UNDP Jobs - 51455- International Consultant (Team Leadr) for Situatio

International Consultant (Team Leadr) for Situation Analysis UNDAP II Formulation

Location :

Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

02-Dec-2014

Application Deadline :

25-Nov-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

80 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

80 working 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 SitAn should be centered on a desk review of key documents provided. In particular, the SitAn must encompass the thematic areas listed in the following texts:

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, as defined at the time of contracting;
The 8 Millennium Development Goals;
The ten core international human rights instruments, including optional protocols;
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action;
The Tanzania Development Vision 2025 and Zanzibar Vision 2020;
MKUKUTA II and MKUZA II;
The Five Year Development Plan 2011/2012-2015/2016;

It is anticipated that the analysis provided will identify potential for synergies and complementarity across these areas of concern. Additional sources may therefore be consulted and a limited number of semi-structured stakeholder interviews, surveys and focus group discussions undertaken to complement the depth and range of the SitAn. The latter should be identified based upon availability, logistical constraints (travel, costs, time, etc.) and ethical considerations. Data should be systematically disaggregated by sex and age and, to the extent possible, by geographical region, ethnicity, disability, migratory status and other contextually-relevant markers of equity. Information sources and findings should be triangulated where possible for validation purposes.

It is expected that at least some of the consultancy will be undertaken in Dar es Salaam, with potential for visits to Zanzibar and the wider mainland.

Duties and Responsibilities

To define the priority development challenges for the United Republic of Tanzania (URT) based on an assessment of the current and anticipated shortfall, referencing patterns of discrimination and/or inequality, of the URT’s progress towards the standards set in the eight Millennium Development Goals, the ten core international human rights instruments, including optional protocols, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the MKUKUTA II and MKUZA II goals and Five Year Development Plan 2011/2012-2015/2016. The current status of the URT in terms of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals, the Tanzania Development Vision 2025 and Zanzibar Vision 2020, the risk and influence of conflict, domestic and regional and the risk of humanitarian crises and natural disasters;
To pinpoint the environmental, organizational and individual capacity gaps of both duty bearers and rights holders across political, economic, social and cultural factors which hinder effective redress of the development challenges identified;
To map the current and forecasted development priorities of traditional and non-traditional Development Partners in Tanzania, with a maximum seven year trajectory. This will include analysis of the evolution of aid modalities and patterns, in particular the impact of the changing economic environment (domestic, regional and global) on donor preferences;

Competencies

Judgement/Decision Making;
Managing Performance;
Accountability;
Client Orientation;
Planning and Organising;
Teamwork;
Process management and facilitation skills; including
Ability to negotiate with a wide range of stakeholders;
Excellent communication and interview skills;
Demonstrated ability to deliver quality results within strict deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in International Development, Public Administration, Evaluation or Related Field;

Experience:

A minimum of 10 years’ experience of conducting multi-sectoral analytical studies, including at least one SiTAn or similar study;
A strong record in utilizing a Human Rights Based Approach, in particular designing and leading capacity gap analysis of duty-bearers and rights holders;
A strong record in utilizing a Human Rights Based Approach, in particular designing and leading capacity gap analysis of duty-bearers and rights holders;
Proven experience of conducting gender sensitive assessments;
Prior experience of working with multilateral agencies;
Knowledge of the UN role and UN programming at the country level, particularly UNDAFs/Ps, encompassing development and humanitarian assistance;
Understanding of the aid effectiveness agenda, the various modalities and their evolution since the Paris Declaration;
Extensive experience of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods.

Language:

Proficiency in English (written and spoken, with capacity to write inception, draft and final reports).

How to submit proposals:

Proposals should be submitted to the following e-mail address not later than Tuesday, 25 November 2014 icprocurement.tz@undp.org;
Applicants should download the application documents (presented in compresses file) from UNDP Tanzania website;
Applicants should separate technical and financial proposals;
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) download them from (http://www.undp.org/content/tanzania), 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;