Background

The United Republic of Tanzania ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005. The Convention provides strategic guidance to international and national anti corruption approaches that could be adopted by member countries. Article 5 (1) of the UNCAC stipulates that ‘Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal system, develop and implement or maintain effective, coordinated anti-corruption policies that promote the participation of society and reflect the principles of the rule of law, proper management of public affairs and public property, integrity, transparency and accountability.

As is the case with several other national institutions, the Tanzania Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) does not have a mandate in partially self-governing Zanzibar. To address this gap in anti-corruption, in 2011 the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGOZ) developed and adopted a good governance policy and shortly thereafter an Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act was passed by the Zanzibar House of Representatives. The Act establishes the Zanzibar Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Authority (ZACECA) which started operations in 2012 with a three-part mandate of public and private sector Prevention, Education and Investigations.

In 2011, UNDP commissioned a Baseline Assessment/Survey of Anti-Corruption Activities in Zanzibar. The Survey recommended the development of a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy and action plan in accordance with the UNCAC. Government has tasked ZACECA to develop a five-year Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan in line with the legislative framework and Good Governance Policy.  

ZACECA has requested UNDP technical support/advisory services to draft a Strategy and Action Plan. This will be provided through a national consultant to undertake reviews, field work and consultations. An international expert consultant will be contracted to prepare a draft Strategy and a draft Action Plan for government review

Duties and Responsibilities

  • The consultant will attend a series of meetings in Tanzania, including in Zanzibar, for orientation and information gathering, including essential links likely between Mainland and Zanzibar strategic elements and actions;
  • The consultant will identify and arrange private meetings with key stakeholders for purposes of undertaking the Zanzibar situational analysis;
  • The consultant will produce an inception report after the situational analysis is done and discuss it with key stakeholders;
  • The consultant will develop an Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan document based on preparatory work by a national consultant, inputs from stakeholder meetings, and other inputs;
  • The consultant will produce the a report on activities with the Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan and present it to stakeholders for validation;
  • The consultant incorporates comments from the stakeholders and finalizes the report for final submission to UNDP, ZACECA and the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar.

Competencies

Core competencies
  • Demonstrated understanding of cross-cultural anti-corruption environments including in particular African socio-cultural, economic and political environments, and, essentially fighting corruption in small island societies/other small societies;
  • Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
  • Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Functional competencies
  • Demonstrated ability to assess complex situations succinctly, to distill critical issues, and shape forward-looking conclusions and recommendations;
  • Excellent business development, negotiation, analytical, research, presentation and communication skills;
  • Strong writing and oral communication skills;
  • Strong analytical skills, including in the identification of key issues and how they relate;
  • Ability to conceptualize problems and generate innovative, practical solutions;
  • Ability to plan for and produce quality results in meeting established goals;
  • Leadership, teamwork and skills in coordination. 

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
  • Masters Degree in Law, Public Administration, Forensic Investigations, or relevant Social Sciences;
  • A post graduate qualification in a related field will be an added advantage.
Experience:
  • Practical experience of not less than 8 years working/consulting in anti-corruption;
  • Professional knowledge and practical experience in drafting strategies and action plans;
  • Good experience in project management;
  • Demonstrated experience in working with a variety of stakeholders from all key sectors; public, private    and civil society including the religious bodies and the media.
Language:
  • Fluency in spoken and written English;
  • Knowledge of Kiswahili will be considered an asset.
How to submit proposals:

Proposals should be submitted to the following e-mail address not later than Friday 21 February 2014 (Tanzanian Time 13:00 hours), icprocurement.tz@undp.org
  • Applicants should download the application documents ( IC Procurement Notice, TOR and Advert)presented in compresses file from UNDP Tanzania website, complete and sign them, and the send the scanned copies to the email account above by or before the deadline of this post;
  • Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form and CV or the required documents for the technical evaluation will not be considered for evaluation;
  • Applications without submitting a financial offer instead of other format will not be considered due to the ease comparison of the received offers;
  • All necessary information for this post (TOR, Deliverables, Target dates, etc. are presented in the ICPN) therefore applicant MUST download it from the website as mentioned above;
  • Do not send CV only to the Email account mentioned above without Cover Letter and Methodology (if requested) as it will be considered as incomplete application;
  • The documents are available in PDF (the TOR, ICPN and IC guidelines) format: this is the only format available and it will not be provided in other formats;
  • Each email should be less than 8MB; emails over this size will not be received to the above mentioned account.