UNDP Jobs - 81195- Lessons Learned and Reporting Specialist (LRS)

Lessons Learned and Reporting Specialist (LRS)

Location :

Yangon

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

24-Sep-2018

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 months, October – December 2018

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

3 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

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT PROCUREMENT NOTICE

2018/PROC/UNDP-MMR/PN/104 Date: September 24, 2018

Country: Myanmar

Description of the assignment Lessons Learned and Reporting Specialist (LRS)

Period of assignment: 3 months, October – December 2018

Duty Station: Yangon, Myanmar, with possibility of in-country missions

Type of contract: International IC (resident in Myanmar)

Proposal should be submitted to bids.mm@undp.org no later than 2 October 2018 (12:00 Am) Yangon.

Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail to moung.kee.aung@undp.org . Procurement Unit will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.

Please check the following link to obtained more information:

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=50068

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the CTA/PM and in close collaboration with the project team, JMC-TSC, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, UNDP Country Office, the LRS is expected to deliver the following key tasks:

IV.I Collect and write up project lessons learned and best practices:

Identify the major achievements of the project as well as any significant shortcomings, together with relevant opportunities and challenges, both internal and external in nature
Gather the core lessons learned and best practices of the project, developing a narrative that can be tested against the project results, indicators and targets, and using existing internal and external project evaluations and assessments
Contribute to improving project monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) tools
Show project structure and results in an international comparative context
Contribute narrative and data information to the final independent external project evaluation
Draft a short UN/DP lessons learned document for UN stakeholders’ review

IV.II Draft reports for the Project Board and donors:

Produce first draft timely and high-quality results reporting on the progress of the project and achievement of quarterly and annual targets for the Project Board, donors and other JMC-SPP stakeholders, including for project closure
Ensure the reports are prepared according to JMC, UNDP and donor’s quality standards and requirements, receive appropriate UN/DP and JMC-TSC management review, and are translated
Contribute to editing existing documents on technical assistance as required

IV.III Develop and coordinate project knowledge, story-telling and information material

Ensures timely and high-quality story-telling of JMC, UN/DP and donor and technical assistance provider contributions and accomplishments
With JMC-TSC, collect, curate and organize project photo and video files for use in information products
Draft, quality control review, and ensure translation of short information products (will include written products, may include video)
In partnership with JMC-TSC, coordinate production of info-graphics of project activities and deliverables

Support professional publication of key project documents

Competencies

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards; Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; Treats all people fairly without favoritism

Required Skills and Experience

VII. Recruitment Qualifications
Education:	Advanced University Degree in Public-Sector Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies, or other relevant discipline.
Experience:	Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in international peace and security and development work, with focus on research, report writing, support to peace processes, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), generating lessons learned and best practices reports, stakeholder and team coordination in international development organizations Proven managerial experience including experience in working in multi-cultural teams Experience in working at the country level including countries experiencing political transitions and peace processes. Work experience in Myanmar’s peace process is strongly preferable Proven experience and knowledge in Development Effectiveness and cooperation, gender equality and its related issues is an asset Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc)
Corporate Competencies:	Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards; Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; Treats all people fairly without favoritism
Language Requirements:	Excellent knowledge of English, both spoken and written