UNDP Jobs - 50933- Local Short Term Expert on Efficient Prevention Ta

Local Short Term Expert on Efficient Prevention Tactics for Improving the Services of ISFs - REF: (LSTEPT /CO2014)

Location :

Home-based

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

15-Nov-2014

Application Deadline :

30-Oct-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

16 days until 12/24/2015

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

16 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

UNDP Turkey will support the Ministry of Interior of Turkey for "Improvement of Civilian Oversight of Internal Security" through an EU funded technical assistance project. The overall objective of the project is to structurally embed expanded enjoyment of civil rights by Turkish citizens and democratic control of internal security in the regulatory system and public administration practice of Turkey.

The project is composed of 3 components:

Component A - Legislative Framework: This component aims at enabling the Ministry of Interior and the public administrators (governors and sub governors) to exercise civilian oversight over law enforcement bodies;
Component B - Capacity Building: This component aims at increasing the capacity at the MoI to realize its mission as regards the administrative management of security forces at the central and local level and establishment of institutional structures needed in order to meet the EU standards for HR protection and for a strengthened civilian oversight;
Component C - Civil Society and Media: This component aims at contributing to strengthen independent oversight on law enforcement bodies and increase citizens’ participation in oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall objective of this assignment is to support the realization of the activity B.1.7 ‘Prepare a guidance note on "efficient prevention tactics" for improving the services of ISFs to be more citizen focused and in line with universal human rights’. Local Short Term Expert will be mainly responsible for production and determination of prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs. S/he is assigned to contribute to the preparation of a guidance note on efficient prevention tactics. The expert is expected to do a fieldwork and discussion with ISFs in Ankara. S/he will attend an expert workshop and conference in Ankara on the guidance notes. The expert is also expected to prepare a presentation and attend a conference that will be held in Ankara.

The Short Term Expert will support the realization of the activity B.1.7 ‘Prepare a guidance note on "efficient prevention tactics" for improving the services of ISFs to be more citizen focused and in line with universal human rights’.

The tasks and responsibilities of the Local Short Term Expert will be as follows:

Field work and discussion with ISFs in Ankara on production of efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs to be more citizen focused and in line with universal human rights
Attend an expert workshop and conference in Ankara on the guidance notes about determined prevention tactics
Work jointly with international expert in producing a final guidance note on efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs
Participating to a conference to be held in Ankara and preparing a presentation on efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs.

* The payment conditions indicated herein represents estimated working days to be invested for the particular activities. %85 of the payment will be made upon submission of the Deliverable namely ‘Contribution to the final guidance note on efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs’. %15 of the payment will be made upon submission of the Deliverable namely ‘Presentation on efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs in a conference to be held in Ankara’. The total working days might be lower than 16 days but cannot exceed 16 days.

Deliverables and Reporting:

Activity - Deliverable - Duty Station - No. of days to be invested (estimated) - Target Date - Payment

Conducting Field work - Notes/ interviews on field work and discussion with ISFs in Ankara on production of prevention tactics - Ankara - 8 - 15.11.2014 - n/a;
Attending workshops - Expert workshop and conference in Ankara on guidance notes on determined prevention tactics - Home Based - 2 - 30.11.2014 - n/a;
Submission of the report - Contribution to the final guidance note on efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs - Home Based - 5 - 15.12.2015 - %85;
Submission of the report - Presentation on efficient prevention tactics for improving the services of ISFs in a conference to be held in Ankara - Home Based - 1 - 20.12.2014 - %15;
Total Working Days - 16.

Competencies

Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams;
Ability to work under pressure against strict deadlines;
Ability to think out-of-the-box;
Ability to present complex issues persuasively and simply;
Ability to contextualize global trends in accordance with the dynamics of the operating (working) environment;
Ability to think strategically;
Ability to think result oriented;
Computer literacy and excellent report writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

University degree in Social Sciences or Public Administration;
Higher degrees in Social Sciences or Public Administration will be an asset (Master, PhD).

Experience:

At least 5 years of professional work experience;
Experience in conducting interviews with public officials;
Publications on EU accession (especially comparative studies) of Turkey will be an asset;
Publications on public services/policies will be an asset;
Experience in working with public institutions will be an asset.

Language:

Fluency in English;
Fluency in Turkish.

Notes:

Internships (paid/unpaid) are not considered professional experience;
Obligatory military service is not considered professional experience;
Professional experience gained in an international setting is considered international experience;
Experience gained prior to completion of undergraduate studies is not considered professional experience;
If the candidates cannot meet the requirements, assets will not be evaluated;
Only candidates who met the requirements will be contacted and will be requested price proposals.

Reporting Line:

The consultant will be responsible to Inclusive Democratic Governance Programme Manager, under the direct supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor and Project Administrator of the Improvement of Civilian Oversight of Internal Security Sector Project Phase II for the completion of the tasks and duties.

Reporting Language:

The reporting language is English.

Title Rights:

The title rights, copyrights and all other rights whatsoever nature in any material produced under the provisions of this TORs will be vested exclusively in UNDP.

Timing Duration:

Contract Start Date: 15 November 2014;
Contract Completion Date: 24 January 2015;
Total expected w/d to be invested: 16 days.

Duty Station:

Duty station of the expert will be home-based.

Terms and Payment:

The international short-term expert will be hired under an Individual Contract (IC) or a Reimbursable Loan Agreement and be paid in USD upon submission and approval of the all deliverables listed above. The international short-term expert shall provide IC timesheet together with the deliverables in order to proceed with the payment.

The amount paid shall be gross and inclusive of all associated costs such as social security, pension and income tax. Duty station of the expert will be home based.

Contracting Authority:

Contracting Authority for this Assignment is UNDP, and the contract amount will be provided through UNDP.

Contracting Modality:

IC – Individual Contract of UNDP;

RLA- Reimbursable Loan Agreement.

Tax obligation:

The subscriber is solely responsible for all taxation or other assessments on any income derived from UNDP. UNDP will not make any withholding from payments for the purposes of income tax. UNDP is exempt from any liabilities regarding taxation and will not reimburse any such taxation to the subscriber.

Services and Facilities Provided by UNDP: N/A

Proposal:

Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
Provide a brief note about the proposed approach and/or systematic to be followed for the achievement of the outputs of the Project;
Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references;
P11.

Financial Proposal:

The candidates will be requested to submit ‘Financial Proposals’ upon completion of technical evaluation.

The financial proposals shall be submitted in UNDP’s standard format which will be communicated to successful candidates. The financial proposal shall specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

Payment:

The International short-term experts will be paid in USD on the basis of the number of days invested for each deliverable, as approved by UNDP;

The International Short Term Experts shall be paid upon submission and approval of the above described deliverables. The Experts shall also prepare a timesheet that shows the number of days invested for each deliverable.

The amount paid shall be gross and inclusive of all associated costs such as social security, pension and income tax. Assignment-related travel and accommodation costs outside of home base will be borne by UNDP upon submission of documentation.

Evaluation:

Applicants meeting the minimum requirements listed in the Terms of Reference will be short-listed and asked for price proposals. The selection of the Consultants will be made in accordance with the quality- cost based selection method (70 % technical component and 30% price component). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For P11 (Personal History Form) please click http://www.tr.undp.org/content/dam/turkey/docs/operations/Jobs/P11_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc

Proposal should be emailed to ssa.proposal@undp.org.tr no later than 30 October 2014.

Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above. UNDP will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.