UNDP Jobs - 51250- International Senior Short Term Expert on Staffing

International Senior Short Term Expert on Staffing of New Structures

Location :

Home-based

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

27-Nov-2014

Application Deadline :

13-Nov-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

14 days until 24 Jan 2014

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

14 days

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

UNDP Turkey will support the Ministry of Interior of Turkey for "Improvement of Civilian Oversight of Internal Security" through an EU funded technical assistance project. The overall objective of the project is to structurally embed expanded enjoyment of civil rights by Turkish citizens and democratic control of internal security in the regulatory system and public administration practice of Turkey.

The project is composed of 3 components:

Component A - Legislative Framework: This component aims at enabling the Ministry of Interior and the public administrators (governors and sub governors) to exercise civilian oversight over law enforcement bodies;
Component B - Capacity Building: This component aims at increasing the capacity at the MoI to realize its mission as regards the administrative management of security forces at the central and local level and establishment of institutional structures needed in order to meet the EU standards for HR protection and for a strengthened civilian oversight;
Component C - Civil Society and Media: This component aims at contributing to strengthen independent oversight on law enforcement bodies and increase citizens’ participation in oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities

Increased capacity at the MoI to realize its mission with regards to the administrative management of security forces at the central and local level and establishment of institutional structures needed in order to meet the EU standards for HR protection and for a strengthened civilian oversight.

The overall objective of this assignment is to support the realization of Activity B.1.9 Conduct a needs analysis for staffing of new structures.

The International Short Term Expert will support the realization of the Activity B.1.9 Conduct a needs analysis for staffing of new structures (Output: Report of the Needs Analysis).

The tasks and responsibilities of the International Short Term Expert will be as follows:

International Short Term Expert will be mainly responsible for the production of a needs analysis report on staffing of new structures (joint academy for top ISFs chiefs, strategy department, “best mechanism for civilian oversight”) affiliated to the Ministry of Interior based on inputs of Turkish and other international experts. S/he is also expected to provide inputs based on the existing UK system (remit of structures, staffing, capacity of staff). The expert is expected to work jointly with local and international experts in order to prepare a needs analysis report. The consultant will be assigned to attend workshops to exchange information with other experts and finalize the report in line with the findings of this workshop.

Deliverables and Reporting:

Activity - Deliverable - Duty Station - No. of days to be invested (estimated) - Target Date - Payment

Attending experts workshops - Physical presentation at the workshops - Ankara/Istanbul - 3 - 20.12.2014 - n/a;
Submission of a presentation - Presentation on staffing of new structures - home based - 1 - 02.01.2015 - n/a;
Conduct of the presentation in two different seminars/conferences - Physical presentation at the seminars/conferences - Ankara - 2 - 15.01.2015 - n/a;
Submission of a paper - Needs analysis report with an executive summary on staffing of new structures - Home based - 8 - 20.01.2015 - %100;
Total Working Days - 14

* The payment conditions indicated herein represents estimated working days to be invested for the particular activities. %100 of the payment will be made upon submission of the deliverable namely ‘Needs analysis report with an executive summary on staffing of new structures. The total working days might be lower than 14 days but cannot exceed 14 days.

Competencies

Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
Ability to work under pressure against strict deadlines
Ability to think out-of-the-box
Ability to present complex issues persuasively and simply
Ability to contextualize global trends in accordance with the dynamics of the operating (working) environment.
Ability to think strategically
Ability to think result oriented
Computer literacy and good report writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

BA degree or police degree;
Higher university degree will be an asset.

Experience:

At least 10 (ten) years of work experience in police/about police;
Experience in governance reform;
Expertise in police in EU countries;
Experience in planning or performance management will be an asset;
Prior experience in ISF field in Turkey will be as an asset;
Working with International organizations will be an asset.

Language:

Fluency in English.

Notes:

Internships (paid/unpaid) are not considered professional experience;
Obligatory military service is not considered professional experience;
Professional experience gained in an international setting is considered international experience;
Experience gained prior to completion of undergraduate studies is not considered professional experience.

Proposal:

Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
Provide a brief note about the proposed approach and/or systematic to be followed for the achievement of the outputs of the Project;
Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.
P11.

Financial Proposal:

The candidates will be requested to submit ‘Financial Proposals’ upon completion of technical evaluation.

The financial proposals shall be submitted in UNDP’s standard format which will be communicated to successful candidates. The financial proposal shall specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked

Reporting Line:

The consultant will be responsible to Inclusive Democratic Governance Programme Manager, under the direct supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor and Project Administrator of the Improvement of Civilian Oversight of Internal Security Sector Project Phase II for the completion of the tasks and duties.

Reporting Language:

The reporting language is English.

Title Rights:

The title rights, copyrights and all other rights whatsoever nature in any material produced under the provisions of this TORs will be vested exclusively in UNDP.

Timing Duration:

Contract Start Date: 27 November 2014
Contract Completion Date: 24 January 2015
Total expected w/d to be invested: 14 days

Duty Station:

Duty station of the expert will be in home based, when necessary travel might be required to pilot provinces of the project (Ankara, Istanbul, Malatya, Gaziantep, Izmir, Trabzon).

* Assignment related travel and accommodation expenses outside of expert’s home base will be borne by UNDP.

Terms and Payment:

The international short-term expert will be hired under an Individual Contract (IC) or a Reimbursable Loan Agreement and be paid in USD upon submission and approval of the all deliverables listed above. The international short term expert shall provide IC timesheet together with the deliverables in order to proceed with the payment.

The amount paid shall be gross and inclusive of all associated costs such as social security, pension and income tax. Assignment-related travel and accommodation costs outside of expert’s home base will be borne by UNDP upon submission of documentation.

Contracting Authority:

Contracting Authority for this Assignment is UNDP, and the contract amount will be provided through UNDP.

Contracting Modality:

IC – Individual Contract of UNDP

RLA- Reimbursable Loan Agreement.

Tax obligation:

The subscriber is solely responsible for all taxation or other assessments on any income derived from UNDP. UNDP will not make any withholding from payments for the purposes of income tax. UNDP is exempt from any liabilities regarding taxation and will not reimburse any such taxation to the subscriber.

Evaluation:

Applicants meeting the minimum requirements listed in the Terms of Reference will be short-listed and asked for price proposals. The selection of the Consultants will be made in accordance with the quality- cost based selection method (70 % technical component and 30% price component). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For P11 (Personal History Form) please click http://www.tr.undp.org/content/dam/turkey/docs/operations/Jobs/P11_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc.

Proposal should be email to ssa.proposal@undp.org.tr no later than 13 November 2014.

Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above. UNDP will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.