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Procurement Notice and Request for Proposal For Providing Consultancy Service for Strategic Guidance to the RC/UNCT on Sustainable Development

Location :

Tehran, IRAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

28-Feb-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

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 apply for this jobs please refer to http://www.ir.undp.org/content/iran/en/home/procurement.html under the subject: "Providing Consultancy Service for Strategic Guidance to the RC/UNCT on Sustainable Development"

Please note that all interested applicants are requested to send their proposal to UNDP office: No. 8, Shahrzad Blvd. Darrous, Tehran, 1948773911, Iran or email their technical and financial proposal in accordance with template which has been placed in above website to registry.ir@undp.org

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The UN Secretary-General’s bold new global reform, launched on 1 January 2019 in response to General Assembly resolution 71/243, repositions the UN Development System to deliver on the Sustainable Development for dignity, prosperity and peace on a healthy planet.

Central to this process, and as further mandated by General Assembly resolution 72/279, a new generation of UN Resident Coordinator Offices across the world are being strengthened under the leadership of an empowered UN Resident Coordinator, the highest-ranking representative of the UN Development System and the UN Secretary-General at country level.

In order to effectively coordinate the collective work of UN Country Teams in support of national aspirations, the core capacities of enhanced Resident Coordinator Offices will include expertise in coordination and strategic planning, economics, tailored policy support, results monitoring and evaluation as well as strategic partnerships.

In this regard, the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Iran is seeking qualified and experienced candidate on Providing Consultancy for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Frameworks and Programme

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With the Sustainable Development at its core, and in response to the General Assembly resolution 71/243 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, the UN Secretary General's report (December 2017) "Repositioning the United Nations development system to deliver: our promise for dignity, prosperity and peace on a healthy planet" puts forward a comprehensive proposal on further improvements to the Resident Coordinator system to ensure more coherent, accountable and effective support. This was further reinforced by General Assembly resolution 72/729 of 1 June 2018, which gave the Secretary General the mandate to implement the repositioning.

A reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system is at the center of a repositioned United Nations development system, and while the system has been instrumental in driving coherence on the ground over the past four decades, it is now insufficiently robust to respond to the needs of the Sustainable Development. The report stresses that Resident Coordinator offices will need to be adequately staffed to ensure sufficient substantive capacities to lead United Nations country teams. The core capacity will include expertise in coordination and strategic planning, economics, results monitoring and evaluation, and strategic partnerships, plus a robust standing communications capacity within the United Nations country team.

This consultancy assignment is part of this new generation of Resident Coordinator offices, with the new skillset and competencies required to deliver on Sustainable Development.

Duties and Responsibilities

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The consultant is expected to work in close collaboration and coordination with CDC and UNDP country office in Iran to conduct the following tasks:

Provide strategic advice to the Resident Coordinator (RC) and UN Country Team (UNCT) to ensure effective, quality and timely UN support to the programme country in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through a new generation CCMUNDAF.
Promote external partnerships and oversee joint resource mobilization efforts for the new generation UNDAF
Promote knowledge management and capacity development in- and outside the UN System
Overall management of the RC Office to ensure efficient and effective substantive coordination support to the RC and adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

Competencies

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Required Skills and Experience

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Master's degree in Economics, with concentration/academic knowledge in social policy, public policy, politics, economics, development studies or a related area.
At least 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience working in the relevant field of international development, programme management, social policy development, particularly in middle income countries;
Extensive relevant experience in socio-economic analysis, coordination of multisectoral approaches, public-private partnerships, programme formulation and implementation, partnership building and networking
Extensive experience working in complex and diverse teams;
Relevant experience at international level in the provision of high quality technical and advisory services
Proficiency in English and Persian, written and spoken is mandatory. Working knowledge of other UN language is desirable