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Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.

A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position. Brief description of approach to the assignment including below items:

Travel:

Travels are not foreseen.

Office/Unit/Project Description:

Kyrgyzstan, emerging from the first wave of the pandemic, is at an inflection point in its development process. The public health and socio-economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly translated into an economic recession, loss of income and widespread unemployment, increased poverty and domestic violence, cross-border tensions, and food and resource insecurity. This combination of factors has contributed to further undermining a country with an already fragile rule of law and to the further erosion of the social contract between the state and citizens, resulting in significant public displays of discontent, especially on social media. The lack of economic diversity has made the economy highly vulnerable to external shocks, and the regional economic depression and fallout from the lockdown has triggered a fiscal emergency and a severe difficulty to meet external debt payments. The country lacks the fiscal capacity to invest in much-needed social protection measures or to implement expansionist policies, and now must rely on external budget support from the IMF, ADB and other multi- and bilateral partners. In the face of weak prospects for a rapid bounce-back of the economy, the country is at risk of prolonged recession and a slump in its SDG achievement.

While the first government anti-crisis plans focused on support to the private sector, the third plan issued in July recognized the need to scale up social assistance, though such measures to a great extent are lacking financing. The Government’s health response could not respond adequately to the July spike in patients; moreover, governance of the crisis did not adopt other public measures to ‘flatten the curve’. High infection rates among health professionals, mostly women, left the capacity of the medical system further weakened.  Public concerns were also raised regarding the transparency of the allocation of foreign aid for COVID-19 response and its appropriate use. There were coordination and communication challenges between the central, regional and municipal authorities on implementing pandemic prevention measures. Taken into account all the existing gaps and challenges, there is a need to develop plan for socio-economic recovery response.

To support its programmatic as well as administrative operations RFF project intends to engage a national consultant to work under the overall guidance and direct supervision of Senior Advisor Strengthening Parliament Democracy and Rule of Law/ Project Coordinator (RFF Project Coordinator), ensuring high quality, accuracy and consistency of work. The national consultant will work in close collaboration with the operations and project staff in the office and UNDP CO as required to exchange information and support programme/ project delivery.

Institutional Arrangement:

Under the overall supervision of the Senior Advisor/Strengthening Democracy and Rule of Law, Project Coordinator, the National Coherence Consultant works closely with operations and project staff in the office and the CO, and in close consultations with national partners’ Focal points (Government, Parliament, line ministries, etc.) ensuring successful programme implementation.

Devoirs et responsabilités

• Support in procurement of ICs to engage in technical assistance to the Office of the President, Office of the Government and line ministries in the development of a national strategic and policy documents;
• Collect and share the overview of main governance, political and legal news from the publicly available sources in the country on weekly basis;
• Support in procurement of a series events to support working meetings of the Government and line ministries, induction training of MPs, capacity building training and working meetings as well as procurement (micro purchase, direct payment) for printing and media services to implement RFF project activities;
• Regularly liaise with all relevant government stakeholders and other partners to ensure proper coordination and partnership on project activities;
• Administrative  support (elaboration of agendas, LOP, invitations) in organizing, conducting the project’s meetings, seminars, workshops and other project events;
• Assist in procurement processes including preparation of documents, receipt of quotations, bids or proposals, their preliminary evaluation and POs; 
• Support in managing contracts with vendors, grantees, individual consultants;
• Any other tasks required to support the implementation of RFF project activities.

Compétences

Corporate competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling 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.

Functional competencies:

• Strong track record of research and writing skills;
• Knowledge of government structure, parliamentary system, public councils and civic society environment;
• Editing skills are helpful;
• Computer literate in standard software applications;
• Ability to successfully interact with individuals of different backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

Qualifications et expériences requises