UNDP Jobs - 81063- Governance and Innovation Consultant

Governance and Innovation Consultant

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

12-Oct-2018

Application Deadline :

08-Oct-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

10 days (October-November 2018)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

10 days (October-November 2018)

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

Over the past two decades, Cambodia has seen a significant economic growth, with poverty rate being reduced from 47.8 per cent in 2007 to 13.5 per cent per cent in 2014. Growth has also been relatively inclusive, but inequality has remained in check and more need to be done to ensure that Cambodia’s natural resources are not being compromised. To achieve a sustainable growth, it is important that efforts should be made to develop and strengthen effective, accountable and transparent public institutions (including especially civil service) that are inclusive and responsive to the needs of people, especially the marginalized segments of the population.

In addition to UNDP’s existing initiatives on the governance of environment, gender and disabilities, UNDP is exploring opportunities to expand the governance portfolio with a focus on innovation in civil service and public service delivery. UNDP Cambodia is seeking to form a team of experts in these above-mentioned fields to assist UNDP in the conceptualization of this new endeavour. UNDP is therefore recruiting a national expert in governance to perform tasks in the following sections

Duties and Responsibilities

The national expert will specifically perform the following:

Stock take of UNDP’s governance contributions/results/impact in the past 20 years;
Map current governance initiative in Cambodia by the Government and others;
Identify key stakeholders for further discussion;
Contribute to consultation/ dialogue with key selected local experts and stakeholders on governance challenges and opportunities;
Contribute to the design of UNDP’s new intervention.

Interested Offerors must visit this link http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=49848 to download Individual Consultant Procurement Notice, Terms of Reference, and Document Templates to be included when submitting this online application.

Competencies

Ability to facilitate expert group discussion and workshop
Effective time management skills

Required Skills and Experience

Education: Master’s degree in public policy, public administration, development studies, political science, or other relevant fields.

Experiences:

At least 7 years of relevant experiences in governance in Cambodia (including research experiences in governance);
Solid experience and knowledge in the design of complex governance related initiative/ projects and in multi-stakeholder coordination;
Solid experience and knowledge in institutional capacity development, organizational changes and governance reforms
Experience working with international development organization including the UN agencies in Asia.
Ability to facilitate expert group discussion and workshop.

Language Requirement: Fluency in English and Khmer.

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 on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail 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 sereyvattana.chan@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.