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National Consultant on Consolidation of a Comprehensive Master Plan on Intermodal Transport Connectivity and Logistics System (ITC – LS)

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Aug-2020

Application Deadline :

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

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

30 (Thirty) working days from 01 August to 31 December 2020

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

30 (Thirty) working days from 01 August to 31 December 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

Mandated by the Industrial Development Policy, Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has been tasked to coordinate with relevant institutions to develop, implement and monitor Intermodal Transport Connectivity and Logistics System (ITC – LS). With the support from development partners, an Interim Master Plan of ITC – LS has recently been developed and adopted by the National Logistics Council. Interim Master Plan of ITC – LS currently has five main components namely Land Transport, Railways, Waterway and Maritime transport, Ports and Logistics. It is still an interim Master Plan mainly because it lacks Air and Intermodal transports, which are expected to integrate into an Interim Master Plan on ITC – LS to become a Comprehensive Master Plan on ITC – LS. These two components can be extracted from the final report of Cambodia Intermodal Transport Master Plan (CITMP) developed by Development Partner, which is expected to deliver to Cambodia in July 2020 which would have all the seven components (Land, Rail, Waterway, Ports, Logistics, Air, and Intermodal Transport).

The Comprehensive Master Plan on ITC – LS is expected to get approval from the National Logistics Steering Committee (NLSC), adopted by the National Logistics Council and endorsed by the Royal Government of Cambodia respectively by early 2021.

Through the SUMAI project, UNDP aims to support Cambodia to reinforce the conditions for increased investment in sustainable transport and governance. Sustainable transport is defined as the provision of services and infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods in a manner that is safe, affordable, accessible, efficient, and resilient, while minimizing carbon and other emissions and environmental impacts.

Within this framework, UNDP is providing support to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) in consolidating a Comprehensive Master Plan on Intermodal Transport Connectivity and Logistics System (ITC – LS).

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities of the National Consultant

The National Consultant will review the Cambodia Intermodal Transport Master Plan (CITMP) and make sure that it is consistent with the Interim Master Plan, and with draft policies on logistics including policies on last mile delivery, cold chain and green logistics, and other national policies and strategies on transport and logistics sectors;
The National Consultant will review, highlight and in consultation with Lead Consultant proposed options to address any areas of consistencies of different documents and submit for review and recommendations from Lead Consultant;
Prepare materials to be presented in the validation workshop to address the areas of consistencies (to be reviewed by Lead Consultant) and prepare report of the agreed solutions from the workshop;
Review and consolidate the CITMP into the interim Master Plan on Intermodal Transport Connectivity and Logistics System in consultation with Lead Consultant and General Department of Logistics;
Prepare materials to be presented in the validation workshop on the draft comprehensive master plan on ITC – LS (to be reviewed by Lead Consultant) and take note of all comments received from the workshop)
In consultation with Lead Consultant and GDL, address all comments from the workshop and complete a comprehensive master plan on ITC – LS and submit for approval from National Logistics Committee and National Logistics Council.

Competencies

Technical Compentecies:

Professionalism:

Professional expertise and knowledge of issues related to transport and logistics. Solid understanding of key or new/emerging policy, planning and institutional, regulatory and technical issues related to transport and logistics;
Ability to produce reports and papers on technical issues and to review and edit the work of others;
Ability to apply UN rules, regulations, policies and guidelines in work situations; Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter;

Creativity:

Actively seeks to improve sustainable transport and logistics; offers new and different options to solve problems or meet stakeholders’ needs;
Promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas; takes calculated risks on new and unusual ideas; thinks “outside the box”; takes an interest in new ideas and new ways of doing things; is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches.

Judgement/Decision-making:

Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; checks assumptions against facts; determines the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.

Functional Compentencies:

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;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in transport, economics, management, law or related area is required.

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in policy analysis and research, as well as formulation of policy recommendation on sustainable development in logistics and transport or related field is required.
Experience in formulating and supporting national policy and strategy development process and in promoting sustainable logistics and transport.
Experience working with UN/UNDP and multi-stakeholder institutions would be an asset

Language Requirement:

Fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer

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=67896 more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

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

1. Proposal: Letter of intertest explaining why they are the most suitable for the work

2. Financial proposal (Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP)

3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references

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