Background

The European Commission and the United Nations launched in 2009 a Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) that reflected the strong nexus between migration and development. The programme, fully funded by the European Commission and run out of UNDP Brussels represented a major innovation as a first joint UN project of its kind not only with the European Commission, but also in its approach to inter-Agency working.  Based on the JMDI successful results and lessons learnt, a new phase of the programme focused on the local dimension of migration and development is funded by the European Commission (EC) and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC).

The good practices identified by the JMDI showed the importance of efficiently linking civil society initiatives with local development agendas in order to reach sustainability and development impact. Successful local authorities’ interventions were the results of strong partnerships with a range of stakeholders from the civil society, including the social partners and the private sector. When local authorities share a common vision with partners, they can develop a sense of ownership over projects that will lead them to commit time, energy and resources. This process enhances their own role as decision makers in migration related affairs. The experimentation of (often) small scale initiatives have had positive consequences and contributed to change the degree of activism of local administrations. Unfortunately, their involvement remains for the time being largely underdeveloped and many obstacles exist as evidenced by the findings of the JMDI, such as a lack of efficient and effective coordination within local authorities’ administration and with other stakeholders. To a large extent, migration and development remains a new field of action for local administrations and targeted support is necessary to fully harness the potential local authorities can bring in this field.

The programme addresses three areas of intervention:

  • To move from isolated and individual approaches towards more structured forms of interventions through the identification of promising initiatives from local authorities in partnership with civil society organizations in selected countries that will be scaled up to maximize impact on local development. Policy options and definition of road maps for action will be drawn from the experience of the supported initiatives;
  • To reinforce the capacities of selected local administrations to effectively link migration and development, with a specific focus on facilitating increased coordination within local authorities’ administration in order to maximize their ability to grasp the potential of migration for development;
  • To connect local authorities globally with each other and with other stakeholders and facilitate partnerships (between local authorities in countries of origin and destination of migration, migrant and refugee associations, the private sector, the social partners etc.) to reinforce local authorities’ potential to become active players in the field of migration and development.

The programme has scaled-up local authorities’ initiatives that have emerged as particularly promising in terms of linking local authorities and the civil society in the field of migration and development. This was carried out with a view to reach a larger scale impact, linking with other elements such as local governance and sustainable development with a view to deepen the development impact of funded initiatives, to replicate good practices and to bring them up to scale in order to strengthen the programme’s impact at policy level.

The programme also organises targeted training for interested local authorities, which are already involved or would like to engage in migration and development activities. The objective will be to reinforce their skills and equip them with tailor-made tools to deepen and strengthen their on-going initiatives.

The programme uses the dedicated M4D Community of Practice developed under the first phase of the JMDI (migration4development.org) modeled on UNDP’s approach to knowledge management and social networking. The network is an open forum for all relevant stakeholders in the field of Migration and Development and comprises diaspora organizations, migrant associations, social partners, development NGOs and civil society groups, Academia, local authorities, UN Agencies, bilateral aid agencies, private sector and governments.

Five agencies – IOM, ITC-ILO, UNHCR, UN Women and UNFPA– are directly engaged in the strategic direction of the programme and will contribute with their institutional knowledge, expertise and extensive networks to ensure its success.

The individual contractor will be working independently under the direct supervision of the Head of the Programme Management Unit. He/she will be responsible for providing support to knowledge management, communication and policy work.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Support the Knowledge Management expert implement the knowledge management strategy through the revision, editing and formatting of knowledge products and monitoring of deadlines;
  • Support the dissemination of knowledge products and other JMDI tools;
  • Provide logistical and administrative support for events the JMDI organizes or participates in;
  • Revision of translated knowledge products;
  • Collating information for and drafting reports;
  • Support in preparation of policy documents, presentations, training materials and talking points as needed;
  • Support in project closure process including digital and physical filing;
  • Support in updating and maintaining the M4D Net website;
  • Any other duties as required.

Expected Deliverables:

1.  Two progress reports outlining the progress achieved according to ToR at the end of each calendar month;

2.  One final report outlining the achievements for the entire duration of the assignment at the end of the contract.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

  • Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
  • Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
  • Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
  • Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
  • Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Functional Competencies

  • Builds strong relationships with stakeholders, focuses on impact and result for the stakeholders and responds positively to feedback;
  • Proven capacity to design and produce quality knowledge products;
  • Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills;
  • Experience in working with knowledge networks and/or communities of practice.
  • Proven practical experience in monitoring development projects;
  • Experience in working with virtual teams based in different locations is an asset;
  • Computer proficiency, including working knowledge of MS Office products;
  • Prior experience in working with the UN system a strong asset.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

University Degree in Public Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Migration or related field

Experience:

One year of experience in knowledge management, migration and development, local development, networking and coordination or a related field.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken English, knowledge of French and Spanish will be an asset

 

APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS

The application submission is a two-step process. Failing to comply with the submission process may result in disqualifying the applications:

Step 1: Interested individual consultants must include the following documents when submitting the applications in UNDP job website (Please note that only 1 (one) file can be uploaded therefore please include all documents in one file)):

Step 2: Submission of Financial Proposal

Applicants are instructed to submit their financial proposals in Euro currency for this consultancy to procurement.be@undp.org  using the financial proposal template available here: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=45780. The proposals should be sent via email with the following subject heading: “Financial Proposal for Junior Consultant - Knowledge Management Support, JMDI/2017/3" latest by June 27th, 2017. Proposals to be received after the deadline will be rejected. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal should be all-inclusive and include a breakdown. The term ‘all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, insurance, etc.) that could possibly be incurred by the Contractor are already factored into the financial proposal. No travel expenses will be involved as this is a home-based assignment.

Application Evaluation Process

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis methodology (weighted scoring method), where the award of the contract will 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 technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;
  • Technical Criteria weight: [70%];
  • Financial Criteria weight:  [30%].

Only Individual Consultants obtaining a minimum of 70% on the Technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 100 points:

  • Criteria A: Relevant work experience - max 20 points;
  • Criteria B: Experience in knowledge management, migration and development, local development, networking and coordination or a related field.  – max 30 points;
  • Criteria D: Interview – max 50 points.

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

  • p = y (µ/z), where;
  • p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated;
  • y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal;
  • µ = price of the lowest priced proposal;
  • z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

UNDP is applying fair and transparent selection process that would take into account both the technical qualification of Individual Consultants as well as their price proposals. The contract will be awarded to the candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores. Please go the following link for the General Conditions of Individual Contracts:http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/documents/procurement/documents/IC%20-%20General%20Conditions.pdf    

UNDP retains the right to contact references directly.

Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

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.