UNDP Jobs - 71399- Recruitment of International Consultant to Serve a

Recruitment of International Consultant to Serve as a Data Specialist for the Project of Social Protection for Sustainable Development in Africa

Location :

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

10-Apr-2017

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Ten ( Ten ) Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

Over the past two decades, African countries have achieved accelerated economic growth and noteworthy social and political achievements. However, there is a general agreement that such economic expansion has not been inclusive of the extremely poor and vulnerable.

This scenario calls for urgent action to promote better distribution of the economic gains and increase social resilience. The recent experience of social protection schemes in Latin America as well as in some African countries shows that well-designed social protection schemes, including interventions in the labour markets, can tackle structural determinants of poverty and vulnerability leading to a transformative effect on the whole society, as well as address many of the SDG’s targets, and act as a pivotal tool to advance the 2030 Agenda as well as the Africa-wide development vision, Agenda 2063. For detailed information, please refer to Annex I- Terms of Reference (ToR).

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will collect and harmonize data from the secondary sources for all 55 African Countries and help decide whether a questionnaire is necessary to compliment data. In case a questionnaire is administered, the consultant will provide assistance in the development of the questionnaire, training Country Offices on how to fill it out through a Webinar, follow-up, and tallying of results;
The Consultant will prepare tables and graphs to present data in an effective and interesting manner. The consultant will organize the data to provide a comprehensive overview of the social protection systems in contemporary Africa, highlighting trends both at the regional and sub-regional level as well as opportunities and challenges;
The Consultant will develop a template for Country Profiles, ensuring that data and accompanying text are presented in an effective and thought-provoking manner. The consultant will apply this template to develop a Country Profile for each of the 55 African Countries.

Competencies

Knowledge of the context of social protection in the African continent is a strong asset;
Working knowledge of approaches to the evaluation of social protection programmes, including indicators of quality;
Objectivity and strong ability to analyse large multi-country data sets in short period;
Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working collaboratively in small and large teams with tight deadlines and in multi-cultural environment;
Familiarity with social protection issues and the wider landscape of global actors working on in the nexus between social protection, development and sustainable development.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

A minimum of Master’s degree in economics, statistics, social sciences or international affairs and development,

Experience:

At least 5 years of relevant experience in quantitative data collection and analysis;
Proven knowledge or experience in social protection in Africa is desirable;
Extensive experience in research and data collection methodologies, data collection and analysis/data base management, including use of excel and/or other statistical software for data analysis;
Expertise in using Stata and Excel for the collection of the relevant dataset;

Language:

Fluency in spoken and written English.

Application Instruction:

Download both TOR and IC Proposal Submission Form from the following link: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=36460;
Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the IC Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto; and
Group of Individuals and/or Firms are not eligible for this consultancy assignment (open only for individual consultant)

Documents Required:

The following proposals must be prepared as per the IC Proposal Submission Instructions. The Proposals shall be submitted on or before application deadline March 31,2017 via UNDP Ethiopia Secured mail address: procurement.et@undp.org
Technical Proposal in pdf under file name:RSC-IC-2017-03 – TP - [insert your name];
Financial Proposal in pdf under file name: RSC-IC-2017-03 – FP - [insert your name];
Please note that these proposals shall be submitted to the designated secured email into two files but in one email unless both Files are Greater than 9MB file size.

Important Note:

A candidate applying only by uploading CV to this job site will not be considered. Instead, both Technical and Financial Proposals shall be submitted to UNDP Secured email: procurement.et@undp.org
Those prospect consultants who fail to submit both Technical and financial proposals as per the standard format and to the designated secured email will not be further considered for evaluation.
Please limit your your sco[e of work and methodology ( written technical proposal) to maximum of 450 words.
Please group all your documents into single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.
While submitting your proposals to procurement.et@undp.org be sure your email subject line is RSC-IC-2017-03 in order to let our Office easily locate your respective proposals from secured email and be considered in subsequent evaluations.