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International Consultant - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics expert | |
Location : | Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA |
Application Deadline : | 03-Jun-23 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | International Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 01-Jul-2023 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 12 months |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 12 months |
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. |
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Saudi Arabia has realized and sustained, for the last four decades, remarkable progress along the socio-economic development path. As a result of this, the Kingdom has been able to move to a high-income country. The GDP, for instance, increased from SR 156 billion in 1969 to SR 2,631 billion in 2018, putting the economy among the top 20 global economies in terms of size. Based on the annual ranking of the Human Development Index (HDI) of the Human Development Report, Saudi Arabia has steadily moved from the medium human development category in the 1990s to the very high human development category in 2018 at 0.857 value of HDI. The Saudi Vision 2030 represents an ambitious resolve with long-term goals and expectations founded on the strengths and capabilities of the Kingdom. It covers three themes: a) a vibrant society, b) a thriving economy and c) an ambitious nation. A thorough review of the three themes and their underlying issues of national concern would reveal a holistic approach to development that encompasses the three dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the social, the economic and the environmental. Saudi Arabia recognizes that achieving the SDGs requires rigorous, real-time and continuous monitoring, for which quality statistics is a must. The General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) has gone through a major revision of its corporate strategy and vision in alignment with the Saudi Vision 2030 and the SDGs. The revised strategy revolves around five pillars:
Under the framework of the Institutional Support to Statistics project, UNDP provides technical support to the GASTAT to strengthen the institutional and human capacities of the national statistical system to support evidence-based development planning and policy-making. Within this context, UNDP is seeking to recruit an FDI statistics expert to provide technical and advisory support to GaStat in producing indicators and statistical time series essential for the analysis of trades, investments, financial resources and debts.
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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The FDI Statistics Expert will provide technical assistance related producing indicators and statistical time series essential for the analysis of national and international Investment and trade, economic trends, foreign direct investment Inward and Outward, external debts, external financial resources.
The FDI Statistics Expert will also implement capacity strengthening activities, including training and mentoring, for GASTAT staff. He/ She will work under the supervision of GASTAT administration. Specifically, the responsibilities under this assignment include the following:
Technical support:
Capacity Development oIn addition to delivering the abovementioned technical support, the FDI Statistics Expert will advise GASTAT on principles and best practice in relation to FDI Statistics methodologies and frameworks. oDelivering training to GASTAT staff in calculating FDI and maintaining FDI databases oProviding coaching and on-the-job-training for the GASTAT staff as needed
Expected Deliverables and Outputs
Institutional Arrangement
Duration of the Work
Duty Station The duty station for the FDIS expert is GASTAT offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Working Arrangements:
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Min. Academic Education
Min. years of relevant Work experience
Required Language:
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 and accomplishments of each deliverable.
Payment shall be made as a deliverables-based lump upon the receipt of the deliverables and certification of satisfactory performance by UNDP.
The Expert will share a Certificate of Payment (CoP) where he/he needs to indicate achieved outputs. Then the certificate of payment must be verified by the UNDP Team and certified by UNDP top management. The Expert is advised to keep a detailed timesheet of the days worked and tasks performed throughout the consultancy assignment. A bi-weekly update of the timesheet will be requested, and such documentation will support the payment process as deemed needful. Technical Criteria for Evaluation (Maximum 70 points) Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% of the points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation
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:
Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer
Applicants are shortlisted based on the Required Skills and Experience stated in the TOR.
The selection of the best offer from the shortlisted candidates will be based on a Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications and methodology will be weighted a max. of 70% and combined with the price offer, which will be weighted a max of 30%.
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:
Step I: Screening and Desk Review
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 evaluation stage, i.e., financial evaluation. Applications will be first screened, and only candidates meeting the following minimum criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:
Technical Evaluation (70 Points, 70% weight)
The following documents shall be required from the applicants:
Instructions for online submissions Step 1: Please prepare all required documents electronically. Step 2: Combine all documents in ONE SINGLE FILE (preferably in PDF; however, Word format can also be accepted) and upload to the UNDP Jobs links Step 3: After that, you will receive an auto-reply from the UNDP jobs if your offer is received successfully.
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 you to upload a maximum of 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 huda.alsaud@undp.org the Procurement Unit would endeavor 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 on the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain updates 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.
Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.
The interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=97769 for more detailed information about terms of references, instructions for the offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer online. 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.
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