UNDP Jobs - 90447- 1 National Consultant specialist in rule of law hu

1 National Consultant specialist in rule of law human rights restorative justice

Location :

Bissau, GUINEA-BISSAU

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

20-Mar-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

6 months

Languages Required :

English French Portuguese

Expected Duration of Assignment :

144 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

Guinea Bissau is a Country which is experiencing instability and fragility in many areas and the State is unable to provide the most of goods and services that the population needs– including justice.

In order to strengthen the rule of law in strategic ways that can reduce the destructive impact of these challenges, the national authorities have drawn up a National Program for the Reform of Justice (2015-2019), focusing on a strategy aimed at the in-depth transformation of the justice sector. The UN are supporting the implementation of the reform through the UN Joint Programme on Police Justice and Correction. In this regard UNDP has received funds from the Peace Building Funds (PBF) to implement the project “Supporting political and institutional stabilization of the Justice sector for peace consolidation in Guinea-Bissau” This project aims at enhancing access to justice by populations, by enabling the institutionalization and strengthening of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms within the formal and informal justice systems, in line with international standards of administration of justice and human rights. It will contribute to the implementation of Justice Reform Program, as well as UNDP’ CPD (2016-2020) which aims to support the government's efforts to strengthen the Rule of Law and participatory democracy in order to stabilize Guinea-Bissau.

In this way UNDP is hiring a local consultant who will technically contribute to the implementation of the project.

Objective of the assignment

To contribute to the implementation and oversee the completion of 6 activities related to restorative justice.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UNDP’s Representative Resident, the technical supervision of the Chief Technical Adviser for the Justice Reform and the Coordinator of the “Supporting political and institutional stabilization of the Justice sector for Peace consolidation in Guinea Bissau” and in coordination with the project partners UNIOGBIS Gender Unit and UN Women, the consultant is expected to perform the following tasks:

Deliver the TOR and prepare the grant for the implementation of 5 activities related to the project;
Support the elaboration of the project report
Contribute the to the final evaluation of the project
Monitor all interventions related to restorative justice

Deliverables

5 ToR are drafted;
5 activities are implemented;
Sustentive contribution is provided to the project evaluation;
2 project reports are available (trimestral and final).

Duration of the assignment

The assignment must be conducted within 6 months – 144 working days, from the day the contract is signed.

Competencies

Excellent research, analysis and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically;
Strong analytical and communication skills including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products with;
Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs;
Strong capacity to communicate clearly and quickly;
Strong inter-personal and liaison skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s Degree or equivalent in Development Studies, Political Sciences, Economics, Social Sciences, Law, Public Administration, Peacebuilding or related field;
Prince2 training and certification, RMG are desirable.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in rule of law governance and sustainable peace programmes and project implementation in international development organizations and/or bilateral development agencies.
Experience of working with UNDP or another UN agency would be an asset.
Experience in working in Africa, particularly in Portuguese Speaking countries and/or in UN Transition countries would be an asset
Proven ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
Sound understanding and capability to empower and develop the capacity of national staff.
Excellent skills in fundraising, resources mobilization and donor relations would be an asset.
Strong interpersonal and written and oral communication skills.

Language:

Excellent command of written and spoken Portuguese.
Proficiency in English, French and/or Guinea-Bissau Crioulo, constitutes a strong advantage.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION:

Required documents:

A cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for this assignment;
A brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the tasks, describing the tools and workplan proposed for this assignment;
A financial proposal;
A personal CV including past experiences in similar projects and at least 3 professional references.

Lump sum contracts: The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the ToR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

Travel: All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the Individual Consultant 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: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:

Cumulative analysis

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should 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 points;
Financial Criteria weight – 30 points.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70 points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Evaluation criteria:

Education background - 10 points;
Experience as defined in the ToR - 20 points;
Competences as defined in the ToR - 10 points;
Understating of the ToR - 15 points;
Methodology and overall approach - 25 points;
Overall quality of the proposal (comprehensiveness, structure, language and clarity) - 20 points.