Consultant for Dien Bien Ethnic Minorities Resilient to Disasters Project Evaluation

 
 

World Vision International Vietnam (WVV) is looking for the Consultant to fill the following vacancy:

Consultant for Dien Bien Ethnic Minorities Resilient to Disasters Project Evaluation

Deadline for application: March 10th, 2022.

Please find the detailed Terms of Reference in attached file.

BACKGROUND:

The project’s overall objective is to increase Dien Bien Ethnic Minorities Resilient to Disasters through promoting the application of climate-smart solutions in water and livelihoods and community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) in Dien Bien Dong and Tua Chua Districts of Dien Bien Province.

Furthermore, the project aims at linking its success and expanding its impacts to other districts of Dien Bien Province, and particularly the three Area Programs (Muong Cha, Tuan Giao & Muong Ang) through supports for building and strengthening CBDRM capacity and inter - agency coordination for staff of the Committee for Disaster Prevention and relevant provincial agencies and World Vision Vietnam (WVV) staff from the concerned Area Programs (APs).

The project is funded by ADH via World Vision Germany (WVG) Assistance requirements in Tua Chua and Dien Bien Dong Districts, Dien Bien Province, Vietnam with approved budget of USD 390,000.

EVALUATION OBJECTIVES:

The primary objectives of the evaluation will be to measure the impacts of the project as well as the lessons learnt for future improvement and replication.

The secondary objectives of the evaluation will be focused on OECD-DAC Criteria such as relevance, impact, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, coordination and cooperation of the project.

EVALUATION LOCATION:

Evaluation will be conducted in project communes in Tua Chua and Dien Bien Dong Districts, Tua Chua & Dien Bien Dong APs and provincial level as well.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

The expected outputs of this final evaluation is an evaluation report that is inclusive of stakeholders’ views.  The contents of the report should include at least but not be limited to the following:

  • Evaluation Inception Report.
  • An official directive document is issued to direct provincial Department of Education and Training (DOET) to implement the guidelines, including DOET in 14 provinces where WVI-V is operating

TIMEFRAME:

Tentative timetable of Final Evaluation for External Consultant (excluding travel time): 25 days.

Tentative Evaluation Schedule in project sites is from 2nd Apr – 22nd Apr 2022 including travel time.

REQUIREMENTS:

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

  • A Master’s degree or above in development study, disaster risk management, environmental science or other closely related field.
  • Recent experience with result-based evaluation methodologies.
  • At least 5 years’ experience in project implementation, management and evaluation for donor-funded development projects in Vietnam.
  • Familiarity and past experience with disaster/climate change related projects, demonstrated understanding of issues related to ethnic minority women, children and disaster risk/climate change adaptation will be an advantage.
  • Proficient English writing and communication skills, with an ability to act as translator for international counterpart and to translate written documents from/to Vietnamese are essential.

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 4 pages, outlining how the consultant/team of consultants meets the selection criteria; 
  • An Evaluation Inception Report (10-15 pages) includes proposed approaches, technical method, outlined timeframe, frameworks and detailed methodologies, sample size, etc following WVV’s template as attached in ToR.
  • A financial proposal that indicates the fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs. The offer must ensure that costs consists of consultant fees (meals and tax included). 

Interested candidates are invited to submit an application to [email protected]  by 17h00, 10th March 2022.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
WVV
Application Deadline: 
Thu, 2022-03-10