UNDP Jobs - 46084- UNDAF Mozambique Strategic Reflection and Mid-Term

UNDAF Mozambique Strategic Reflection and Mid-Term Review (2 positions)

Location :

Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

26-May-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

30 days

Languages Required :

English Portuguese

Expected Duration of Assignment :

30 days

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

The United Nations Development Assistance Framework for Mozambique (UNDAF) 2012 – 2015 is the expression of the UN in Mozambique to support the Government in its final stretch towards the MDG timeframe of 2015. It is the second UNDAF developed under the UN Delivering as One (DaO) pilot in Mozambique but the first one applying One UN programme and One Management Structure The framework combines the efforts of the 22 UN agencies active in the country to provide focused, effective and efficient support to the Government of Mozambique. Guided by human rights instruments, the MDGs and the internationally agreed Development Goals (IADG), the UNDAF 2012-2015 strives for “Reduced poverty and disparities to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people in Mozambique by 2015” as its overall goal in support of national priorities outlined in the Government’s National Action Plan for Poverty Reduction, the PARP 2011-2014, as well as national sector policies.

This overarching goal is informed by three guiding principles that ensure that UN interventions in support of the government: i) culturally responsive, gender sensitive and human rights based approaches focusing particularly on women and children; ii) interweaving of HIV and AIDS issues throughout all UNDAF result areas; and iii) are substantiated by the promotion of evidence based policies and strategies for equitable and sustainable development.

The UNDAF results are organized around three focus areas:

The Economic area aims at tackling the economic disparities through a concentration on the rural poor, especially women and youth, improving their productive capacities, income and livelihoods, and reducing vulnerability to natural disasters;
The Social area aims at reducing inequality of access to services for vulnerable groups, especially women and children. Adopting the human rights based approach, the UN’s activities focus on improving the capacity of duty bearers to provide services, and on empowering rights holders, especially vulnerable people, to access and use social services for improved health, education, water and sanitation and social protection;
Within the Governance area, the UN concentrates, first, on deepening democracy and increasing public accountability through both strengthening the democratic and justice institutions of government and strengthening the capacity of vulnerable populations through civil society organizations and the private sector to participate effectively in policy formulation and protect their rights. Second, the UN focuses on improving governance at the local level, both strengthening government local institutions and ensuring better engagement and participation by local populations in their own development. The UNDAF is complemented by an UNDAF Action Plan (UNDAP) which operationalizes the UNDAF and explains how the UNDAF is to be implemented. The UNDAF action plan forms the basis for UN programming in the 2012 – 2015 cycle and constitutes the One programme.

The deepening and cementing of the UN Delivering as One reform are an integral part of the UNDAF management plan. Building on the original pillars of the One programme, One budgetary framework, One leader, One office and Common Services, and One Communication strategy remains central to the reform, the UNCT has since 2012 agreed to advance the reform agenda to focus on the three ’Rs’ Relevance, Results delivery and Resource utilization. A key delivery of this reform is a new joint organizational structure, Development Results Groups (DRGs) and Joint Teams (JTs), which clusters programme staff across all agencies of the UN around outcomes and focus areas of the UNDAF under the leadership of one head of agency. The purpose has been to optimize the use of UN’s technical resources, strengthen UN’s programme portfolio, relevance and effectiveness.

Having reached the mid-point of the UNDAF, though not a mandatory requirement, the UNCT has decided that a midterm review, in form of a light, informative and forward-looking Strategic Reflection should be conducted. The Strategic Reflection, which emphasizes substantive relevance in relation to alignment with national priorities and emerging issues, and effectiveness in terms of optimizing joint delivery, intends to inform both prioritizations during the remaining UNDAF implementation period while also contributing to inform the strategic directions for the next UNDAF.

Duties and Responsibilities

Major duties and responsibilities

The assignment will be carried out by a team of two (2) consultants. The Team Leader will be in charge of the satisfactory completion of the assignment. The Team Member will work under the guidance of the Team Leader and focus mainly on the review of the economic and social components of the UNDAF. Nevertheless, activities and tasks are expected to be performed in a coordinated way and reports and outputs mentioned in these ToRs are all joint reports prepared by the

Team of consultants:

Preparation and development of a detailed inception report and work plan;
Rapid desk review of context, of UNDAF 2012-2015 and of relevant documents and studies, surveys and evaluations to gather a synopsis of changes and situational changes affecting overall development in the country;
Analysis of relevance of programme and strategic directions to the situational context;
Assessment of effectiveness of UNDAF progress versus expected UNDAF outcomes, identifying key opportunities and challenges;
Assessment of effectiveness of UNDAF joint delivery structures to achieve results;
Individual and group interviews, as deemed necessary in approved workplan to validate recommendations and analysis;
Submit draft report to the UNCT;
Facilitation of a UN Strategic Reflection workshop to discuss the draft and recommendations and way forward;
Synthesize main conclusions and recommendations in the final report.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Functional Competencies:

Excellent knowledge of the UN system and UN common country programming, UNDAF processes and Millennium Development Goals;
Excellent knowledge of the development context in Mozambique and strong understanding of the UN system and UN common country programming processes, the UNDAF processes and the status of the Millennium Development Goals;
Relevant knowledge of the UN Reform and Delivering as One agenda;
Specialized methodological/technical knowledge, including some specific data collection and analytical skills, in Results Based Management (RBM) principles, logic modeling/logical framework analysis, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, participatory approaches, organizational effectiveness;
Ample understanding of the Human Rights-Based Approach, Gender and Participatory processes;
Proficiency in the use of the computer;
Demonstrable analytical and leadership skills.
Excellent report writing skills as well as organizational, communication and interviewing skills;
Proficiency in the use of the computer;
Team oriented work style, interest and experience of working in multi-cultural environment.

Required Skills and Experience

The Team Leader:

Education:

Advanced university degree (PhD, masters or equivalent) in development studies, economics, international relations, or related field.

Experience:

10 years of relevant international professional experience, including previous substantive involvement in evaluations and/or reviews and strategic planning exercises in a leadership position;
Experience must primarily relate to management of complex national level M&E frameworks and/or strategic plans involving multiple stakeholders;

Language:

Excellent written and spoken English. Portuguese is a strong asset;
Excellent report writing skills as well as communication, facilitation and interviewing skills;

The Team Member:

Education:

Advanced university degree (PhD, masters or equivalent) in development studies, economics, social sciences, or related field;
Substantive background in the Economic (i.e. food security, employment, environment and climate change) and Social (i.e. water and sanitation, social protection, health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS and education) areas;
Specialized experience and/or methodological/technical knowledge, including some specific data collection and analytical skills, particularly in Results Based Management (RBM) principles,logic modeling/logical framework analysis, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, participatory approaches.

Experience:

5 years of relevant national or international professional experience, including previous substantive involvement in evaluations and/or reviews and strategic planning exercises;
Substantive background in the Economic (i.e. food security, employment, environment and climate change) and Social (i.e. water and sanitation, social protection, health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS and education) areas;
Specialized experience and/or methodological/technical knowledge, including some specific data collection and analytical skills, particularly in Results Based Management (RBM) principles,logic modeling/logical framework analysis, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, participatory approaches;
Experience must primarily relate to management of complex national level M&E frameworks and/or strategic plans involving multiple stakeholders.

Language:

Excellent written and spoken Portuguese and very good communication skills in English.
Excellent report writing skills as well as communication, facilitation and interviewing skills;

Note:

Each applicant should indicate on their application for which position they are applying to (Team leader or second team member).

All relevant document can be found on the following website: http://procurement-notices.undp.org