UNDP Jobs - 69883- Senior Anticorruption Adviser

Senior Anticorruption Adviser

Location :

UNDP Country Office, Kyiv, UKRAINE

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

23-Jan-2017

Application Deadline :

15-Jan-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

To respond to the national demand for transparency and integrity as expressed by the people of Ukraine during the Maidan events as well as to support the on-going anti-corruption reform and emerging anti-corruption architecture, UNDP Ukraine has launched Enhanced Public Sector Transparency and Integrity Programme (2015-2018) funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The outcome of the project:

Regulatory and institutional arrangements for corruption prevention within Ukraine come closer to international standards for transparency and accountability in the public sector and thus help ensure more responsiveness and efficacy from state bodies at national and subnational levels.

Its three outputs are:

Output 1 – Assistance rendered to establishment of regulations on issues of conflict of interest, assets declarations, and corruption risk assessment, which spell out mandates and operational procedures for the duty-bearers (through a targeted support to the National Prevention Corruption Agency and other anti-corruption actors);
Output 2 – Contribution made to duty-bearers’ capacity development to operationalize adopted frameworks in everyday operations at national level;
Output 3 - Decentralisation of anti-corruption reform is promoted through local oversight and participation.

Organizational Setting

In close cooperation with the Transparency and Integrity Team Lead, the Senior Anticorruption Adviser will provide technical guidance and support to UNDP Anticorruption programming, as a higher-level practitioner, who has been part of anticorruption preventive bodies in other countries and is able to advise both the direct beneficiaries and the project team on best ways to proceed with shaping and implementing project activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Functions and Responsibilities:

Provide analysis, research and strategic advice covering issues such as operationalization of national integrity system, as well as institutions responsible for prevention of and fight with corruption;
Provide technical and expert assistance in developing capacities of national counterparts and further strategic interventions in the area of anti-corruption, integrity, transparency and public accountability;
Support and implement capacity development initiatives in the area of anti-corruption, integrity, transparency and public accountability based on the needs of national partners, CSOs and other stakeholders;
Provide timely and quality inputs to effective policy and programme support services as requested by the project;
Support the process of developing knowledge products, by codification of experiences and lessons learnt at the national and regional levels;
Identify linkages between country and regional programmes in the area of AC and support integration of best practices into the project activities;
Perform other duties as requested.

Measurable Outputs of the Work Assignment:

Concept notes, advisory notes, memos, meeting debriefs, topical briefs, and activity plans produced;
Substantial technical and expert support to the project and the direct beneficiaries on best ways to proceed with shaping and implementing concrete activities provided;
All assignments performed in a quality and timely manner.

Performance Indicators for Evaluation of Results:

Partnerships with institutional stakeholders developed and maintained.

Competencies

Demonstrates commitment to UNDP`s mission, vision and values;
Displays cultural, gender, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects, mobilize resources;
Extensive knowledge of the theoretical framework supporting policies and programming in the area of anti-corruption, transparency and public accountability;
Extensive knowledge of legal and institutional frameworks for prevention of corruption in particular in the Eastern European and the CIS region;
Excellent usage of computers and office software packages.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree or equivalent in one of the following fields: law, political science, public administration.

Experience:

At least 7 years of progressive practical experience in anti-corruption bodies/networks, experience in the Eastern Europe and the CIS Region is an advantage;
Experience in the area of institutional capacity development for anti-corruption.

Languages:

Fluency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian is a strong advantage.

Application Process

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Required:

Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive daily fee as per template attached to the Letter of Confirmation of Interest template (payments shall be made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of certified working days);
Duly completed and signed a Personal History Form (P11 form), including information about past experience in similar assignments and at least 3 contact details for referees;
Brief description of approach to work and why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment (brief information on each of the required qualifications).

If an applicant is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the applicant must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

Travel Costs

All travel arrangements will be handled by Enhanced Public Sector Transparency and Integrity Project if such travel is deemed necessary. Consultations regarding travel options will be held with the Expert prior to planning of the trips and relevant logistics.

Should any not envisaged travel be planned for the purposes of the assignment, UNDP will reimburse the expenses based on the duly authorized travel details. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources. 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

UNDP will use a two-stage procedure to assess applications with. Technical proposals will be assessed prior to any commercial proposals. The Technical proposals will be assessed based on compliance with the Terms of Reference. The following criteria will be rated as indicated below:

Education:

Master’s degree or equivalent in one of the following fields: law, political science, public administration - 15 points max:
- Master’s degree or equivalent - 10 points;
- PhD - 15 points.

Experience:

At least 7 years of progressive practical experience in anti-corruption bodies/networks, experience in the Eastern Europe and the CIS Region is an advantage - 30 points max:
- 7-8 years of progressive practical experience in anti-corruption bodies/networks - 15 points;
- 9-10 years of progressive practical experience in anti-corruption bodies/networks - 25 points;
- avaliability of experience in the Eastern Europe and the CIS Region - additional 5 points.
Experience in the area of institutional capacity development for anti-corruption - 10 points max:
- no experience - 0 points;
- proven experience - 10 points.

Languages:

Fluency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian is a strong advantage - 15 points max:
- Fluency in spoken and written English - 10 points;
- Fluency in spoken and written English as well as knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian - 15 points.

Maximum available technical score – 70 points.

Evaluation Method:

Cumulative Analysis

Contract award shall be made to the incumbent whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and

b) having received the cumulative 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 70% from the maximum available technical score (49 points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation

The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal and will equal to 30. All other price proposals will be evaluated and assigned points, as per below formula:

30 points [max points available for financial part] x [lowest of all evaluated offered prices among responsive offers] / [evaluated price].

The proposal obtaining the overall cumulatively highest score after adding the score of the technical proposal and the financial proposal will be considered as the most compliant offer and will be awarded a contract.