UNDP Jobs - 63729- Communication Management Support Consultant

Communication Management Support Consultant

Location :

Bangkok, Thailand, THAILAND

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Mar-2016

Application Deadline :

23-Feb-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

2 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

30 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

Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) and other inter-agency pooled funding mechanisms represent a powerful tool in response to these challenges, and fit into the larger trend of issue-based financing. In recent years they have become an important funding mechanism to channel and leverage resources in an effective and coordinated way in support of UN system-wide development efforts, and represent an effective tool to demonstrate that the UN is “fit-for-purpose”.

The United Nations Social Impact Fund was established in as a MPTF in 2015 with the objective of accelerating the scale-up of successful social business models through a new investment architecture that leverages traditional development funding with Social Impact debt, equity and quasi-equity investments. The goal is to attract follow-on and additional investment capital that can lead to greater social impact while providing the potential for sustainable and inclusive economic returns.

Duties and Responsibilities

To meet the objective of mobilizing capital across the full spectrum of development financing, UNSIF Secretariat will seek to bring together philanthropists, foundations, corporations, private sector investors and governments to chart a new course towards a collaborative financing model for development. UNSIF is therefore reviewing its operational and procedural support architecture to ensure that it is in-line with the overall UNDP and PUNO programmatic objectives in terms of enabling proactive network building and efficient channeling of funds towards identified investment projects.

Together with input from UNSIF PUNOs and the MPTFO Administrative Agent, the selected consultant is expected to complete:

UNSIF Secretariat Operation Manual: The Operations Manual is not a legal document rather simply describes the governance structure and the operating principles, guidelines, procedures and outcome criteria for the operations of UNSIF Secretariat;
UNSIF Communication, Position and Brand Manual: in collaboration with input from the UNSIF support staff and external research;
UNSIF Resource Mobilization Guideline: an initial research and identification of potential grant donors to UNSIF operations.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables:

UNSIF Secretariat Operation Manual;
UNSIF Communication, Position and Brand Manual;
UNSIF Resource Mobilization Guideline.

Institutional Arrangements

The consultant will work under the supervision of the UNSIF Secretariat, Global Chief. The consultant will provide support services to UNSIF in terms of:

Review UNSIF Secretariat Operations Manual and revise according to project communications strategy objectives;
Coordinate with applicable stakeholders within UNDP BRH and the MPTFO;
Support the establishment of a Communications, Advocacy and Brand Management structure for UNSIF to sustain its outreach and networking objectives.

Duration of Assignment, Duty Station and Expected Places of Travel.

Contract Duration: (30 working days). Duty station: Bangkok, Thailand with no travel expected.

Competencies

Excellent communicator, writer and editor;
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
Strong team player with belief in UNDP’s mission and mandate;
Excellent coordination and organizational skills;
Ability to multi-task to meet simultaneous deadlines and be able to deliver high-quality products while able to work independently with medium to minimal supervision from supervisors;
Ability to work under pressure;
Creative communication ideas and strategies;
Excellent attention to detail; and
Excellent fact-checking skills;
Willingness to contribute and work as part of a team;
Flexible and open to learning and new experiences;
Respect for diversity and adaptability to other cultures, environments and living conditions.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

A master degree in social science, economics, finance or a similar discipline.

Experience

8 years of work experience with IOs, UNDP or other multilateral agencies;
Proven experience in resource mobilization, social finance, partnership building within Asia and the Pacific;
Good understanding of development and/or social impact finance sector in Asia and the Pacific;
Proved written experience in report, publication, communication/branding material.

Language

Fluency in written and spoken English is essential;
Additional languages beneficial.

Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:

Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number);
Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a methodology, if applicable, on how they will approach and complete the assignment;
Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price.

Financial Proposal - Lump sum contract

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. The financial proposal should include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including number of anticipated working days).

Travel

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed

Evaluation

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; [70/100];
Financial Criteria weight; [30/100].

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 350 point would be considered for the Financial

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology Cumulative Analysis:

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

Responsive/complaint/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weight technical (70%) and financial criteria (30%) specific to the solicitation.

Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment. Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 350 technical points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Annexes:

Annex 1 – Terms of References (TOR);
Annex 2 – Individual Consultant General Terms and Conditions;
Annex 3 - Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability Template;
Annex 4 - Financial Proposal Template.

All document can be downloaded at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=28005

This contract does not carry any expectation of any future engagement by UNDP.