Antecedentes
UNDP’s Strategic Plan is designed to help individuals and countries alike build resilience to internal and external shocks. This helps reduce risks, prevent crises (whether from man-made or natural causes), avert major development setbacks and promote human security. In this regard, UNDP focusses on two critical issues: a much stronger ability to prepare for and deal with the consequences of natural disasters, especially as they are exacerbated by climate change; and a rapid and effective recovery from crises in those cases where prevention has fallen short. Policies and capacities are needed for comprehensive national and regional responses to natural disasters to minimize adverse development impacts and accelerate rebuilding.
One focus area for UNDP is on what happens before disasters strike. This includes supporting a range of issues: disaster risk assessments that consider geophysical, weather, climatic and other hazards (including those that are low intensity but high frequency); policy and planning frameworks that integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; and preparedness for disaster management and recovery including, for example, innovations to manage risks through insurance and resilient infrastructure.
The other major focal area for UNDP is on what happens after a disaster strikes. This includes the preparation of post-disaster recovery and reconstruction plans and programmes that are inclusive of and accountable to displaced populations, women and other vulnerable groups. This is reinforced through assistance for better coordination and implementation of early recovery programmes with a focus on local economic conditions, addressing the needs of groups in danger of exclusion.
In order to ensure continued support to our initiatives in Africa, UNDP’s RSCA invites candidates to send their applications for inclusion in a Vetted Roster of external experts. The process of including candidates in the Expert Roster is described in the latter sections of this advertisement
For detial expertise areas, please refer the competencies section of this adverist.
Deberes y responsabilidades
Tasks assigned in each individual assignment may include one or more of the following:
Policy and Strategy Development
- Prepare Policy briefs, Status papers on developmental challenges/issues based on secondary review of existing literature for evidence based advocacy and policy dialogue
- Develop guidelines and national and sub-national strategy in the areas of institutional strengthening
- Develop institutional and regulatory frameworks to facilitate climate change and adaptation and disaster risk reduction
- Review of policy literature in respect to the subject
- Formulation of strategic national and sub-national development policy.
- Identification of barriers and solutions for proposed interventions.
- Risk Identification, Mitigation.
- Formulate strategic national and sub-national development policy and regulatory frameworks.
- Identify barriers and solutions for proposed interventions.
- Identify risks and develop mitigation/management strategies.
Project Design, Formulation & other project related functions
- Prepare conceptual framework/concept note on new area of work/developmental challenge
- Provide technical assistance in identification of developmental challenges, target areas, beneficiaries and partners and formulation of implementation strategy for UNDP support
- Provide technical support in development on new interventions/projects with Implementation (operational plan, monitoring and resource requirement) Institutional and management arrangements
- Identify issues, formulate and implement interventions that focus on various activities.
- Conduct studies on project/program highlights, activities and processes involved.
- Prepare and review Project documents.
- Identify areas/beneficiaries and partners; timing, sequencing of activities; mobilization of finance.
- Prepare project proposals to ensure innovation in concepts, strategies and incorporation of best practices
- Develop work plans and budget.
- Review project documents or other project related documents, including reporting documents for quality assurance.
- Conduct gender analysis/assessment to ensure gender mainstreaming and empowerment through all UNDP interventions.
- Prepare project proposals to ensure innovation in concepts, strategies, theory of change, results-orientation using logframes, and incorporation of best practices.
- Develop work plans and budget.
- Review project documents or other project related documents, including reporting documents
Research and Documentation
- Undertake secondary research in the new areas of developmental concern based on review of existing literature
- Develop research design, research questions and scope of work for undertaking primary research in new areas
- Document good practices, case studies, innovations and pilot models for wider dissemination and sharing
- Undertake process documentation of models for upscaling
- Financial and economic modelling
Capacity Development/Training
- Based on capacity assessment, develop Capacity Development Plan to achieve the milestones identified and address the identified capacity gaps.
- Develop target specific training tools/tool-kits and manuals based on training needs assessment
- Design training curriculum, conduct and/or coordinate trainings programmes for various stakeholders
- