Background

After four decades, UNDP phased out its programmatic activities in the Republic of Korea. UNDP has over the years provided over US$ 100 million in resources for development to the Republic of Korea and has played an important role in helping Korea to make a successful transition from net recipient of development cooperation to donor and member of OECD/DAC. In 2009, UNDP and the Government of the Republic of Korea agreed on a new kind of UNDP presence in the Republic of Korea. The UNDP Seoul Policy Centre on Global Development Partnership (USPC) was established in 2011.

Created in 2011, USPC one of six UNDP Global Policy Centres, and constitutes an integral part of the UNDP HQ’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) in New York. USPC represents UNDP in Korea, and has three main functions: to; to work with Korea on international issues, such as the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the Agenda 2030; to share Korea’s development experiences with other countries; and to perform pragmatic and policy-relevant research for creation of policy tools.

Here, USPC’s mandate to share Korea’s experience is fulfilled through the Development Solutions Partnership (DSP) pillar, which a programmatic approach of USPC to connect Korea with the wider UNDP network and enhance the Korea-UNDP partnership on strategic development issues globally. DSPs create and deepen a triangular cooperation among Korea (e.g. Seoul Metropolitan Government/Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission of Korea), UNDP (USPC together with UNDP’s relevant global/regional teams), and partner countries (consisting of UNDP country offices and their partner Government institutions). They package Korea’s experience and knowledge, facilitate dynamic exchange of lessons learnt & peer-to-peer mentoring, and support the national adaptation of the tools at the country level, by channeling seed funding and technical support to the partner countries through existing project facilities of UNDP country offices. As of now, USPC has two DSPs: one for effective anti-corruption assessment and another for transparent public construction management.

As a cross-cutting area of work, the Centre also reaches out to Korean institutions of higher learning and the broader public to enhance the understanding of the role and work of UNDP, and to build public awareness of key development issues particularly the SDGs. The Centre has a small but dedicated team of international and Korean staff that work closely together to cover a broad range of responsibilities and tasks.

Under the direct supervision of a Policy Specialist and the Communications Analyst, and overall supervision of the Centre’s Director, the Translation and Research Consultant will provide various translation, research, writing and editing support for the Centre’s policy, knowledge and communication products, particularly for the following areas of work: 1) the Centre’s Development Solutions Partnerships to share Korea’s practical policy tools and lessons learnt through UNDP’s global network; 2) public outreach activities related to the Sustainable Development Goals; and 3) organization of various events of the Centre, including the workshop on the Humanitarian-Development-Peacekeeping Nexus.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

Through this consultancy, support will be provided to the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre until 31 December 2017 in the following ways:

• Developing the meeting agenda in English and Korean as well as supporting the logistical organization for the workshop on the Humanitarian-Development-Peacekeeping (HDP) Nexus scheduled during October in Seoul.
• Writing the minutes of the workshop on the HDP Nexus as the main Rapporteur
• Supporting the relevant Policy Specialist in deepening the existing DSP work on anti-corruption and public construction transparency, including conducting background policy research and translating knowledge products.
• Providing translation and substantive support to the country project development and implementation of the DSP on gender-based violence.
• Preparing various policy and programme materials in Korean as well as in English, ensuring accurate “conceptual” as well as language translation.
• Preparing various communications and knowledge products in Korean as well as in English, including publications, webnotes, media outreach material and social media.
• Drafting and editing routine correspondence and invitation letters for conferences and workshops in both English and Korean.
• Drafting summary translations for various DSP knowledge products

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The consultant will be expected to deliver the following:

1. Draft  programme (in English and Korean) of the workshop on the Humanitarian-Development-Peacekeeping Nexus- By 31 August 2017

2. Successful organization of the workshop on the Humanitarian-Development-Peacekeeping Nexus- By 17 November 2017

3. Support to Policy Specialist in deepening the existing DSP work on anti-corruption and public construction transparency in partnership with the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission of Korea and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, including the preparation of background policy briefs and translation of knowledge products (Korean-English translations and vice versa)- By 31 December 2017

4. Translation and substantive support to the country project development and implementation for the DSP on GBV- By 31 December 2017

5. Draft/edited documents of policy and programme materials in both Korean and English- By 31 December 2017

6. Drafted/edited communications and knowledge products in both Korean and English (e.g. publications, webnotes, media outreach material and social media)- By 31 December 2017

Institutional Arrangement

The Consultant will report to a Policy Specialist and the Communications Analyst, while under the overall supervision of the Director of the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre.

Duration of the Work: 1 August 2017 – 31 December 2017 (up to 80 working days).

Duty Station: Seoul, Republic of Korean with no travel.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Shares knowledge and experience and contributes to UNDP Practice Areas and actively works towards continuing personal learning and development;
• Ability to provide quality policy advice services;
• In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues.
• Strong analytical skills to process qualitative information

Development and Operational Effectiveness

• Ability to go beyond established procedures and models, propose new approaches which expand the range of programmes;
• Ability to apply theory to specific country contexts, carry out high-quality research.

Management and Leadership

• Focuses on impact and result and responds positively to critical feedback;
• Assesses risk and applies common sense;
• Pursues creativity and innovation;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
• Builds strong relationships with peers and external actors;
• Works as part of a team with required flexibility, mutual support and feed-back.

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• 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.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s Degree in development studies, international relations, public administration, Gender/Women’s Studies, Human Rights, translation/interpretation, or other relevant subject is required.

Experience:

• At least one year experience with supporting policy research and production of knowledge materials in the relevant field at the national and/or international level is required;
• Experience with the editing and translation of Korean-English texts, and vice versa, particularly in the relevant work areas is required;
• Experience with working in the area of gender, humanitarian and development, or governance in general would be an advantage;
• Experience working in an international organization, such as the funds, programmes and agencies of the United Nations, would be an advantage;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages is required.

Language:

• Fluency in both English and Korean is required, with excellent writing skills in both languages

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

The contract will be based on Daily Fee

Consultant shall quote an all-inclusive Daily Fee for the contract period. The term “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, consumables, etc.) that could be incurred by the consultant in completing the assignment are already factored into the daily fee submitted in the proposal. If applicable, travel or daily allowance cost (if any work is to be done outside the consultant’s duty station) should be identified separately. Payments shall be done on a monthly basis based on actual days worked, upon verification of completion of deliverables and approval by the IC’s supervisor of a Time Sheet indicating the days worked in the period.

In general, UNDP shall 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

In the event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Travel costs shall be reimbursed at actual but not exceeding the quotation from UNDP approved travel agent.  The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP.

Evaluation Method and Criteria

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology;

Cumulative analysis

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as a) responsive/compliant/acceptable; and b) having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria (70%). and financial criteria (30%). Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment.

Technical Criteria for Evaluation (Maximum 70 points)

• Criteria 1: Education- Max 15 points
• Criteria 2: Relevant research and editing experience, particularly related to organizing an international knowledge-sharing conference in the relevant field  - Max 20 points
• Criteria 3: Experience with working in the area of governance, humanitarian and development, and/or gender - Max 15 points
• Criteria 4: Experience working in an international organization, such as the funds, programmes and agencies of the United Nations - Max 15points
• Criteria 5: Substantive experience in dealing with accurate Korean-English translations/interpretation - Max 35 points

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

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http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=38887