UNDP Jobs - 71953- Communications Consultant on Rule of Law, Justice,

Communications Consultant on Rule of Law, Justice, Security, and Human Rights

Location :

Home-based, with one mission to Istanbul, TURKEY

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

09-May-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

estimated May - 31 December 2017

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

app. 40 working 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

The Istanbul Regional Hub (IRH) is UNDP’s main knowledge and advisory hub for the countries serviced by UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS covering 17 countries and territories in Central Asia, South Caucuses, Eastern Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey. RBEC, through the Istanbul Regional Hub connects the region to a global network of development experts, to build knowledge and capacity, and to forge partnerships to meet the development challenges of a large and diverse region.

In the region, UNDP works with national and international partners to strengthen the social contract between the state and society in a manner that protects human rights, promotes equality, and enhances social cohesion. This includes increasing citizen access to justice and safety; supporting the development of legislation that protects the rights of people, particularly minorities and other vulnerable groups, and those with disabilities; building efficient National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and supporting the implementation of international standards and recommendations; strengthening capacities of security and justice institutions; supporting conflict prevention, and placing gender equality and women at the center of governance and peace efforts. It also undertakes consistent action to achieve the targets of SDG 16 on peace, justice and inclusive institutions for countries in the region.

As a key priority of engagement on human rights in the region and at global level, UNDP supports capacity building of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) for their improved effectiveness and independence. In addition, UNDP supports the establishment of sustainable systems for the provision of free legal aid and access to justice services in several countries of the region, focusing on the needs of poor and socially disadvantaged groups, including rural populations, IDPs, migrants and refugees. IRH has also started the new regional project aimed increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of cooperation between the prosecution services of the former Yugoslavia, specifically, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia in the processing of war crimes and to further enhance the search for missing persons from the armed conflict of the early 1990’s.

The Regional Hub in Istanbul provides both technical and financial support to countries in the region through regional programmes, as well as through sub-regional and cross regional initiatives. The type of technical support varies from country to country depending on the local context. This also includes support in communication on raising national, sub-regional and/or regional awareness and knowledge for advocacy on ongoing and emerging human rights and rule of law issues. The consultant is expected to support in promoting communications of work of the Hub and country offices of UNDP in the implementation of the component on Human Rights and Rule of Law of UNDP Regional Programme "Supporting voice for citizens, development, the rule of law and accountability".

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will work in the Istanbul Regional Hub, under the overall supervision of the Human Rights, Rule of Law, Justice and Security Programme Specialist. The primary objective of the present consultancy is to contribute to timely implementation of ROLJSHRCommunication Strategy and Plan through substantive support in developing and disseminating the relevant communication materials. This will require close interactions with the IRH Communication Teams of Istanbul Regional Hub as well as with the Country Offices.

Substantive support will be required in designing and implementing communication campaigns and producing communication and advocacy materials (press releases, success stories, case studies, policy briefs, etc), including developing content for social media (blogging, tweets, etc).

In particular, the Consultant will:

Work closely with IRH GBP, Gender, Communication Team as well as with the Country Offices to ensure due coverage of the ROLJSHR events organized at the regional, sub-regional or national levels in social media;
Provide substantive support in design and/or implementation of communication campaigns and/or materials, including issue briefs, web-stories, articles, blogs and videos;
Ensure that communication materials produced by IRH and/or Country Offices are in line with the UNDP communications standards and give due consideration of issues consistent with SDG 5 – gender equality, SDG 10 – reducing inequalities and SDG 16 – peace, justice and strong institutions;
Perform other tasks related to the assignment.

Deliverables and Timeframe:

The Consultant will report about the progress of activities to the Human Rights, Rule of Law, Justice and Security Programme Specialist at UNDP IRH in written.

Deliverable 1 (30%) Submitted by the end June 2017

ROLJSHR Communication Strategy prepared, including 2 web stories on work in areas of ROLJSHR in the region, 1 issue brief on UNDP regional project on Regional War Crime;
The events of the Regional War Crimes project are promoted via social media.

Deliverable 2 (40%) Submitted by end of September 2017

Report on Implementation of ROLJSHR Communication Strategy, including on the events focused on SDG 16 and other areas, 2 web-stories on work of country offices in area of ROLJSHR, 1 issue brief on access to justice and free legal aid and 4 social.media posts

Deliverable 3 (30%) Submitted by 5 December 2017

Final report on implementation RoLSJHR communication plan, focusing on human rights day campaign, including 3 web stories, 1 video and 1 issue brief on NHRIs.

Competencies

Ethics & Values:

Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity;
Demonstrates and promotes the highest standard of integrity, impartiality, fairness and incorruptibility in all matters affecting his/her work and status.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment, understands the structure and hierarchy of UN/UNDP, process flows throughout the organization, products and services, their measures of effectiveness, and perceptions of clients;
Excellent knowledge of development issues and internationally-agreed development goals;
Excellent knowledge of gender responsive rule of law programming.
Ability to lead formulation, design, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
Ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, RBM and reporting.

Working in Teams:

Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;
Works collaboratively with colleagues inside UN/UNDP as well as its partners and other stakeholders to pursue common goals.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
Delivers verbal/written information in a timely, clear, organized and easily understood manner;
Excellent oral and written skills to develop knowledge products in these areas.

Self-Management & Emotional Intelligence:

Creating synergies through self-control tolerates conditions of stress, uncertainty or ambiguity and continues to maintain a positive outlook and to work productively.

Knowledge Sharing & Continuous Learning:

Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others;
Demonstrates commitment to ongoing professional development and keeps abreast of new developments in his/her professional field.

Functional Competencies:

Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in team and multi-cultural environments;
Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities;
Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

At least Masters Degree in the areas of Law, Political Science, International Relations or a related discipline. Specialization in human rights is an advantage.

Experience:

At least 5 years of combined progressively responsible experience in the field of human rights, rule of law, justice or gender mainstreaming;
Experience in communication, including social media outreach, report writing and drafting of web articles and blogs;
Experience in advising on gender related issues and communications;
Experience in liaising and collaborating with the Government partners and Civil Society;
UN experience and experience in United Nations inter-agency work is an asset;
Work experience in the ECIS region is an asset.

Language skills:

Excellent writing, editing, and oral communication skills in English;
Other language of the EECA region considered an asset.

Evaluation of Applicants:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal.

The award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical (P11 desk reviews) and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Only the highest ranked candidates who would be found qualified for the job will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 35 points:

Criteria A (5 years of combined professional experience in the field of human rights, rule of law, justice and gender mainstreaming with United Nations in ECIS region) – max points: 10;
Criteria B (experience in communication, including social media outreach, report writing and drafting of web articles and blogs) – max points: 10;
Criteria C (experience in gender related issues and communications) - max points: 5;
Criteria D (Advanced University degree in the areas of Law, Political Science, International Relations or a related discipline, with specialization in human rights) – max points: 10.

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 15 points.

Application procedures:

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via this website. The application should contain:

Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application.
Filled P11 form including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/hrforms/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc ); please upload the P11 instead of your CV.
Financial Proposal* in USD - specifying a) total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this announcement and b) breakdown of costs related to one mission to Istanbul, Turkey (consisting of i) travel costs and ii) per diem for 3 days).
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.

*Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance, vaccination and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services...). All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. Candidates are requested to apply price for an economy class ticket on the most direct routes and per diems not exceeding maximum UN daily allowance rates (http://icsc.un.org/rootindex.asp).

Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org
General Terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://on.undp.org/t7fJs.

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.
Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.