Apply for Consultant – Team Member for evaluation of UNICEF early childhood development programme in Thailand (2020-2024), UNICEF Thailand Country Office, Bangkok, Job No #577657 Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

oversight and administration of the evaluation course of and price range. The EMT will lead on assuring the standard and independence of the evaluation all through the method, its alignment with UNEG Norms and Standards and Ethical Guidelines, and that the evaluation findings and conclusions are related and suggestions are implementable, and contribute to dissemination of findings and follow-up on the administration response to suggestions.

An evaluation Reference Group (ERG) can be established composed of representatives from the UNICEF Thailand ECD workforce, EAPRO Regional ECD Adviser, EAPRO Regional Evaluation Adviser, representatives of key ministries, civil society organizations, UN companion companies, and any technical consultants as required. The ERG can be convened by the EMT throughout key evaluate milestones to offer feedback and substantive suggestions to make sure the technical high quality of merchandise, together with methodology and design, evaluation devices, the inception, draft and ultimate studies. The ERG will even help in figuring out inside and exterior stakeholders to be consulted through the evaluation course of, present documentation to the evaluator as wanted, take part in evaluate conferences organized by the EMT as required, play a key position in studying and information sharing from evaluation outcomes, contribute to disseminating the findings of the evaluation and follow-up on the implementation of the administration response.

Quality assurance performs a significant position in the evaluation and entails a variety of folks. The evaluator is the primary stage high quality assurance for the evaluation merchandise, and clear high quality assurance concerns and system have to be offered in the proposal and ensured all through the evaluation. The EMT and the ERG are the second and third stage high quality assurance mechanisms respectively. Each deliverable will endure an intensive course of of high quality assurance. Quality assurance will give attention to the technical soundness of the deliverables, in addition to on making certain the deliverables meet the reporting requirements set out by GEROS and different UNICEF and UNEG pointers as talked about above. The EMT will make such pointers accessible, in addition to examples of extremely passable evaluation studies to information the evaluator.

Quality assurance turnaround occasions: The inception report and ultimate report will undergo varied rounds of high quality assurance, beginning with a primary evaluate by the EMT (1 week). After this evaluate the evaluator may have one week turnaround time after which the report have to be returned along with the feedback matrix. This will then be shared with the ERG, who’ve two weeks to evaluate the report and revert with feedback. Other deliverables would require shorter evaluate and revision occasions.

 

Assignment 1:  Inception

Expected deliverable 1:

• Final Inception Report (In accordance with UNEG Inception Report pointers)
• Comments matrix addressing all feedback on inception report
• Ethical approval for the evaluation from an accredited ethics evaluate board, as vital

Delivery Schedule: February 2025

 

Assignment 2:  Data assortment

Expected deliverable 2:  Approved information assortment abstract

Delivery Schedule: April 2025

 

Assignment 3:  Data evaluation, validation and reporting

Expected deliverable 3:

• Zero draft evaluation report
• First draft report
• Revised draft report
• Penultimate draft report
• Final evaluation report (In accordance with UNICEF Evaluation Report guideline and GEROS high quality evaluation requirements)
• Comments matrix addressing all feedback (A template for the feedback matrix can be supplied by the EMT)
• Powerpoint of ultimate report

Delivery Schedule: July 2025

 

Duration of Contract:    January – July 2025

• The task is predicted to be accomplished inside 7 months after the signing of the contract, tentatively from January 2025 to July 2025, together with time for evaluate of deliverables by the evaluation administration workforce and the ERG. Approximately 45 days can be required from the workforce lead on the task.
• An in depth workplan and work allocation can be agreed between UNICEF and the awarded contractor.

 

Duty Travel:  

• The task can be accomplished on the contractor’s premises. The contractor can be accountable for buying sources and services required for its completion, together with any journey preparations.
• Regular digital or in-person conferences are anticipated.
• Travel is predicted for this task. The bidder is required to incorporate the estimate price of journey in the monetary proposal noting that i) journey price shall be calculated based mostly on probably the most direct route and economic system class journey, regardless of the size of journey and

ii) prices for lodging, meal and incidentals shall not exceed relevant each day subsistence allowance (DSA) charges, relying on the placement, as promulgated by the International Civil Service Commission (https://icsc.un.org/).

 

Payment Schedule:

No.	Payment	Tentative schedule	Upon passable completion of …
1	30% of the whole contract worth	February 2025	Deliverable 1
2	20% of the whole contract worth	April 2025	Deliverable 2
3	50% of the whole contract worth	July 2025	Deliverable 3

 

• The cost schedule have to be based mostly on accomplished deliverables.
• If the bidder needs to suggest an alternate cost schedule, it have to be included in the monetary proposal. The ultimate cost schedule is to be reviewed and agreed with UNICEF.
• Payment phrases 30 days internet upon receipt of accredited bill.

 

Criteria for evaluation of proposal:

• Bidders are requested to offer an in depth technical proposal in Annex A  Annex A – Technical Proposal – TCO ECD Prog Eval.docx – Technical response type. The technical proposal should embody all info wanted to completely consider the proposal.
• Bidders should guarantee to not embody any monetary info in the technical proposal.
• Bidders are requested to submit a separate monetary proposal with their application. The monetary proposal must be a lump sum quantity for all of the deliverables and may present a break down for the next:
  • Monthly / Daily charges– based mostly on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference above
  • Travel, residing allowance, and terminal prices, the place journey is required
  • Miscellaneous – if relevant
• The estimate price of journey in the monetary proposal i) shall be calculated based mostly on probably the most direct route and economic system class journey, regardless of the size of journey and ii) prices for lodging, meal and incidentals shall not exceed relevant each day subsistence allowance (DSA) charges, relying on the placement, as promulgated by the International Civil Service Commission (https://icsc.un.org/).
• If the bidder needs to incorporate extra or optionally available parts outdoors the outlined deliverables as per this TOR, these must be clearly marked and separated as such in each, the technical and monetary proposal.
• The evaluation workforce lead is predicted to interact and work with a neighborhood and certified evaluation workforce member in Thailand. The workforce lead place is at the moment beneath recruitment.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…

• At least 5 years of expertise in analysis or evaluation associated to early childhood development, ideally in Thailand.
• A level in worldwide development, training, development programme evaluation, or any ECD associated social science  self-discipline
• Demonstrated expertise or intensive coaching in utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis strategies with strong analytical abilities.
• Firm understanding of child rights, human rights-based approaches to programming, together with gender and fairness concerns.
• Strong inter-personal abilities and talent to interact successfully with senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of child proper’s precept.
• Ability to concisely and clearly categorical concepts and ideas in written and oral type.
• Command of Thai communication and writing ability at knowledgeable normal.

 

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV, full contact info of minimal 3 references, availability, technical proposal, and monetary proposal by 31 December 2024.

 

For each Child, you show…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

 

To view our competency framework, please go to here.

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UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

UNICEF affords reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This might embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your application in case you want cheap lodging through the choice course of and afterwards in your task. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict child safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of tutorial credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra info to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

Individuals engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “staff members” beneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (corresponding to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service can be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.