UNDP Jobs - 75178- Study Tour Coordinator

Study Tour Coordinator

Location :

Phnom Penh and Provinces, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

11-Nov-2017

Application Deadline :

26-Oct-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

20 consultancy days, from 11th November 2017 to 15th December 2017

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

20 consultancy days, from 11th November 2017 to 15th December 2017

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 UNDP Local Governance Program aims at strengthening institutional capacities of sub-national governments as well as the engagement and networking capacity of citizens including CSO and media notably at the township level in local planning, inclusive local development and people-centred service delivery. A component of the program envisages the establishment of a Township Development Grant structured around the main phases of the public expenditure Management cycle, such as participatory planning and budgeting, implementation and contracting, monitoring and evaluation. To support the implementation of the TDG and participatory planning processes UNDP is providing the Government of Myanmar with substantial capacity development in areas such as accountability and transparency, participatory planning and budgeting, revenue and expenditure management and procurement.

One of the key groups involved in the participatory planning process is the Ward/Village tract administrators, the lowest tier of elected persons in Myanmar. Out of the nearly 17.000 W/VTAs only 88 are women and as part of the above mentioned project UNDP is providing specific capacity development for these women. Part of that is a study tour to Cambodia to learn from the experiences of empowering female commune councilors and other work on gender empowerment and enhanced gender equality in Cambodia.

Recognizing the progress made by some other countries in the ASEAN region in introducing the principles of participation, gender mainstreaming and greater gender equality, in particular in planning and budgeting. Mindful of the importance of South-South cooperation, UNDP intends to organize a study tour for a group of 24 female ward/village tract administrators two from each state and region of Myanmar and three officials to the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia to stimulate exchange of experiences in the region.

The overall objective is for female W/VTAs and GAD officials to gain experience and knowledge on the role of women in local development and leadership. The specific objectives are to enhance the understanding of:

Cambodia’s sub-national governance structure with emphasis on (female) CS councilors; the local development fund modality (CS and District/Municipality Fund) and linkages to Cambodia’s National Planning Framework
CS councilors’ responsibilities and practical experiences of local development planning (women and men), including monitoring of development outcomes by engaging local communities and experiences of overcoming gendered barriers to participation and female leadership, including the involvement of men.
The role of Village Chiefs in security matters, including conflict resolution, disaster management and civil registration National policies and local practices promoting gender equality and human rights awareness

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultants will provide assistance on the study tour as follow:

facilitation of contacts with officials, interlocutors;
planning, preparing and attending meetings and field visits;
documentation / summarizing of meetings;
facilitation of information, reports, documents; acquisition of relevant documents / legislation
elaboration of short inputs for mission deliverables;
translation Khmer - English and vice versa;
discussion of selected subject matters with team.
analysis of and commenting on draft documents produced by team
any other related activity as defined by team leader.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in and with teams;
Good communication skills;
Ability to work in a team of different background and culture;
Ability to set priorities and manage time effectively Sensitivity and adaptability to Cambodian culture;
Highest standards of integrity, gender-sensitivity, age-sensitivity, discretion and loyalty.

Corporate 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:

Academic degree (MA, PhD preferred) in public administration, social sciences, economics, law or related field.

Experience:

At least 7 years of relevant works experience and solid knowledge of public administration in Cambodia.
Experience in working with government and civil society in Cambodia;
Experience in social political and economic analysis and documentation, possibly media.

Language Requirement:

Excellent verbal and writing English and Khmer language skills.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=41651 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your online applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an email acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email pheara.lek@undp.org and cc procurement.kh@undp.org. While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice.