Thailand: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for APRO’s kNOwVAWdata initiative

1 Background

The advancement of gender equality and women and girl’s empowerment is one of the four outcomes of the Regional Programme of UNFPA in Asia and the Pacific in line with UNFPA’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017. Key priorities highlighted in the Strategic Plan include:

• Outcome 1: Increased availability and use of integrated sexual and reproductive health services that are gender-responsive and meet human rights standards for quality of care and equity in access.
• Outcome 3: Advanced gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, and reproductive rights, including for the most vulnerable and marginalized women, adolescents and youth.
• Output 8: Increased capacity of partners to design and implement comprehensive programmes to reach marginalized adolescent girls including those at risk of child marriage.

• Output 10: Increased capacity to prevent gender-based violence and harmful practices, and enable the delivery of multi-sectoral services including in humanitarian settings.
  In line with the priorities set out in the strategic plan, UNFPA APRO has identified the following specific priorities for this Regional Programme:

• Technical assistance to countries to strengthen multi-sectoral response to violence against women and girls, particularly through health sector,

• Strengthen national and regional capacity to collect data on violence against women

• Support to countries to increase capacity to design and implement programmes to address child marriage including adolescent pregnancy.

Violence against Women Prevalence Data
According to WHO, 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of a partner or someone other than a partner in their lifetime. In Asia-Pacific, survey data thus far shows that the proportion of women who report having experienced physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of a spouse or other partner ranges from 14 to 68 percent in different country contexts.

To date, in Asia-Pacific, at least twenty countries have undertaken prevalence studies on violence against women (VAW) using the methodology developed for the WHO multi-country study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence. In most of these countries, UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) has served as technical partner to governments and National Statistics Offices, helping to ensure ethical and sound data collection, analysis and interpretation of data on VAW, in line with international standards. UNFPA APRO also supports the collection and analysis of data using other internationally recognized methods such as Domestic Violence module of the Demographic and Health Survey.

There is a growing demand for reliable and comparable prevalence data on VAW since the adoption of standard indicators for measuring VAW by the UN Statistical Commission in 2011. This has only increased with the adoption by Member States of a specific target to “Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in private and public spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation”, under the Sustainable Development Goal 5 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (target 5.2) and the associated two indicators on VAW.

Building on UNFPA’s longstanding track record of supporting data collection on VAW, the Australian DFAT and UNFPA APRO have partnered to strengthen sustainable capacities to measure VAW in Asia and the Pacific region. The key components of the regional initiative – kNOwVAWdata - include developing and rolling out an up-to-date curriculum on measuring VAW, tailored support to national data collection activities and the establishment of a pool of experienced gender professionals and researchers who are able to support such data collection.

UNFPA APRO Gender Team currently comprises of Gender and Human Rights Advisor, Technical Advisor on VAW Research and Data, GBV Technical Specialist, and Administrative Assistant.

2 Purpose

The objective of the consultancy is to support the implementation of the kNOwVAWdata initiative’s monitoring and evaluation framework.

3 Scope of Work

The M&E Specialist will work with UNFPA APRO Gender team to support the implementation of the M&E framework developed as part of the kNOwVAWdata initiative.
The following activities will be undertaken by the consultant in close collaboration and consultation with UNFPA Gender team and partner institutions involved in the project:

• Collect baseline data, benchmarks, risks and assumptions as per the M&E framework for the kNOwVAwdata initiative
• Orient the implementing partner for the kNOwVAWdata initiative on the M&E framework including expected data sources, frequency of data collection and baseline and targets.
• Develop data collection tools (where unavailable) and track and/or undertake data collection as per the agreed timeline for monitoring of approved outputs and activities of the initiative.

• Provide guidance to APRO Gender team with regards to overcoming any major obstacles to meeting the monitoring targets for the initiative. Key deliverables will be discussed and agreed once the consultant is on board but are anticipated to include the following:

• Collect baseline data for the monitoring and evaluation framework

• Develop case studies as part of baseline (eg. case study of regional institution’s capacity to support VAW prevalence surveys pre-contract)

• Administer surveys/questionnaire with countries that receive technical assistance from the initiative to conduct VAW prevalence surveys as per Output 1 of M&E framework (For 2017: Indonesia, Mongolia)

• Collect web traffic statistics by geographic locations to monitor content and resources made available on the dedicated kNOwVAWdata dedicated website as well as social media on the measurement of VAW (Output 2 of M&E framework).
  Other tasks will be negotiated on an as per need basis.

It should be noted that UNFPA APRO will link the consultant with the partner institution as well as relevant country offices as and when necessary.

4 Delivery dates and how work will be delivered

A tentative schedule for delivery is as follows:
Orient kNOwVAWdata initiative’s implementing partner on the finalised M&E framework and expected data for monitoring and evaluation by 31 August

• Set up an M&E data tracking mechanism/tools by 31 August in partnership with APRO Gender team and kNOwVAWData initiative’s implementing partner.
• Present kNOwVAWdata’s M&E data tracking mechanism/tools to the Technical Advisory Committee by 20 October
• Develop and conduct surveys/questionnaires, interviews, case studies and review of documents to complete baseline data by 31 September 2017
• Support collection of quarterly and annual implementation monitoring data by 16 Dec 2016
• Other duties as required

5 Monitoring and progress control

While some of the deliverables are identified in advance, others are on an as needs basis. APRO Gender team will hold regular meetings with the consultant to discuss the deliverables for the project. A work plan will be prepared by the consultant and approved by APRO at the beginning of the assignment.

6 Supervisory arrangements

APRO Gender/ Human Rights Adviser will be the overall manager of the consultant. APRO GBV Technical Specialist will provide day to day management.

7 Duration, Working Schedule and Work Setting

This consultancy is envisioned to cover the entire period of the initiative (2017- 2019) to support the monitoring and evaluation of the kNOwVAWdata initiative. The immediate duration of this consultancy will be 30 working days between August to 16 December 2017. It is expected that for 2018, the consultancy will be extended with a revised and updated work plan.

The consultancy is expected to be home based, with support from the APRO Gender team. The consultant will report directly to APRO GBV Technical Specialist on the deliverables.

One trip to Bangkok is expected.

Basis of payment: Daily rate, to be paid monthly, on the basis of work completed and approved as per agreed workplan.

8 Consultant profile

Education: A post graduate degree in international development, gender studies, public policy, social sciences, research or similar

Experience: Minimum 10 years of professional experience in M&E, programme/project management, knowledge management or results-based management. Demonstrated work experience in violence against women prevention and/or response programming in development settings. Sound understanding of project and results-based management. Experience in qualitative and quantitative and M&E approaches. Knowledge of emerging M&E approaches and M&E of policy influencing and impact an advantage.

Language: Fluency in English is required (oral and written)

Candidates should submit the following documents:

1. An application letter which states the candidate’s motivation to apply for this post

2. A curriculum vitae, and

3. A completed United Nations Personal History (P 11)

All the above documents must be sent by e-mail to vac-robangkok@unfpa.org.

The P11 is available on the UNFPA websites at http://www.unfpa.org/resources/p11-un-personal-history-form

Please quote the Vacancy number JID 1705 UNFPA APRO. The deadline for application is :

Friday, 4 August 2017 at 15:00 hours Bangkok time.

UNFPA will only be able to respond to those applications in whom UNFPA has a further interest.

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, respect for diversity, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balances gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply.

We offer an attractive remuneration package commensurate with the level of the position.

Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.