UNDP Jobs - 90420- Consultant to Support the Disability Action Counci

Consultant to Support the Disability Action Council Secretariat to amend the Law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

25-Mar-2020

Application Deadline :

23-Mar-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

40 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

25 March 2020 to 30 September 2020

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 Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has taken effective steps in promoting living conditions of persons with disabilities in Cambodia, and thus adopted the Law on the protection and the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities (hereafter, the Disability Law) in 2009. In many ways, the provisions of this law reflect its purposes, providing for instance that “all public places shall be made accessible for persons with all types of disability” (Article 21), or else creating the Persons with Disabilities Fund (Article 46). Likewise, the RGC has developed a range of related legislations and instruments, such as the National Disability Strategic Plan and numerous policies related to disability.

The goal of disability law is to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities within the Kingdom of Cambodia. The purposes of this law are: 1) to protect the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities; 2) to protect the interests of persons with disabilities; 3) to prevent, reduce and eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities; and 4) to rehabilitate physical, mentally and vocationally in order to ensure that persons with disabilities are able to participate fully and equally in activities within society. The law had initiated with 14 chapters and 60 articles.

The Disability Action Council (DAC) is the national advisory and coordination body on disability and rehabilitation. The role of DAC is to promote the implementation of the national disability law, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and NDSP; propose the revision and amendments and or develop new policies/legal frameworks related to disability, and monitoring/evaluating these legal frameworks.

DAC in collaboration with UNDP had conducted an analysis on the national disability law aiming to understand the situation of the national disability law and reflect the national and international conventions such as UNCRPD as a global roadmap to guide the states parties to promote disability rights within their countries and Cambodia’s development. The findings from the Analysis informed that some articles and chapters of the current disability law do not comply and align with the UNCRPD and this because of the national law was adopted before the ratification of the UNCRPD. Therefore, it was recommended that the provisions of the Disability Law must be considered in light of the Convention.

Duties and Responsibilities

The assignment will be expected to:

Conduct a desk review and legal impact analysis on the disability laws from other countries who have strong disability law and compliance with a national and international framework such as UNCRPD, SDGs and social protection,
Produce a comparative paper between the current disability law and the UNCRDP as a basis for moving ahead with the planned law amendment,
Conduct meetings and workshops with key relevant ministries, institutions and development partners and various groups of people with disabilities to collect and analyze inputs and comments as required from the Technical Working Group,
Facilitate Technical Working Group meeting to report the update and progress on a regular basis – weekly and monthly regarding the amendment of national disability law,
Facilitate the consultative workshops/meetings with relevant stakeholders including government ministries, NGOs, DPOs and private sector to collect the input and refine it into the draft document,
Produce a first draft of the amended national disability law by working closely with the Technical Working Group in consolidating inputs and feedbacks and address those feedbacks/comments as concluded by the Technical Working Group,
Check for the accuracy and consistency in legal language and ensure the compliance with the legal framework of the produced first draft of amendment.
Prepare a presentation of differences between the amended draft law and current disabilities law to used for different presentation during the law amendment processes.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=63749 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online

Competencies

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with government and development partners.
Good facilitation and presentation skill.
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with people from different backgrounds to deliver quality products within short timeframe.
Be flexible and responsive to changes and demands.
Be client oriented and open to feedback.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Excellent computer literacy.

Required Skills and Experience

Education: Advanced university degree (master’s degree) in Law, International Law, public administration or another relevant field.

Experience:

At least 7 years of relevant working experience in the formulation of laws, legislation and policies related to social development and disability development.
Experience for the legal analysis and formulation of social inclusion frameworks and legislations in developing countries including Cambodia
Strong knowledge of national and international frameworks and policies in relation to disability inclusion and human rights.
Previous experience in research and study related to UNCRPD and other legal frameworks related to disability

Language Requirement:

Fluency in Khmer and English (spoken and written).

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested individual offeror must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work

2. Financial proposal

3. Personal CV including experience in similar projects, list of publication written by Candidate and at least 3 references.

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 aphikovith.phin@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.