Deliverables
The consultant will review all relevant sources of information including documents prepared during the preparation/design phase, the ASRH DIB Programme Document, reports, national strategic and policy documents, and any other materials that the UN Joint Team considers useful for this evidence-based review. The consultant will perform the review based on the following categories: i) Design; ii) Progress/Results to date; iii) Management Efficiency; iv) Risk Management and v) Sustainability. Additionally, the MTR report will also include an executive summary as well as a conclusion section summarizing the findings and recommendations, and a rating section based on the findings and assessments of the 5 categories.
Data collection will include key informant interviews of stakeholders with programmatic responsibilities, County CECs from the participating counties, County Reproductive Health Coordinators, Adolescent & Youth Sexual Reproductive Health focal points, County AIDS & STIs coordinators, Program design and implementation teams from the participating UN agencies, senior officials from the Ministry of Health, and relevant key experts in Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV; and include field missions to the selected counties and facilities to conduct qualitative interviews with health care workers, CSO representatives and beneficiaries. Additionally, the MTR is also expected to consult with the donors and financiers of the program including Bridges Outcome Partnerships, Joint SDG Fund, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) which are the outcome funders, and KOIS who provide operational, financial, and legal structuring for phase 1 of the program. The MTR process should use gender-responsive methodologies and tools and ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment, as well as other cross-cutting issues, principles of Leaving No One Behind, and SDGs, are incorporated into the final mid-term review report. The deliverables are summarized hereunder:
Responsibilities
Inception Meeting with Consultant
Review of SOW and firming up Contractual Engagements
The inception report must describe the full approach to be taken and the rationale for the approach making explicit the underlying assumptions, challenges, strengths and limitations of the methods and approach of the review.
Consultant and All JPs
MTR Inception Report Based on TOR and to include a Summary Technical Synthesis of ASRH Programming Landscape in Kenya
The consultant will describe in the inception report the approach and methodology that has been set for the compilation of the Mid Term Review Report
The consultant will review the ASRH DIB program documents, independent evaluation reports and quarterly and annual progress reports and compile an inception report and share with WHO and the UN Joint Team, Tiko and MOH, and COG and receive feedback from the validation of the report
Presentation of initial Top-line findings
Data collection, assessment, and Initial findings
The consultant will share the initial findings with the UN Joint Team
Draft MTR Report
Full draft MTR report including major annexes
The Consultant will share the draft MTR Report with WHO for reviews, including inputs from the UN Joint team and other stakeholders for validation and feedback – preferably organize a virtual meeting
Revised MTR report with audit trail and final MTR report
Revised MTR report with audit trail detailing how all received comments have (and have not) been addressed in the final, clean version of the MTR report
The Consultant will share the final report with the UN Joint Team
N/B: The final mid-term review (MTR) report shall be submitted no later than 20th February 2025.
Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Languages
Educational Qualifications
Essential:
Advanced degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, or related postgraduate qualifications
Desirable:
Professional training/certification in Monitoring and Evaluation would be an added advantage.
Experience
Essential:
5- 10 years of proven professional experience leading evaluation in the areas of family planning, HIV and AIDS, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), or Adolescent and Young Peoples Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Desirable:
Experience leading evaluations in sustainable development financing or investments for Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Knowledge and experience of working with the UN system.
Demonstrated practical experience in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation strategies, and gender-responsive methodologies and tools.
Experience with stakeholder engagement at national and sub-national levels.
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