Empleos en el PNUD - 53287- International Consultant

International Consultant - South-South Cooperation in Local Development

Localidad :

New York, Estados Unidos de América

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

Fecha límite de postulación :

06-Feb-15 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

International Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

11 months, with possibility of extension

Idiomas requeridos :

Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

11 months

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Antecedentes

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, UNDP offers global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations. As articulated in its 2014-2017 Strategic Plan, UNDP also aims to be a global operational arm for broadening and deepening South-South cooperation (SSC) and triangular cooperation (TrC). The SSC team within the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) in UNDP Head Quarters is working to achieve an increased scale and effectiveness of UNDP’s support to SSC/TrC, as well as deeper cooperation with emerging partners on shared development priorities.

Among initiatives coordinated by SSC team is a global project Saemaul Undong towards Inclusive and Sustainable New Communities (ISNC) which aims to identify and apply proven approaches and policy options for inclusive and sustainable local development, drawing on the global experience of Saemaul Undong approach from the Republic of Korea). Through this global programme UNDP will (1) identify proven approaches and policy options for inclusive and sustainable local development, drawing on the expertise of Saemaul and other relevant solutions from development partners, including those from the South; (2) achieve impact of the integrated local development approaches known as Inclusive and Sustainable New Communities at both the local and national policy levels through its application to an initial set of countries; and (3) facilitate South-South and Triangular cooperation and knowledge exchange through support to centres of excellence to disseminate evidence-based results and experiences from the initial applications, with the aim of achieving impact at the regional and global levels. Overall, this project will demonstrate how various development cooperation modalities, ODA, domestic resource mobilization, South-South and Triangular cooperation can complement effectively within one development initiative and will provide substantive evidence to inform the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda.

Additionally, ISNC project will apply an integrated local development approach in pilot countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America to produce local development results, and collect, package and disseminate knowledge through South-South and Triangular cooperation and knowledge exchange, with the aim of achieving impact at the regional and global levels.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The consultant will provide technical support to the implementation of the ISNC project in the area of local development; and assist SSC team in knowledge building and knowledge management. Specific tasks are as follows:

Provide programme and coordination support to the implementation of ISNC project in the pilot countries and consolidate its global results:

Support in the consolidation and analysis of the results of ISNC implementation at the global level to identify scalable solutions for sustainable rural development to inform implementation mechanisms for the post-2015 development agenda;
Support in identifying, systematic documentation and packaging of lessons learnt from ISNC implementation, with focus on sharing evidence-based results and experiences from the SU model application for comparative analysis of application and results, as well as synthesis for integration into regional and global debates, and enhanced discussions around triangular cooperation;
Develop knowledge products with policy options to guide scaling up and triangular knowledge sharing and exchange with the aim of achieving impact at the regional and global levels.

Provide targeted and quality support to SSC team in the knowledge building and knowledge management and communications:

Support the development of a global SSC geo-mapping platform to present a database of UNDP-supported SSC initiatives from across the world; and
Support communication and knowledge sharing outreach to development partners; efficiently and effectively liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables:

The following is an indicative list of deliverables, subject to modification based on the changing needs and priorities of the team:

Assist COs in developing work plans for the implementation of ISNC project in pilot countries- Expected delivery 15 March 2015;
Monitoring and reporting system for ISNC project is devised and established- Expected delivery 15 April 2015;
Web site on geo-mapping of SSC is developed and launched, featured at http://undp.org/ssc- Expected delivery 30 April 2015;
Social media profiles for ISNC project are regularly updated- Expected delivery February-December 2015, by the end of each month;
News updates about ISNC project are drafted for SSC page, newsletter and Teamworks space- Expected delivery February-December 2015, by the end of each quarter;
Regular progress reports on the implementation of ISNC project are collected, summarized and disseminated among target audiences- Expected delivery February-December 2015, by the end of each quarter;
Liaison support is provided to pilot country offices to establish the exchange of knowledge and lessons learnt- Expected delivery July 2015;
Publication is produced with evidence-based results on ISNC implementation and experiences from the SU model application- Expected delivery October 2015;
Support in the production of 6 annual progress reports on implementation of ISNC project in pilot countries- Expected delivery December 2015.

Institutional Arrangement

The consultant shall report to the Lead Advisor on South-South Cooperation, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support on weekly basis. S/he is expected to work closely with the respective task managers in the team and incorporate the comments and suggestions from other reviewers.

Duration of the Work

Services will be provided over a period of 11 months (February - December 2015), with possibility of extension based on available budget, the needs of the team and satisfactory performance.

Payment

The payment will be made in an all-inclusive lump sum at the end of the month, based on delivery of deliverables.

Competencias

Proven practical knowledge of local development at both national and international levels;
Proven ability to provide support to local development projects;
Programme experience in Local Development in Country Office/field is an asset.
Proven ability to produce knowledge products and facilitate knowledge exchange;
Proven ability to develop and implement effective communications strategies, develop user-friendly, high quality communications materials;
Proven ability to communicate issues effectively, both orally and in writing;
Outstanding strong organizational and planning skills;
Proven networking skills and ability to generate interest in UNDP;
Proven ability to multi-task effectively; and
Respect for diversity and ability to work in a multicultural team.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

Master’s degree in communications, journalism, international relations, economics, social science or related fields.

Experience:

At least five (5) years of professional experience with multilateral development organizations in the areas of local development, communications or knowledge management;
Strong familiarity with international development issues, including South-South cooperation;
Good knowledge of office software packages and on-line tools.

Language:

Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
Competency in French or Spanish is an asset.

Evaluation method

Applicants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ technical qualifications (70%) and financial proposal (30%).

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed and scored using the following criteria:

Knowledge and experience with local development at national and international levels 30%;
Strong familiarity with international development issues, including SSC/TrC 30%;
Experience in knowledge management, including development of knowledge platforms 20%;
Experience in communications, media outreach with a multilateral development organization 20%;

Only Individual Consultants obtaining a minimum of 70 of the obtainable points of 100 points (70%) in technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Only the highest ranked candidates will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

The contract will be awarded to the applicant 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.