Introduction:

An-Najah National University (ANNU) has received a grant from ECACA for a project entitled: ‎Improving Governance Practices at Palestinian Higher Education Institutions/ UniGov. This project ‎seeks to support the modernisation, accessibility, and internationalization of HEIs in Palestine, through ‎addressing five cross-cutting aspects of governance.‎

The project seeks to target two main groups, direct and indirect beneficiaries. Direct groups are ‎administrative staff, while indirect groups are faculty members, students, stakeholders, and ‎policymakers. These two groups will play a leading role in the implementation of various project ‎activities.‎

Assignment Objective:

‎An-Najah National University is now considering the selection of a professional and qualified expert ‎consultant who will evaluate the project progress and outputs.‎

Scope of work and specific tasks:

‎ The  Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• ‎Develop, design, and implement an effective formative evaluation plan.‎
• ‎Coordinate with the internal quality assurance team. ‎
• ‎The Formative Evaluator  should assess/ monitor project progress ‎
• ‎The Formative Evaluator  will Measure project outputs, outcomes and Impact.‎
• ‎Work with QA team to prepare remediation plans. ‎
• ‎Develop periodic reports to project management team.‎

Evaluation should measures the following aspects: ‎‏ ‏

• ‎Quality of outputs. ‎
• ‎Commitment of Palestinian partner universities.
• ‎The quality and effectives' of capacity building activities.‎
• ‎Sustainability of the project.‎
• ‎Outputs/ deliverables, timing
• ‎Budget deviation.‎

Deliverables:‎

• ‎Approved evaluation and monitoring plan.
• ‎Three formative evaluation reports for project steering committee.
• ‎One final Comprehensive Report documenting the whole conducted assignment, including ‎implemented activities, results, findings, recommendations, and proposed improvement actions. 

‎Essential Required Qualifications:‎

An- Najah National University/Project Management Unit invites eligible qualified Consultants / Service ‎Providers to provide information indicating their qualifications, experience and appropriate skills to ‎perform the services.‎

• ‎At least Master degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline from a recognized  University. ‎
• ‎5 years working experience in private sector and/or higher education.
• ‎Conducting at least two similar evaluation consultation assignments.
• ‎Fluency in English.
• ‎Excellent report writing skills.
• ‎Strong communication skills.

Level of effort and time frame:

The level of effort for this  formative evaluation  consultation service is estimated as 4 months of work ‎within two years time frame.

‎Contract Type: Lump Sum Contract.

‎Duration: Two years

Interested consultants must submit their resume along with relevant competencies and comprehensive ‎experience record through sending an email to [email protected] by 2:00 pm, Sunday, ‎‏7‏‎-1-201‎‏8‏‎. The ‎assignment is expected to start on Wednesday, ‎‏28‏‎-1-201‎‏8‏‎.

The selection process and criteria is based on the procedures of Erasmus+ recruiting policies.‎