Background

Candidates who previously applied need not re-apply.

Tanzania has held four credible general elections since the reintroduction of multi-party politics in 1992. Citizens and the government are eager to maintain this track record and to further strengthen democratic practice in Tanzania. Looking to the 2015 general election, government has undertaken early and comprehensive preparations for the electoral processes. Since receipt of official requests for UN assistance to the election cycle leading to the 2015 general election from the National Election Commission and Zanzibar Electoral Commission, a UN Needs Assessment Mission recommended the development of a project in support of the national efforts.

In addition, in 2014 the United Republic of Tanzania will likely conduct a first national referendum on a new constitution. The National Election Management Bodies (EMBs) and other stakeholders in preparing for these critical events have requested the support of UNDP to provide technical support to the preparation and execution of the referendum.

To these ends, the Democratic Empowerment Project (DEP) is a four year (2013-2016) UNDP, UN One Fund and other donor-funded project with the overall aim of contributing to Tanzania’s UNDAP’s Outcome 7: i.e. “key institutions of democracy, (i.e. EMBs, etc.) effectively implement their election and political functions”.   UN Women and UNESCO are implementing partners in a One UN Country Team context.

Voter Registration is anticipated to commence in January on the mainland, a registration of all eligible Tanzanians, anticipated to be about 20 million persons.  A second round of Voter Registration is anticipated in the second half of 2015 in the buildup to elections in October 2015.  The first priority is to develop and deliver Voter Education for Voter Registration and then VE for the election program.  Support will also be provided to the Zanzibar Electoral Commission for a second round of Voter Registration in early 2015 and for the elections in October 2015.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • A detailed inception report that shows the proposed approach, work plan, and methodology of approach for Voter Registration;
  • Identify members of Voter Education Co-ordination Committee and schedule of meeting for mainland and Zanzibar;
  • Draft initial report on activities to be undertaken and ToR for these activities;
  • A detailed report that shows the proposed approach, work plan, and methodology of approach for Election Voter Education;
  • Submit final report on activities and recommendations for capacity building to NEC and ZEC.

 

Competencies

  • Strategic technical and intellectual skills in the substantive area with global dynamic perspectives;
  • Leadership, innovation, facilitation, advocacy and collaboration skills;
  • Ability to engage with UNDP and its strategic partners, including the EMBs and the CSOs;
  • Entrepreneurial abilities and ability to work in an independent manner;
  • Ability to work effectively in a team, with good relationship management skills;
  • Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a highly complex organization context;
  • Ability to maintain high standards despite pressing deadlines;
  • Excellent communication (both oral and written) and partnership building skills with people and multi-dimension partners;
  • Excellent writing skills, especially in the preparation the communication package/tool in the context of Voter Education;
  • Good knowledge of Tanzania’s environmental and socio-political context.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

  • A university degree in Political Science or Social Science with a specialization in public affairs, media relations, communications or a related subject or relevant experience.

Experience

  • At least five years of relevant work experience in the development and implementation of public information and outreach campaigns;

At least five years practical experience with the design, development and implementation of:

  • Election Campaign Design;
  • Strategic communications;
  • Messaging for mass audiences;
  • Radio/television production;
  • Advertising campaigns.

Language

  • Fluency in written and spoken English is essential;
  • Knowledge of Kiswahili would be an advantage.

How to submit proposals:

Proposals should be submitted to the following e-mail address not later than 03rd December 2014 at 13.00hrs (Dar es salaam time), The proposals (both technical & financial) should be sent to: icprocurement.tz@undp.org .

Since this is a re-advertisement, applicants who submitted their technical and financial proposals should not apply again.

Applicants who sent their CVs only are invited and required to submit their technical and financial proposals.

  • Applicants should download the application documents (presented in compresses file) from UNDP procurement notice site: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=19584;
  • Applicants should separate technical and financial proposals;
  • Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form or 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 as it will be considered as incomplete application;
  • The documents are available in PDF (the TOR, ICPN and IC guidelines) download them from (http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=19584),  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.