UNDP Jobs - 95666- Project Coordination Consultant

Project Coordination Consultant

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

21-Dec-2020

Application Deadline :

17-Dec-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

80 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

8 months from Dec 2020 to Jul 2021

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

UN Resident Coordinator Office in Cambodia together with OHCHR and UN-Habitat have proposed a project called “Sihanoukville for All: Promoting a Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive City” which should be implemented from August 2020 to July 20201.
The overall purpose of this project is to conduct a comprehensive assessment, in line with the United Nations Human Security approach and Cambodia’s United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), and propose policy and programmatic solutions for the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and national authorities to capitalise on the surge of investments and improve the living standards of the Cambodian population, including vulnerable groups, in Preah Sihanouk province. The assessment will be implemented through a partnership between the UNCT, led by OHCHR and UN-Habitat with support of the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, and the Royal Government of Cambodia in consultation with the private sector, local communities, civil society and selected research institutions.

The comprehensive, people-centered, context-specific and prevention-oriented assessment will be designed to identify challenges and opportunities in Preah Sihanouk province and provide local and national authorities and other relevant stakeholders with evidence and analytics to define risk informed strategies, programmes and policy options. This aims to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Royal Government of Cambodia’s vision to make Sihanoukville a smart, sustainable and inclusive city, and address socio-economic issues faced by local population, particularly the most vulnerable groups.

There are three outputs proposed under this project:
1.1. A standing inclusive consultation process for all relevant stakeholders is established to discuss the impact and opportunities of rapidly growing economy in Preah Sihanouk province;
1.2. The concept of “Sustainable, Inclusive and Smart SHV city” is defined and codified through inclusive and participatory stakeholder consultations and expert advisory service;
1.3. A comprehensive, evidence-based and participatory analysis identifies challenges to human security, their causes, and opportunities, and provides local and national authorities with evidence, analytics and ideas to define risk informed strategies, programmes and policy options.

For ensuring effective and efficient project implementation, UN-Habitat Cambodia Office is seeking for one qualified national consultant to facilitate and coordinate the project implementation and provide input to the development of the project outputs above. He or she will be based at UN-Habitat Office in Phnom Penh and travel to Sihanoukville if necessary. An international consultant is also recruited as part of the team to assist the project implementation. The contract will be for 8 months (part-time- 01 Dec 2020 – 31 July 2021).

Duties and Responsibilities

During the project implementation, the individual contractor is expected to participate in all activities listed in the project document and produce the expected outputs. The Individual contractor will work in close coordination and following instructions of relevant colleagues within the UN-Habitat, OHCHR and RCO Cambodia. The individual contractor will work closely with International Consultant to formulate the smart city framework and case study for the project as well as to contribute technically to project outputs above.

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=73422 for more detail information about term of reference, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online.

Competencies

Good communication and writing skills;
Good understanding of human rights-based approaches and human security concept;
Outstanding capacity in working in multicultural context.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

High-level degree (Master or equivalent) in development, economics, urbanization, smart city, community development or related studies.

Years of experience:

A minimum of two years’ professional practical experience in project management working with projects/ programmes in the field of urban planning, smart city or related to urbanization;
Good knowledge of experience and best practices regarding human resource development/capacity building, planning, sustainable urban development, and local governance at sub-national level;
Good experience in multi-stakeholder coordination;

Language Requirement:

Fluency in English and Khmer.

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. Technical proposal outlined approaches and methodologies to deliver the tasks outlined in the ToR if applicable

3. Financial proposal

4. 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 chanpisey.ky@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.