Government
of the People’s Republic of
Local
Government Engineering Department
Municipal Governance and Services Project
LGED Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Memo No LGED/PD/MGSP/M-30 /2015/147 Date: 11/02/2016
Request
for Expressions of Interest (EOI)
For
Individual Consultant as Monitoring
and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist of Municipal Governance and Services
Project (MGSP) under Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).
The
People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a credit from the International
Development Association (IDA) Cr. No. 5339-BD towards the cost of the Municipal
Governance and Services Project (MGSP) and intends to apply part of this credit
to eligible payments under the contract for Monitoring and Evaluation
(M&E) Specialist of MGSP under
Local government Engineering Department (LGED).
The overall objective of this Assignment is to
establish an operational Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system for
Component 1: Municipal Governance and Basic Urban Services Improvement. The
purpose of this consultancy is to provide support to PMU for M&E system with tools to effectively
monitor project progress and achievements, and to provide mid-term and
end-of-project evaluations with sufficient information to assess the project.
Number of the post: One
Duration of the Services: The Specialist
will be appointed initially for a period of 24 months, extendable up to 48
months based on satisfactory performance. The Specialist will be based at the PMU
and will also travel to sites with M&E personnel if required.
Qualifications
and experience required:
·
At
least 15 years of total experience of which 8 years in developing results-based
monitoring and evaluation framework, tools and templates in donor funded
similar projects;
·
Applicant should have at least 5 years’ experience as M&E Specialist in foreign aided project.
·
Proven experience and solid understanding of the urban sector with focus
on infrastructure development is required;
·
Master degree in a field relevant to the key
activities of the project,
e.g., Urban Development Management, Engineering, Business
Studies, Management Information System, Development Studies, Economics, IT,
MBA(major in MIS)/ or equivalent from any reputed university having excellent
academic background.
·
Strong reporting, communication, documentation and presentation skills;
and
·
Demonstration of strong analytical and research skills.
·
Proven experience with
the logical framework approach and other strategic planning approaches, M&E
methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory),
training in M&E development and implementation, facilitating
learning-oriented analysis sessions of M&E data with multiple stakeholders,
information analysis and report writing;
·
Familiarity with
supportive attitude towards processes of strengthening local organizations
i.e., ULBs and building local capacities for self-management;
The Project
Director, MGSP now invites eligible Applicants to apply for the position.
Applicants are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified
to perform the services (complete CV with other details as required).
The Specialist will be selected in accordance with the selection
of Individual Consultants procedures as set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of
Consultants under IBRD Loans and Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers,
January 2011.
Interested candidates
may obtain further information at the address below during 09:00 to 17:00 hours in normal office days excepting Friday and
Saturday. The advertisement is also available in the website of LGED. A
shortlist of the candidates will be prepared, from the expressions of interest,
for requesting proposals for this assignment.
Expressions of Interest
must be submitted to the address below in sealed envelope clearly marked “Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist” on or before 15 March,
2016 during office hours. Submission
through e-mail will also be accepted provided it is delivered by the deadlines.
The Client
reserves the right to accept or reject any/all Expressions of Interest.
(Shaikh Muzakka Zaher)
Project Director
Municipal Governance and Services Project(MGSP)
Local Government Engineering Department
LGED Bhaban (Level-6), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207. Bangladesh.
Tel : 880-2-9113446; Fax: 880-2-9122434, e-mail : pd.mgsp@lged.gov.bd
Copy forwarded for
necessary action:
1. Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.
2. Additional Chief Engineer (Implementation), LGED, Dhaka.
3. Task Team Leader, MGSP, The World Bank, BDO, Dhaka.
4. Unit-in-charge, GIS Unit, LGED, he is requested to publish the notice in LGED website.
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