Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Overview of position

In January 2023, Our client launched its new three-year project on “Strengthening the rule of law and justice in Libya”, contributing to peace, stability, and an inclusive social contract for Libya. With targeted, country-wide activities, Our client contributes to increasing access to justice and the delivery or responsive and accountable justice and security services for all living in Libya. The project focuses on three outputs: i) continue to enhance the capacities of institutions to deliver justice services, ii) partner with local government actors to strengthen justice and fight impunity at the community/municipal level, and iii) support CSOs and universities in service delivery. The project is aligned with Our clients new country program and the UN Strategic Cooperation Development Framework (UNSCDF) 2023-2025 and invests in long-term partnerships and robust monitoring and evaluation to ensure sustainable results, prioritization of those most in need, and value for money.

Our client conducts outcomes, portfolio and programme/project evaluations at different stages of the Country programme to capture and demonstrate evaluative evidence of Our client’s contributions to development results at the country level, as well as to programme-specific objectives and goals. To this end, Our client will carry out an independent final evaluation within the overall provisions contained in the Our client Evaluation Policy.

 The purpose of the final evaluation is (1) to assess the overall results and impact of the project and (2) to serve as an accountability for donors and stakeholders, including beneficiaries. The evaluationwill identify what has been working and what has not and the factors behind them. The evaluation will also draw lessons learned and best practices that may be considered for future programming. The evaluation findings and results will be disseminated to and shared with relevant stakeholders,including donors and government partners, and communicated to project beneficiaries.

The independent final evaluation will cover the beginning of the project up to the day of evaluation, August 2026. It will cover all project outputs, activities and processes including conceptualization, design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of results in consultation with all project stakeholders. The evaluation will focus on the support the project has been providing many different fronts on the Missing Persons file in Libya, from institutional strengthening and capacity building for relevant government officials to enabling an environment where rule of laws and human rights are upheld, while bringing justice and responsive services closer to the families of missing persons, as per the project document. The geographic location of the project covers the West, East and South of Libya. As the implementation progressed, the project focuses on two pilot areas, Tawergha and Tarhuna in the West. The scope of the evaluation is expected, but not limited to, to be in the areas 

Role objectives

The evaluation team is expected to deliver the following products:

a. Evaluation Inception Report. An inception report is the result of preliminary discussion between the project team and the desk review of the relevant documents. The inception report must be produced before any further evaluation activities, such as interviews and field visits. The inception report should include an elaborated workplan of the evaluation process together with the timeline as accurate as possible. Also, an evaluation matrix that maps out all project stakeholders for data collection, the evaluation design and methodology to approach stakeholders including how cross cutting issues will be addressed, theory of change review. Please see ANNEX F for evaluation matrix template. The inception report should be between 10-15 pages.

b. Evaluation Debriefings. The evaluation team is expected to provide evaluation debriefing as required to the national counterparts (and other government partners if necessary), our client, donors, and other relevant stakeholders.

c. Draft Evaluation Report. Following the activities done by the evaluation team collecting data and evidence, a draft report is expected to be submitted to our clientand UNSMIL for comments and feedback. It should be between 40- 60 pages. Please refer to ANNEX G for the outline of the report. The draft report should comply with the our client quality requirements.

d. Evaluation Report Audit Trail. The project team and other relevant stakeholders are expected to provide comments on the draft evaluation report. The comments and feedback will be compiled in one document (audit trail) where the evaluation team is to address them. The response to the comments by the evaluation team must also be retained.

Desired Candidate Profile

Key competencies - Demonstrated ethical standards with the ability to maintain impartiality during evaluation. - Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values. - Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines, and achieving results. - Excellent cultural, gender, age, and nationality sensitivity and ability to work with people from different backgrounds. - Ability to work with minimal supervision, taking own initiative and control to implement tasks - Ability to deal with multi-stakeholder groups - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) - Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to conceptualize, articulate, and present (written and verbal) about rule of law, justice, and security within the development context. - Proven experience in conducting remote evaluations and using technology (Zoom, MS Teams, etc) - Experience using range of quantitative and qualitative data gathering techniques to assess programme/project results at individual, institutional, sector and policy level - Experience in data analysis methods and tools - Solid knowledge and experience in applying human rights-based approach and Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the evaluation - Demonstrated experience in working with international development organization. Experience with the UN agencies is preferable. - Working knowledge of Libya, particularly in the rule of law, justice, and security sector within development context, including understanding of Libyan Government programme, strategies, and policies on the sector would be an asset Team management This role does not require team management skills.