UNDP Jobs - 64046- Re-advertisement - International Consultant (Servi

Re-advertisement - International Consultant (Service Contract Salary Survey) - UNDP Country Office

Location :

Kabul, AFGHANISTAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

30-Aug-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

3 Weeks (with maximum 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

UNDP Afghanistan uses a broadband remuneration system for its Service Contract Holders. Individuals contracted under SC modality are considered as local personnel and not UN staff members. Therefore, they are not covered by UN Staff Regulations and Rules.

The Service Contract remuneration system and salary scales are distinctly different than UN staff salaries in purpose, design, comparator labour market and percentile within targeted labour market. The SC remuneration system is designed to provide for wide remuneration ranges which support flexibility in engagement and movement through service quality evaluation measures.

Engagement of personnel using the SC modality is not intended to support extended employment, nor create a career track. Individuals hired under Service Contracts are typically engaged only by UNDP for the duration of a project, and are therefore expected to return to the national labour market at the conclusion of the project or when the function is no longer required by the project.

The basis for the establishment of conditions of service for SC holders is the corresponding local labour market and must be consistent with prevailing levels of pay for similar services, similar contract conditions and comparable work in the local labour market. It is therefore necessary to gather information on local conditions of employment in a structured manner to support construction of SC remuneration scales. In keeping with the objective of simplicity, SC remuneration scales must be designed to be comprehensive, inclusive of the value of typical allowances and benefits that are found in the local labour market. The objective here is not to manage separate allowances and benefits for SC holders. Rather, the value of these should be included in the remuneration scales such that these scales are broadly competitive with the total remuneration values for the desired market position.

Given this, the remuneration package under the SC is set at the gross level and may include an additional lump sum for participation in national social insurance programmes that are mandatory.

The process for establishing Service Contract remuneration scale must be simple and transparent. The contents succeeding section of this TOR aimed at providing structural guidance that will make the process straight forward and consistent across duty stations in a more structured approach.

UNDP Afghanistan would like to update the current remunerations of Service Contract holders in accordance with the set standards and procedures.

In this context, UNDP would like to engage the services of a reputable and technically qualified individual with extensive expertise in labour market analyses, management and organizational development to undertake the salary survey process. Therefore hereby solicits proposals from interested individuals to conduct a salary survey and support UNDP in establishing a revised and reasonable salary scale for SC holders based on the latest prevailing market rates and in accordance with the procedures.

Objectives

In accordance with the established UNDP policies governing Service Contracts and based on the established UNDP methodology on Setting Remuneration for Service Contract Personnel, and existing SC salary scale; the selected individual will conduct an independent survey for the purpose of updating the current salary scale for its Service Contract holders in line with the prevailing local market rates for similar work of comparable quality, complexity and difficulty.

Upon completion of the survey, the results will be shared with other UN agencies applying similar contractual modalities to reach a consensus on the optimum rates that should be applied to SC holders.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work and Deliverables

Objective of the Assignment

The selected individual guided by the requirements of the Handbook shall, compile and suggest to UNDP a list of employers which may be considered as comparators, for the purpose of establishing SC remuneration.The list shall be subjected to final approval by UNDP. The comparator employers recommended must meet the criteria specified in the Handbook.

Where the comparators are partners of UNDP, or known to UNDP, including other UN agencies, UNDP shall assist the selected individual in determining the right contact persons in order to carry out the survey.However, knowledge of the local market and the ability to identify and reach out to appropriate comparator employers is a critical deliverable of the selected vendor.

Theindividual shall collect the following information from each Comparators:

Job descriptions of the positions similar to those identified in the Handbook for the purpose of Job matchingon the nature, complexities and responsibilities of each position of existing SC levels;
Collect and analyze the salary structures and associated benefits (including typical allowances and benefits package both monetary and non-monetary) of the selected comparators organizations for existing SC Job descriptions;
Summary information on the comparator employer (size, number of employees, length of time present in the location, etc).

The individual shall present a draft analysis report to UNDP Afghanistan and make recommendations on the proposed salary scale.Taking into consideration other UN agencies’ scales for similar contractual (non-staff member) modalities.

The individual shall prepare a Final Report, incorporating comments from UNDP, containing all of the items listed in Section 4 below.

