UNDP Jobs - 72298- Individual Consultant: Partnership Portfolio Consu

Individual Consultant: Partnership Portfolio Consultant with Partnership Portfolio Management (PPM) team, BERA/PG - New York, United States.

Location :

New York, United States, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

03-Jul-2017

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

85 working days within 4 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

85 working days within 4 months

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

Project Description

The mission of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. It is the operational arm of the United Nations development system at the country level. UNDP works with partners worldwide to promote sustainable development, inclusive and effective governance, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and resilience building to prevent conflict and improve capacity to deal with natural disasters. In all our activities, we promote the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women, minorities and the poorest and most vulnerable.

As a development partner in nearly 170 countries, UNDP supports Governments in designing and implementing programmes funded either from their own resources (national budgets), grants made by various donors, and, increasingly, grants and loans provided by international financial institutions and other partners.

The Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA) is responsible for UNDP’s external relations and advocacy functions. The Bureau leads and supports the organization in cultivating, building and nurturing strategic relationships and alliances that are essential for advancing and successfully achieving the mission of UNDP.

The Partnerships Group (PG) in BERA is responsible for relationships between UNDP and its donors and partners. PG acts as a facilitator and catalyst of partnership strategies with UNDP’s donors and partners and actively supports new partnerships and resource mobilization to maximize UNDP’s development impact.

Background:

The Partnership Portfolio Management (PPM), team is responsible for managing the OECD/DAC donors within PG, developing and implementing engagement strategies based on agreed targets and goals to support a stable resource base (core and non-core) for the organization.

The PPM team coordinates internal support and outreach, provides intelligence to inform decision-making and prioritization of resource mobilization (RM) initiatives by senior management. PPM team supports, the presentation of signature UNDP products and initiatives to partner countries in assigned portfolios, in line with UNDP’s strategic priorities and to maximize resource mobilization opportunities in collaboration with relevant Bureaux. PPM also supports UNDP units and to showcase projects and results with their partners.

The PPM team is looking to contract and individual consultant who will provide support services on the partnership development and portfolio management, coordinating core and noncore resource mobilization, and knowledge building and knowledge sharing across BERA Partnerships to help mainstream donor information at all levels of the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work, Duties and Deliverables

The Consultant will be responsible for the following duties:

Support on partnership development and portfolio management

Track implementation of partner strategies, setting priorities, goals, and key performance indicators for each partnership portfolio.
Support the Partnerships Group with analyses of partner-led external assessments to meet resource mobilization targets for specific partners.
Coordinate with Communication and other BERA Groups on outreach and marketing activities relevant to the Partnership Portfolio Management team’s work.

Support on coordinating core and non-core resource mobilization

Research donor specific data and provide analyses to inform prioritization of RM initiatives and decision-making by senior management.
Support presentation of signature products and initiatives to maximize resource mobilization opportunities.
Provide advice based on research and data for sharing with the network of country level partnership/resource mobilization officers.

Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing across BERA Partnerships to help mainstream donor information at all levels of the organization:

Contribute to UNDP’s partner knowledge repository including partner database, resource mobilization toolkit, and all other tools for Country Office outreach for partner engagement.
Research, compile and share lessons learned from partner engagement across teams and regions in support of corporate priorities.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The consultant shall produce the following deliverables that will be approved and certified by the PPM Team Leader:

Support on Partnership development and portfolio management.
Support on coordinating core and non-core resource mobilization.
Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing across BERA Partnerships.

Competencies

Superior written communication skills, including the ability to write in a clear, simple, concise way for non-technical external audiences
Ability to conduct detailed research and analyses of partnerships trends;

Ability to engage with other agencies, partners, and other development stakeholders Ability to align with strategy, vision, and mission
Ability to communicate the value of a product or service
Ability for problem-solving, multi-tasking, meeting deadlines and working under pressure

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

At least Master’s Degree or equivalent Advanced Degree in international development, economics, business, social sciences or a related field

Experience:

At least 7 years of relevant experience, including in a partnerships development or organization liaison role, working with UNDP government partners, particularly donor governments, multilateral organizations or development agencies.
Experience in political and funding trends analysis is strongly desirable.
Experience in design and implementation of partnership initiatives and events is required.
Experience of UN and UNDP at a Headquarter, regional or country level is desirable.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in oral and written English is required;
Proficiency in another UN working language is desirable.

Institutional Arrangement

The Consultant will work under the supervision and overall guidance of the Team Leader, Programme Portfolio Management and in close collaboration with the other PPM team members, Partnerships Group and other relevant units.

Duration of the Work

The Consultant will work for approximately 85 days (4 months) starting on July 3rd until October 31st 2017 with possibility of extension.

Duty Station

The duty station will be UNDP HQ, New York, USA.

Application Procedure

The application package containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):

Online application with brief description of why the Offer considers her/himself the most suitable for the assignment; and
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references.

Note: The above documents need to be scanned in one file and uploaded to the online application as one document.

Shortlisted candidates (ONLY) will be requested to submit a Financial Proposal.

The financial proposal should specify an all-inclusive daily fee (based on a 7 hour working day - lunch time is not included - and estimated 21.75 days per month).
The financial proposal must be all-inclusive and take into account various expenses that will be incurred during the contract, including: the daily professional fee; cost of travel from the home base to the duty station and vice versa, where required; living allowances at the duty station; communications, utilities and consumables; life, health and any other insurance; risks and inconveniences related to work under hardship and hazardous conditions (e.g., personal security needs, etc.), when applicable; and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services under the contract.
This consultancy is a based in New York, United States. UNDP/BERA will take care of the travel cost to join duty station.
In the case of unforeseeable travel requested by UNDP, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between UNDP and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.
If the Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

The Financial Proposal is to be emailed as per the instruction in the separate email that will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

Evaluation process

Applicants are reviewed based on Required Skills and Experience stated above and based on the technical evaluation criteria outlined below. Applicants will be evaluated based on cumulative scoring. When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Being responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation where technical criteria weighs 70% and Financial criteria/ Proposal weighs 30%.

Technical evaluation - Total 70% (70 points):

Experience, including in a partnerships development or organization liaison role, working with UNDP government partners, particularly donor governments, multilateral organizations or development agencies. Maximum Weight = 30% (30 Points).
Experience in political and funding trends analysis is strongly required. Maximum Weight = 20 % (20 Points).
Experience of UN and UNDP at a Headquarter, regional or country level is desirable. Maximum Weight = 10% (10 Points).
Interview. Maximum Weight = 10% (10 Points).

After review of the applications, the first three or four technically qualifying candidates will be invited for interview and submission of financial proposals. Candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 points) of the maximum obtainable points for the technical criteria (70 points) shall be considered for the financial evaluation.

Financial evaluation - Total 30% (30 points)

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

p = y (µ/z), where

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

Contract Award

Candidate obtaining the highest combined scores in the combined score of Technical and Financial evaluation will be considered technically qualified and will be offered to enter into contract with UNDP.

Payment modality

Payment to the Individual Contractor will be made based on the actual number of days worked, deliverables accepted and upon certification of satisfactory completion by the manager. The consultant will be able to submit one invoice at the end of each month for payment.
The work week will be based on 35 hours, i.e. on a 7 hour working day, with core hours being between 9h00 and 18h00 daily.

Annexes (click on the hyperlink to access the documents):

Annex 1 - UNDP P-11 Form for ICs

Annex 2 - IC Contract Template

Annex 3 – IC General Terms and Conditions

Annex 4 – RLA Template

Any request for clarification must be sent by email to cpu.bids@undp.org

The UNDP Central Procurement Unit will respond by email and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.