UNDP Jobs - 59827- National Consultant: Asset Declaration Compliance

National Consultant: Asset Declaration Compliance and Enforcement

Location :

Abuja, NIGERIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

05-Oct-2015

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

40 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

40 working days over a four month period

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

As Africa’s most populous country and as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, Nigeria is not immune to corruption challenges. Over the past decades, Nigeria has developed an impressive array of legal frameworks and set-up numerous institutions to combat corruption more effectively. Nevertheless, Nigeria continues to struggle with the impact of corruption on the day-to-day lives of its citizens. Corruption undermines the Government’s ability to provide public services, rule of law and public security. Corruption directly affects the well-being of the country’s population and its ability to rise out of poverty. With support from the European Union, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is implementing a project on “Support to Anti-Corruption in Nigeria” (FED/2012/306-220)(NGAX60) involving fourteen (14) beneficiary Agencies

One of the agencies supported under the project is the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) which is one of Nigeria’s oldest anti-corruption agencies. The CCB was established under the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act 1989, with the mandate of ensuring a high standard of morality in the conduct of government business.

Purpose of the assignment:

The main objective of the assignment is to strengthen CCB’s existing compliance and enforcement mechanism and its capacity for ethics policy formulation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Specific tasks to be performed by the consultant:

Under the supervision of the, Deputy Project Coordinator in consultation with the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, the consultant shall perform the following:

Prepare an inception report including a detailed methodology and workplan in line with CCB’s requirements and agreed to by UNODC;
Assess the existing asset declarations compliance and enforcement legislation and polices employed by CCB, with a view to identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses;
Assess the existing institutional structure and capacity to effectively carry out its compliance and enforcement mandate within its operational environment and propose appropriate capacity development actions;
Develop a Standard Operating Procedure for effectively executing CCB’s compliance and enforcement mandate, in line with best practices;
Carry out an initial Coaching/mentoring of CCB’s compliance officers on the implementation of the developed SoP;
Review the existing CCB asset declarations form; and
Provide advice on the electronic archiving of assets declaration forms.

Criteria for the evaluation of consultant’s performance

All the outputs should meet the satisfaction of UNODC, as assessed by the Project Coordinator – Support to Anti-corruption in Nigeria project in consultation with the Chairman CCB, according to the following indicators:

Adherence to the methodology and workplan agreed to with CCB and UNODC;
Quality of the documents produced;
Quality of mentoring provided; and
Timeliness of delivery.

Individual consultants will be evaluated using the Cumulative Weighting methodology. When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;
Technical Criteria weight: 70%;
Financial Criteria weight: 30%.

Only candidates obtaining 70 percent in their technical bid, will be considered eligible further for assessment of their financial bid.

Competencies

Excellent written and spoken English language skills;
Excellent analytical, report writing and presentation skills;
Excellent Leadership qualities, team management and coaching skills;
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Minimum of a post-graduate qualification in Law.

Experience:

At least fifteen (15) years of proven experience in public service reforms, development and implementation of public accountability compliance and enforcement policies,training and mentoring in compliance, enforcement and litigation,facilitating learning-oriented analysis sessions on compliance and enforcement,prosecution and legal works, understanding of government processes, especially asset declaration and administrative disciplinary processes;
International experience in public sector accountability, transparency and legal works would be an added advantage.

Language:

English