UNDP Jobs - 70974- Community Mobilizer

Community Mobilizer

Location :

Rustavi, GEORGIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

16-Mar-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Up to 60 days during 6 months, during March - September 2017

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

FutureMakers is a UNDP-UNV joint project, which is executed in Armenia, Egypt, and Georgia. It seeks to make a breakthrough innovation in governance by prototyping new forms of collaboration between public authorities and the networked youth - informal groups who are loosely coordinated through electronic networks and other means. New forms of collaboration are tested through a learning-by-doing-together approach in the urban public spaces (streets, squares, green spaces, buildings) that are earmarked as places for prototyping new forms of collaboration and community-driven intervention. Groups and networks of youth are empowered to collaborate on the physical urban fabric. A mixed group including civil servants from government partners, NGOs, volunteers and networked youth themselves coordinates interventions.

The project aims to prototype new forms of collaboration between public authorities and the networked youth in at least 3 public spaces; as well as to design a flexible guidance for creative bureaucracy based on the comparative learning and implementation in 3 countries. The project intends to contribute to establishing, operationalising and sustaining a collaboration channel between institutions and networked youth in addressing development challenges, and to explore scaling up potentials. It also expects to contribute to (a) employment generation based on creation of new jobs from small local businesses; (b) social cohesion, from the sense of ownership of jointly delivered public services and their pure social nature; (c) data literacy, from the complex coordination needs which necessarily imply creation and reuse of open (geo) data.

UNDP Georgia will play an important role in leading the Futuremakers project implementation in Georgia. In particular, the UNDP Georgia will 1) identify the core networked youth the project works with in respective country and engage them; 2) engage the government institutions through regular discussion with them; 3) bridge the networked youth and the government institutions and create collaborative environment; and 4) implement the space enhancement initiative in the respective country, monitor the progress, communicate it to the wider audience.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Community Mobilizer plays a key role in designing and implementing the FutureMakers activities at country level. Under the supervision of the UNDP Georgia country team, s/he is expected to identify, connect and bring in the networked youth, including those who are less of the “usual suspects”, to the community activities. S/he is also expected to motivate and engage fellow community members to deliver the best prototypes for the identified public space. The Community Mobilizer will report to the designated focal person of the UNDP country team.

The Community Mobilizer will:

Contribute to design and implementation of outreach activities to provide inputs to outreach community mobilizer;
Keep the community updated about the project;
Connect with and engage individuals and groups who approach societal problems in less conventional ways, in complement to or outside traditional civil society activities;
Connect the mapped initiatives and people with each other and coordinate for their mutual benefit e.g., when more than one group offer the same or complementary services;
Organise and participate in all project events (practical trainings on collaboration between the local government and communities, consultations with communities, mobilization of youth, community design workshops, idea generator camp and etc.);
Assist community initiatives with their online documentation (community proposals) jointly with outreach community mobilizer;
Respond and adjust to a flexible activity scheduling, logistical constraints related to public space management, or social dynamics involving the community and its expectations;
Make the space visible and supply understanding of community when demands come in.

Deliverables:

A list of networked youth (groups) who are engaged in community activities;
[##] of cross-fertilised activities among various community members/groups;
Substantive inputs to the wiki Practitioners’ guide on creative bureaucracy.

Number of less usual suspects involved in the public space is one of the criteria of the success of the local Community Mobilizer.

Workload and duration:

Total number of working days in 6 months shall not exceed 60 days. Number of working days per month will be up to 10 days.

Competencies

Core Competencies:

Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Functional Competencies:

Proven ability to work flexibly and independently with limited supervision and deliver quality results against tight deadlines;
Have credibility within grassroots groups, is deemed as one of “our own”;
Have good communication skills to onboard community members and coordinate with the international Future Makers team;
Be visible and be able to move easily across local and or international grassroots groups;
Be able to be plugged into one or more social/ techno change groups;
Have a proven track record in initiating action and taking a solution oriented approach to problems;
Have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) in Georgian and basic understanding of English;
Have a solid understanding on the local context where the community activity takes place.

Required Skills and Experience

Eudcation:

A Bachelor’s degree in fields related to economics, public policy, international relations, or other related field (minimum qualification requirement: 10 points).

Experience:

At least three years of relevant experience in design, implementation and management of community mobilization and/or communication projects (minimum qualification requirement: 3 years -18 points; more than 3 years - additional 2 points);
At least one year of experience in convening people offline and coordinating community activities and events (1 year - 5 points; more than 1 year - additional 5 points).

Preference will be given to Rustavi-based candidates.

Language Requirement:

Fluency in Georgian language; Basic knowledge of English will be an asset.

Evaluation:

Offerors will be evaluated against a combination of technical and financial criteria. Technical cirteria consists of desk review and interview (40 and 30 points). Offerors not meeting any of the minimum qualification requirements will be disqualified and not considered for further review. Offerors passing 70% threshold of maximum obtainable scores 40 points as a result of the desk review, i.e. obtaining minimum 28 points, will be short listed and invited for an interview. Those offerors passing 70% threshold of maximum obtainable scores as a result of the technical evaluation (desk review and interview) will be shortlisted and requested to provide financial proposal.

Financial proposal:

The consultant shall be paid on monthly basis upon provision of timesheet and monthly report and certification by UNDP. Travel Costs will be paid when needed. The consultant will be requested to provide financial proposal, indicating daily consultancy fee (in USD).

Payment modality:

The consultant shall be paid on monthly basis upon provision of timesheet and monthly report and certification by UNDP. Travel Costs will be paid when needed.