MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The main objective of the assignment is to conduct organizational capacity assessment of 27 partner Business Membership Organizations and to measure the progress in organizational development of 7 partner BMOs engaged under the Phase I.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES / SCOPE OF WORK

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and in close collaboration with the Project team, the Consultant will undertake the following tasks:

1. Conduct desk review of the background documents related to the Project design and implementation and develop capacity assessment work plan.

Documents that will be made available by UNDP to the Consultant include the following:

• Project Document with log frames and key indicators regarding BMO performance;
• Baseline Organizational Capacity Assessment Report and Ex-post Assessment Report of 7 BMOs;
• Project reports;
• Other materials available in the Project describing self-assessments, developments and progress of partner organizations.

2. Review and adapt the original capacity assessment methodology, including specific tools (such as self-assessment short questionnaires) to the needs of current exercise with due consideration to the vast availability of data and limited time frame.

3. Deliver one (1) webinar for the leaders of 27 BMOs regarding the self-assessment tools, provide guidance on data collection and interpretation.

4. Establish the current level of organizational development of 27 BMOs by:

• Reviewing the available internal documents of 27 BMOs;
• Conducting short interviews with the leaders of BMOs where necessary (depending on completeness of data provided by BMOs);
• Facilitating self-assessment of the BMOs and analyzing the findings;
• Establishing the baseline of current level of organizational development of 20 new BMOs.
• Establishing the progress on 7 BMOs development by comparing the results with the Phase I data.

5. Analyze and consolidate the data obtained during the assessment exercise to produce the report covering each participating BMO as well as groups of BMOs that will demonstrate a baseline of current level of organizational development of 20 new BMOs, dynamics of capacity development progress of 7 BMOs engaged under Phase I, as well as identify high priorities and remaining challenges for capacity development interventions across nine (9) key areas.

6. Draft Organizational Capacity Assessment Report. The Report will be produced in Ukrainian, comprise not more than 100 pages in total, and include the following tentative sections:

• Executive summary
• Assessment scope and objectives
• Assessment approach and methods
• Individual assessment reports per each new BMO (2 pages per each organization, 40 pages in total)
• Individual assessment reports per each BMO engaged under Phase I (2 pages per each organization, 14 pages in total).
• Key findings and conclusions per groups of BMOs (up to 12 pages).
• Lessons learned and recommendations
• Annexes

Individual assessment reports per each new BMO should not exceed 2 pages A-4 per each organization and will include: i) brief outline of the organization; ii) integral organizational capacity scores as per nine key elements, iii) integral graphical charts of capacity development; iv) conclusions emphasizing priorities for capacity development interventions.

Individual assessment reports per each BMO engaged under Phase I should not exceed 2 pages A-4 per each organization and will include: i) brief outline of the organization; ii) integral organizational capacity scores as per nine key elements, iii) integral graphical charts of capacity development; iv) capacity development dynamics comparing to ex-post assessment conducted at the end of the Project Phase I; v) conclusions emphasizing remaining challenges for capacity development interventions.

Key findings and conclusions per groups of BMOs should not exceed 2 pages A-4 per each group and will include i) integral organizational capacity scores for nine key elements, ii) integral graphical charts of capacity development; iii) conclusions emphasizing priorities for capacity development interventions. The following groups will be assessed:

1. 5 regional CCIs (up to 2 pages)
2. universal BMOs committed to work at the national level (up to 2 pages)
3. universal BMOs working at the local level (up to 2 pages)
4. industry associations committed to work at the national level (up to 2 pages)
5. industry associations working at the local level (up to 2 pages)
6. general findings and conclusions for all 27 organizations (up to 2 pages)

NOTE: All materials relating to this assignment, including all Information collected from various meetings/documents shall be kept confidential and shall not be shared with the third parties beyond UNDP and the assessed organizations (BMOs).

DELIVERABLES AND TIMEFRAME

The timeframe and deliverables of the assignment are as follows:

Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in this Terms of Reference as follows: 

• 30% of contract total value will be paid upon completion of the Deliverables 1-3 as per TOR; 
• 50% of contract total value will be paid upon completion of the Deliverables 4-5 as per TOR;
• 20% of contract total value will be paid upon completion of the Deliverable 6 as per TOR.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

The Consultant should possess the following qualifications, experience and skills:

Educational background:

• At least Master’s/Specialist’s degree in Economics, Finance, International Relations, Management, Law, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Business Administration, Political Science or other relevant area

Professional Experience:

• At least 10 years of working experience in organizational capacity development consulting, strategic planning, auditing, economic and social development analysis related to non-profit organizations, CSOs, BMOs, and other relevant;
• At least 5 years of experience in designing and providing trainings on organizational capacity development, auditing, strategic planning, financial management, and other relevant related to non-profit organizations, CSOs, BMOs, etc.
• Excellent writing skills, with analytic capacity and ability to synthesize inputs and relevant findings (proven with at least 3 analytical papers, similar assessment in the area of non-profit organizations/CSOs/BMOs capacity development and/or MSME/private sector development, or similar);
• Specific international certificates in the area related to the assignment would be an asset.
• Working experience with UN funded programmes or other international technical assistance projects would be an asset;

Language Skills:

• Fluency in Ukrainian and working knowledge of English are essential. Fluent English is an asset.

Deadline for application : 5 October 2020

To see more details and apply, please follow the link: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=94132