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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

CONSULTING SERVICES -INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS SELECTION (OPEN; NATIONAL)

COUNTRY: Zambia

NAME OF PROJECT: Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihood for Human Capital (GEWEL 2) Project

Credit No: IDA E3020

Assignment Title: Selection of Project Implementing Unit (PIU)

The Government of Zambia with support from the World Bank is implementing the Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihood for Human Capital (GEWEL 2) Project with the main objective of promoting human capital development and productivity among poor and vulnerable girls and women, while strengthening adaptive social protection delivery systems. The project is being implemented across four Government Agencies; The Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Gender Division (GD) in the Office of the President. The project has four components, the Foundational Social Cash Transfer and Nutrition (SCT) implemented by the department of Social Welfare at MCDSS, Keeping Girls in School and Beyond (KGS) implemented by MOE, Supporting Women’s Livelihoods for Climate-Smart Productive Inclusion (SWL) implemented by the department of Community Development at MCDSS and the Institutional Strengthening and Systems Building for Cash ‘Plus’ Delivery (ISSB) implemented by the Departments of Planning and Information at MCDSS and Gender Division respectively. Additionally, the National Secretariat for the GEWEL 2 Project and the overall coordination across project components lies within the Gender Division at Cabinet Office.

To efficiently and effectively execute the implementation of the ISSB component and provide oversight and coordination, the Gender Division through the GEWEL National Secretariat seeks to create a Project Implementation Unit (PIU). The PIU will comprise four staff, the Project Coordinator, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Communication Specialist and Procurement Specialist.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST (2)

The Responsibilities/ Accountabilities of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Includes the Following:

I. Develop and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation system that will ensure tracking of project results at different levels (outputs, outcomes and impact).

II. Develop/Adopt an integrated database of all projects activities and ensure accountability through regular data updates, data integrity and working in collaboration with the IT Team.

III. Work with the project coordinator to ensure the timely collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective monitoring and evaluation system.

IV. Review existing data collection tools for the current project and make relevant suggestions.

V. Incorporate field and technical team feedback to ensure the continuous improvement of data management systems within Gender-MIS.

VI. Maintain and update the overall project indicator tracker based on submissions from the program officers

VII. Develop M&E plans for all project activities and ensure the same is followed up during implementation;

VIII. Carry out data quality assessments, regularly monitoring on agreed indicators to guide decision making

IX. Provide alert to the respective KGS program officers on corrective actions required to avoid delays in implementation, including flagging operational issues and risks requiring timely actions.

X. Collate prepare regional reports related to internal reporting such as the quarterly and annual reports

XI. Ensure that the project office learns from all final evaluations of completed projects activities for decision making and improvement of project designs.

XII. Lead and/or coordinate all project assessments, evaluations and performance evaluation tasks including planning and reporting on the same.

XIII. Assist in the development of TOR for external surveys and consultant recruitments/ selection

XIV. Coordinate the review of all survey reports prepared to ensure quality and accurate reporting.

XV. Provide relevant evidence for learning from projects

XVI. Share learning and provide constructive comments to colleagues in order to ensure programme quality

XVII. Ensure Sex, Age, Disability Disaggregated Data (SADD), Accountability and Gender standards are consistently adhered in programme delivery

XVIII. Build capacity of staff through training to ensure adoption of new data monitoring tools and quality of data collected.

XIX. Keep abreast of new approaches and tools on M&E, and provide training to KGS staff as requested. Enable staff to monitor and evaluate their own efforts, gather relevant data and produce required progress reports;

Qualification, Experience and Key Attributes:

I. Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Demography, Population Studies;

II. Demonstrated experience in data processing and management of large-scale surveys;

III. Demonstrated experience of statistical packages and/ or data analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Excel, Epi Info, SMART, STAT 01) and advanced computer skills (word- processing, spread sheets, and databases) are a must;

IV. At least 2 years’ direct experience in a position of monitoring and evaluation of World Bank projects;

V. Strong experience in conducting research studies including the entire evaluation cycle, from design and formulation to implementation, analysis and presentation of results and recommendations;

VI. Good oral and written communication skills in English;

VII. Must be result focused and be able to work under pressure and tight deadlines;

VIII. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a multi-cultural team environment;

IX. Strong analytical skills;

Duration of employment: 2 years

Commencement of the Service: After Contract Signing

Cabinet Office- Gender Division under The Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihood for Human Capital (GEWEL 2) Project now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services.

Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The shortlisting criteria are: Educational qualification, experience (general & specific) and knowledge in procurement.

A Consultant will be selected through the ‘Open Competitive Selection of Individual Consultants’ method in accordance with World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, Revised September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”).

The Procurement Regulations can be viewed at the World Bank’s external website:https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/178331533065871195- 0290022020/original/ProcurementRegulations.pdf

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn in particular to:(i) Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations setting forth the World Bank’s policy on Conflict of Interest, and

(ii) Section III, paragraphs, 3.21-3.24 of the Procurement Regulations setting forth the World Bank’s policy on Eligibility, including the specific pre-requisite conditions to be met for the eligibility, on exceptional basis, of Government officials and civil servants of the Borrower’s country under consulting contracts in the Borrower’s country.

Individuals who are currently working as procurement consultants on another World Bank- financed project may also compete in this selection process, but if they are selected they will be required before signing the proposed contract to provide documentary evidence of having satisfactorily complied with their existing contract’s requirements with respect to early termination of the contract by the consultant, including advance notice period, to avoid disruption in implementation of that project.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours between. 08:00 to 17:00 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form (hard copy) in the Tender Box to the address below by 17:00 hours Zambia Standard Time on 31st January, 2025.

Ketty K. Musonda

Head Procurement and Supplies Unit

Cabinet Office

Office of the President

Independence Avenue

P.O Box 30208

Lusaka

Tel: Tel:+260-211-256674/0977 780 864/0974019227

E-mail:  [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]