Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Exciting opportunity to a suitable qualified consultant to conduct an assessment of the piloting of the Use of the Zambia Integrated Social Protection Information System (ZISPIS) under the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) and Food Security Pack (FSP) of the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS).
The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.
In response to the combination these threats involve the Programme supports national efforts to improve service delivery in the key areas of: child health and nutrition and HIV and AIDS, quality basic education, water, sanitation and hygiene education, child protection and social policy, advocacy and communication.
To find out more about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please visit https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.
How can you make a difference?
Purpose of the Consultancy: To conduct an assessment of the piloting of the Use of the Zambia Integrated Social Protection Information System (ZISPIS) under the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) and Food Security Pack (FSP) of the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS).
JUSTIFICATION:
As UNICEF is supporting the design and implementation of the pilot, rigorous external review is required, and the assessment cannot be conducted by regular UNICEF or Ministry staff.
Following the piloting of ZISPIS in 17 selected districts, a full assessment of the pilot programme is key to having external and independent insight into the performance of the programme, lessons learned for future programmes and assessment of the scalability of ZISPIS beyond the pilot. The findings of this assessment will feed into the enhancement of the ZISPIS system functionalities; improvement of the user guides, updating of SCT and FSP operational manuals and will also contribute to enhanced understanding of the required financial, operational and technical capacity for the sustainable management of the system within GRZ.
OBJECTIVES/TARGET:
The overall objective of this pilot assessment is to assess the extent to which the design and piloting of ZISPIS has contributed to solving the challenges associated with effective and efficient implementation of SCT and FSP as documented in previous reviews of the programs that recommended adoption of an integrated Management Information System (MIS) and e-voucher approach to SCT and FSP implementation respectively. .

  Job Responsibilities:
i. To determine if ZISPIS policies or practices, processes, alignment to SCT and FISP implementation, objectives and internal controls are adequate.
ii. To document and analyze operational issues affecting performance and conduct of key stakeholders under the SCT and FSP following the introduction of the ZISPIS (building on documentation from routine monitoring).
iii. To evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of the various operational modalities (cash transfer mechanisms, beneficiary authentication mechanisms, input distribution mechanisms, etc.) for transferring beneficiary entitlements under SCT and FSP.
iv. To evaluate whether ZISPIS application provides users with timely, accurate, consistent, complete and relevant information for informed decision making on the programme.
v. To assess the contribution of ZISPIS in aligning SCT and FSP implementation to an integrated MIS and an e-voucher modality respectively and the policy objectives of the program.
vi. To determine the value for money of the ZISPIS on the programme implementation and decision making by conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the ZISPIS payment mechanism

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Social/Public Policy Management, Economics or related social Protection graduate qualifications.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in designing, implementing and managing social protection programs, preferably in Africa, including at least 5 years specifically in evaluation of SP programs.
• Demonstrated expertise and capability in technical assessment of social protection delivery systems, related national policies and knowledge of government operational framework.
• Proven experience with logical framework approaches and other strategic planning approaches, M&E methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory), information analysis and report writing.
• Understanding of the development context in Zambia will be an advantage
• Excellent communication and interview skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality results within strict deadlines, through a proven track record.

Job Education Requirements:
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Social/Public Policy Management, Economics or related social Protection graduate qualifications.

Job Experience Requirements:
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Social/Public Policy Management, Economics or related social Protection graduate qualifications.

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