Historique
- The Inclusive Participation cluster supports efforts for expanding opportunities for civic engagement – particularly of the poor, women, youth, indigenous people, and other marginalized groups – in the channels of interaction with the state, at national, regional and local levels.
- The Responsive Institutions cluster promotes the development of institutional capacity, and accountability, in the area of access to justice, rule of law and security, public administration and local governance at the national, regional and local level to ensure these institutions reflect and serve the needs, priorities, and interests of all people. Programme priority is given to strengthening the mechanisms of responsiveness and public accountability to the concerns and interests of poor people, women, and other vulnerable or excluded groups.
- The International Norms and Principles cluster promotes integration of UN principles, policies, practices, and strategies (on human rights, anti-corruption and gender) within and outside the UN family
- Voter and civic education
- Training: including drafting of training manuals, planning and implementation of cascade training for polling officials, media and other electoral stakeholders.
- Gender mainstreaming in electoral management bodies and women’s participation in electoral process.
- Electoral Legislation, including legal reform, drafting of legal procedures.
- Boundary delimitation
- Information Technology in Elections, including expertise in biometrics, data centres, voter registration, polling operations, results transmission and management of results.
- Other operations, including ballot design, printing expertise, chronogram development.
- Electoral violence/conflict and electoral dispute resolution.
- External relations and/or public outreach.
- Logistics, including drafting of material specifications.
- Capacity development for EMBs
Devoirs et responsabilités
The following range of tasks would typically be expected from a consultant (one or more):
- Advisory Services and Programme Management: Project design and formulation, project implementation, advisory services on substantive electoral issues, coordination among stakeholders and project quality assurance.
- Operations Management: Electoral procurement, human resource, financial management and logistical support.
- Capacity Development: Capacity assessment, planning and implementation of Institutional reform and delivery of training events.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: M&E matrix design, preparation of project document and mid-term/final project evaluation.
- Research and Knowledge Development: Research and literature reviews; conducting lesson learning exercises, developing knowledge products and tools.
Compétences
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Ability to work in a team
- Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills
- Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback
- Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations
- Ability to manage workload with minimum supervision
- Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities
Qualifications et expériences requises
- Master’s degree in political science, law, international relations, development studies or any other relevant subject.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the area of democratic governance or relevant field, with a minimum of 3 years of experience working on elections.
- Experience with the drafting of user-friendly knowledge products such as books, articles, research papers, toolkits, guides, methodologies, analytical documents, policy papers and notes, project and program documents, baseline studies, desk reviews, comparative studies, etc. is an asset.
- Experience in management of post-conflict interventions is an asset.
- Knowledge of high-level governance, capacity and public communication support is an asset.
Languages:
- Fluency in both spoken and written English is a must.
- Working level knowledge of Arabic, French, Russian and/or Spanish is a strong asset.
- IT literacy and ability to operate with on-line web-based applications.
- Applicants will be screened against qualifications and the competencies specified above.
- Short listed candidates will be invited to participate in an interview and/or assessment.
- Candidates’ references –including past employers- will be verified and confirmed.
- Selected candidates will be invited to create a profile in the roster; where they can be considered for consultancy opportunities as needs arise.
- Contact the roster manager or search the roster to select at least three qualified experts.
- Send the procurement notice and ToRs for the assignment to the selected experts with a request to confirm availability and submit a financial proposal for the assignment within 3-5 business days.
- Review the submissions and financial proposals.
- Select an expert for the assignment based on the ‘Best value for money’ approach.
- Issue an Individual Contract to the expert;
- Notify the roster manager of the decision and of the duration of the contract issued to the expert.
- Submit an evaluation of the expert to the roster manager once the assignment is completed; and before the final payment is issued.
- The contracting unit/office will provide a specific Term of Reference (ToR) outlining the outputs for each assignment and issue an Individual Contract (IC) to the consultant, detailing the time frame, and frequency/modality of payments.
- Conditions of a particular assignment may be negotiable.
- A brief cover letter, clearly identifying the sub-area(s) of interest and expertise for which the applicant wishes to be considered. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application.
- A current completed and signed P11 form/ UN Personal History Form in English (blank form can be downloaded from www.sas.undp.org/documents/p11_personal_history_form.doc); please upload the P11 instead of your CV.); .
- Contact details for 3 references. Please note that your previous employers could also be contacted.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you provide all requested materials
- The deadline for submission of applications is 14 October 2011.