Consultant Responsible for Strengthening the Monitoring and Evaluation System Tender

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Country : Madagascar

Summary : Consultant Responsible for Strengthening the Monitoring and Evaluation System

Deadline : 28 Mar 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31765436

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Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND
ANTANANARIVO Country Office Mail address UNICEF Maison Commune des Nations Unies Zone Galaxy Andraharo B.P. 732 Antananarivo 101 Republic of Madagascar Visitors' Maison Commune des Nations Unies Zone Galaxy Andraharo B.P. 732 Antananarivo 101 Republic of Madagascar Telephone Country code 261 City code 20 23 300 92 Facsimile
Madagascar
Email :hrantananarivo@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Republication Consultant Responsible for Strengthening the Monitoring and Evaluation System for Vitamin a Distribution and Deworming in Madagascar, 06 Months.

UNICEF works in some of the most difficult places in the world to reach the most disadvantaged children. To save their life. To defend their rights To help them realize their potential.
In 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for all.
And we never give up

For each child, a hope

Madagascar has adopted the bi-annual "Mother and Child Health Week" (MSME) campaign since 2006 as a means of providing essential health and nutrition services to a large number of children and adolescents. women. Joining nearly 4 million children 80% of children aged 6 to 59 months for vitamin A and deworming and children aged 0 to 11 months for vaccination, the SSME is an effective method for the health system allowing increase coverage of current child survival and nutrition interventions. On the other hand, important efforts remain to be made in terms of equity to reach the children not joined, to reinforce the quality of the offer of service in the difficult zones of
SSME costs more than USD 1 million (AR 3 billion) per campaign, or USD 2 million per year. Approximately 21% of this budget is dedicated to printing management tools, micro-planning, monitoring and supervision and evaluation, or more than USD 460, 000 per year for both campaigns. However, the lack of information on all monitoring and evaluation activities that are actually implemented at the subregional level to monitor the campaigns, the quality of these activities and the relevance of the management tools limits the possibilities of improve the communication package of the SSME.
Efforts have been made to computerize this process but inconsistencies in the information collected limit the use of data for real-time monitoring and programmatic adjustments needed during implementation. Also, significant delays in reporting data from the regions, central compilation and validation limit the decision-making and improvement adjustments of the following SSME campaigns.
In addition, formative research is underway to document the process necessary to facilitate the integration of SSME into routine health system services. The monitoring and evaluation plan needed to ensure proper documentation and integration of information into the health information system for this new routine service also deserves documentation to identify the steps necessary for scaling up.
Thus, there is a need for an analysis of the situation on all monitoring and evaluation activities (management tools, micro-planning, monitoring, supervision and evaluation) of the SSME and the transition to the health service. routine to identify bottlenecks and factors facilitating access to these activities. It is expected that this situational analysis will provide recommendations for improving the quality of this component of SSME as well as the transition to routine. The results of this situation analysis will be used by the Ministry of Health and its partners, including UNICEF, to review and improve the monitoring and evaluation component.

How can you make a difference?
1. General objective:
Improve the monitoring and evaluation system of SSMEs in campaign and routine mode in order to have quality data in time.

2. Specific Tasks to be Performed:
• Review the existing monitoring and evaluation system under SSME in campaign mode: Analyze bottlenecks and suggest areas for improvement.
• Study the possibility of integrating RapidPro to improve data flow and rapid compilation.
• Develop a revised M & E practical guide with the improvements validated by the Ministry of Health.

As part of the transition to routine:
• Review the existing data collection system, and propose a monitoring and evaluation plan for the transition from SSME to routine mode.
• Propose a strategy for integration with the health information system and scaling up.

3. Expected results and deliverables:

It is expected that the consultant will accompany / guide the Ministry of Health, mainly the technical working group on monitoring and evaluation of the SSME organizing committee, in the planning, implementation, analysis, reporting and reporting. identification of recommendations from this situation analysis.
Information from different sources of information will be combined to document this situation analysis such as:
a) SSME micro-planning 2018
b) Management tools (collection cards, register, supervision sheets)
c) data from SSME campaigns, 2015-2018
d) Survey reports (MDG-2012, SSME-Lessons learned in improving children's lives, Antrologica-Nov2017)
e) Work meetings with actors involved in the implementation of SSME and the transition to routine (technical working group on monitoring and evaluation of the SSME organizing committee, nutrition services of the Ministry of Health, Section monitoring and evaluation and UNICEF Nutrition).

All deliverables must be submitted for review and comment by the supervisor and the section head by the last day of the consultation. The supervisor will review and provide feedback for the consultant to consolidate and integrate before the submission of the final document.
Payment will be made at the end of the consultation, based on (1) the UNICEF satisfaction with the final products submitted and (2) the financial offer that has been accepted by UNICEF.



