Background
Based in UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, the UNDP-Global Environmental Finance Unit (UNDP–GEF Unit) is responsible for providing leadership, technical support and implementation oversight to the delivery of the GEF vertical Funds, Adaptation Fund, and Green Climate Fund portfolio which is the largest portfolio of the Environment and Sustainable Development pillar of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. The UNDP–GEF Unit is organized into a number of substantive technical teams with staff located in both HQs and UNDP’s Regional Hubs in Addis Ababa, Istanbul, Panama and Bangkok, and with a decentralized structure in terms of financial, operational, and budget management with authority delegated to respective managers located in HQ or in the regions. The Management and Programme Support Unit (MPSU) of UNDP-GEF is responsible for all management and programme support, operational, and financial matters related to the management and oversight of the GEF vertical funds, Adaptation fund, GCF fund, Cost Sharing funds, Sub-trust funds, and Management funds to support the Unit. The complexity of GEF programme/projects and donor reporting requirements, the large UNDP-GEF portfolio size, the highly decentralized business structure, and delegation to regions requires a team highly skilled in management, programme, operations, and financial management support located at HQ and in the regions. The MPSU team provides support and services to countries and to UNDP Country Offices on project cycle management including projects at development stage and the projects under implementation, and works closely with other UNDP teams based in NY and in the Regional Hubs (RH) - in Istanbul (for Arab States and Europe & CIS), Addis Ababa (for Africa), Panama (for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Bangkok (for Asia Pacific) - working with the relevant Regional Bureaux to provide support to countries in each respective region. Each UNDP-GEF regional team in the RHs is coordinated by a UNDP-GEF regional team leader. A team of Regional Technical Advisors (RTAs) in each RH provides technical advice, support, and assistance with project development and implementation to country offices, in a number of interrelated GEF focal areas including Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Biodiversity, Land Degradation, International Waters and Chemicals. The management and programme support is coordinated by the MPSU team in respective RHs and in NY. With the huge increase of the GCF portfolio and complicated donor requirements on budget monitoring, reporting, and on-going revisions of GCF policies and procedures, UNDP-GEF Unit needs to maintain up to date processes, and prepare and update standard operating procedures relating to the management and programme support. Considering GCF policies are not mature yet, constantly the Unit needs to adjust relevant processes following GCF donor requirements. To achieve highest efficiency, UNDP-GEF is also planning to review the historical GEF portfolio data and identify the most successful projects/programme to improve the quality of project design, which will lead to timely and quality delivery of project activities. UNDP-GEF is seeking one individual consultant, based on demand, to provide efficient and high-quality project development and implementation support service focusing on budgeting, programme/project support, and operations to the UNDP-GEF team globally, to regularly update MPSU driven SOPs and budget monitoring procedures, to support audits, and to analyze UNDP-GEF portfolio data to ensure highest efficiency of the team. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the UNDP-GEF staff globally, Management and Programme Support Unit, and a number of country offices to exchange information and ensure consistent and quality service delivery. The primary supervisor of the consultant will be the UNDP-GEF Chief of the Management and Programme Support Unit. |
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the UNDP-GEF Chief of Management and Programme Support Unit based in New York, the management and programme support consultant will be requested to provide project cycle management services, preparation and updating of MPSU standard operating procedures, budgeting, reporting, operational, and programme/project support to UNDP-GEF portfolio globally, and conduct portfolio data analysis to help the team identify best practices in project management. The consultant will be primarily working with the Management and Programme Support Unit globally, Regional Programme Associates and regional technical advisors based in Regional Hubs. The scope of work will vary depending on the individual assignments but would include one or various of the below tasks: Audit support, Portfolio data analysis, cost efficiency analysis, Knowledge management and Risk management (global)
Management and Programme support for Project Development
Management and programme support for Project implementation
Anticipated key deliverables include:
Key performance indicators: Audit support, Portfolio data analysis, cost efficiency analysis, Knowledge management and Risk management (global):
Project development –review of submission documents:
Project implementation –quality of portfolio review and management:
Information on Working Arrangements:
Travel:
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Competencies
Corporate:
Functional: Development and Operational Effectiveness
Knowledge Management and Learning
Client Orientation
Teamwork
Communication
Professionalism
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Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Experience:
Language Requirements:
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Evaluation method:
- Only those applications which are responsive and compliant will be evaluated;
- Offers will be evaluated according to the Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications will be weighted at 70% and the financial offer will be weighted at 30%;
- The technical criteria (education, experience, language [max 100 points] and interview [max 30 points]) will be based on a maximum 130 points;
- Only the top 4 candidates scoring 70 points or higher from the review of the education, experience, language criteria will be considered for the interview;
- Applicants obtaining 21 points or higher from the interview will be deemed technically qualified and considered for financial evaluation;
- Financial score (max 100 points) shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal of those technically qualified;
- The financial proposal shall specify an all-inclusive daily fee. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal must additionally include a breakdown of this daily fee (including number of anticipated working days and all foreseeable expenses to carry out the assignment);
- The applicant receiving the Highest Combined Score and who has accepted UNDP’s General Terms and Conditions will be awarded the contract.
Documentation to be submitted:
- Applicants must submit a CV including Education/Qualification, Professional Certification, Employment Records /Experience;
- Applicants must reply to the mandatory questions asked by the system when applying;
- Applicants must submit a duly completed and signed Annex II Offeror´s letter to UNDP confirming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) assignment to be downloaded from the UNDP procurement site
Kindly note you can upload only one document to this application (scan all documents in one single PDF file to attach).
UNDP Personal History form (P11) required of all applicants
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/corporate/Careers/P11_Personal_history_form.doc.
General Conditions of Contract for the ICs:
Annex II Offeror´s letter to UNDP confirming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) assignment
http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=52428