Historique

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 170 countries and territories, working with governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and build resilient nations.

UNDP is a founding co-sponsor of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), a partner of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and a co-sponsor of several other international health partnerships. UNDP’s work on HIV, health and development leverages the organization’s core strengths and mandates in human development, governance and capacity development to complement the efforts of specialist health-focused UN agencies. UNDP delivers three types of support to countries in HIV, health and development.  

Responding to the threat of non-communicable diseases

Building on its experience in HIV and leveraging its core competencies in governance, poverty reduction and gender, UNDP is contributing to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially through tobacco control. NCDs are one of the most serious global health and development challenges of the 21st century. Tobacco use is a key modifiable risk factor for a host of NCDs, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, various cancers and chronic respiratory disease. The 2011 Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases requests the agencies, funds and programmes of the UN system to support multisectoral responses to NCDs. The UN Secretary General’s Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control explicitly requests UNDP to incorporate Article 5 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in its convening and coordinating role of the UN system at country level. The report also requests UNDP to incorporate Article 5 under its governance programming. Moreover, UNDP (with WHO and UNAIDS) co-convenes the work of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs (UN IATF on NCDs) (formed pursuant to ECOSOC resolution E/RES/2013/12) on Objective 2 of the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020. Objective 2 aims to strengthen national capacity, leadership, governance, multisectoral action and partnerships to accelerate country responses to NCDs. 
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes NCDs as a priority issue for sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include two specific targets on NCDs: one on reducing premature mortality from NCDs and the other on strengthening implementation of the WHO FCTC in all countries. The depth and breadth of the SDGs will place increased demand on countries to identify synergies and efficiencies in health and development financing, including with respect to NCDs and HIV. UNDP supports countries to implement the SDGs, including through identifying innovative solutions for financing health and development.

The objective of this assignment: The consultant will provide expert policy and research support for UNDP’s work on both NCDs and tobacco control, and other focus areas of HHD team. Contributions will be made to both global/regional-level knowledge products and country-level programming in Asia and the Pacific region.

Devoirs et responsabilités

The consultancy will be based in the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, whose primary purpose is to provide UNDP Country Offices in Asia and the Pacific with easy access to knowledge through high quality advisory services based on UNDP’s global experiences; 

Under the overall supervisions of the Programme Specialist Health and Development, UNDP Istanbul and  HIV, Health and Development Team Leader in Bangkok Regional Hub, the consultant will be tasked to work in following areas: 

• Provide research, analytical, and writing support for the development of health and development policy guidance, issue briefs, stakeholder and project mappings, talking points, concept notes and other documents, including those related to non-communicable diseases, tobacco control, environment/climate change, disability rights, urbanization, anti-corruption, health governance, health procurement, among others. 
• Perform data collection and analyses of specific health and development issues in the Asia-Pacific region to help strengthen evidence-informed decision-making, programming and advocacy
• Support the organization of the team’s activities, including communication, organizational, and partnership support.
• Contribute to identifying opportunities to address social determinants of health within UNDP’s mandates and practice areas 
• Identify opportunities to mobilize resources and develop proposals

Expected Deliverables 

1. installment:  20 % of total amount

• Deliverable 1: Conducted desk review and drafted region/country specific knowledge products, including NCD sectoral briefs and a tobacco- SDG briefs
  deadline: 02/15/2019
  work input: 10%
• Deliverable 2: Finalized knowledge products region/country specific, including NCD sectoral briefs and a tobacco-SDG briefs
  deadline: 02/28/2019  
  work input: 10%

2. installment:  20 % of total amount

• Deliverable 3: Contributed to NCD and tobacco control Investment Case missions/initiatives at all phases of management process, in at least 1-2 countries in RBAP, including Institutional Context Analysis (ICA) exercises
  deadline: 03/31/2019
  work input: 20%

3. installment:  20 % of total amount

• Deliverable 4: Conduct research, draft and review of knowledge products for multisectoral NCD responses and coordination – in the BRAP, leveraging UNDP’s energy and environmental portfolios to address health co-benefits, among others;
  deadline: 04/12/2019
  work input: 10% 
• Deliverable 5: Provision of data and analyses to inform evidence-based decision making and programming on social determinants of health, NCDs, and other relevant issues as required in BRAP.
  deadline: 04/30/2019
  work input: 10%

