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NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT PROJECT DOCUMENTATION (ENHANCE PROJECT)

Hanoi

  • Organization: ILO - International Labour Organization
  • Location: Hanoi
  • Grade: Consultancy - National Consultant - Locally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Statistics
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Documentation and Information Management
  • Closing Date: Closed

Consultancy 

Vacancy no.: EXCOLL/HANOI/2019/14
Publication date: 22 August 2019
Application deadline (midnight local time): 30 August 2019

Job ID: 1697 
Department: RO-Asia and the Pacific 
Organization Unit: CO-Hanoi 
Location: Hanoi   (presence may or may not be required at the duty station)


The ILO is issuing a call for expressions of interest for experts who wish to be included in a consultancy database currently being compiled by the ILO Country Office for Viet Nam.

Interested consultants are invited to submit their application on-line in order to establish their profile in the database from which they may be considered for consultancy opportunities that may arise. Inclusion in the database does not guarantee a contract with the ILO. You will be contacted directly by the concerned departments/office in that regard if preselected.

Candidates also applying for fixed-term employment positions with the ILO are encouraged to respond to this call for expression of interest if they so wish.

The ILO values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. 

Introduction

In partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) as the key Government of Viet Nam partner, and its Department of Child Affairs as implementing focal point, the project "Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam" (ENHANCE Project) by engaging with a wide range of government, social partners and civil society in its implementation.

The Project’s overall development objective is to build a comprehensive and efficient multi-stakeholder response for the prevention and reduction of child labour in Viet Nam. Placing capacity building for sustainable solutions at the heart of its interventions, the Project will deliver interventions under three mutually reinforcing components to achieve the following immediate objectives:

  1. Capacity building component: By the end of the project, the capacity of national institutions and stakeholders to identify, monitor and respond to child labour, as part of the promotion of international labour standards, will have been strengthened.
  2. Awareness raising component: By the end of the project, awareness of child labour, the associated hazards and prohibitions against it will have been raised among all levels of society.
  3. Direct interventions component: By the end of the project, intervention models for preventing and withdrawing child labour in selected geographical areas and sectors will have been implemented and documented and ready for replication.

After almost four years of operation, and the project is planning to document the project potential intervention models, good practices and success stories and to disseminate across a wider audience, and informed future project/ program undertakings.

The ILO ENHANCE project is seeking to recruit a national consultant to support in Documenting of project models, good practices and successes.

Objectives of Assignment
  • Documented project potential models, good practices and success stories during the project implementation cycle. The documentation will be in the form of a narrative and include selection of case stories for showcasing the impact of the project to a wide audience.
Scope of work

The national consultant (in collaboration with an international consultant) is expected to carry out the following tasks which may include but not limited to:

  • Review project documents, including, but not limited to baseline studies and researches, existing reports and Implementation Agreements (IAs), discuss with relevant stakeholders to identify potential project models, good practices and success stories for further review.
  • Based on the review and analysis, prepare and present an inception report indicating the consultant’s understanding of the assignment, the proposed documentations framework and timeframe.
  • Carry out key informant interviews with relevant project personnel and stakeholders including representatives of government agencies, employers, workers organizations, implementers and beneficiaries to develop and document models, good practices and success stories of the project.
  • Present the draft report during a national validation and dissemination workshop gathering participants representing all of the project’s key stakeholders for review and feedback.
  • Incorporate comments and inputs and finalise the draft reports in soft and hard copies.
Methodology and Approach

The assignment on documenting good practices will involve a desk review of existing documents, including, but not limited to baseline survey research and studies, project progress reports, monitoring data and mid-term evaluation reports, and note taken from the experience sharing workshop. It will also involve evidences collection from relevant stakeholders at different levels.  This will necessitate field visits to various districts and communes in the three project provinces, Hanoi, HCMC and An Giang, in order to interact with implementers and beneficiaries.

Deliverables

The selected consultant (in collaboration with the international consultant) will be expected to achieve the following deliverables:

  1. An inception report that outlines a clear approach and methodology, timeframe, checklist and content of themes and topics to be documented as project models, good practices and success stories.
  2. A draft report that document project models, good practices and success stories.
  3. Power - point presentations for use in the national validation and dissemination workshops.

A ready to print final report comprised of project models, good practices and success stories

Expected tasks and Time frame

Below are indicative tasks to be completed. The total number of days is 25 days. Number of days foreseen for consultants in one task can be reallocated to another task where justified and in consultation with the project manager:

  • Desk review project related documents to identify potential models, good practices and success stories for further review; briefing with project manager; Prepare and finalise inception report – 4 days - September – October 2019
  • Conduct field visits to interviews relevant project staff, stakeholders and beneficiaries in Hanoi, HCMC and An Giang provinces; Debriefing with project manager in Hanoi – 12 days;  November – December 2019
  • Develop and revise the draft documentations: 07 days; December 2019
  • Present the draft documentations in a validation and dissemination workshop in Hanoi: 01 day, January 2020
  • Incorporate comments and inputs to finalize the documentation: 01 day, January 2020
Key competencies and experience required

The interested consultants should have the following qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in a field relevant to the assignment, such as Gender Studies, Communication, Development Studies, Public Policy, Social Development, or Education or equivalent experience.
  • At least 5 prior years of working experience in the documentation of good practices & success stories.
  • At least 3 years of experience in developing reports, reviews, quality impact evaluation and documentation good practices of programs.
  • At least 3 years of practical experience working in gender mainstreaming, and gender analysis and proven knowledge of ILO context.
  • Professional experience with programmes focusing on the protection of vulnerable children such as child labour or children at high risk of engaging in child labour or exploitation, etc.
  • Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
  • Proven experience in multi-stakeholder engagement and strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English and knowledge of Vietnamese context is required.
Payment

The payments will be made with the mode of payment as follows:

  1. First payment: Thirty percent (30%) will be transferred to the bank account of the contracted collaborators upon submission of the deliverables 1 and 2 to the satisfaction of the ILO.
  2. Final payment: seventy percent (70 %) will be transferred to the bank account of the contractor upon submission of the deliverables 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the satisfaction of the ILO.

Recruitment process

Please note that all candidates must complete an on-line application form. To apply, please visit the ILO Jobs website. The system provides instructions for online application procedures.

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