UNDP Jobs - 79411- Regional Project Coordinator, Transparency and Acc

Regional Project Coordinator, Transparency and Accountability

Location :

Bangkok, Thailand, with missions to Myanmar, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia, THAILAND

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

15-Jul-2018

Application Deadline :

26-Jun-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

15 July 2018 to 14 July 2019 with total of 251 working days.

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

In Asia and the Pacific, UNDP is increasingly requested to provide support services to governments and private sector on developing transparent and accountable solutions that contribute to sustainable development in the region. These services are part of UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub’s signature solutions on good governance and partnerships with the private sector to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

The UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) is responsible for the implementation of regional projects, knowledge management activities and the provision of advisory services to the 24 UNDP Country Offices in Asia and the Pacific. BRH has recently launched a flagship project on “Promoting a fair business environment in ASEAN” (2018-2021) that aims to promote an enabling environment for the private sector by promoting good governance, anti-corruption and the rule of law, as well as by encouraging companies to adopt sustainable business practices. This is in line with the UNDP Strategic Plan (2018-2021), while highlights the need for UNDP to become a catalytic organization that helps governments to create an enabling environment for the private sector to align its business with the SDGs.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Regional Governance Advisor, the Regional Project Coordinator will ensure the smooth delivery of the Regional Project “Promoting a fair business environment in ASEAN”.

Duties and Responsibilities

Objective and Scope of Work

The consultant is expected to coordinate the Regional Project on “Promoting a fair business environment in ASEAN” by:

Ensuring the effective administration of the project, including hiring experts and backstopping their work, coordinating with country offices and partners, ensuring the timely delivery of outputs as well as effective financial and activity reporting to the donor;
Ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation of project activities based on the project document;
Coordinating project-related events such as the Launch Meeting, Project Steering Committee Meetings and other stakeholder meetings;
Assisting with advisory services to government agencies and private sector counterparts, as required.
Incorporating gender equality and human rights-based approach in policy and programming work;
Managing partnerships with third-party entities to achieve the desired project outcomes and supervising the timely delivery of outputs by responsible parties;
Assisting in other relevant support tasks as requested.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The consultant will be responsible for the smooth implementation of the Regional Project “Promoting a fair business environment in ASEAN” by:

Leading programme management, monitoring and delivery of results;
Overseeing operational support to programme implementation, in close coordination with country offices and responsible parties;
Developing project-related documentation, including progress reports and detailed work plans;
Expanding the reach and awareness of the project, and providing advisory support where needed;
Participating in missions as required.

Institutional Arrangement

The consultant will work under the overall supervision of the Regional Advisor, Governance and Peacebuilding Team in UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. The consultant will be working closely with the Programme Analyst, the Communication Assistant as well as the Administrative and Financial Assistant to ensure quality and timely delivery of expected outputs.

Duration of the Assignment

The period of the assignment starts from 15 July 2018 to 14 July 2019 with maximum of 251 working days.

Duty Station

This assignment is in Bangkok, Thailand with possible missions to Myanmar, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. The Consultant’s presence at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub premises is required to work closely with the Regional Governance Advisor and the Governance Team in UNDP BRH.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modelling 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 favouritism.

Technical Competencies:

Analytic capacity and demonstrated ability to process, analyse and synthesise complex, technical information;
Proven ability to support the development of high quality knowledge and training materials, and to train technical teams;
Proven experience in the developing country context and working in different cultural settings.

Communication:

Communicate effectively in writing to a varied and broad audience in a simple and concise manner.

Professionalism:

Capable of working in a high pressure environment with sharp and frequent deadlines, managing many tasks simultaneously;
Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Teamwork:

Projects a positive image and is ready to take on a wide range of tasks;
Focuses on results for the client;
Welcomes constructive feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

The consultant should possess the following expertise and qualifications:

Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in law, governance, political science, business management, or related disciplines;
Minimum 5 years of experience with administering and managing projects, including large-scale projects that require coordination with various partners;
Work experience providing policy advice and/or programme management in the areas of rule of law, governance reform and/or corporate social responsibility;
Fluency in English, both written and oral. Working knowledge of another UN language is an asset;
Experience working in the UN is desirable.

Competencies:

Strong programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
Strong knowledge of results based management principles and approaches;
Strong interpersonal, communication and networking skills;
Excellent time management skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and tasks efficiently.

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payment :

Consultant must send a financial proposal 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 IC 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 IC’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.

Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

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 700 points)

Criteria 1: Relevance of education (Maximum 150 points)
Criteria 2: Years of relevant experience (Maximum 200 points)
Criteria 3: Experience providing policy advice and/or management support in the areas of rule of law, governance reforms and/or corporate social responsibility (Maximum 200 points)
Criteria 4: Experience working in the UN (Maximum 150 points)

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

Documents to be Included When Submitting the proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document:

Personal CV or P11, 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.
Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability and financial proposal that indicates the daily rate/fee of the candidate. Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided. If an 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 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.

Incomplete proposals may not be considered. The short-listed candidates may be contacted and the successful candidate will be notified. Shortlisted candidates shall be called for an interview which will be used to confirm and/or adjust the technical scores awarded based on documentation submitted.

Annexes:

Annex I - TOR_ Regional Project Coordinator

Annex II- General Condition of Contract

Annex III - Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual IC, including Financial Proposal Template

All documents can be downloaded at: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=47182