UNDP Jobs - 73578- Individual Consultant - Chief Information Officer

Individual Consultant - Chief Information Officer (For Indian Nationals Only)

Location :

New Delhi (situated within Ministry of Rural Development), INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Sep-2017

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

September 2017 – December 2017

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Four 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

UNDP Country Programme (2013-17) is aligned with the Government of India’s Twelfth Plan priorities and seeks to improve the effectiveness of national programmes and policies for disadvantaged regions and groups especially women, Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes, minorities, displaced persons and persons with disabilities. UNDP’s partnership with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) under “Governance and Accelerated Livelihoods Support” aims to strengthen the effectiveness of key Ministry programmes by providing (a) technical assistance to the state government and NGOs in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha to improve sustainable livelihoods with linkages to Panchayati Raj Institutions for governance in focus districts; (b) provide advice and technical assistance to the Ministry and the state governments to help improve the efficiency, accountability and inclusiveness of flagship programmes of rural development; and (c) provide advice and technical assistance to the Ministry and state governments to help “green” select schemes.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is the skills division of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India that implements a placement-linked skill development program to help poor rural youth get into regular wage employment. The program is implemented in a public private partnership (PPP) mode by eligible project implementing agencies or PIAs who qualify for government funding.

As part of its support to NRLM, UNDP is looking for a senior, experienced, pragmatic and visionary individual for this position.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the COO/JS (Skills), DDU-GKY and Programme Analyst, UNDP, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has the primary role to align the business needs, programs, drivers within the current and planned IT enabled initiatives which will involve:

IT strategic plans, project strategic roadmaps;
Business/ Solution/ Technology/ Information / Data/ Architectures and other artefacts;
Design, develop, implement and promote adoption of e-governance initiatives nationally;
Policies, procedures, BPR reports, cost estimation, vendor selections (RFPs, RFQs etc., SLA, metrics etc.;
Review reports on projects, personnel, strategy documents, assessments;
Various documents/ reports as required by MoRD from time to time.

Specifically, the CIO is responsible for the following tasks relating to Rural Skills Division:

Ensure that ICT is used as an organization-wide strategic tool for the MoRD to increase its efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, accountability and citizen service delivery;
Create IT based policies, goals and procedures aligned with vision, mission, and objectives of MoRD;
Create IT enabled metrics aligned to strategic goals and enable compliance to them;
Provide technological expertise and guidance to MoRD and ensure strategic coherence with other IT initiatives of DeitY;
Oversee development of capacities across the stakeholder chain;
Enable IT planning, budget estimation, fund sourcing, resource planning and technological planning and monitoring;
Provide feedback on various policies and documents as requested by other ministries/departments of GoI with respect to MoRD;
Enhance/Ensure the continued operation of IT infrastructure, software infrastructure and platform management including AMCs, warranties, vendors and projects;
Prepare procurement plans, budgets and undertake procurements of related goods and services;
Manage the MoRD’s IT teams, vendor teams, and consultant/s;
Manage the day-to-day operations of IT services and infrastructure;
Manage the Service Level Agreements;
Manage the IT security;
Manage various compliance reviews, guidelines and IT audits;
Manage IT risks, optimize cost;
Perform any other related tasks consistent with the level of the post and/or assigned by COO/JS (Skills), DDU-GKY and Programme Analyst, UNDP.

Impact of Results

An IT system that is aligned to the business needs, programmes and drivers of DDU-GKY.

Competencies

Knowledge/Technical Expertise

Broad IT infrastructure and application architecture knowledge.
Good understanding of management issues relating to e-governance for development projects
Good communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with an ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
Customer focused/service oriented, and has effectively affected change.

Building Strategic Partnerships

People orientation and the ability to work with people.
Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships, partnerships and alliances and communicate sensitively.
Result-orientation and ability to develop strategic approaches.
Possesses initiative, good judgment and identifies problems and proposes solutions.
Demonstrates extremely strong influencing and facilitation skills.

Leadership and Self-Management

Demonstrates corporate knowledge and sound judgment
Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things
Handles demanding workloads while focussing on impact and result.
Ability to work independently and under pressure
Self-development, initiative-taking
Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking
Approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
Schedules activities to ensure optimum use of time and resources; monitors performance against development and other objectives and corrects deviations from the course.
Works as a team member
Listens effectively, shares ideas and information openly and facilitates relationship building by establishing trust.
Builds staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation
Builds and promotes effective teams using mentoring and conflict resolution skills
Facilitates and encourages open communication in the team, communicating effectively
Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view. Also solicits feedback from staff about the impact of his/her own behaviour
Shares knowledge across the organization and builds a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
Willingness to travel extensively.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualification and Professional Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Engineering or related fields. Masters’ Degree would be an advantage.
A minimum of 20 years of experience in the field of information technology with at least 15 years at a senior level with a sequence of increasing responsibilities in large and diverse business settings.
Demonstrated experience in implementing/managing implementation of major e-governance projects in India.
Experience with and understanding of strategic and business planning methods, tools, and processes and in working through major organizational change led by IT.
Experience at an operations level and in a complex multi-facility environment.
Knowledge and experience of government process and procedures desirable.

Language Requirements

Proficiency in spoken and written English. A good command over Hindi and regional language/s would be an asset.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Consultant will directly report to COO, DDU-GKY and Programme Analyst, UNDP;
Contracted consultant will submit the monthly progress report duly certified by reporting officer;
Contract will be administered by UNDP on behalf of the Rural Skills Division, Ministry of Rural Development;
Consultant will be entitled for leaves of 2 days per month (non-encashable).

Schedule of Payments:

Consolidated monthly Fee (Remuneration) in the range of Rs. 1.90 – 2.5 lakhs payable upon submission of monthly progress report certified by the reporting officer.

Documentation required:

Personal CV, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Evaluation Method and Criteria:
Shortlisting would be done based on the following technical criteria:

Educational Qualification – 20 marks;
Relevant Experience – 80 marks.

Top 5 candidates from amongst those who obtain a minimum of 70% of the total technical points would be considered for further process.

The final selection would be done through competency based interview.

Notes:

Miscellaneous charges i.e. internet, phone, relocation charges, local travel etc. would not be reimbursed separately;
Consultant may have to arrange his own computing equipment.

For any clarifications please write to: manikandan.srinivasan@undp.org