IOM Consultancy for Developing, Editing and Designing of Technical Programme Reports Jobs in South Africa

IOM Consultancy for Developing, Editing and Designing of Technical Programme Reports Jobs in South Africa


Purpose of the Consultancy

  • The assignment seeks to process the existing programme reports, data and information into abridged reports that will be disseminated to country teams and stakeholders in user friendly and well-designed formats. The abridged reports will be integral to the SKNB programme communication and advocacy strategy and will be used to increase visibility of the project among various stakeholders including the project staff, target beneficiaries and partners.

  • The assignment will involve production of the following abridged reports from existing project reports, information and data.

  • An abridged version of the Project Final Evaluation Report

  • An abridged version of the Mid Term Review Report

  • An abridged version of the Project Baseline Report

  • A synthesis Report of the discussions, outcomes and recommendations from the regional and national dialogues

    Specific Tasks to be performed by the Consultant

    The Consultant, in consultation with IOM Regional programme team, is expected to:

  • Abstract, copyedit and proof-read the existing draft reports and produce final versions of the reports that will be ready for printing and publication.

  • The editing process will include proofreading the current reports, revision or adding new relevant pictorials, tables, chats and figures to achieve an optimal flow of information and presentation of the content in a manner that appeals to the target audience.

  • Conduct substantive re-drafting and synthetizing of parts of the existing text/content to make the final reports more readable and understandable to the stakeholders.

  • Conduct additional literature review of relevant information from journal articles for inclusion into the final reports

  • Analyse the project M&E datasets and corroborate findings with the existing reports and literature review findings.

  • Work closely with the project staff of IOM, Save the Children and partners to ensure validity of the statements or messages in the reports.

  • Develop and design the draft and
    final reports (well designed, laid out and edited) which are in word and pdf formats and ready for printing.

    Expected Deliverables

    The selected consultant will be expected to deliver on the specified scope of work as shown in section IV. Specifically, the expected deliverables of the assignment include:

  • An inception report outlining the technical approach and methodology of the assessment.

    Draft and final abridged versions of the following reports

  • Project Final Evaluation Report;

  • Mid Term Review Report;

  • Project Baseline Report

  • Dialogue report (well designed, laid out and edited, ready for printing and dissemination).IOM shall provide the formats for the reports.

    Qualifications and Experience

  • An advanced university degree (PhD, Masters or equivalent) in public health, migration and Health studies, development studies, social sciences with minimum of seven years of relevant experience.

  • Extensive experience and competencies in technical report writing, excellent in drafting and editing skills, literature review, research publication targeting local and international audiences.

  • Strong programme M&E skills, including evaluation of SRH and HIV programmes in Southern Africa

  • Previous knowledge and experience in the field of sexual and reproductive health, migration and advocacy, an asset

  • Tangible reference of previous similar assignments, written in English

  • Experience working with the UN and international NGOs in the humanitarian and development context is desirable.

  • Flexibility to adapt to work with project teams within the context of COVID19 environment

    How to Apply

  • Interested individual consultants should submit their applications to pretoriacvs@iom.int (with a clear reference to the advert in the subject line) or physically deliver to IOM regional office in Pretoria by 13 September 2020.

    This application should include

  • a cover letter indicating the consultant’s daily professional fees (in EUROS),

  • an inception report outlining the methodology to the assignment

  • the CV (4-6 pages) and two samples of technical reports written by the consultant.

  • All application files should not exceed 2MB.

  • Only shortlisted consultants will be notified.

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