Background
In recent decades, biodiversity finance tools and solutions have demonstrated their importance for achieving biodiversity goals and broader sustainable development objectives. Improved choice, design and implementation of effective, well-tailored finance solutions will strengthen countries’ chances of achieving national and global biodiversity targets.
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative – BIOFIN – was developed to provide a comprehensive methodology for governments to: 1) review the existing policy context, 2) measure expenditure levels for biodiversity, 3) calculate future financial needs and 4) design strategic plans to deploy the right mix of finance solutions, tailored to the country context. The methodology has been conducted in 35 countries to date, with many now having reached the implementation stage.
BIOFIN is supported by the Governments of Germany, Flanders, Norway, Switzerland and the European Union. The initiative is part of UNDP’s Nature, Climate and Energy (UNDP-NCE) unit, hosted by the Ecosystems and Biodiversity (EBD) cluster under UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS).
BIOFIN’s first phase (2012-2019) enabled full assessments and initial implementation of finance plan elements in target countries. Based on lessons learned, a new and comprehensive version of the BIOFIN Methodology was developed. Significant scaling up of finance solutions is required in all countries to address the biodiversity finance challenge. BIOFIN’s Phase II extended (2018 – 2025) focuses mainly on the implementation of prioritised finance solutions while also allowing additional countries to undertake the initial assessments and create the finance plan. See www.biodiversityfinance.org for further information.
UNDP-NCE is seeking an Expert on Monitoring and Evaluation to develop an updated M&E framework for BIOFIN.
Duties and Responsibilities
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The Consultant will be home-based and work under the supervision of the BIOFIN Manager, with limited missions travel once it is safe to do so and COVID-19 travel restrictions have been lifted. The Consultant will work with the global BIOFIN team and when required, with national BIOFIN teams on the following:
Key Deliverables:
Information on Working Arrangements:
Travel:
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Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Functional Competencies:
- Demonstrated experience working with results frameworks and performance monitoring
- Demonstrated experience in working with global, regional and country partners and other agencies, experts and host country staff in planning of monitoring activities
- Statistical skills for analyzing data and ensuring program design has statistical rigor
- Ability to organize and lead project-wide activities
- Willingness to learn from and consult with colleagues for inputs and information sharing
- In-depth knowledge of humanitarian and recovery/development issues
- Ability to advocate and provide advice
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating technical priorities and developing tools to define and focus on priority outcomes
Management and Leadership
- Ability to lead implementation of new systems (monitoring and evaluation area), and affect attitudinal change
- Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
- Proactive approach to work, good follow-up and follow-through
Required Skills and Experience
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Experience:
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Evaluation Method
- Only those applications which are responsive and compliant will be evaluated. Incomplete applications will not be considered;
- Offers will be evaluated according to the Combined Scoring method – where the technical criteria will be weighted at 70% and the financial offer will be weighted at 30%;
- The technical criteria (education, experience, language [max. 50 points] and interview [max. 30 points]) will be based on a maximum 80 points
- Only the top 3 candidates that have achieved a minimum of 35 points from the review of education, experience and language will be considered for the interview;
- Candidates obtaining 21 points or higher in the interview will be deemed technically compliant and considered for financial evaluation;
- Financial score (max 100 points) shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal of those technically qualified;
- The financial proposal shall specify an all-inclusive daily fee. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal must additionally include a breakdown of this daily fee (including all foreseeable expenses to carry out the assignment);
- Financial Proposal must be submitted as a separate file encrypted with a password. None of the financial proposal data is disclosed in other documents of the submission. UNDP shall request password for opening the Financial Proposal only from the Proposers who pass the Technical
- Evaluation as per the criteria established and disclosed in the solicitation document. The Proposer shall assume the responsibility for not encrypting the financial proposal.
- Applicant receiving the Highest Combined Score and has accepted UNDP’s General Terms and Conditions will be awarded the contract.
Documentation to be submitted:
- Applicants must submit a duly completed and signed UNDP Personal History form (P11) and/or CV including Education/Qualification, Professional Certification, Employment Records /Experience;
- 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. This document should be password protected.
- DO NOT DISCLOSE YOUR PRICE IN THE LINE ITEMS. YOU MUST PUT PRICE AS 1 IN AND PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL AS PASSWORD PROTECTED DOCUMENT.
Links
UNDP Personal History form (P11) required of all applicants: P11.
YOUR APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITED THROUGH UNDP eTENDERING SYSTEM
https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=76906