Emplois au PNUD - 80500- Recruitment of International Individual Consultant

Recruitment of International Individual Consultant for Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme

Lieu :

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIE

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

03-Sep-2018

Date limite de candidature :

24-Aug-18 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

International Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

Three Months (62 working days)

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Three Months

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

Background and Application Instruction:

Procurement Reference No.: ETH/IC/2018/047;

e-Tendering event ID: 0000002675, https://etendering.partneragencies.org

Ethiopia has experienced a rapid economic growth, averaging more than 10 percent in the last decade. The rapid economic growth since 2004 has helped to significantly reduce poverty from 38.7 percent in 2005 to 29.6 percent in 2011 and estimated to have further declined to 23.5 percent in 2015/16. Ethiopia is currently in the third year of implementation of the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP ll) (2015/16-2019/20).

The agriculture sector accounts for 36.7% of GDP and it contributed to 0.9 percent of the 8 percent GDP growth in2016/17, crop production being the major source. The agricultural sector which employs 73 percent of the workforce and generates over 70 percent of exports earnings will remain a critical sector for the economy, as well as, a major source of raw materials for agriculture-led industrialization process. More than 79 million of the 100 million population in Ethiopia rely on agriculture for their livelihood; making the sector still relevant and important in Ethiopia’s economy. Because of its importance to national food security, source of livelihood and poverty reduction, agriculture will continue to play a leading role in the Ethiopian economic transformation. Hence, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has, within the GTP, articulated a clear vision for the sector, placing it at the center of the country’s transformation agenda ( please refer to the ToR).

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), therefore, hereby invites International Individual Consultant to submit a Proposal to develop Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme in Ethiopia. Detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) as well as other requirements are listed in the IC available on UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system” https://etendering.partneragencies.org UNDP/ETH10/Event ID: 0000002675.

Your offer, comprising of a Brief Technical Proposal and Financial offer, should be submitted in accordance with IC requirements, through UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system and by the deadline indicated in https://etendering.partneragencies.org

In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the system shall prevail.

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You are kindly requested to indicate whether you intended to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” button no later than 15 August 2018. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records.

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Devoirs et responsabilités

The consultant is expected to perform the following major tasks:

Context analysis of the agriculture sector in Ethiopia: scanning the environment and analyzing the country context that entails from policies to programmes and strategies would help understand the challenges and opportunities for the sector development and thereby develop key strategic interventions that are not addressed or need to be addressed differently. This would help to define UNDP’s entry point (upstream or downstream) as well as strategic interventions that UNDP need to address based on its competence, mandate, comparative advantages and resources.
Review of UNDP’s existing programmes and their relevance, impact as means to design the future programme in agriculture: this may require the need to review existing engagements with ATA, MoA, former MoLF, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), and projects such as AGP, national soil testing center.
Identification of new areas of entry and ensure new agriculture programme will complement and have synergy with other parallel programmes in the CO; the CO is implementing other projects and programmes that are directly or indirectly related with agriculture. This may include climate change adaptation and mitigation land use management and restoration of degraded land, resilience building, livelihoods, food security through landscape and ecosystem management as well as forest based ecosystem. This possible horizontal linkage need to be identified and reflected in the document.
Conduct capacity assessment: During the capacity assessment, data & information are collected on desired and existing capacity. This data & information can be gathered by a variety of means, including desk reviews, interviews and focus group discussions. Review of international best practices from other countries will also form an essential part of the assessment.
Identify development partners supporting the Ministry: During the capacity assessment, the consultant is to map out interventions by other donors and development partners supporting the Ministry of Agriculture so as to help identify synergies and reduce duplication of efforts. Information shall be gathered from all partners supporting the Ministry.
Identify capacity gaps: The comparison of desired capacities against existing capacities determines the level of effort required to bridge the gap and informs the formulation of a capacity development response within the anticipated programme resource available in the anticipated implementation period.
Formulate programme document: Based on the capacity gaps and needs identified, develop a programme document. This is an integrated set of deliberate and sequenced actions (a combination of quick-impact initiatives (less than one year) and short- to medium-term (one year or longer) embedded in a programme or project to address the three guiding questions: ‘capacity for why?’, ‘capacity for whom?’ and ‘capacity for what?’ Among other things, the programme document is expected to include: context analysis, the expected outcome contribution, outputs, indicators, targets and cost of the programme. The UNDP programme document template will be provided.

Compétences

Technical and Functional Competencies:

Knowledge of the broader agriculture sector, agricultural policies, regulations, guidelines and gender related agricultural issues in Ethiopia;
Knowledge in Ethiopia’s GTP, AGP and other national programs as well as the agricultural cooperatives structure;
Outstanding communication skills in English;
Positive and constructive approaches to work with energy and synergy;
Demonstrate openness to change and ability to receive and integrate feedback;
Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
Strong time management and meet established time lines;
Capacity to facilitate and communicate with different stakeholders;
Computer skills: full command of Microsoft applications (word, excel, PowerPoint) and common internet applications.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Master’s Degree or above in Agriculture or Agricultural Economics, rural development.

Experience:

Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience preferable in similar context and assignments;
Ample experience in UNDP programme/project development.

Language Skills:

Excellent knowledge of English, including the ability to write reports clearly and concisely and to set out a coherent argument in presentation and group interactions.