The individual shall maintain complete confidentiality of all data and documents provided by selected comparator employers and by that of UNDP.Data from comparator employers will be shared with UNDP only and either in aggregate or without organization name designation.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

and within the time frame specified, the contracted individual is expected to submit a report which includes, but not limited to, the following outputs:

Details and Summary of data collected from the Comparators showing TOR matches and the evaluation of their remuneration package;
The Minimum and Maximum Remuneration values of all job matches obtained from the comparators;
A report on final survey findings with comparison and analysis of the survey results, recommendations related to remuneration packages;
A summary table of Comparators practices on remunerations compared to UNDPService Contract salary scale;
A proposal with options for a revised remunerations scale for SC holders as set out in the UNDP Handbook on Setting Remuneration for Service Contract Personnel (options at the 40th, 50th and 60th Percentile levels);
A comparison of other UN salary scales for similar contractual modalities;
All completed questionnaires together with relevant salary scales and all relevant documentations and correspondences received from the respective comparators;
As and when required by UNDP, the individual shall conduct a presentation of the process and the results to any relevant audience that UNDP may organize.

Payment Modality

Payment under the contract will be output based and will be made upon satisfactory completion and acceptance of the Assignment by UNDP Management.

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:

Daily Fee – The contractor shall propose a daily fee, which should be inclusive of his professional fee, local communication cost and insurance (inclusive of medical health insurance and evacuation). The number of working days for which the daily fee shall be payable under the contract is 15 working days;
The contractor shall propose a Living allowance at the Kabul applicable rate of USD 181 per night for his/her stay at the duty station. The number of nights for which the Living allowance shall be payable under the contract is 21 nights. The contractor is not allowed to stay in a place of his choice other than the UNDSS approved places. UNDP will provide MORSS compliant accommodation in Green Village (GV) to the contractor. The payment of GV accommodation shall be made directly to GV by the contractor;
Travel & Visa – The contractor shall propose an estimated lump-sum for home-Kabul-home travel (economy most direct route) and Afghanistan visa expenses.

The total professional fee, shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment linked with deliverables.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Team Work:

Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning:

Excellent writing and presentation skills;
Ability to work under pressure and meeting tight multiple deadlines with minimum supervision.

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

Ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to apply development theory to the specific country context to identify creative, practical approaches to overcome challenging situations.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in fields related to human resource management, statistics and related fields.

Experience:

5 years’ experience in the field of human resource management;
Past experience in undertaking salary survey for nonprofit organizations will be an asset;
Proven track record in the area of compensation and benefit analysis, preferably for international organization;
Experience related to UNDP's mandate and activities an asset;
Good experience and skills for capacity building, team building and teamwork;
Experience, knowledge and understanding of data collection and analysis;

Language:

Excellent written and oral English skills a necessary requirement;
Competence in Dari and/or Pashtu is an asset.

Work Arrangements:

Institutional Arrangements

The work of the individual that will be engaged shall be supervised by UNDP Head of Human Resources Management and/or the Human Resources Specialist in UNDP Afghanistan. As such, submission of the individual’s reports shall be coursed through them. The confirmation of acceptability of report contents, the authorization of disbursement of payment, and evaluation of performance shall all be undertaken by these UNDP personnel.

The UNDP Head of Human Resources Management may bring in other parties within UNDP or the UN system to assist in the review of the outputs, as and when deemed necessary.

Duration of the Work

The task is expected to be completed within 3 weeks (with maximum 15 working days) from the date of signing of the contract. The individual, therefore, is required to prepare and submit the entire plan in a way that allows the achievement of all deliverables within 3-weeks period.

Duty Station:

The selected individual shall be required to be present at UNDP office in duty station.

Evaluation Method and Criteria

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis

The award of the contract shall 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 a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Criteria 70 points

Technical Proposal (30 marks)

Technical Approach & Methodology (20 marks) – This explain the understanding of the objectives of the assignment, approach to the services, methodology for carrying out the activities and obtaining the expected output, and the degree of detail of such output. The Applicant should also explain the methodologies proposed to adopt and highlight the compatibility of those methodologies with the proposed approach.

Work Plan (10 marks) – The Applicant should propose the main activities of the assignment, their content and duration, phasing and interrelations, milestones (including interim approvals by the Client), and delivery dates. The proposed work plan should be consistent with the technical approach and methodology, showing understanding of the TOR and ability to translate them into a feasible working plan.

Qualification and Experience (40 marks) [evaluation of CV]:

General Qualification (10 marks);
Experience relevant to the assignment (25 marks);
Experience of working for projects funded by UNDP (5 marks).

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 Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal Template 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.