Background

The United Republic of Tanzania ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005. The Convention provides strategic guidance to international and national anti corruption approaches that could be adopted by member countries. Article 5 (1) of the UNCAC stipulates that ‘Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal system, develop and implement or maintain effective, coordinated anti-corruption policies that promote the participation of society and reflect the principles of the rule of law, proper management of public affairs and public property, integrity, transparency and accountability.
 
As is the case with several other national institutions, the Tanzania Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) does not have a mandate to cover partially self-governing Zanzibar. To address this gap in anti-corruption capacities, in 2011 the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGOZ) developed and adopted a good governance policy and shortly thereafter an Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act was passed by the Zanzibar House of Representatives. The Act establishes the Zanzibar Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Authority (ZACECA) which started operations in 2012 with a three-part mandate of public and private sector Prevention, Education and Investigations.
 
In 2011, UNDP commissioned a Baseline Assessment/Survey of Anti-Corruption Activities in Zanzibar.
The Survey noted that the authority (ZACECA) lacks the institutional and operational capacity which renders it difficult to conceptualize and actionably translate its mandate. The new institution lacks basic office equipment as well as technical expertise. The Director General (presidential appointee) and 45 staff newly recruited have no background experience or training in anti-corruption and economic crimes. Strengthening the capacity of the Authority is therefore paramount to enable the Authority undertake its mandate to fight graft. Considering the gravity of the challenges experienced by ZACECA and with the high public expectation for ZACECA in fighting corruption it is crucial for ZACECA to be fully operational in the shortest possible time.
 
This necessitates conducting of a comprehensive Capacity and Training Needs Assessment which will reveal the existing capacity gaps and challenges and help formulate a capacity development response thus enable ZACECA to effectively and efficiently deliver on its mandate.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • The consultant will produce a Capacity and Training Needs Assessment Report;
  • The consultant will develop the Capacity Development Strategy and Training Plan;
  • The consultant will prepare, submit and present to ZACECA a draft inception report;
  • The consultant will produce a draft report for inputs and comments at a stakeholders meeting to validate before a final report is produced;
  • The consultant incorporates comments from the stakeholders and finalizes the report for final submission to UNDP and ZACECA.

Competencies

Core competencies
  • Demonstrated understanding of anti-corruption agencies ACAs in particular the African context and in the context of small, island/ other small societies;
  • Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
  • Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Functional competencies
  • Demonstrated ability to assess anti-corruption agency needs, including institutional and personal capacity development and training requirements;
  • Excellent business development, negotiation, analytical, research, presentation and communication skills;
  • Strong writing and oral communication skills;
  • Strong analytical skills, including in the identification of key issues and how they relate;
  • Ability to conceptualize problems and generate innovative, practical solutions;
  • Ability to plan for and produce quality results in meeting established goal;
  • Leadership, teamwork and skills in coordination.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
  • Masters Degree in Public Administration, Political Science, Law or other related.
Experience:
  • Practical experience of not less than 8 years consulting/working with anti-corruption agencies including in needs assessment and training planning;
  • Professional knowledge and/or practical experience in dealing with corruption or closely related issues;
  • Good experience in project management;
  • Demonstrated experience in working with a variety of stakeholders from all key sectors; public, private and civil society including the religious bodies and the media.
Language:
  • Fluency in spoken and written English.
How to submit proposals:

Proposals should be submitted to the following e-mail address not later than Friday 26 February 2014 , icprocurement.tz@undp.org
  • Applicants should download the application documents ( IC Procurement Notice, TOR and Advert)presented in compresses file from UNDP Tanzania website, complete and sign them, and the send the scanned copies to the email account above by or before the deadline of this post;
  • Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form and CV or the required documents for the technical evaluation will not be considered for evaluation;
  • Applications without submitting a financial offer instead of other format will not be considered due to the ease comparison of the received offers;
  • All necessary information for this post (TOR, Deliverables, Target dates, etc. are presented in the ICPN) therefore applicant MUST download it from the website as mentioned above;
  • Do not send CV only to the Email account mentioned above without Cover Letter and Methodology (if requested) as it will be considered as incomplete application;
  • The documents are available in PDF (the TOR, ICPN and IC guidelines) format: this is the only format available and it will not be provided in other formats;
  • Each email should be less than 8MB; emails over this size will not be received to the above mentioned account.