Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant

Project Context and Scope  

Since 2019, Lebanon has faced a profound socio-economic crisis impacting peace and stability, particularly in Tripoli in North Lebanon. This project seeks to strengthen social peace and stability in Tripoli by engaging adolescent and youth5 in targeted municipal governance and community-driven initiatives. The project will utilize the Lebanon Tension Monitoring System to assess social tensions, focusing on analysing political narratives, hate speech, and gender issues. Building on this, youth engagement and representation at the municipal level will be strengthened through youth-focused Mechanisms for Stability and Local Development (MSLD) consultations that seek to identify tensions and community priorities. 

Building on the MSLD consultations, the project will implement the Youth Leadership Programme (YLP), through which participants will identify, plan, and implement youth-focused projects that seek to address the causes of tension and contribute to social stability, while supporting municipality participation, and effective oversight to help promote the legitimacy of local authorities. To complement this, the project will train 450 youth (50% female) in employment and life skills (social cohesion, teambuilding) enhancing their livelihood prospects and reducing their vulnerabilities while mitigating one of the main drivers of instability (a lack of livelihood opportunities). Under this project, the leadership and wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women will be prioritized through adopting a girl-centered strategy for skills development, which involves: 

• Prioritizing girls' involvement by placing them at the forefront of design, implementation, monitoring, and learning processes; 
• Customizing the program to meet girls' specific needs, such as offering tailored training, caregiver engagement and protection services; 
• Increase in female participation in traditionally male-dominated fields such as construction (carpentry, car mechanics, electromechanical, solar systems, etc.) and IT (coding); and 
• Roll out of a tailored and gender transformative adolescent girls’ empowerment package which addresses the basic life skills that adolescent girls in difficult conditions could need such as (trust and support, assertive communication in healthy relationships, self-esteem, and confidence, coping with stress and dealing with emotions, problem solving and decision making, and safety in GBV contexts). 

  To support long term sustainability and financial viability of the community projects, the innovative Co-Funding Mechanism (CFM) will be implemented to facilitate community-led management of priority projects and strengthen diaspora engagement and financial contributions. The CFM will enable the communities to identify, fundraise for, cofinance, and jointly implement a community priority of their choice, with the support of diaspora, based on a set criterion.  The project will be jointly implemented by IOM, UNDP, and UNICEF, supported by UNSCOL’s political framework to ensure long-term sustainability and national integration.

  
    Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing
   

  PB0208 PBF project, Emergency Response and Recovery Unit, IOM Lebanon

  Tasks to be performed under this contract
  1. A minute of the meeting with M&E focal points of UNICEF, UNDP and IOM, agreeing on the outline of M&E strategy report and Baseline Report (delivered by week 1)
  2. Update the logframe of the project with UNDP, UNICEF and IOM including all the numbers/per centage for all the indicators (delivered by week 2) 
  3. Develop a M&E strategy report which includes (delivered by week 4):
     1.  M&E overall strategy
     2. Data collection method (including respondent selection method and the number/% of samples)
     3. Data collection schedule,
     4. Points to coordinate with UNSCOL, UNDP, UNICEF and IOM for the PBF project
     5. Develop a Baseline report which includes: (a draft delivered by week 9, and a final version delivered by week 12): 
        • Methodology of data collection
        • Baseline data for all the project indicators  (data collection is conducted by each UN agency, monitored by the consultant) 
        • Analysis of the baseline data 
        • Recommendations to the project based on the analysis of the baseline data      Performance indicators for the evaluation of results
          • M&E strategy is statistically valid and fit to the purpose
          • Baseline Report is consistent and aciculate 
          • Available for active coordination and communication with UNDP, UNICEF, and IOM, other stakeholders as relevant.  Education and Experience
            • Master degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Conflict Resolutions, International Relations, Anthropology, or related field, and at least 5 years of experience in related field; OR
            • Bachelor degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Conflict Resolutions, International Relations, Anthropology, or related field, and at least 7 years of experience in related field.   Skills
              • Coordination skills
              • Monitoring and Evaluation
              • Reporting Languages
                • English and Arabic are required.  IOM’s official languages are English, French and Spanish. Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.   Travel required
                  • Internal travel only.  Required Competencies   IOM’s competency framework can be found at this link. Competencies will be assessed during the selection process.   Values - all IOM staff members must abide by and demonstrate these three values:
                  • Inclusion and respect for diversity: Respects and promotes individual and cultural differences. Encourages diversity and inclusion.
                • Integrity and transparency: Maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
              • Professionalism: Demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
            • Courage: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on issues of importance.
          • Empathy: Shows compassion for others, makes people feel safe, respected and fairly treated. Core Competencies – behavioural indicators
          • Teamwork: Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
        • Delivering results: Produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner. Is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
     6. Managing and sharing knowledge: Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
  4. Accountability: Takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own actions and delegated work.
• Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way. Notes
• Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.