Historique

The Government of Odisha has committed itself to the people of Odisha that permanent houses would be provided to all the rural poor (people below poverty line) by 2019 under different housing schemes like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Mo Kudia(my house) / Biju Pucca Ghar programme. The current Technical Support project to the Department of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, Government of Odisha is conceived to fast-track construction of Rural Houses with support from UNDP to strengthen a) Policy and Planning procedures including institutional mechanism for delivery, b) Improve Designs and introduce new technology to house construction and c) Build Capacities of stakeholders for construction and support Monitoring of the housing construction. The project thus conceived would focus on the following:

  • Initiating the process of setting up Project Management Unit (PMU) at the State, District and Block Levels.
  • Develop a communication strategy as well as IEC materials (in local language and illustrative form) for making government functionaries and the beneficiaries and the public aware of their roles and responsibilities under rural housing schemes.
  • Create a cadre of trained construction fraternity (engineers, masons, bar-benders and carpenters) and supervisors/community mobilisers to support green and disaster resilient housing supply & maintenance.

In order to operationalize the Project, UNDP is currently in the process of recruiting State Project Manager – MIS (SPM-MIS) to support the nodal agency (State Government). The SPM-MIS would be placed with the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department .

The SPM-MIS will work under the guidance of the Director (Special Projects) and Branch Officer, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water department who will provide overall project implementation guidance. Technical guidance will be provided by the Project Manager.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Summary of Key Functions: The key results have an impact on the success of country programme within specific areas of cooperation. In particular, the key results will have an impact on poor and marginalized sections of the community and help in reducing poverty.

  • Identifying data requirements and data sources for monitoring of the rural housing programmes
  • Resolving issues related to AwaasSoft faced by the State, District and Block offices in coordination with Ministry of Rural Development and National Informatics Centre
  • Developing integrated workflow based systems that provide end to end monitoring and performance against key performance indicators of the rural housing programmes
  • Help development of the Annual Work Plan through provision or relevant data, trends analysis, etc.
  • Develop the overall framework for the physical and process monitoring of project activities.
  • Guide the process for identifying the key performance questions and parameters for monitoring project performance and comparing it to targets. Design the format for such performance reports.
  • Coordination of data entry and file uploads into systems to be used by the Department on a regular basis.
  • Based on the work plans and budgets, guide staff and implementing partners in preparing their progress reports.
  • Review monitoring reports, analyze these reports in terms of problems and actions needed as well as for impact evaluation and to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.
  • Prepare consolidated progress reports for project management to submit to the relevant bodies, in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing.
  • With the PD, DRDA, review their existing approaches and management information systems and agree on any required changes, support and resources.
  • Prepare reports on Monitoring & Evaluation findings, as required, working closely with financial staff, technical staff and implementing partners.
  • Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of MIS and to identify where adaptations might be needed.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the Director (Special Projects), Branch Officer and Project Manager.

Compétences

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

  • Should have exposure to IT applications in development programmes, software development & project management, database management, MIS etc.

Development and Operational Effectiveness

  • Excellent analytical, organizational and presentational skills; particularly with IT based systems
  • Good communication and drafting skills

Management and Leadership

  • Ability to work in a team and train staff on the job to use the systems
  • Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities

Corporate Competencies:

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

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

  • B. Tech (Information Technology/Computer Science Engineering)/ Master in Computer Applications

Experience:

  • 3 years of experience in a project related setting. Managerial experience in managing, designing and implementing information systems of government development projects at the State/National level is preferred.

Language:

  • Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.
  • Working Knowledge of Odia essential.

Duration of the Work:

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

Travel:

  • Travel within the state and districts would be required.

Schedule of Payments:

  • Consolidated Annual Consultancy Fee (Remuneration) of Rs 459,600/- (@ Rs. 38,300/- 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 Odisha;
  • The consultant would report to Director (Special Projects), PR Department, Government of Odisha;
  • All the logistic support related official travel will be borne by the Government of Odisha 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) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Evaluation Method and Criteria:

Preliminary shortlisting would be done based on the following criteria:

  • Educational Qualification 20 Marks;
  • Relevant Experience 35 Marks;
  • Suitability for the assignment 15 Marks.

Those who obtain a minimum of 70% of total 70 marks above will be eligible to appear for the interview. 

Interview carry a weightage of 30 marks and will be based around the competencies (skills) required as per the ToR and would be either conducted face to face in Bhubaneshwar or by telephone / over skype. If face to face interviews are conducted, travel costs will be borne by the shortlisted Consultants. The contract shall be awarded on a merit basis. 

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