Deliverables - Indicative Timeframes and Distribution of Fees
1. A review report of the existing monitoring and evaluation system for SSME.
Including the following thematic points:
o The collection process, the data reporting and validation circuit.
o Dissemination of results. (Month 1 15%)
2. A report of proposals for improvement of the existing monitoring and evaluation system for the SSME including the gender aspect and which will make it possible to have the global quality results validated one month after the realization of the campaign.

This report should include:
o A proposal for new formats: Data collection and registers, supervision, micro-planning.
o The collection and supervision process, the data reporting and validation circuit.
o Dissemination of results (for campaign mode). (Month 2 15%)
3. A brief report on the feasibility of using RapidPro to improve data availability on time and compile results into SSME (Campaign).

This report should take into account the following key points:
o Provide information on benefits, limits and estimated annual cost
o Consideration of the current DHIS2 transition plan at the Ministry of Health (Month 3 15%)
4. A practical guide of the monitoring and evaluation system of the SSME prepared in Malagasy and French which integrates all the proposals validated by the MINSAN (Month 4 15%)
5. A plan for monitoring and evaluation of the distribution of vitamin A and deworming in routine mode :
This plan should include:
o Review of the existing data collection system
o Collection records and registers
o Strategy for the proper integration of information into the health information system Health information system
o The scaling strategy. (Month 6 40%)
6. Facilitation of a validation session made to the SSME National Committee on the points from the review and the proposed improvements / recommendations using a PowerPoint presentation (Month 6)
7 A PowerPoint presentation that the Ministry of Health will use with partners involved in SSME to present the main points of the analysis, the recommendations made and the next steps to be taken to improve the monitoring and evaluation of SSMEs (Month 6)
8. A final report of the consultation which will document the process followed in addition to the other deliverables to be submitted (people met, schedule followed, etc.) - this report must be short and synthetic. (Month 6)


4. Supervision and working conditions
The Consultant will work under the supervision of the Monitoring Specialist of the Nutrition Section of UNICEF Madagascar, in collaboration with the Head of Section who will support the supervision of the delivery.

The consultant will be based at the UNICEF office in Antananarivo with trips of several days for tasks and meetings with partners. He / she will have to provide their own computer / laptop. UNICEF will provide travel expenses for field missions and transportation to meet the partners required to carry out the tasks provided for in this mandate, but the consultant will be responsible for all other travel / travel.

The payment of consultation fees will be phased in accordance with the deliverables presented below and made at the end of the consultation, based on (1) the satisfaction of UNICEF with respect to the submitted products and (2) the financial offer that has been accepted by UNICEF.



5. Period and duration of the consultation:
The consultation is planned for an estimated period of six (06) calendar months. The timeframe for the implementation of the situation analysis will be confirmed by UNICEF after review / adjustment with the provider of the timeline that it has proposed in its technical proposal.



To qualify as a defender for each child, you will need:
• A Master's degree (Bac +5) from an accredited institution, in one of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics / Statistics with knowledge of nutrition, public health, project management, or a related field;
• At least seven (07) years of professional experience in research and / or project monitoring and evaluation;
• Have experience collecting, processing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data;
• Demonstrated experience in the collection, processing and analysis of quantitative as well as qualitative data (focus-groups, interviews);
• Excellent ability to summarize and write documents, excellent communication skills;
• Mastery of the computer tool (Word, Excel, ...);
• Excellent command of French required (oral / written);
• Knowledge of Malagasy (oral / written) will be considered an asset.



For every child, you need to demonstrate ...
UNICEF core values ??of commitment, diversity and integrity, and basic communication, teamwork and results-seeking skills .
The technical skills required for this position are: Analysis, formulation of strategies and concepts, Learning and research, Application of technical expertise, planning and organization


See our Competency Framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf


How to apply?
Interested candidates are requested to apply online only via the link https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=519325and attach a letter of motivation, detailed CV (with names and contact information) and a copy of the highest degree. A technical proposal and a financial offer (In Ariary or Dollar-USD).
Applications submitted without financial offer will not be considered.
If you need help, or have any questions, please contact the email address:hrantananarivo@unicef.org.
Any incomplete file submitted online after the deadline (March 28, 2019) will not be considered.



Note:
Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted and will participate in the next step of the selection process.
If you need help, or have any questions, please contact the e-mail address:hrantananarivo@unicef.org
Our Holiday Reviews are also available at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ /
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UNICEF is committed to respect for diversity and inclusion in its workforce, encourages all applicants, regardless of gender, nationality, religion and ethnicity, including persons with disabilities, to apply to become part of the organization. The feminine candidacies are deeply encouraged.
UNICEF has a policy of zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, and all forms of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will then have to undergo a rigorous verification of references and antecedents

Advertised: Mar 21, 2019 E. Africa Standard Time
Applications close: 28 Mar 2019 11:55 PM E. Africa Standard Time

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