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International Consultant – Captive Breeding Expert | |
Location : | Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA |
Application Deadline : | 23-Feb-23 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Time left : | 16d 23h 0m |
Additional Category : | Climate & Disaster Resilience |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | International Consultant |
Languages Required : | Arabic English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 01-Mar-2023 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 12 months, with a possibility of extension subject to availability of funding and performance. |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 12 months, with a possibility of extension subject to availability of funding and performance. |
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 |
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A.Project Title
Saudi Environment Sustainability Programme
B.Project Description
Organizational Setting:
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The Regional Office for West Asia delivers advisory services and capacity building support to countries to achieve environment and sustainable development objectives. This consultancy is established at the West Asia Office within the framework of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement between UNEP and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Expert will report to the Project Manager for the Saudi Environment Sustainability Programme at UNEP West Asia Office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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C. Duties and Responsibilities Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager in UNEP West Asia Office and in coordination with the respective department in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and the National Centre for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia, the expert will carry-out, inter alia, the following duties and responsibilities:
D.Expected Outputs and Deliverables
Institutional Arrangement The expert will be supervised by the Project Manager in UNEP West Asia Office in close collaboration with the National Centre for Wildlife and the relevant department in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia.
C.Duration of the Work
The contract duration will be for a duration of twelve months with a possibility of extension subject to availability of funding and performance.
D.Duty Station
This assignment will be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Riyadh (80%), field-based (20%).
UNDP/UNEP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station, as well as their return to their home upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only in the event that the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and exclude working from home arrangements. Include any official travel expected to be associated with performing the functions. Any change to the preliminary travel plan/schedule above, in such cases, UNDP/UNEP will cover travel costs in accordance with corporate regulations and rules. If unforeseen travel outside the assigned duty station is requested by UNDP/UNEP and not required by the Terms of References (ToR), such travel shall be covered by UNDP/UNEP in line with applicable rules and regulations and upon prior written agreement. In such cases, the consultant shall receive living allowances not exceeding the United Nations (UN) Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rate for such other location(s). Note: A written approval from UNDP/UNEP and relevant authorities will be required to facilitate the consultant's travel to other locations than Riyadh on official missions where necessary. Working Arrangements: All mission travels must be approved in advance and in writing by the Supervisor. United Nations Development of Safe and Security – BSAFE course must be successfully completed prior to the commencement of travel. The Consultant is responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when traveling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. The consultant is also required to comply with the UN security directives. The consultant is responsible for obtaining any visas needed in connection with travel with the necessary support from UNDP. The consultant will be responsible for submitting his/her own mission travel arrangements in line with UNDP travel policies. The consultant is responsible for required health and life insurance related to work or travel. The consultant is expected to have his/her own Laptop/Computer
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Competencies |
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Competencies:
H. Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments All proposals must be expressed in a lump sum amount. This amount must be “all-inclusive”. Please note that the terms “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, living allowances, communications, consumables, etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final amounts submitted in the proposal.
Payments shall be made to the individual contractor upon successful completion and certification by UNDP that services have been satisfactorily performed, based upon the actual number of working days.
Payment shall be made as a deliverables-based lump sum payment, to be paid in instalments. The schedule of payment will be distributed upon satisfactory submission of the deliverables listed in the table hereunder:
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Required Skills and Experience |
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E. Qualifications of the Successful Individual Contractor
iii.Required skills and competencies:
·Knowledge of biodiversity and wildlife in Saudi Arabia is an asset. ·Experience working in West Asia is desirable.
I. Recommended Presentation of Offer For purposes of generating Offers whose contents are uniformly presented and to facilitate their comparative analysis, it is best to recommend the preferred contents and presentation of the Offer to be submitted, as well as the format/sequencing of their presentation. The following documents may be requested:
J. Evaluation Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies: Step I: Screening and desk review: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology. Technical Criteria (CV review and Desk Review/Interview optional) – maximum 70 points. Only candidates who obtained at least 70% of points from the CV desk review (who will score at least 49 points) will be considered for the next stage of evaluation, i.e. financial evaluation.
Applications will be first screened and only candidates meeting the following minimum criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:
Financial evaluation - Total 30% (30 points) The following formula will be used to evaluate the financial proposal: p = y (µ/z), where p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal µ = price of the lowest-priced proposal z = price of the proposal being evaluated
Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.
Given the volume of applications that UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.
UNDP reserves the right to reject any incomplete applications. Please be informed that we don’t accept applications submitted via email.
Interested Offerors are required to submit an application via UNDP Jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP Jobsite system. Please note that UNDP Jobsite system allows only one uploading of application documents, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your online application submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an email acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload a maximum one document. Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email mohammed.abbas@undp.org with a copy to ahmed.alsalman@undp.org While the Procurement Unit would endeavour to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 3 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice 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.
Please follow the below link to access the supporting documents https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=94736 |
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