Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life, as envisaged by 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We are on the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, working with governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners that can bring about results.
The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan and help countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, South-South and Triangular cooperation initiatives, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, are a leading health and development challenge. Responding to NCDs requires the significant engagement of sectors beyond health, who are often uniquely placed to address the underlying drivers that shape people’s exposure to the four main behavioural risk factors for NCDs – tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity – as well as access to prevention and treatment services.
UNDP and the World Health Organization collaborate on the global joint programme Catalyzing Multisectoral Action on Non-communicable Diseases. The project aims to strenghten national governance of NCD responses by addressing strategies, multisectoral coordination, financing and policy coherence.
Tobacco use, driven by industry marketing and fueled by social inequities, kills over 8 million people per year, inhibiting socio-economic development and obstructing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP works closely with the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to deliver the FCTC 2030 project, helping countries to strengthen their national tobacco control governance frameworks.
Both of these joint programmes develop national investment cases that offer a cost-benefit analysis of NCD and tobacco control interventions. The investment case reports are generally produced in English and another UN language, are custom tailored to each country’s health and political priorities and are developed jointly with a range of partners, including the UN, government, academia and civil society.
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant will provide graphic design for the knowledge products jointly developed by WHO, the FCTC Secretariat and UNDP on NCDs and their risk factors including laying out country-tailored investment case reports. Contributions will be made to both global-level knowledge products and country-level programming. Under the overall supervision of the Health and Development Programme Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for:
- Design FCTC Investment Case Reports for joint FCTC 2030 project countries that convey key messages to target audiences in compliance with UNDP and WHO FCTC Secretariat, following the general contents in the FCTC Investment Case reports developed to date including front and back covers, table of contents, chapter headings, individual pages, as well as insertion as appropriate of drawn illustrations, graphics, charts or any other visual representation that is required.
- Design NCD Investment Case reports for the UNDP/WHO global joint programme, illustrating the benefits of addressing NCDs now and the costs of inaction, following the general contents of the NCD Investment Case reports developed to date including front and back covers, table of contents, chapter headings, individual pages, as well as insertion as appropriate of drawn illustrations, graphics, charts or any other visual representation that is required.
- Create draft design and layout for key NCD and tobacco control-related knowledge and communications material, most often in the form of Issue Briefs.
Expected outputs
- Up to 25 national NCD or FCTC investment case reports (English and other language versions counting separately)
- Up to 10 additional knowledge products (up to six pages each, with each language version counting separately)
Expected deliverables and payment schedule
Deliverable | Scope of work | Payment percentage | Estimated date | Estimated working days |
1 | Investment case reports 1 through 5 | 20% | 31 Dec 2019 | 20 |
2 | Investment case reports 6 through 10 and two knowledge products | 20% | 29 February 2020 | 26 |
3 | Investment case reports 11 through 15 and two knowledge products | 20% | 30 April 2020 | 26 |
4 | Investment case reports 16 through 20 and two knowledge products | 20% | 30 June 2020 | 26 |
5 | Investment case reports 21 through 25 and two knowledge products | 20% | 31 October 2020 | 26 |
Duration:
- The contract will enter into effect upon signature of both partiesand is expected to last for a period of one (1) year with a maximum of 124 days.
Fees
- The consultant will quote his/her fees based on each deliverable identified above. Quotes must include all foreseeable expenses.
Payment
- Payments will be made upon submission of a detailed time sheet and certification of payment form, and acceptance and confirmation by the Supervisor on days worked and outputs delivered.
Travel
- No travel is currently foreseen for this assignment. Any travel that is required would be processed according to UNDP regulations.
Institutional Arrangement:
Reporting
- The consultant will report to, seek approval/acceptance of outputs from the HIV, Health an Development Team’s Programme Specialist
- The contractor is expected to have her/his own office space, laptop and access to internet and a printer during the assignment
Competencies
Organizational 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.
Functional Competencies
- Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products;
- Professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the areas of the Development or knowledge management field.
Project and Resource Management
- Ability to produce high quality outputs in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating the evolving client needs.
- Strong organizational skills;
- Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs;
- Sound judgment, strategic thinking and the ability to manage competing priorities.
Partnership building and team work
- Demonstrated well developed people management skills;
- Demonstrated flexibility to excel in a multi-cultural environment.
Communications and Advocacy
- Strong ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style and content to different audiences and speak clearly and convincingly.
- Strong analytical, research and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically.
- Strong capacity to communicate clearly and quickly.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Qualifications/Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Arts, or similar field.
Experience
- At least 5 years of experience in Graphic Design, including Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator (Required);
- Experience designing reports, including annual reports for international organizations or large multinational companies (Required);
- Experience designing visual identity for international organizations or large multinational companies (Required);
- Previous affiliation/experience working in the UN or UNDP is an advantage;
Language skills
- Fluency and ability to communicate and perform complex tasks in English;
Evaluation Method
Applicants will be screened against qualifications and competencies specified below through a desk review that combines the results of a technical and financial evaluation. Specifically, the award of the contract will be made to the Individual Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
- responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
- having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation; Technical Criteria weight: 70 points; Financial Criteria weight: 30 points.
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70%) out of a maximum 70 points on the Technical Evaluation will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Criteria for Technical Evaluation (70 points maximum)
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Arts, or similar field. 5 points;
- At least 5 years’ experience in Graphic Design, including use of Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator (20 points);
- Experience in designing reports, including annual reports for international organizations or large multinational companies (20 points);
- Experience designing visual identity for international organizations or large multinational companies (10 points);
- Experience working in or for the UN (10 points);
- Fluency in English (5 points).
Criteria for Financial Evaluation (30 points maximum)
The following formula will be used to evaluate the financial proposal:
- p = y (µ/z), where;
- p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated;
- y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal;
- µ = price of the lowest priced proposal;
- z = price of the proposal being evaluated.
Documentation to be submitted:
- Applicants must reply to the mandatory questions asked by the system when submitting the application.
- Applicants must submit a duly completed and signed Annex II Offeror´s letter to UNDP confirming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) assignment to be downloaded from the UNDP procurement site.
- Applicants must submit a CV or UNDP P-11
Kindly note you can upload only one document to this application (scan all documents in one single PDF file to attach).
General Conditions of Contract for the ICs:
Annex II Offeror´s letter to UNDP confirming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) assignment:
Please visit the UNDP Procurement Notice Site and look for ID 60288