Consultant for Baseline and Evaluation Events

World Vision Vietnam is looking for the Vietnamese or foreign consultants to fill the following vacancy:

Consultant for Baseline and Evaluation Events

• Deadline for application: August 20, 2022.
• For detailed Job advertisement, terms of reference please find on the attached file

Background:

World Vision Vietnam’s for the fiscal years 2023-2027 focuses on 11 objectives, including four Technical Programmes (TPs) , aimed at achieving the strategic goal of the “sustained well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable”.

World Vision Vietnam began implementing its three TPs and the Community Engagement and Sponsorship Plan (CESP) on 1 October 2022 as part of its National Strategy for the WVV financial years  2023-2027. Baseline data will be collected in 2022 for all TPs and the CESP at the national level and in 27 Area Programmes (APs)  to inform strategic decisions, programme planning, and five-year targets.

Consultation Objectives:

The evaluation of the baseline survey should:

• Establish benchmarks and targets for indicators of WVV TPs and CESP
• Validate priority areas for TPs and, where necessary, make changes
• Strengthen programmatic evidence which will better equip WVV to advocate for increased government focus on and investment in enhancing child well-being and accountability.

Timeframe:

The timeframe will be discussed based on each event requirement.

Consultant’s Scope of Work:

1. Tasks

In coordination with WVV, the consultant will carry out the following tasks: 

• Review relevant programme documents; 
• Finalise the baseline/evaluation and design and other documents which indicate a timeline, methodology, data analysis method and plan, report outline, quality control methods, logistics, and other related issues upon discussion with the Programme Effectiveness Unit (PEU) team. 
• Conduct field testing for the data collection tools; 
• Provide training for field data collectors, including ethical and gender aspects and covering protocols/guidelines to ensure the anonymity and confidentiality of interviewees;
• Supervise the data collection process in the field, applying relevant methods of quality control;
• Analyse the quantitative and qualitative data, explicitly indicating the gender, ethnicity, and disability features, and;
• Complete the final report, taking into account comments and feedback from WVV and partners and send a revised report to the PEU team for final review.

2.      Deliverables

• Finalised Baseline/Evaluation Design and other documents in English
• Baseline/Evaluation Report in both Vietnamese and English
• Presentation of Findings and Recommendations

Consultant Qualifications, Experience, and Competencies:

The consultant may work as an individual or as the leader of a consultancy team. The successful Lead Consultant should fulfil the following criteria:

• At least 10 years of experience in conducting external evaluations. He/she should have experience/skills in using quantitative and qualitative methods, and in leading the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data on child protection;
• Strong professional experience in planning, design, management, and M&E in the international development sector;
• Familiar with ODK data collection application and statistical analysis software (STATA, SPSS, …)
• A strong commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results;
• A post-graduate degree in social sciences or a related field;
• Able to work with project staff and stakeholders at different levels, and;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English (in the case of a consultant team, at least one team member must fulfil this criterion).

Applications will be assessed according to the following: Qualifications and experience – 30%, technical proposal – 40%, financial proposal – 30%.

Interested candidates will be asked to send an application package in English containing:

• A curriculum vitae for each member of the consultancy team; 
• An expression of interest letter of no more than four pages, outlining how the consultant/team of consultants meets the selection criteria; 
• A technical proposal, including proposed approaches, outlined timeframe, frameworks and detailed methodologies, sample size, logistics, and personnel, and; 
• A financial proposal that indicates the fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs. The offer must take into account the guidance outlined in the previous section. 

Applications must be sent to: wvv[email protected] by 17h00, 20 August 2022 Vietnam time.