Individual Consultants of Technical Support for Strengthening - Moroni Comoros Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Comoros

Summary : Individual Consultants of Technical Support for Strengthening - Moroni Comoros

Deadline : 15 Jul 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34277504

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATION CHILDREN'S FUND
UNICEF Hamramba - Moroni Country code 269 Tel: 773 0993/ 773 0369/ 773 5573 Facsimile: 773 0069
Comoros
Email :moroni@unicef.org
URL :www.unicef.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Comoros: UN (E) Individual Consultants of Technical Support for Strengthening - Moroni Comoros.

Job Status: International Consultant

Level: P4

Program: Education

Location: Moroni, Comoros (with missions on the islands of Anjouan and Moheli)

Duration: 10 months in beaded missions ie 5 months spread over the 1st year and 5 months over the 2nd year

Supervisor: Head of Education Program

Deadline for submission of applications : 15 July 2019 at 23:55, Southern Africa time (GMT + 3) **

* CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION **
The Government of the Union of the Comoros, through the Ministry of National Education, Teaching and Scientific Research (MENERS) in collaboration with the Ministry in charge of vocational training, began a process since March 2016 participatory sectoral planning that has provided the education and training sector with an education sector transition plan (PTSE) covering the 2017/18-2019 / 2020 school years.

The PTSE follows the Interim Education Plan (IEP) for the period 2013 / 14-2016 / 17 and, like the EIP, receives support from the Global Partnership for Education and technical and financial partners in the sector . It was developed on the basis of a succinct diagnosis of the sector, carried out by a national technical team, composed of senior executives from ministries in charge of education and training and partner ministries, supported by the International Institute. Education Planning / UNESCO and Pôle de Dakar. This inventory focused mainly on the analysis of the difficulties observed in the implementation of the IEP, mainly due to the complexity of the institutional and political context of the country. Firstly,

On the basis of the gaps and needs identified in the sectoral diagnosis, as well as the strategic axes defined in the Transition Plan of the Education Sector, the Global Partnership for Education's support program articulates its interventions around three components, including: i. Access and equity; ii. Quality and relevance iii. Governance and steering of education.

One of the interventions proposed by the program is the strengthening of the capacity of the teaching staff through a pilot initiative involving 50 primary schools on the three islands (Grande Comores, Anjouan and Mohéli) with a view to applying a normative package relating to the three components whose Lessons learned will feed into the national scaling up of the program.

This project of the Ministry of Education of the Comoros provides, in its development, the capacity building of school councils, pedagogical supervisors and teachers of these 50 schools who will be equipped and energized so that they can play their full role. role in improving the performance of the sub-sector in terms of both access and quality, and driving the development of school projects.

In order to support the Ministry of National Education in this action, UNICEF is launching a call for applications for the recruitment of an international consultant to provide training for educational councils. school, pedagogical supervisors and teachers from the three islands of Grande Comoros, Anjouan and Mohéli on the technical, financial, accounting and good management procedures of schools and school projects.

* OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTATION **
Under the direct supervision of the GPE Program Manager, the general supervision of the UNICEF Education Program Manager and in close collaboration with the General Inspectorate of National Education (IGEN) and the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Education National, the mission of international technical assistance aims to strengthen the capacities of the governance and steering structures of primary education.

3 - EXPECTED RESULTS

The consultant will work with IGEN, SG / MEN and UNICEF to:

Develop the manual of technical, financial and accounting procedures for school projects and related training modules on the basis of existing tools in the sector;
Develop a methodological manual for each level of responsibility involved in school projects: School Director, School Council (CE), Regional Educational Inspection Circumscriptions (CIPR), the Regional Directorates of Education (defining the impact and outcome indicators, process indicators and how to calculate them and what are the basic data needed for the calculations, and how to interpret the results and write an evaluation report);
Ensure the training of the various actors of the school projects in local workshops in the three (3) islands;
Produce an annual evaluation report on school projects in the 2nd and 3rd year of the project;
Develop during the past year a good practice guide of school projects for the Regional Directorates of Education with a view to scaling up.
Expected results

Activities / spots

Number of working days

Deliverables

Work plan covering the 2 years of technical assistance

Email exchanges with UNICEF, IGEN, SG / MEN
Reading the GPE project document
TBD

Work plan finalized and validated

Review of existing tools for the implementation and monitoring of public primary schools

Email exchanges with UNICEF, IGEN, SG / MEN
Collecting new classroom tools as good practice elsewhere in the French-speaking world
TBD

Review of existing tools made

Methodological Handbook for School Project Management

A meeting with the UNICEF team
Working meetings with the General Secretariat, the IGEN, the Directorate of Planning
Working sessions with the technical committee of the project for the development and validation of the methodological guide
TBD

Methodological manual finalized and validated

The methodological guide by level of responsibility (Principals, CE, CIPR, MEN)

A meeting with the UNICEF team
Working meetings with the General Secretariat, the IGEN, the Directorate of Planning
Working sessions with the technical committee of the project for the development and validation of the methodological guide
TBD