4. installment:  20 % of total amount

• Deliverable 6: Provision of technical support for FCTC 2030 and NCD 2030 projects as well as any other relevant activities as requested by the Team Leader.
  deadline: 05/17/2019
  work input: 10% 
• Deliverable 7: Contributed to develop and execute a resource mobilization strategy on NCDs, tobacco control, and other portfolios of the UNDP HHD team in BRAP and/or other regions.
  deadline: 05/31/2019
  work input: 10%

5. installment:  10 % of total amount

• Deliverable 8: : Conduct research, draft and review of knowledge products to support at least 4 strategic UNDP COs and/or Regional to efforts for partnership development related to NCDs and health inequalities programming.
  deadline: 06/30/2019
  work input: 10% 

6. installment:  10 % of total amount

• Deliverable 9: Produced end of consultancy report
  deadline: 07/31/2019
  work input: 10%

In addition, the consultant is expected to support other work of the HIV, Health and Development team as may be required during the period of consultancy.  

Reporting:

The consultant will work regularly under the overall supervisions of the Programme Specialist Health and Development, UNDP Istanbul and HIV, Health and Development Team Leader in Bangkok Regional Hub. Regularly report progress to the Team Leaders on work undertaken.

Travel:

There is significant travel anticipated for this assignment (to at least five countries). Payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses will be agreed upon, between UNDP HHD Team and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be covered and paid by UNDP.

The fare will always be “most direct, most economical” and any difference in price with the preferred route will be paid for by the expert. 

UNDP will not cover any costs associated with moving to the duty station. If applicant is requesting for such coverage the cost to be calculated and included in the financial proposal. 

Compétences

Organizational Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards. 
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP. 
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability. 

Functional Competencies:

• Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products, 
• Professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the areas of the Development or knowledge management field. 

Project and Resource Management:

• Ability to produce high quality outputs in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating the evolving client needs. 
• Strong organizational skills. 
• Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs. 
• Sound judgment, strategic thinking and the ability to manage competing priorities. 

Partnership building and team work:

• Demonstrated well developed people management skills. 
• Demonstrated flexibility to excel in a multi-cultural environment. 

Communications and Advocacy:

• Strong ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style and content to different audiences and speak clearly and convincingly. 
• Strong analytical, research and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically. 
• Strong capacity to communicate clearly and quickly. 

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• An Master’s degree in public health, law, international development, or a relevant field

Experience: 

• A minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in the area of HIV, health and development, including NCDs and tobacco control policy, planetary health or a related field;
• Work experience in health and development from a low- and middle-income country highly desirable;
• Experience with research on health and development
• Knowledge of UN and/or UNDP procedures, grant applications and program implementation is highly desirable;

Language skills: 

• Fluency in English is essential. 

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: a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and b) having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical (P11/CV desk reviews and written test – case study) and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. 

Only candidates who will get at least 70% of points in desk review (criteria A-D) will be invited for written tests. Only candidates who will receive will get at least 70% of points in technical evaluation (Criteria A-F) will be considered for financial evaluation.

Criteria for Technical Evaluation (max. 70 points)

• Criteria A: (desk review) Education – max. 5 points
• Criteria B:  Experience in the area of HIV, health and development, including NCDs and tobacco control policy, planetary health - max. 20 points
• Criteria C: (desk review) Experience with research on health and development - max. 20 points
• Criteria D: (desk review) Knowledge of UN and/or UNDP procedures, grant applications and program implementation is highly desirable - max. 10 points
• Criteria E: (written tests) Experience in health and development from a low- and middle-income country highly – max. 10 points
• Criteria F: (written tests) Language skills – max. 5 points

Criteria for Financial Evaluation (max. 30 points).

The following formula will be used to evaluate the financial proposal:

• p = y (µ/z), where;
• p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated;
• y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal;
• µ = price of the lowest priced proposal;
• z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

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/CV including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank P11 form can be downloaded from http://www.eurasia.undp.org/content/dam/rbec/docs/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc) 
• Financial Proposal* in USD - specifying total lump sum amount for tasks specified in this announcement, including breakdown consisting of a) total amount for professional fee and b) travel to/from the duty station.
• Offeror’s Letter (blank template can be downloaded from https://bit.ly/2KO1okS).
• 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...). All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.  

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.