Background

Sierra Leone has made significant progress in building stability after more than a decade of civil war ending in 2002. During the immediate years following the end of the conflict, the Government prioritized rebuilding state institutions as well as basic infrastructure. Peaceful elections were held in 2002, 2007 and most recently in November 2012. Despite progress, structural challenges remain rendering further gains more tenuous and 76 percent of the population remains below the poverty line (according to the Human Development Report). Macroeconomic indicators and regional price spikes have the potential to quickly metamorphose into social and political tensions. National institutions have made great progress, but corruption, weak public service, gender inequalities, illicit drug trafficking, environmental degradation, high levels of youth unemployment and social inequalities are still ‘work in progress’.

The progress has resulted in the United Nations Security Council calling on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) to prepare for the transition and hand-over of tasks to the United Nations Country Team and other partners (bilateral/multilateral partners) (SCR 2065(2012)). This draw down process of UNIPSIL is now well underway, with the mission scheduled to exit Sierra Leone at the end of March 2014. It was against that background, that an inter-agency technical assessment mission (TAM) from UN Headquarters was deployed in January 2013, to review progress made on the mandate implementation UNIPSIL.

Amongst its several recommendations, the resulting TAM report concluded that the UN system should still remain engaged in the security sector. The TAM found that despite several achievements, there was a need to develop a joint UNDP/UNIPSIL programme, to address the remaining gaps vis-a-viz security sector governance, professionalism and coordination. It was highlighted that further support for the security sector in Sierra Leone was required in order to ensure the consolidation of peace in the country.

As part of this process UNDP, working in close cooperation with UNIPSIL, has developed a Security Sector Reform (SSR) Project to continue to deliver critical support to the security sector, in particular in the areas of security sector governance and border security.

The SSR Project has received two years of funding from both the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) as well as the Peacebuilding Fund, and a project document has been agreed with the Government.

The Security Sector Reform Project has been requested to provide critical support to the Sierra Leone Police in critical areas of Security Sector Governance. This includes a partnership with them in developing new recruitment and promotion policies as well as development of an operational plan to ensure the Human Resources Department is able to implement it. The Consultant will also review and propose improvements to the current Sierra Leone Police Asset Management System and develop a robust and workable strategy.

The objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support to the Sierra Leone Police to improve its capacities on Security Sector Governance in the areas of Human Resource and Asset Management. The Consultant will partner with the two departments in development and roll out of reforms in these 2 critical areas The consultant will work with the Sierra Leone Police Force and be based at Police Headquarters as well as the Police Office in Kingtom where the Asset Management Office is situated.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor, the consultant will provide support in the following areas:

• Human Resources: the outcome of the engagement will be to ensure that transparent selection and promotion criteria are in place in the Sierra Leone Police and that their Human Resources Department are equipped to implement these new policies;
• In partnership with the Sierra Leone Police undertake baseline review of current policies & practices relating to recruitment and promotion in the Police as well as a review of current HR capacities and thereafter agree on a methodology and plan with the Police for review of current policies, national expertise required (including national HR and IT expertise) as well as critical interventions within the HR Department for implementation of said policies after approval including training/capacity building, equipment and other assistance required;
• In partnership with the Police, oversee develop new policies relating to recruitment and promotion (ensuring these comply with current government policies on public sector recruitment/promotion as well as international best practices);
• Support implementation of new policies in partnership with the Sierra Leone Police
• Asset Management: the outcome of the engagement will be introduction of a new asset management system suitable for the needs of the Sierra Leone Police
• Evaluate previous work undertaken by the UN other international partners and Sierra Leone Police in this area and develop roll out strategy for a new asset management system. This will include recommendations for development of a bespoke & contextualized online system that can be utilized by the SLP nationally as well as equipment and capacity development needs (including I.T. and other national expertise that may be required);
• Accompany roll out of the new system in partnership with the Sierra Leone Police in a pilot area to test and modify the new system as required. Provide mentoring and on the job support to Asset Management staff to ensure implementation of new systems.

• Baseline assessment & plan developed for reform of asset management and HR recruitment and promotion systems and agreed by the Police Executive Management Board;
• New recruitment & promotion processes and procedures finalized and agreed by Police Executive Management Board;
•  A report confirming that new asset management system tested and in place in at least one pilot location in Sierra Leone finalized and agreed by Police Executive Management Board;
• Monthly and Final Report completed and approved by the Chief Technical Advisor.

Competencies

• Professionalism and Integrity;
• Promotes knowledge sharing and learning;
• Knowledge of statistics and data base application;
• Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Build strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
• Demonstrate good oral and written skills;
• Demonstrate openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Ability to work with national counterparts in building individual and institutional capacity.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in social science, statistics, public administration or other relevant field or alternatively first degree in the same with additional years’ experience will be considered.

• At least 7 years of experience in general policing, preferably with a background in police and security sector governance structures;
• Experience working on Rule of Law or security sector reform in development environments;
• Proven experience in training and coaching of police;
• Detailed knowledge of development process and post-conflict related issues, particularly in the development of accountable civilian policing in a post-conflict environment;
• Experience with web-based management systems;
• Extensive knowledge of and experience working in crisis and post-conflict contexts;
• Hands-on experience in design, monitoring and implementation of Police development projects and establishing inter-relationships among international and national organizations and national governments;
• Prior working experience within the United Nations is desirable;
• Prior working experience in Sierra Leone is desirable but not a requirement.

Language Requirements:                     

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Reporting Mechanism:

• The consultant will work closely with and report to the Chief Technical Advisor. The consultant will also work closely with the the Sierra Leone Police Force, under the guidance of the CTA.  

• It is expected that the deliverables will be completed within 3 months.

Payment Modalities:

• Payment to the consultancy will be made monthly;
• Payment to the consultant will be made on monthly basis upon certification of satisfactory progress towards completion of the deliverables by the Programme Manager.

The consultant will be evaluated against a combination of technical and financial criteria. Maximum score is 100% out of a total score for technical criteria equals 70% and 30% for financial criteria.

• Background and minimum educational qualification as defined above-10%;
• Practical previous experience relevant to the TOR - 40%;
• Substantial professional knowledge and experience in the field of Security Sector Reform -50%.

Application Procedure

 Qualified and interested candidates are hereby requested to apply. The application should contain the following:

• Completed P11 form;
• Financial proposal (DSA, Daily fee, economy airtictket etc);
• Technical proposal (methodology of approach to the task).Please you can put all of your attachments on one documents and upload.