Emplois au PNUD - 49024- National Consultant Security Sector Reform Advisor

National Consultant Security Sector Reform Advisor - (This position is only open to Sierra Leonean Nationals)

Lieu :

Freetown, SIERRA LEONE

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

Date limite de candidature :

26-Aug-14 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

National Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

6 months

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

6 months

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

Sierra Leone has made significant progress in building stability after more than a decade of civil war ending in 2002. During the immediate years following the end of the conflict, the Government prioritised rebuilding state institutions as well as basic infrastructure. Peaceful elections were held in 2002, 2007 and most recently in November 2012. Despite progress, structural challenges remain rendering further gains more tenuous and 76 percent of the population remains below the poverty line (according to the Human Development Report). Macroeconomic indicators and regional price spikes have the potential to quickly metamorphose into social and political tensions. National institutions have made great progress, but corruption, weak public service, gender inequalities, illicit drug trafficking, environmental degradation, high levels of youth unemployment and social inequalities are still ‘work in progress’.

The progress has resulted in the United Nations Security Council calling on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) to prepare for the transition and hand-over of tasks to the United Nations Country Team and other partners (bilateral/multilateral partners) (SCR 2065(2012)). This draw down process of UNIPSIL is now well underway, with the mission scheduled to exit Sierra Leone at the end of March 2014. It was against that background, that an inter-agency technical assessment mission (TAM) from UN Headquarters was deployed in January 2013, to review progress made on the mandate implementation UNIPSIL.

Amongst its several recommendations, the resulting TAM report concluded that the UN system should still remain engaged in the security sector. The TAM found that despite several achievements, there was a need to develop a joint UNDP/UNIPSIL programme, to address the remaining gaps vis-a-viz security sector governance, professionalism and coordination. It was highlighted that further support for the security sector in Sierra Leone was required in order to ensure the consolidation of peace in the country.

As part of this process UNDP, working in close cooperation with UNIPSIL, has developed a Security Sector Reform (SSR) Project to continue to deliver critical support to the security sector, in particular in the areas of security sector governance and border security.

The SSR Project has received two years of funding from both the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) as well as the Peacebuilding Fund, and a project document has been agreed with the Government.

Justification

The Security Sector Reform Project has been requested to provide critical support to the Office of National Security, the Sierra Leone Police Force and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in developing policies, and providing support to strengthen security sector governance and border security. The SSR Project require additional technical capacity in order to provide high quality support to the Government of Sierra Leone and to deliver its programme objectives. This consultancy will provide much needed capacity to the project during the critical start-up period.

Objective

The objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support to the project during its start-up phase. The consultant will work with the Chief Technical Advisor to provide technical support to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of National Security and the Sierra Leone Police Force. The consultant will deliver expert support and facilitation in the areas of national security policy development,

Functions

Under the supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor, the consultant will provide support in the following areas:

National Security: The Office of National Security is currently undertaking a policy development and strategic planning exercise. The consultant will work with the ONS team and representatives from the participating MDAs and provide facilitation services to this process;
Ministry of Internal Affairs: UNDP is supporting the MIA to undertake critical reforms in order to enhance the delivery of policing and make it more accountable and human rights focused. The consultant will work with the MIA to facilitate and provide technical input to the legislation review process and the development of an Independent Police Complaints Board;
Sierra Leone Police Force: The consultant will work closely with the CTA to provide technical support and facilitation to the SLP in critical areas of reform, including in the review of SLP recruitment policies, the review of command and control policies and practices within the SLP, and a review of the SLP’s financial controls and procedures as part of a public sector expenditure review process. In addition the consultant will support the CTA to provide technical advise in the area of border security and transnational organised crime.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Deliverables

The Consultant will deliver the following:

Facilitation completion of the National Security Police and Strategy for GoSL and support its endorsement by the National Security Council(NSC);
Participate in and support Review of the 1964 Police Act;
Assist in the operationalization of the Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) start up strategy;
Support to the CTA on SLP recruitment and promotions policy reform, command and control policy reform and establishment of an asset management system;
Work with the CTA to develop the Corporate Services Department and CDIID of the SLP;
Accompany the CTA in developing a border security management strategy and plan;
Assist the CTA in improving public confidence in the security sector at grassroots level through Provincial District and Chiefdom Security Committees and Local Police Partnership Boards.

Compétences

Professionalism and Integrity;
Promotes knowledge sharing and learning ;
Knowledge of statistics and data base application;
Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Build strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Demonstrate good oral and written skills;
Demonstrate openness to change and ability to manage complexities
Ability to work with national counterparts in building individual and institutional capacity.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

First degree or diploma in social science, statistics, public administration or other relevant fields.

Experience:

8 years of experience in the security sector;
Experience in policy development processes;
Experience in facilitating and chairing high level processes;
An advanced knowledge of the security sector in Sierra Leone;
Previous UN experience would be an advantage.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken English.

Payment Modalities

Payment to the consultant will be made on monthly basis upon certification of satisfactory progress towards completion of the deliverables by the Programme Manager.

Reporting Mechanism

The consultant will work closely with and report to the Chief Technical Advisor. The consultant will also work closely with the Office of National Security, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Sierra Leone Police Force, under the guidance of the CTA.

Duration

It is expected that the deliverables will be completed within 6 months.

Evaluation of Criteria and Weighting

The consultant will be evaluated against a combination of technical and financial criteria. Maximum score is 100% out of a total score for technical criteria equals 70% and 30% for financial criteria.

The technical evaluation will include the following:

Background and minimum educational qualification as defined above-10%;
Practical previous experience relevant to the TOR - 40%;
Substantial professional knowledge and experience in the field of Security Sector Reform -50%.

Application Procedure

Qualified and interested candidates are hereby requested to apply. The application should contain the following:

Completed P11 form;
Financial proposal;
Technical proposal (methodology of approach to the task).