UNDP Jobs - 45531- International HIV Expert

International HIV Expert – Lead Consultant to Support the Development of Concept Note within the New Funding Model of the Global Fund

Location :

Mission to Bishkek, Capital of Kyrgyz Republic, KYRGYZSTAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-May-2014

Application Deadline :

16-Apr-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

01 May 2014 – 15 June 2014

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

45 days (01 May 2014 – 15 June 2014)

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the UNDP Programme Manager and the Head of CCM Proposals Committee and in close collaboration with the CCM Working Group, the HIV Expert shall lead, supervise and coordinate the daily activities to support the National Working Group in Concept Note submission of required quality. The HIV Expert shall provide technical leadership and strategic direction based on available epidemiological data for applying for HIV funding under the Global Fund’s New Funding Model. The Concept Note should be aligned with the National Strategic Programme 2012-2016 and National TB Programme for the TB/HIV component.

Duties and Responsibilities

The main tasks of the consultant will be to provide technical support and leadership to the CCM Working Group involved in the New Funding Model (NFM) applications for the Global Fund (GF) grants in Kyrgyzstan. The support includes: 1) develop in line with GF policies a technically sound concept note for HIV funding for submission to the Global Fund and 2) support and supervise the development of work plan and budget, modular template, procurement and supply management plan, monitoring and evaluation plan, risks mitigation plan and capacity development plans.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1, Terms of Reference.

Competencies

Excellent writing skills and competency in computer applications;
Outstanding communication, facilitation and inter personal skills;
Proven ability to manage multiple and complex interdisciplinary technical teams;
Proven ability to analyze, interpret and synthesize information/data from different sources;
Ability to meet tight deadlines and to work effectively under pressure, including in a multi-cultural environment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration or any relevant field.

Experience:

Minimum 7 years of experience in planning, management, monitoring or evaluation of health programs at the national and international levels;
Proven track record of writing successful GF and donor proposals, including Requests for Renewal/ Continued Funding (at least one proposal);
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the local, regional and global responses to HIV and AIDS;
Experience with UNDP and knowledge of UNDP processes (particularly in UNDP managed GF programmes) is an advantage.

Language:

Proven written and oral English language skill;
Knowledge of Russian is an asset.

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Proposal:

Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
Signed personal history form P.11 (including past experience in similar projects).

Financial proposal as per template - Annex 3, Financial Proposal Form.

Lump sum contracts

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days). Please fill in the Annex 3, Financial Proposal Form.

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.

The Consultant should undertake the Basic Security in the Field - II (BSIF-II) training and Advanced Security in the Field (ASIF) tests prior to travelling. These requirements apply for all Consultants, attracted individually or through the Employer.

Offerors will be evaluated based on the methodology of cumulative analysis

The award of the contract of individual consultant should be made to the person whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Total score =Technical Score + Financial Score

Financial Criteria weight - 30%. 300 scores maximum;
Technical Criteria weight - 70%, 700 scores maximum.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 490 from 700 point in the Technical part of evaluation would be considered for the
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.

The selection of candidates will be done in 3 stages:

1st stage: Prior to detailed evaluation

All applications will be thoroughly screened against eligibility criteria (minimum qualification requirements) as set in the present TOR in order to determine whether they are compliant/non-compliant.

2nd stage: Technical Evaluation

Short-listed candidates will be evaluated/Interviewed based on technical scoring criteria’s.

3rd stage: Financial evaluation (according to the method described above)

The candidate achieving the highest cumulative score for both Technical and Financial evaluations will be recommended by the Evaluation Committee for contracting.

More details on this Procurement Notice ( with all annexes) can be found on the following link:

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/:

Annexes

Annex 1- Terms of reference (TOR);
Annex 2- Individual consultant general terms and conditions;
Annex 3-Confirmation of interest and financial proposal form;
Annex 4- UNDP general conditions for individual contract.