Antecedentes

More than 31% of the population of Pakistan consists of youth falling in the age bracket of 15-29. This “youth bulge” provides unique opportunity and resources for Pakistan’s economic and social development provided they are skilled and educated to meet the requirements of the labour market. A large portion (32% of youth are uneducated with no vocational and life skills, and these segment of society are vulnerable to being drawn to violence and extremism. Violent conflict in Pakistan not only has a huge economic toll (the loss to national income is estimated at USD 7 billion per year, it also negatively impacts the pace of growth and development in the country. By investing in skills development and employment opportunities for youth, it will not only help reduce conflict but also help establish a foundation for long term economic growth and prosperity in Pakistan.

The Youth Employment Project builds on the successful public-private partnership model demonstrated through its predecessor project called the “Promoting Employment and Productivity in Garment Industry” (PEPGI. 2013-14) and Gender Promotion through Skills Development in Garment Factories (2006-2012). The project will employee three interconnected outputs to achieve its objectives. These relate to Skills Training, Capacity Development of a local training provider and policy research/advocacy on issue related to growth of garment industry. The project will target youth from the Korangi, Lyari and Sultanabad areas of Karachi in first phase.

Project Objective

The expected outcome of the project is to increase the income and employment opportunities for youth and women and enhanced productivity in the garment/home textiles industry. The project will contribute in enhancing livelihood and economic opportunities through technical skills development.

In addition to the overall objective of the programme, the UNDP Youth Employment Project is planning to launch a comprehensive training programme on Denim and Garment Washing. The objective of the washing training programme will be to provide pool of skilled and trained technical resource in denim and garment washing. The launch of denim/garment washing is based on apparel industry demand. Thus focus of training programme will be on value addition techniques and allied activities. Washing refers to dry and wet treatment of finished garment (mostly denim products) through chemicals or mechanical means to produce durable special effect.

The denim/garment washing training activities will include:

• Training of unskilled workers and untrained middle management in the areas of washing particularly related to product development , as per needs of companies participating in the UNDP project;
• Providing consulting guidelines to companies to improve their systems and processes based on product development, denim/garment washing and to bring them in line with international standards.

Deberes y responsabilidades

UNDP is seeking to hire an international expert that can help in designing, developing and implementing denim/garment washing training program for the apparel industry with the focus on product development while meeting UNDP project objectives and scope.

The training program will result in skills generation in washing functions. The objective will also include providing best practices guidelines to participating company in their washing program. These activities will be carried out at product development stage as well operational stage. At both the stages unskilled youth will be trained as well as existing human resource will be re-trained in areas as found necessary. Best practices guidelines will be disseminated through a team of master-trainers on whom the actual delivery will rest.

The Training

The training will be conducted in rounds of Three (03) months each. There would be at least two rounds of training in a year. For every round the project selects 3 to 4 garment factories based on prescribed criteria. Training at Product Development stage will be carried out for the entire duration of Three (03) months in pre-defined intervals.   The consultant would be expected to be in the Karachi and organize the training sessions for two different time-periods for about 3-months each, within an 11-month period.

Responsibilities of the International Consultant:

• Consultant will be responsible for development of course curriculum and related training material and manuals for training of workers and middle management in denim/garment washing. The focus will be on product development;
• Consultant will be responsible to deliver trainings to factory trainers, workers and middle management based on approved course curriculum and methodology and will be responsible to deliver and supervise workers and middle management training;
• Consultant will be responsible to perform audit/gap analysis of the project partners- apparel companies and develop and deliver consulting guidelines on denim/garment washing (product development) based on gap analysis. Consultant will facilitate the select or project participating companies in implementation of consulting guidelines;
• Consultant will conduct weekly and monthly review meetings with the participating companies along with project staff. Frequency of meetings may change based on mutual agreement of project team and consultants;
• Monthly progress reports and other relevant documents will be circulated to all concerned with relevant information pertaining to execution of project;

Deliverables

• Develop curriculum, training material and manuals on product development- denim/garment washing;
• Develop and deliver consulting guidelines to participating companies in select technical areas of denim/garment washing mainly related to product development;
• Design and develop capacity building course and material for UNDP YEP project technical team. Conduct training sessions for UNDP project technical team;
• Responsible to directly train 50 trainers or Master Trainers (MTs), 500 workers or machine operators – both wet and dry processing unit workers,50 supervisors and in-charges and 15-20 Managers (production, quality) per year for project;
• Conduct monthly review meetings with the participating companies/factories. Also hold project review meetings with UNDP Country Office;
• Produce and circulate monthly progress reports;
• Participate and contribute (technical resource) in UNDP Youth Employment Project seminars and workshops for capacity building of stakeholders.

Documents to be  included when submitting the proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• Proposal: Explaining why you are the most suitable for the work; Provide a brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the work;
• Financial proposal;                                                             
• Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references;
• P-11 Form duly completed.

For more information please visit our Co web site: http://www.pk.undp.org/content/pakistan/en/home/operations/procurement0/undp-ic-2015--167-ic-notice-for-international-training-consultan.html.

Competencias

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of the UN;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies:

• Extensive experience of providing policy advice and sound written reporting skills;
• In-depth knowledge and first-hand experience of product development
• Excellent training skills;
• Sound understanding and capability to empower and develop the capacity of national and civil society counterparts;
• Proven ability to incorporate into his/her work relevant international practices.

Management

• Excellent team-building, diplomatic and interpersonal skills;
• Resourcefulness, initiative, and maturity of judgment;
• Sound time management with full understanding of matrix management and organizational skills with the ability to handle and delegate multiple tasks;
• Ability to coordinate and build strong relationships with clients and external actors;
• Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Ability to mobilize resources and manage funds;
• Capacity to work under pressure, manage stress and adapt to rapidly evolving situations.

Behavioral:

• Team player, self-motivated and initiative taking, dedicated, creative, resourceful, flexible, energetic and sound judgment;
• Builds strong relationships with partners, focusing on impact and results;
• Demonstrates creativity, openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Possesses positive and constructive attitudes to work;
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Academic Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (Master-Level) in Textile Sciences/Processing, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering or other equivalent field.

Years of experience:

• At least Seven(07) years’ professional experience of consulting and training in denim and garment washing particularly related to product development of which at least 3 years’ international experience preferably of some South Asian countries including Pakistan;
• Track record of providing consulting/training services to some leading denim or apparel exporters and manufacturers in areas pertinent to denim/garment product development;
• Proven track record of working with known international organizations and apparel companies of repute;
• Strong knowledge and hands-on working experience and expertise in product development.

Language:

• Fluent English.

Note:

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.