UNDP Jobs - 59500- Consultant to Facilitate Mediation Training for Lo

Consultant to Facilitate Mediation Training for Lower level Traditional Leaders in Northern Uganda

Location :

Gulu, UGANDA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

21-Sep-2015

Application Deadline :

08-Sep-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

15 Working Days

Languages Required :

Expected Duration of Assignment :

15 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 Government of Uganda launched a Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) which commenced implementation in July 2009 and now in a second phase running until June 2015. The main objective of PRDP2 is to complete the post-conflict recovery process; to strengthen the foundation for development in Northern Uganda and to narrow the gap between Northern Uganda and the national average level of all socio-economic indicators. In this context, and building on its previous engagements in Northern Uganda, UNDP continues support of PRDP2 through various projects including the Local Development and Social Cohesion in Northern Uganda that commenced in July 2013.

The Local Development and Social Cohesion in Northern Uganda Project is aimed at contributing to social and economic stabilization through four outputs namely, 1 - Community justice, security and social cohesion increased for peaceful resolution of disputes, in particular as related to land and women’s issues; 2- Employment opportunities enhanced and economic recovery and reintegration initiatives developed targeting youth, crises-affected and vulnerable people; 3- Peaceful and sustainable mining in Northern Uganda; and 4 - Capacities of local authorities and civil society strengthened in civic engagement, coordination, and planning for economic recovery and peace consolidation. UNDP in response to some of the needs highlighted in the Capacity Needs Assessment for Traditional Justice Institutions in Northern Uganda and in a bid to contribute to community justice by strengthening the capacity of the traditional justice institutions wishes to engage an individual consultant. The individual consultant required will conduct training on mediation in pluralist and evolving legal contexts for lower level traditional justice leaders from Lango and Acholi Sub-regions of Northern Uganda.

Objective of the assignment

The main objective of the assignment is to support Government of Uganda efforts to leverage informal justice systems for effective community justice in post conflict Northern Uganda by supporting Traditional Justice Institutions.

Specific objectives of the assignment are:

Build the capacity of traditional justice institutions in Acholi and Lango on Mediation and conflict resolution skills for sustainable peace.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work and Deliverables

The assignment will focus on implementing a mediation skills enhancement training programme for lower level traditional justice leaders from Lango and Acholi Sub-regions of Northern Uganda.

Specifically, the consultant will deliver on the following:

Design and facilitate mediation trainings for lower level traditional justice leaders in Acholi and Lango sub-regions of Northern Uganda.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

Brief Inception Report, mediation training concept developed, 5 days;
Mediation training and submission of training report, 10 days;
Note: deliverables to be approved by UNDP, District Local Governments, JLOS.

Working Arrangements:

Institutional Arrangement

With overall reporting to the Country Director UNDP, he/she will work on day to day basis with the UNDP field team based in Acholi and the Northern Uganda Programme Manager supervised by the Team Leader Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit (CPR)
The consultant will report to UNDP on a regular basis on the progress but this will be done in line with the set deliverables of the assignment;
The consultant will liaise, interact, collaborate/meet with JLOS, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda Police Force at National and Regional levels, Ker Kwaro Acholi, Lango Cultural Forum, District Local Governments, Development Partners, CSOs and selected communities of Northern Uganda.

UNDP will support the consultant in the following:

Access to all past reports and data relevant to the assignment. These will include project progress reports, midterm and final evaluation reports, and the Local Development and Social Cohesion in Northern Uganda Project document;
Access to UNDP Office and its infrastructure;
Support and assistance to gain access to relevant stakeholders for consultations to the extent possible;
Transport for visits in the field.

Duration of the Work:

The assignment will be executed within a period of 15 working days commencing immediately upon signature of contract. The consultant is expected to adhere to the specified duedates.

Location:

Work will be accomplished in Lira and Gulu districts of Northern Uganda.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Professionalism:

Ability to act professionally and flexibly to engage with government officials, donor representatives, and local communities;
Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards;
Mature judgment and initiative;
Ability to present complex issues in a simple and clear manner;
Ability to work under pressure;
Good communication and organizational skills.

Corporate competencies:

Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

An advanced University degree (masters or equivalent) with qualifications in sociology, anthropology, political science, peace studies, law or other related field with proven work in the field of traditional justice and mediation.

Experience:

5 years experience in facilitataing training in the feild of tradiational justice and mediation;
Prior experience facilitating trainings of a similar nature;
Prior work experience in and knowledge of or work experience in Northern Uganda or similar context will be an added advantage;
Conflict and post-conflict work experience especially involving Government, Local Government and Community systems and structures;
Excellent analytical and writing skills with the capacity to process qualitative and quantitative information and produce clear and precise reports.

Language:

Fluency in English.

Price proposal and schedule of payments

Payment to the individual consultant will be made in two installments upon satisfactory completion of the following deliverables:

30% of the contract amount upon submission of and acceptance of inception report and Mediation Training Concept;
70% of contract amount following successful mediation training and upon submission of and acceptance of mediation training report.

Evaluation method and criteria

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

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Highest Combined Score (based on the 70% technical offer and 30% price weight distribution) where the minimum passing score of technical proposal is 70%.

Evaluation Criteria:

Technical Proposal (Maximum 70 points)

Relevance of education – 15 points;
Language and writing skills – 10 points;
Relevance of professional experience in conducting assignment of similar nature and scope specifically in the area of traditional justice and mediation - 45 points.

Financial Proposal (Maximum 30 points): To be computed as a ratio of the Proposal’s offer to the lowest price among the proposals received by UNDP.

Application Proceudre and Requirements:

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via this website.

The application should contain:

CV In English;
Technical and Financial Proposal*- (using the standard template);
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials;
Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into one single file.

Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance, vaccination and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services.
Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.
Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org

General Terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=24863.
Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.
Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.

Documents to be included when submitting the proposals

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II);
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Technical proposal:

Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment;
A methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.

Financial proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex II).

Annexes (to be downloaded from UNDP Uganda Website, procurement notices section: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=24863): Reference No. 24593 Interested applicants should send an email to: justine.naiga-bagonza@undp.org and copy diana.nabbanja@undp.org for a detailed copy of the Terms of Reference.

Annex I - Individual Contractor General Terms and Conditions.

Annex II – Finacial proposal from.