuring gender inclusive programme and policy design. UNDP Jordan’s goal is to strengthen gender equality and women’s empowerment through an impactful mainstreaming approach to achieve inclusive participation and social cohesion, resilient communities, livelihoods and environment, and enabling an institutional framework for the realization of the SDGs.

In accordance with the CO’s Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, UNDP Jordan plans to execute an outcome evaluation of Women Empowerment Interventions under the 2018-2022 Country Program Document and the UN Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDF 2018-2022) with a specific focus on Strategic Priorities 2 and 3 Empowered People and Enhanced Opportunities for Participation.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All individuals including persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with strictest confidence and equally.

Technical and financial proposals along with CV & 3 references should be submitted, and without such will not be considered). 

(Only Short Listed Candidates will be contacted)

UNDP is an employer committed to gender equity and to providing equal opportunities to both males and females.