UNDP Jobs - 32499- International Consultant on Socially Responsible E

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING (SRER)
Location :	Home-based including 2 trips to Belarus
Application Deadline :	16-Sep-12
Type of Contract :	Individual Contract
Post Level :	International Consultant
Languages Required :	English Russian
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)	01-Oct-2012
Duration of Initial Contract :	8 months
Expected Duration of Assignment :	70 working days
Background
The project is a part of the UNDP global programme "Responding to the Economic Crisis and Building Long-term Resilience (2010-2013)", helping countries and societies to overcome the effects of the economic crisis and create conditions for long-term sustainable development. The focus of the project is on managing the social risks of enterprise restructuring putting in place a socially responsible restructuring mechanism, and by implementing a set of preventive measures to contain unemployment and prevent the decline in popular living standards. The project will be piloted in two enterprises with modernisation and restructuring programmes that include personnel downsizing. The pilot will test the methodology for socially responsible enterprise restructuring and design a system for social contingency planning based on broad stakeholder participation. Main Objectives, Responsibilities and Description of the Proposed Analytical Work: The project has as its main goal to develop an effective mechanism to implement socially responsible enterprise restructuring, including of major employers, and to prevent unemployment and reductions in the standards of living. This goal will be achieved through pursuit of the following objectives: To elaborate a conceptual and methodological framework to guide work on socially responsible enterprise restructuring in Belarus. To build national capacity for implementing socially responsible enterprise restructuring (SRER). To test a Methodology for Socially Responsible Enterprise Restructuring in two pilot enterprises. To ensure implementation of objectives, it is planned to hire an international consultant, knowledgeable in the SRER methodology and experienced in implementing SRER projects.
Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent will be responsible for the preparation of the concept and methodology of socially responsible enterprise restructuring, organisation of the project training activities, and will act as a resource person for the project national consultants in during the piloting of the SRER methodology. The International Consultant will report to the Project Manager. The assignment will be performed in two stages. Stage 1. The incumbent will be responsible for conducting the workshop on international practices in SRER and training sessions for local experts in SRER; will prepare recommendations on intra-enterprise labour market analysis and assessment of downsizing potential to assist national consultants; develop terms of reference/assignment to the local experts on the drafting of the SRER Concept. Stage 2. The incumbent will make a presentation at the stakeholder roundtable to debate the SRER concept paper; develop a SRER methodology; participate in the induction meeting of the Dispute Settlement Committee established in the pilot enterprises to set key tasks of the Committees and social contingency planning process. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1- Terms of Reference.
Competencies
Experience in implementing at least three socially responsible enterprise restructuring programmes; Experience in advising government agencies and international technical assistance projects on the design of SRER programmes and policies in Europe and the CIS; At least five training workshops on socially responsible enterprise restructuring; At least three publications on SRER; Excellent communication, coordination and management skills.
Required Skills and Experience
Education: University degree in economics, business administration, or law. Academic degree is an advantage Experience: At least five years of expert work in corporate governance, socially responsible enterprise restructuring, or corporate social responsibility; Knowledge of the socially responsible enterprise restructuring methodology, including the ILO methodology; Knowledge of international practices relevant to socially responsible enterprise restructuring and government policies to support such restructuring. Language Requirements: Fluency in the English language; Fluency in the Russian language is an advantage. Documents to be included when submitting the proposals: Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents in English to demonstrate their qualifications: Proposal explaining why the candidate is the most suitable for the work; Financial proposal – please fill in Annex II (Finance Proposal) Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 2 references (or contact information of at least 2 people who could provide references). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials. Financial Proposal: Lump sum contract The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount split in installments as per TOR. Travel: All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources. In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed. Please fill in Annex II - Financial Proposal Form. Evaluation: Cumulative analysis: When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria: Total score=Technical Score + Financial Score Example * Technical Criteria weight; [70%], maximum 700 points * Financial Criteria weight; [30%], maximum 300 points All the offers of individual consultants who scored 490 (70% from 700) and more points during the desk review/interview are acceptable for financial evaluation. The lowest technically qualified proposal receives 300 points and all the other technically qualified proposals receive points in inverse proportion according to the formula: P=Y*(L/Z), where P=points for the financial proposal being evaluated Y=maximum number of points for the financial proposal L= price of the lowest price proposal Z=price of the proposal being evaluated FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONSULT PROCUREMENT NOTICE AND ATTACHMENTS BELOW. ANNEXES: ANNEX I – Terms of Reference ANNEX II – FINANCE PROPOSAL ANNEX III – IC contract form ANNEX IV – General Terms for IC contracts

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