Emplois au PNUD - 66908- Individual Consultant

Individual Consultant - Justice and Human Rights Consultancy

Lieu :

Harare, ZIMBABWE

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

04-Jul-2016

Date limite de candidature :

24-Jun-16 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

National Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

110 working days

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

110 working days

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

UNDP is a key partner of the Government in the country’s development efforts. Support has been extended to the Government in a number of governance areas and justice delivery reforms initiated. UNDP continues to support the Government in the implementation of these reforms and to deepen democratic governance in the country. While a lot of work has been done such as development of a new constitution that has been in place since May 2013 and the establishment of justice coordination mechanisms (the Justice law and order sector), there is still some work required to follow through and support capacity strengthening of these institutions. Major strides have also been realized through Zimbabwe’s participation in the Universal Periodic Review Process (UPR) and this work needs to be supported.

A new country programme 2016-2020 has been approved and democratic governance is one of the key pillars of this programme. Governance is also recognized in the country’s development blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZIMASSET), as a key enabler for development.

Following the adoption of the new country programmes key milestones have been made towards developing frameworks to operationalize the implementation of the programme. Key focus areas will be on deepening the foundations for a coordinated delivery of high-quality justice services to the most vulnerable groups, targeting persons with disabilities, and indigent persons (especially women). A coordinated high quality justice delivery service and an empowered citizen will ensure access to justice for the marginalized target groups. Capacities of duty bearers to deliver and access justice will be strengthened in line with a number of strategies that were identified overcome these challenges with support from UNDP and other development Partners.

The strategy will also seek to facilitate the development of a conducive enabling environment for the delivery of justice by justice service providers through advocacy and policy interventions to upscale the implement human rights recommendations relating to access to justice, arising out the Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms as well as in accordance with national commitments in the Constitution.

Justification:

It is in this context that the services of a Justice and Human Rights Delivery consultant are required to support the project initiation phase through developing strategic engagement products and documents in support of interventions on the UPR, JLOS, and State Party Reporting and legal aid decentralization. These interventions are key to the planned results and consequently the preparation of enabling documents and product will anchor the planned 5 year support under the Programme “Consolidation of justice Delivery for enhanced voice and participation”.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Under the supervision of the Permanent Secretary for Justice and Legal Affairs and under the oversight of the UNDP Programme Specialist – Justice and Human Rights. The Justice and Human Rights Delivery Consultant will ensure:

Development of strategic engagement products on alignment of laws for the MoJLA’s stakeholder engagements;
Develop a UPR visibility and campaign strategy with a plan of action and visibility events, messages;
Develop coordination and dialogue tailored engagement products for the JLOS Steering Committee Meetings, Technical Meetings and action plans;
Review the IMC capacity needs and develop a capacity development strategy based on the needs;
Produce a policy paper on Legal Aid coordination and legal awareness options.

Compétences

Core Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Advocates and promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional Competencies:

Good public relations, communication and advocacy skills;
Ability to prepare strategic programme documents and conceptualization papers on policy positions;
Capacity in monitoring and evaluating development Programmes;
Ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner;
Knowledgeable of UN financial, human resource, procurement, management and general operations policies is an asset and able to work in a multi-cultural and/or international environment.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Masters’ degree in Political Science, International Relations, Law, Social Sciences, Public Policy or related field;
A higher post graduate qualification will be a distinct advantage.

Experience:

A minimum of 7 years progressively responsible experience in justice and human rights programme support, preferably with a focus on coordination and institutional capacity development;
Demonstrated ability to prepare strategic programme documents and conceptualization papers on policy positions.
Demonstrated ability in monitoring and evaluating development Programmes;
Experience in designing capacity building training programmes. Experience and knowledge of UN financial, human resource, procurement, management and general operations policies is an asset;
Experience working in a multi-cultural and/or international work environment. Wide experience of technical advisory support and overall capacity development, preferably in Africa.

Language

Fluency in English, both oral and written.

Timeline, Reporting & Quality Control for the Assignment

The Justice and Human Rights Delivery Consultant will work under the overall guidance and supervision of the PS and in close consultation and collaboration with the UNDP Programme Specialist – Justice and Human rights. S/he will provide strategic support to the MoJLA in the project initiation phase through strategic engagement policy strategies and S/he works in close collaboration with the Programme Specialist and CO programme team.

The Justice and Human Rights Delivery will through the Governance programme work in support targeted deliverables requisite for the finalization and initial implementation phase of the justice delivery support. S/he will work in close collaboration with MoJLA officials, partners and stakeholders in gathering information, reviews, consultative meetings and validation of products. S/he will ensure synergies and linkages with ongoing processes on the implementation of the justice delivery and related governance programmes.

To facilitate the work of the Justice and Human Rights Delivery Consultant, the MoJLA will provide the working space.

Application procedure

Applicants are requested to upload a copy of their latest updated P11 Form which can be downloaded from this website - http://www.sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc.

Incomplete applications will not be given consideration.

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document;

Please note that only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted.

Evaluation:

The Consultant will be evaluated based on the qualifications and the years of experience, as outlined in the qualifications/requirements section of the ToR. In addition, the Consultant will also be evaluated on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis: When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;

Technical Criteria weight: 70%.

Financial Criteria weight: 30%.

The award of the contract shall be made to the Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the ToR.

Selection Criteria:

Technical Evaluation: 70% of total evaluation (maximum 70 points):

Criteria A: Education (maximum 10 points);
Criteria B: Experience (maximum 50 points, divided into 40 points for substantive and technical experience in justice and human rights programme support, preferably with a focus on coordination and institutional capacity development, 10 points for working in a multi-cultural and/or international work environment. Wide experience of technical advisory support and overall capacity development, preferably in Africa;
Criteria C: Language (maximum 10 points).

Final selection: Only the candidate with the highest ranked will be selected.

Note:

Only the highest ranked candidates who have obtained a minimum of 49 points (70%) on the technical evaluation will be considered for the financial evaluation.