Emplois au PNUD - 74010- Individual Consultant: Drafting of Risk Monitor

Individual Consultant: Drafting of Risk Monitor

Lieu :

Home-based, no travel required

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

Date limite de candidature :

25-Aug-17 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

International Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

estimated 05/09/2017 to 04/09/2018

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

approximately 50 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 committed to strengthening development worldwide. This commitment is more challenging in those territories and communities which are subject to ongoing tensions, unrest and protracted conflict. As such, the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub (UNDP IRH) is working to strengthen the organization’s ability to integrate context- and political-analysis into its development initiatives and positioning. Part of this work consists of providing an internal audience with better analytics on conflict and political trends which may impact development trajectories.

This involves periodic (bi-weekly) analytical updates and a concise synopsis of significant regional events, analysis and prospective scenarios from the Europe and CIS region in areas that are known to constitute social, economic and political risk factors for stability and security in areas of importance to UN interests, assets and programming in the region.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Under the supervision of the Conflict Advisor at the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub, and with support from other UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub/RBEC staff as needed, the successful candidate will be entrusted with the following tasks:

Deliverable One: Periodic Risk Analysis Reports (all reports produced between contract start and end dates)

Author the regular “Risk Monitor” reports, featuring news, analysis, significant visits and upcoming elections on a bi-weekly basis for distribution.

Working largely independently, monitor, research, compile, analyse, draft and edit news and analysis from an array of sources (established list exists and should be updated) in order to supply UN HQ and Country Teams with high-quality analytics on a variety of known risks to development. The ability to monitor varied sources to maximise breadth and balance is of great value.
Drafts should be produced in advance of the distribution date, in agreement with the Conflict Advisor, so that quality control can be undertaken with the input of selected RBEC staff and the consultant can incorporate appropriate changes during finalisation.
Be available to respond to (relatively infrequent and minor) requests for clarifications by email.

Deliverable Two: Proposals for UN-relevant Enhancement of Risk Monitor

The consultant is expected to submit one brief mid-term report to the Conflict Advisor and related staff reviewing the Risk Monitor process and suggesting improvements and adaptations for discussion and implementation, by 06/03/2018. This is envisaged as a light task to be agreed with the Conflict Advisor, though options for undertaking brief consultations with key stakeholders at HQ and throughout the region (including PDAs) could be considered.

Payment schedule:
Payments to the consultant are subject to regular delivery and approval by UNDP of bi-weekly Risk Analysis Reports, and payments will be made in six tranches with a total of 25 reports delivered during the contract. The payment schedule is as follows:

1. Instalment payable upon submission of 7 reports by 05/12/2017;
2. Instalment payable upon submission of 6 reports and mid-term report by 06/03/2018;
3. Instalment payable upon submission of 6 reports by 05/06/2018;
4. Instalment payable upon submission of 6 reports by 04/09/2018.

Contractual arrangements
The role envisions no physical presence in Istanbul. The Consultant should be available via-email.
No office equipment will be furnished for this assignment. No travel is envisioned or expected.

Compétences

Corporate competencies:

Demonstrates integrity, honesty and a zero-tolerance approach towards plagiarism.
Promotes the mission and values of the UN.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity.
Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Functional competencies:

Very strong English language writing (drafting, editing) skills.
Proven strong analytical skills and ability to be concise and to the point.
Tact, discretion and proven diplomatic skills in dealing with culturally and politically sensitive issues.
Familiarity with, and ideally experience in, working in the development sector.
Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Close attention to detail; and an ability to quickly learn from mistakes
Experience in dealing with tight and immovable deadlines.
Flexibility and ability to work in coordination with others’ timelines.
Demonstrable basic knowledge of html email clients.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Academic Qualifications/Education:

Master’s Degree in international relations, political science, security studies or a related field.

Experience:

Required

At least one years’ demonstrable work experience in social sciences, communication or journalism, political sciences or other related field with regular writing duties.
Demonstrable experience working with multiple sources of political and risk analysis.
Demonstrable experience in report-drafting, editing and compiling of inputs.
Demonstrable experience writing about political, economic and social issues.
Demonstrable experience conducting independent research.

Desirable

Further web content-management experience.
Specific experience relating to the Europe and CIS region.
Experience working with UNDP or similar organisations.
Experience working in international settings.

Language skills:

Excellent writing, editing and copyediting/proofreading skills in English.

Evaluation of Applicants
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal.
The award of the contract should be made to the individual 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.

Only the highest ranked candidates who would be found qualified for the job will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 35 points:

Criteria A - education – max points: 5;
Criteria B – work experience in social sciences, communication or journalism, political sciences or other related field with regular writing duties - max points: 5;
Criteria C – web content-management experience - max points: 10;
Criteria D – experience relating to the Europe and CIS region - max points: 5;
Criteria E – experience working with UNDP / similar organizations / in international setting – max points: 5;
Criteria F - interviews - experience in social sciences, communication or journalism, political sciences or other related field with regular writing duties – max points: 5;

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 15 points.

Application procedures:
Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via this website. The application should contain:

Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application.
Filled P11 form including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from http://www.eurasia.undp.org/content/dam/rbec/docs/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc ); please upload the P11 instead of your CV.
Financial Proposal* in USD - specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this announcement. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working days, and any other possible costs).
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials

*Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance, vaccination, personal security needs and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services...).

Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org
General Terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://on.undp.org/t7fJs.

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.
Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.