The British Council intends to explore this question through a six-month pilot programme, entitled Digital Media Arts for an inclusive Public Sphere (Digital MAPS) covering Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria and Yemen. Digital MAPS will run between September 2021 and March 2022, focusing on network development, research and engagement, and the development of dynamic media literacies. As Research, Monitoring and Evaluation consultant, the short-term Consultant will be responsible for technical design, planning and evaluation of the programme.

Details

Location The Candidate should be based in Any location in North Africa or the Levant
Duration 9 Months
Closing date Sunday, 04 July 2021

Role overview

  • Work with the programme SRO and in-country leads to refine the Digital MAPS project purpose, scope and outcomes, into a final and agreed project design, ensuring that the regional framework is adapted and contextualized to the British Council country contexts and expectations.
  • Define the procurement plan and sourcing strategy to arrive at the optimal mix of UK/MENA delivery partners to most effectively support the project purpose and outcomes, including: market research on appropriate suppliers; development of ToRs and the evaluation criteria for tenders; support with the evaluation of tenders; briefing and onboarding of successful suppliers.
  • Work in collaboration with the British Council project manager, SRO and selected delivery partners to agree a finalized workplan and finalized deliverables for each of the selected partners, as well as appropriate governance and coordination mechanisms to ensure partners are working collaboratively and efficiently in the delivery of the project outcomes.
  • Support the project manager and in-country leads on local partner identification, including development of selection process and selection criteria for local network formation and lead the assessment process to ensure that the local partners selected are those most suited to effectively contribute to and benefit from the project.
  • In collaboration with the selected delivery partners, lead on the overall M&E plan and embed requirements of this into partner contracts and reporting requirements.
  • Lead on the final evaluation of the programme including coordinating all supplier inputs/contributions into a final report. The contents of the report will be agreed based on the plan detailed in deliverable 5, which will be signed off by the SRO by October 2021 at the latest.
  • Oversee and quality assure all project delivery approaches and products, including network formation and workshop design, research design, strategy development, as well as the engagement and dissemination strategies, products and events.
  • Provide monthly reports on progress against the workplan and deliverables, including risk, issue and change logs.
  • Other ad hoc deliverables may be agreed in writing during this consultancy between the British Council SRO and supplier.

How to apply

Individuals are invited to provide their CV and cover letter (1000 words max) and previous work as per below scope of work and requirements. 

kindly submit your CV and supporting statement to menaprocurement@britishcouncil.org by Sunday 4 July 2021

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