Result of Service

Dates and details of deliverables/payments: 1. Inception Report (including desk review) 8 working days 29 March 2024 2. Data collection, analysis and Draft Evaluation Report 18 working days 17 May 2024 3. Final Evaluation Report, 2-page Evaluation Brief and PowerPoint slides (including full proof reading) 4 working days 7 June 2024 The final evaluation report may be independently assessed by external evaluation experts and in case it does not meet UNEG Norms and Standards, it will not be published. Indicators to evaluate the Substantive Expert’s performance: Timely, satisfactory and high-quality delivery of the abovementioned outputs as assessed by CTED (in line with UNEG Norms and Standards).

Work Location

Remotely

Expected duration

40 days

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance and supervision of the Chief of Africa Section, CTED, based in New York, the Substantive Expert, in close coordination and cooperation, will collaborate with the Evaluation Expert and the evaluation team throughout the entire evaluation process, and contribute to the following tasks: • Provide substantive inputs in relation to the area of expertise to the whole evaluation process and to all deliverables, and participate in kick-off meeting; • Contribute to a high-quality data collection phase, based on the approved Inception Report, by implementing all approved data collection tools and methods. • Contribute to a high-quality data analysis, including using related tools and software (e.g., NVivo), and ensure that CTED has access to all raw data at any given point in time. • Draft inputs to the inception report (with the evaluation design and the detailed methods, tools and techniques), the draft and final evaluation report, as well as the Evaluation Brief and the final presentation; • Revise inputs in relation to the area of expertise to all deliverables based upon comments received from the various consultative processes (including with CTED and Core Learning Partners), including also full proofreading and editing; • Ensure that all deliverables mentioned in these terms of reference are submitted in a timely and satisfactory manner, and in line with the quality criteria checklist. Expected tangible and measurable output(s)/deliverable(s): The Substantive Expert will be responsible for the quality and timely submission of his/her specific deliverables, as specified below. All products should be well written in English, and have a clear, transparent, and verifiable analysis process. The evaluation team will report exclusively to the Chief of Africa Section, CTED. The Substantive Expert, in close coordination and cooperation, will collaborate with the Evaluation Expert and the evaluation team throughout the entire evaluation process, and contribute to the following tasks: • Draft inputs in relation to the area of expertise to the inception report in line with UNEG Norms and Standards. This includes a desk review summary, refined evaluation questions, data collection instruments (including surveys/questionnaires and interview guides), sampling strategy, evaluation matrix and limitations to the evaluation (respecting potential COVID-related restrictions on travel and in-person meetings). Submission to IES through Unite Evaluations for review and clearance (may entail various rounds of comments). Revise inputs in relation to the area of expertise to required changes. • Contribute to a high-quality data collection based on the instruments from the cleared Inception Report, ensuring that ethical considerations for evaluations in the UN are fully met; • Contribute to a high-quality data analysis, ensuring that all evaluation results are based on triangulated evidence and that the standards for evaluation in the UN and at UNODC are fully met; • Contribute to the preparations of an oral briefing of initial observations to the project team/internal key stakeholders (if applicable); • Draft inputs in relation to the area of expertise to the draft report in line with UNODC evaluation norms, standards, guidelines, and templates. This also includes an analysis of the performance of the project to adequately address gender equality, disability inclusion as well as human rights issues, with concrete findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Submission to IES through Unite Evaluations for review and clearance (may entail various rounds of comments); • Contribute to the revision of the draft report, i.e., revise inputs in relation to the area of expertise based upon comments received from the various consultative processes (IES, Project Management and Core Learning Partners), including full proofreading and editing; • Contribute to the finalization of the Final Evaluation Report in line with UNEG Norms and Standards. In addition, draft inputs to the PowerPoint slides on final evaluation results, and the 2-page evaluation brief including full proofreading and editing. • Submission to CTED for review and clearance (may entail various rounds of comments and revision in accordance). Revise inputs in relation to the area of expertise to required changes. According to UNEG Norms and Standards, the Substantive Expert shall not have had any responsibility for the design, implementation, or supervision of any of the projects, programs or policies that he/she is evaluating and/or have benefited from the programme/project or theme under evaluation. The Substantive Expert shall respect the UNEG Ethical Guidelines.

Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, security, criminology, forensic science, or related field is required. A first level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A minimum of 7 (seven) years professional technical experience in law enforcement as it relates to crime Scene and evidence processing is required. Professional technical experience in the field of evaluation or related field, including a track record of conducting various types of evaluation at the international level, preferably with experience in conducting evaluations for the United Nations is desirable. Experience in working in a team is required. Knowledge of collection, preservation, documentation and analysis of physical evidence recovered from crime scenes, is desirable. Experience in CTED’s mandated areas of work on preventing and countering terrorism, or related area, particularly in the Africa region, is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in oral and written English and French is required.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.