UNDP Jobs - 71204- Consultant on Disaster Loss Assessment Methodology

Consultant on Disaster Loss Assessment Methodology

Location :

Home-based with two missions (up to 6 days) to Tbilis, GEORGIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Up to 36 days in total (during April - December, 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

As Georgia continues to direct significant efforts to meet development goals, and embark on a path towards sustainable development, it becomes crucial to comprehend the multi-faceted manner in which disaster risk interacts with development and climate change processes. The latter needs to be based on comprehensive understanding of disaster risks. The data would enable the identification of recovery needs and also contribute to projecting future risks. Currently, there is no unified and systematized mechanism for disaster loss data collation and analysis which impedes effective decision-making for disaster recovery, reporting and data availability for risk analysis.

The sub-project, “Enhancing Capacities for Development of National Disaster Loss and Recovery System”, will support the SSCMC in developing methodology for disaster data collection and analysis as well as enhancing technical and human capacities for its implementation. All the proposed activities will be implemented by the team of international and national experts recruited by the UNDP and working in close cooperation and coordination of SSCMC and the inter-agency working group, comprising of representatives from relevant line ministries. The experts will be expected to provide technical support and guidance in identification of disaster damage indicators, develop methodology for the damage/loss data assessment with detailed guidelines and questionnaire, as well as training toolkit. The sub-project envisages development of special data analysis software by a company selected by the UNDP.

The sub-project envisages enhancing capacities for reforming the disaster damage and loss assessment and recovery through development of unified disaster loss/damage assessment system. The output will be achieved through development of tool for disaster damage/loss assessment that includes:

Damage/loss assessment indicators;
Methodology and set of procedures for disaster damage/loss data collection, assessment and analysis;
Software for disaster loss data collection and analysis;
Training toolkit and Training of Trainers of national and local stakeholders in disaster damage/loss data collection and analysis.

Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the sub-project’s National Project Officer and provide guidance and leadership of the team of experts, comprising of international expert on disaster data management and national DRR experts, as well as inter-agency working group established by the State Security and Crisis Management Council, comprising of representatives from relevant line ministries. The incumbent will be responsible to:

Provide technical overview, guidance and leadership for all technical aspects of the sub-project and ensure technical activities are aligned with strategic objectives. These will include:

Define scope, timetable and sequence of activities to be implemented by the team of experts;
Review and clearance of all technical deliverables for the project, including overall responsibility for project technical reports prepared by the team of experts (reports on disaster loss/damage indicators, questionnaire for disaster/loss data collection/recording, training toolkit on disaster damage/loss data collection).

Develop disaster loss/damage assessment tool that includes:

Disaster damage/loss indicators (to be drafted by the international expert on disaster damage data management and reviewed/cleared by the incumbent). The indicators should cover physical damage, economical loss and human loss. The indicators should also encompass the list of required baseline information to be collected by the inter-agency working group;
The methodology that identifies the types of information on a disaster and its impact needs (including economic impact assessment) to be recorded; The methodology should provide clear definition of what type of information needs to be collected before and during the disaster damage/loss data collection and how it should be analyzed;
A set of standard operation procedures with detailed distribution of responsibilities for each stakeholder; The report should provide clear description of the activities of each stakeholder (inter-agency working group members) in disaster damage/loss indicators development, data collection and analysis;
Questionnaire for disaster data recording/collection per each identified sector (to be drafted by the international expert on disaster damage data management and reviewed/cleared by the incumbent). The questionnaire should be sector specific to be further incorporated into special software to be designed under the sub-project.

Provide technical inputs to the Terms of Reference for the disaster damage/loss assessment software;

Develop a training toolkit on disaster loss/damage assessment tailored on needs of national and local stakeholders per each identified sector;

Conduct ToT on disaster loss/damage data collection and assessment for national and local stakeholders.

