Evaluation Management and Responsibilities

• Impartiality and Independence are important principles of the evaluation because they ensure credibility of the evaluation and avoid a conflict of interest. For this purpose, officers responsible for design and implementation of the project shall not conduct the evaluation. This is a decentralised evaluation, commissioned and managed by the project team at the Urban Basic Services Section.
• The Urban Basic Services Section and the project implementation team will be responsible for the management of the evaluation as well for providing information, documentation required as well as providing contacts of stakeholders to engage with for provision of evaluation information.
• The independent Evaluation Unit will (upon request) provide guidance on the evaluation process; ensuring that the evaluation is conducted by a suitable evaluation team; providing technical support and advice on methodology; explaining evaluation standards and ensuring they are respected; ensuring contractual requirements are met; review outputs (TOR, Inception Reports; draft and final evaluation reports);
• The project team is responsible for sharing the evaluation results; supporting use and follow-up of the implementation of the evaluation recommendations. The external evaluation consultant should have both substantive and evaluation expertise. He/she will be responsible for meeting professional and ethical standards in planning and conducting the evaluation and producing the expected deliverables (Outputs).
• Arrangements for consultation and review will be put in place to maximize the quality and credibility of the evaluation.
• A Reference Group will be established comprising of representatives from UN-Habitat, the other partner UN agencies, ITDP Africa and UNRSF to serve in advisory capacity, having responsibilities of reviewing and commenting on the main evaluation outputs (draft and final evaluation report)

Qualifications/special skills

• He/she must have proven experience in evaluating project/programmes and should have knowledge reconstructing Theory of Changes and of Results-Based Management and strong methodological and analytical skills
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of conducting evaluations and participatory processes and delivering specified outputs, presenting credible findings derived from evidence and putting conclusions and recommendations supported by the evaluation findings is required.
• Advanced professional experience in urban development, urban mobility, road safety or related fields is required. Very good inter-personal skills, with commitment to timeliness and high quality is required. Proven record of quantitative and qualitative data analysis is required.
• Established network with governmental organisations and institutions working on road safety policies is required. Excellent writing skills in English are essential as most data collection will be done in English is required.
• Knowledge and understanding of evaluations in the UN system, as well as UN-Habitat mandate and its operations is required.