Methodological guide finalized and validated

Monitoring tools by level of responsibility (Principals, CE, CIPR, MEN)

Discussions with IGEN, SG / MEN and IFERE on the monitoring tools developed
Workshop for validation of monitoring tools with project stakeholders 50 schools
TBD

Finalized and validated project monitoring tools

Training plan for project actors 50 schools

A meeting with the UNICEF team
Working meetings with the General Secretariat, IGEN, the Directorate of Planning, the Project Technical Committee for the development and validation of the plan
Email exchanges to finalize the document
TBD

Finalized and validated document of the training plan of the actors of the 50 schools project

Training of project actors 50 schools in the implementation and monitoring of the project

Sharing draft modules with IGEN, SG / MEN, IFERE and Unicef
Email exchanges to finalize the modules
Coordination and animation of training sessions
TBD

Draft finalized training report

Evaluation of the second year of the project 50 schools

A meeting with the UNICEF team
Collection and analysis of data on the three islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli)
TBD

Second year evaluation report finalized and validated

Evaluation of the third year of the project 50 schools

A meeting with the UNICEF team
Collection and analysis of data on the three islands (Greater Comoros, Anjouan and Moheli)
TBD

Third year evaluation report finalized and validated

4- AGENDA PROPOSES THE MISSION **

The consultant will propose its methodology to carry out the planned activities in the form of beaded missions spread over the two years of contract to support the project 50 schools (10 months in beaded missions or 5 months spread over the first year and 5 months on the 2nd year).

5- TERMS OF WORK AND PAYMENT

The Consultant must be available to begin upon acceptance of his offer and signature of the contract. He (She) will work from the date of signing the contract, in close collaboration with the Directorate of Planning, IGEN, SG / MEN with the support of UNICEF. It is these entities that will validate the deliverables.

The consultant will be paid at the end of each of the ten missions over the two years after receipt and validation of the deliverables.

6- PROFILE OF (THE) CONSULTANT (E)

Qualifications and skills required

Education

Hold at least a Master's degree in Education Sciences, or a related field or hold an equivalent degree.
languages

Mastery of French oral and written.
Notions in Comorian or Arabic would be an asset.
Experience

A good experience of more than 10 years in the implementation of education projects, including components of multisectoral action on education and community participation.
Work experience of at least 2 years in support of education systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Knowledge / experience of the Comorian context and more specifically the situation in the field of primary education.
Proven skills in pedagogy and adult training techniques.
Good facilitation skills for meetings / workshops.
Good oral and editorial communication skills.
Good communication skills, teamwork and results approach.
* SUBMISSION **
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application by July 15, 2019 at 23:55 Central African Time (GMT + 3), consisting of the following documents:

A cover letter
A CV
A completed P11 form
(available at: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc )

Copy of the most relevant diplomas and certificates
A detailed methodological note describing all the steps that the consultant will take to carry out the consultation by guaranteeing the criteria of quality and deadlines
A detailed chronogram related to the work plan and the proposed methodology
A detailed financial proposal following the model presented in the table below
A report on training and / or report related to the monitoring and evaluation plan of at least one similar consultation conducted during the last five years (2014-2018).
In the financial offer, candidates will make all the necessary arrangements to estimate the costs necessary to carry out this consultation by filling in the table below, taking care to add all the unforeseen expenditure lines. **

TABLE OF PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL OFFERS **

Trip planning for Comoros (Moroni plus Anjouan and Moheli Islands)

Amount

Unit price

Amount (in US $)

Visa

immunizations

International insurance (covering illnesses and deaths)

Return and return flight tickets + Airport transfers

Per-Diem / Daily Living Expenses

Monthly / daily fees

Mission planned in the islands

TOTAL

UNICEF encourages women candidates.

* SELECTION **
The selection will be made on the basis of the following criteria scored out of 100 as follows:

criteria

Points

Master in Education Sciences and / or Andragogy (BAC +5) or any other equivalent degree **

Mastery of French (Lu, spoken and written)

Qualifiers

Experience in educational management including the primary subsector

15 points

Proven experience of more than 10 years in the implementation of education projects including multi-sector action components on education and community participation

15 points

Knowledge / experience of the Comorian context and more specifically the situation in the field of primary education

10 points

Work experience of at least 2 years in support of education systems in sub-Saharan Africa

10 points

Quality of the detailed methodological note describing all the steps that the consultant will implement to carry out the consultation by guaranteeing quality and deadlines **

30 points

Detailed timeline and in accordance with the work plan and proposed methodology

20 points

Total

100 **

The evaluation of financial offers will be made only for tenderers who obtained at least a score of 70% at the end of the technical evaluation.

The lowest financial bid from technically qualified bidders will serve as the basis for the financial evaluation.

The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender, which is awarded the highest cumulative points at the end of the technical evaluation and the financial evaluation **

How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all over the world, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=523446.

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