Competencies

Corporate competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Understanding of the mandate and the role of UNDP would be an asset;
Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional competencies:

Strong communication and analytical skills;
Demonstrated skills in drafting reports;
Ability to work under pressure with several tasks and various deadlines;
Actively generates creative, practical approaches and solutions to overcome challenging situations;
Excellent writing, presentation/public speaking skills;
A pro-active approach to problem-solving;
Computer literacy.

Leadership and Self-Management skills:

Builds strong relationships with the working group and with the project partners; focuses on impact and results for the project partners and responds positively to feedback;
Cooperates with working group effectively and demonstrates strong conflict resolution skills;
Consistently approaches work with energy, positivity and a constructive attitude;
Demonstrates strong influencing and facilitation skills;
Remains calm, in control and good humored under pressure;
Demonstrates openness to change, new ideas and ability to manage ambiguity;
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
Demonstrates ability to transfer knowledge and competencies;
Is able to work independently and hurdle competing priorities.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

At least Master’s degree in relevant disaster risk reduction related disciplines, economics, or other related fields (minimum requirement: Master's degree - 5 points, PhD - additional 5 points).

Experience:

5 years of experience in development of disaster damage/loss indicators (minimum requirement: 5 years - 10 points; more than 5 years – additional 5 points);
At least 7 years of experience in development of a disaster damage/loss assessment methodology (minimum requirement: 7 years - 10 points; more than 7 – additioinal 5 points);
At least 5 years of experience in developing and conducting training programmes (minimum requirement: 5 points);
Familiarity with disaster or other data management software(s);
Experience working with or familiarity of EU standards for disaster damage/loss data management and analysis (5 points);
Experience of working in Georgia and/or knowledge of the region’s context is an asset;
Experience with the UN organization is an asset.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English language.

Evaluation:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis method: Offerors will be evaluated against combination of technical and financial criteria. Maximum obtainable score is 100, out of which the total score for technical criteria equals to 70 and for financial criteria – to 30. Offerors that do not meet Minimum Qualification Criteria will be automatically rejected, while the rest will form up the long list. The offerors who obtain minimum 35 points as a result of the desk review will be invited for the interview. Offerors who pass 70% threshold, i.e. obtain minimum 14 points, as a result of the interview will be requested the financial proposal.

Financial Proposal:

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the ToR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount. Maximum 30 points will be assigned to the lowest price offer. All other price offers will be scored using the formula (inverse proportion): Financial score X = 30* the lowest price offer/suggested price offer. All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal as well.

Deliverables:

Technical note/work plan with timelines to guide specific activities as outlined under the assignment that includes schedule of activities of the team of experts, developed in close cooperation with team of experts and agreed with National Project Officer (within two weeks after signing the contract);
Report on recommended technical characteristics of the software for disaster damage/loss data analysis (end of May, 2017);
The methodology that identifies the types of information on a disaster and its impact needs (including economic impact assessment) to be recorded (end of August, 2017);
Disaster/loss assessment tool (mid-October, 2017);
Training toolkit and training report on disaster loss/damage data collection and assessment (end of December, 2017).

Management Arrangements:

The work of service provider will be directly supervised by the National Project Officer under the overall supervision of the Democratic Governance Team Leader through the Governance Reform Fund Project Manager. The service provider will be directly responsible to, reporting to, seeking approval from, and obtaining certificate of acceptance of outputs from the above mentioned persons. In addition, the respective GRF team will be responsible to share relevant documents, contact details and other necessary information with the service provider.

Payment modality and deliverables:

The payment schedule is given bellow and will be made upon satisfactory completion/submission and approval of the deliverables by the supervisor.

25% - upon successful submission of deliverables 1, 2 (Technical note and disaster/technical characteristics for the software);
25 % - upon successful submission of deliverable 3 (The methodology that identifies the types of information on a disaster and its impact needs (including economic impact assessment) to be recorded);
35% - upon successful submission of deliverable 4 (Disaster/loss assessment tool);
15% - upon successful submission of deliverable 5 (Training toolkit and training report).