Background

The Government of Maldives (GOM) in collaboration with UNDP is undertaking a project entitled Building an Efficient, Service-oriented and Transparent Administration (BEST) – Phase II. The main objective of the project, as the name suggests, is to assist in building an efficient, service-oriented and transparent administration in support of democratic development in the Maldives. To this end, the project will support the emergence of a merit-based civil service and public administration that is representative of the Maldivian society and capable of operating in a professional, responsive and accountable manner, within the new democratic environment.
 
As part of ongoing Civil Service modernization efforts, a comprehensive Job Evaluation exercise has also been undertaken and is close to completion, which will be followed by an organization review. In addition, the newly established Civil Service Training Institute (CSTI) has been registered at the Maldives Accreditation Board (MAB). The CSTI is a key player in defining and enhancing the competency and productivity levels of the civil service. As a strategic approach to training of the civil service in Maldives, a Civil Service Training Needs Assessment was conducted in 2011 based on which key strategies for the institute has been developed. Furthermore, a Strategic Action Plan for the CSTI clearly sets out operational roles and functions of the institute, identifies the prioritized areas for training to assist the Government in implementing its policies and day-to-day operations.
 
Towards this end, the Civil Service Commission in collaboration with UNDP would like to invite applications from interested individuals/organizations to identify competencies for different levels of job families of the civil service, develop a comprehensive frame work which details competency standards for different job levels of civil service job families and draft a curriculum framework for the CSTI based on the identified competencies and competency standards.
 
Objectives
The primary objective of the consultancy project is to identify competencies at different levels within job families in the civil service.
Towards this end, the specific objectives are;
  • Identify and verify the basic, common and core competencies for different levels of the job family groups.
  • Develop competency standards for effective performance in the workplace
  • Develop a comprehensive curriculum framework for the CSTI including all the competencies for the selected jobs from different levels of the job families.

Duties and Responsibilities

The main purposes of this consultancy project are to define and develop competency standards and curriculum framework for different levels of job families in the Civil Service.
Specific tasks include:
  • Review documents on civil service job classification, job evaluation, job structures, training need assessment and any other document related to civil service jobs
  • Gather and analyze information about job families for generating competencies from different ministries
  • Conduct meetings with key stakeholders and synthesize their perspectives on the nature of work done at different levels of jobs
  • In consultation with Civil Service Training Institute (CSTI), form competency development panels comprising of different job families
  • Conduct workshop/s for panels on developing standard competencies for the jobs and levels identified
  • Develop required tools with standard guidelines for developing competencies
  • As pilot activity, assist the panel members and provide close guidance to develop competency based curriculum outline for one selected job
  • Identify and verify the basic, common and core competencies for the levels of the job family groups
  • In consultation with Civil Service Training Institute (CSTI), identify Fifteen (15) jobs from different levels that belongs to different families and develop detailed competencies for the identified jobs
  • Develop a comprehensive curriculum framework including all the competency standards for the identified fifteen jobs.
  • Present the comprehensive curriculum framework and competency standards to Civil Service Commission for their comments and considerations
  • The comprehensive curriculum framework should:
  1. be applicable to the civil service culture of the Maldives,
  2. be relevant to different professional levels,
  3. Create visibility into competency requirements for the next step career move: Career paths identify critical competencies by job family and function.
  • The comprehensive curriculum framework and competency standards should include, but not limited to the following;
  1. Standards should be expressed in outcome terms
  2. Unit titles,
  3. Unit descriptors
  4. Elements of competency
  5. Performance criteria
  6. Range of variables
  7. Evidence Guide
Outputs
  • Consultation training workshops on Competency developmentTools with standard guidelines for developing competencies
  • Job family specific panels with expertise in competency development
  • Basic common and core competencies for the for selected jobs from different levels and job family groups
  • Final comprehensive curriculum framework with detailed competency standards for the selected fifteen Jobs from different families for creation of training curricula
Reporting Procedure
The consultant shall report regularly to the Project Manager and to the appointed focal points of CSC. He/she is also expected to liaise with the focal points of UNDP as required.
 
Duration and place of work
The consultancy work is expected to take approximately one (01) month. The tentative date for commencement is mid November 2011. The consultant will be based in the Civil Service Training Institute of Maldives.

Competencies

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

    • Required Skills and Experience

    • Master’s Degree or equivalent in Human Resources Management, Curriculum Development or Competency based curriculum Development
    • Consultant should have more than five (5) years experience in the field of public sector training and capacity development
    • Practical experience of civil service job classification projects and development of competency based curriculum and training