Background

The Government of Uttarakhand to reduce poverty by building strong institutions of the poor particularly the women under the DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission) the flagship program of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The current Technical Support project to the Department of Rural Development, Government of Uttarakhand is conceived to provide Sustainable Livelihood Approach with a focus on securing adequate and decent livelihoods that contribute to the wellbeing of people not only through income generation but also by creating strong coping mechanisms that mitigate the vulnerabilities that the poor face. The programme consists of a comprehensive set of capacity building initiatives to strengthen the community institutions, coupled with a range of support services to ensure the viability of the economic activities undertaken by the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations to include access to credit and financial services, business incubation and productivity enhancement services, business and financial management skills, livelihood or enterprise support, market linkage, etc.

UNDP in Uttarakhand is supporting Uttarakhand State Rural Livelihood mission by providing trained human resource.

Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana” (MKSP)

The “Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana” (MKSP), a subcomponent of the Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-NRLM (DAY-NRLM) seeks to improve the present status of women in Agriculture, and to enhance the opportunities available to empower her. It was introduced as an independent livelihood initiative targeting women in the farm sector (agriculture and allied sector) under DAY-NRLM in 2011. Livestock, especially small ruminant has been envisaged in DAY-NRLM as an integral part of livelihood strategy. Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) has been included in MKSP as an integrated vertical. The program focus is to improve the present status of women in agriculture and enhance the opportunities for her empowerment by enabling access to extension services, farmer support in institutions and production assets such as seeds, water, credit, subsidy etc,

The programme further focuses on incorporating climate change resilient and ecological sound practices into the overall structure and involves an active role of Community Resource Persons (CRP).

In the context of the above UNDP is currently in the process of recruiting a MIS under MKSP.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Co-Ordination between all the implementing level of USRLM for Qualitative and Quantitative Data.
  • Designing of Web Portal for MKSP and MIS as per project mandate.
  • Co-ordinate for upload of all date in cloud system.
  • Timely Update of Data for Organic certification in PGS portal with the help of BMMU team.
  • Ensure timely updating of data in web portal ( MKSP)
  • Responsible for providing Analytical data set as and when required to USRLM.
  • Develop Innovative IT tools for project Monitoring and tracking.
  • Conduct training at all level for ensuring proper data set.
  • Responsible for ensuring timely update for farmer Profile.
  • Responsible for format development and follow up as required.
  • Any other task given by supervisor block/district and state team, USRLM.

Competencies

Knowledge Management and Learning

  • Should have exposure to social mobilization processes. tools and techniques.

Development and Operational Effectiveness

  • Excellent analytical skills particularly with social processes.
  • Good communication and drafting skills

Management and Leadership

  • Ability to work in a team and train staff on the job on social mobilization tools

Corporate Competencies:

  • Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
  • Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards.

Essential Competencies:

  • Demonstrated willingness to work on poverty issues and the affected community
  • Suitable orientation to work with the deprived sections in the rural areas, vulnerability livelihoods
  • Specific domain understanding

Desirable Skills

  • Management & Leadership skills
  • Mentoring & Mobilization skills
  • Communication, Training, Presentation&Language skills

Required Skills and Experience

Post Graduate degree/Diploma in Computer application/Rural Development/ Social Work/MBA/ Development Studies from recognized university/institute with atleast 55% marks or equivalent grade.

Work Experience

Should have atleast 3-5 years of relevant post qualification work experience in developing or executing MIS in a reputed organization, in field of monitoring, evaluation, learning and strong acumen in conducting development, SHGs and institution development and should have strong knowledge of IT based monitoring tools and systems at state/ National level of which atleast 2 years should be at state/National level.

Language:

Proficiency in Hindi & English-both speaking and writing and proficiency in computer skills

Duration of the Work:

The contract will be awarded for one year initially. Working days will be as per the State Government/USRLM policy.

Travel:

Travel within the state and districts may be required.

Schedule of Payments:

Consolidated Annual Consultancy Fee (Remuneration) of Rs 3,33,336/- (@Rs. 27,778/- per month) payable in equal monthly instalments, upon submission of monthly progress report certified by the reporting officer.

Institutional Arrangement:

  • Contract will be administered by UNDP on behalf of the State Government of Uttarakhand;
  • The consultant would report to the CEO, USRLM.
  • All the logistic support related official travel will be borne by the Government of Uttarakhand as per their prevailing rules;
  • Consultant will be entitled for 2 days leave per month (non-encashable).

Documentation required:

Personal CV, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number, address) of the Candidate.

Evaluation Method and Criteria:

Preliminary shortlisting would be done based on the following criteria:

Step 1: Short listing would be done based on the following criteria:

  • Educational Qualification - 30 Marks;
  • Relevant Experience - 40 Marks;

Step 2: Personal Interviews (Face to Face/ Skype)

  • Suitability for the assignment - 30 Marks;

Candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 marks) of 70 marks will be eligible to appear for the interview. Top scoring candidate (out of total 100 marks) will be sent offer of consultancy in order of ranking.

Interview for the shortlisted candidates would be either conducted face to face in Dehradun or by telephone /over skype.

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. The interviews will be conducted based on the competencies (skills) required as per the ToR. Final selection will be done on the basis of merit/marks secured in interview process.

Note - Please ensure that all the documents to be uploaded should be combined in a single PDF file before uploading as the system has provision of uploading only one document.

General Conditions for Individual Contract-
http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india /docs/procurement/UNDP%20General%20Conditions%20for%20Individual%20Contracts.pdf

For any clarifications, please write to: ic.india@undp.org

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.