High-quality evaluations are critical for results-based management, knowledge generation for wider use, and for accountability to programme partners. One of the requirements of the UNDP evaluation policy is that programme units – policy, practice, regional bureaus, and country offices – ensure that evaluations inform programme management and contribute to development results. Therefore, UNDP has been increasingly emphasizing the need to conduct high quality decentralized evaluations. As part of this process, the UNDP Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) assesses the quality of the decentralized evaluations conducted each year. These assessment findings are made available to the relevant UNDP Bureaus and programme units and are reported to the UNDP Executive Board as part of the IEO Annual Report on Evaluation.

Decentralized evaluations include programme-level evaluations, outcome evaluations, and project evaluations. UNDP Bureaus and country offices develop Evaluation Plans, articulating the evaluations to be conducted during each 5-year planning cycle. Approximately 200 - 250 decentralized evaluations get conducted world-wide each year. UNDP Bureaus and Country Offices have discretion over which of their programmes and projects are evaluated, unless otherwise specified in partnership agreements with funders. Of particular relevance to these terms of reference, all full-size projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) require a final (terminal) evaluation upon closure.

In order to ensure continued support to our initiatives, UNDP’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) invites candidates to send their applications for inclusion in a Vetted Roster of external experts. The process for including candidates in the Expert Roster is described in the later sections of this advertisement

To be considered for inclusion in the roster, applicants would need to have expertise in one or more of the following areas :

• Sustainable Development including -  Poverty reduction, Natural resource management, Development planning and risk management;
• Democratic governance - Enabling and strengthening Governance systems; Governance strengthening and innovation; Civil society engagement and inclusion; Integrity in public institutions.
• Resilience - Supporting recovery in all aspects from conflict (economic and governance); Preparing for and dealing with the consequences of natural disasters; and
• Environment and Energy - Water use and systems; Air pollution and quality; Land degradation; Coastal erosion; Efficient energy use.
• Programme Monitoring and Evaluation in the (related) areas above

Interested candidates are advised to carefully review this advertisement, the procurement notice and ToR attached here and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications required.

Applications should include:

• A cover letter, clearly identifying the “Areas of Expertise and Sub-Expertise” as mentioned in the background section above.
• Updated Personal CV and Personal Information Form, including past experience from similar projects, and email, telephone, and any other contact details for references.
• Daily professional Fee. This can be indicated on the cover letter 

Additional Information::

• This call for experts is not linked to other UNDP rosters or to a specific UNDP recruitment opportunity.
• The purpose of this call for experts is to add additional experts to the UNDP RBA Experts Roster. As a result, Candidates who have previously been vetted and maintained in UNDP RBA Roster/s are not required to apply.
• Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are only able to inform the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.
• Interested individual consultants can submit the above documents (Cover letter,CV and P 11), in one of the following two addresses;
  • UNDP Jobs site/ UNDP Jobs / OR ;
  • procurement.rsca@undp.org

For any clarifications please write to Mr. Getachew Araya at:- rsca.icroster@undp.org

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1- Terms of Reference.