UNDP Jobs - 78908- Comprehensive Land Use Plan Specialist (For Filipi

Comprehensive Land Use Plan Specialist (For Filipino Nationals Only)

Location :

Manila, PHILIPPINES

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

23-May-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Four (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

The Resilience and Preparedness toward Inclusive Development (RAPID) Program is a capacity development program in support of the long-term recovery of local governments units and communities in Yolanda-affected areas. It is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Philippines and the Australian Government. It is a component of Project Climate Twin Phoenix.

RAPID aims to strengthen approaches and actions on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) at the local level by capacitating its target Local Government Units (LGUs) and communities on disaster risk assessment and mainstreaming risk assessment results in development planning and preparedness planning. It targets LGUs located along the coastline of San Pedro Bay and Leyte Gulf, namely: City of Tacloban and municipalities of Palo, Tanauan, Dulag, Tolosa, Mayorga, Mac Arthur and Abuyog in Leyte, Basey and Marabut in Western Samar, and Lawaan and Balangiga in Eastern Samar.

The RAPID Program has seven project outputs, namely:

Output 1: Climate/Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Output 2: Priority Preparedness and Mitigation Actions
Output 3: Awareness Raising and Capacity Building
Output 4: Mainstreaming Climate/Disaster Risk in Land Use and
Development Plans
Output 5: Building Resilience of the Poor and Vulnerable
Output 6: Knowledge and Information Sharing
Output 8: Community-Based Development Risk Reduction Management

Under Output 4 of the program, RAPID will enhance the ecological (environment, social, economic, infrastructure, institutional) profiles at the local level as basis for the preparation/enhancement of the Land Use Plan and consequently the Zoning Ordinance.

The project will need Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) Specialist in the completion of the Comprehensive Land Use Plans including Zoning Ordinances (ZO) of the target LGUs.

Institutional Arrangement

For the duration of the contract, the CLUP Specialist shall report to the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board – Central Visayas Region (HLURB-CVR) and United Nations Development Programme – Resilience and Preparedness toward Inclusive Development (UNDP-RAPID), in the delivery of the terms of reference. The consultant is required to report to the office regularly, subject to the necessity of his services as determined by the HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID, and status reports on the outputs shall be expected from time to time. All reports must be submitted to HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID for review. Final outputs should be formally accepted by the HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID before any payment will be made.

Duration of the Work

To undertake the tasks, procedures and expected outputs, the CLUP Specialist shall be engaged by for a period of four (4) months commencing upon signing and will be valid until all outputs deliverables/outputs has been delivered and accepted. The target date for the start of work is on June 1, 2018 and the expected completion date is on September 30, 2018.

Duty Station

The CLUP Specialist must be available to do field works in the provinces of Leyte, Samar and Eastern Samar. Also, he/she must be available to report to HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID in Tacloban City.

The CLUP Specialist will be required to report to the office and attend modular trainings for LGUs, and status/assessment reports on the outputs shall be expected from time to time.

Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

The proposed contract price should include taxes.

Travel and related costs (i.e. transportation, accommodation, daily subsistence allowance etc.) for the engagement shall be borne by the CLUP Specialist.

Payment will be made in installments based on satisfactory completion of agreed outputs:

First Tranche 10% - Upon signing of contract and submission and acceptance of work plan;
Second Tranche 30% - Upon submission and acceptance of report on review and assessment of the outputs produced under HLURB-CVR Module 5;
Third Tranche 30% - Upon submission and acceptance of report on review and assessment of the outputs produced under HLURB-CVR Module 6;
Fourth Tranche 30% - Upon submission and acceptance of report on review and assessment of the outputs produced under HLURB-CVR Modules 1 to 6

Duties and Responsibilities

The CLUP Specialist is expected to perform the following:

Work under the supervision of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board – Central Visayas Region (HLURB-CVR) and United Nations Development Programme – Resilience and Preparedness toward Inclusive Development (UNDP-RAPID) to provide technical assistance through coaching and mentoring;
Assist HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID in providing technical assistance to the 12 target LGUs in the application of the HLURB Supplemental Guidelines on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the CLUP preparation/formulation/enhancement;
Assist HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID in supervising the 12 target LGUs to prepare/formulate/enhance their CLUPs in order to mainstream in climate/disaster risks;
Assist HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID in conducting training, workshops, consultations, mentoring, and other activities relevant to the preparation/formulation/enhancement of the CLUPs;
Assist HLURB-CVR and UNDP-RAPID in providing the status and assessment of the CLUP preparation/formulation/enhancement of the 12 target LGUs;
Participate in meeting or consultations organized by UNDP-RAPID/HLURB-CVR related to CLUP preparation/formulation/enhancement of the 12 target LGUs;
Submit the required outputs to UNDP-RAPID and HLURB-CVR as listed in D. Expected Outputs and Deliverables, with due diligence and efficiency, and warrant that the technical quality of the work performed is in accordance with professional and technical standard acceptable to RAPID and HLURB-CVR;
Serve as resource person on CLUP and provide additional information as may be needed;
Consult with UNDP-RAPID and HLURB-CVR on any issues/difficulties related to the project functions;
Be available to answer any queries or update information throughout the duration of the project and provide other relevant inputs and advice that are related to the project;
Advice UNDP-RAPID and HLURB-CVR on other activities and other technical inputs towards completion of the CLUP and ZO of the target LGUs.

Competencies

CORPORATE COMPETENCIES

Commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision, values and ethical standards
Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences
Treat all stakeholders fairly and without prejudice
Maintains objectivity and impartiality in handling evaluation processes

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Experience in project development, implementation and evaluation--particularly in directly managing results-based monitoring and evaluation methodologies
Demonstrated experience in conducting evaluation of multi-year and multi-component programmes and projects
Familiarity with the norms and issues in early recovery and rehabilitation work in disaster-affected areas
Ability to process large amounts and diverse set of data and documents related to infrastructure development, livelihood, resettlement, disaster risk reduction and management, and governance
Demonstrated strong coordination and facilitation skills
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to initiate discussions with national/local governmental officials, peoples organizations and communities
Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment and to deal with complex multi-stakeholder environment
Demonstrated ability to prepare and present comprehensive reports

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree on any Social Science course

Experience:

Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience related to CLUP;
Registered social worker;
Prior substantive and sustained work experience in achieving results on the ground working with HLURB or local government units

Language:

Fluency in written and spoken English

Skills:

Good communication skills, including demonstrated written, presentation and training facilitation skills;
Demonstrated ability to work well both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple tasks.

Criteria for selection process:

The offer will evaluated based on the Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications will be weighted a max. of 70%, and combined with the financial offer which will be weighted a max of 30%.

Application requirements:

Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability (Financial Proposal Template) using the template provided by UNDP;
Personal Curriculum Vitae, indicating all past experiences from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) professional references;

Application requirements should be emailed to procurement.ph@undp.org and registry.ph@undp.org on or before 23 May 2018.

Attachments can be downloaded at the below link (Financial Proposal Teamplate and P11 Form):

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=46422

In view of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.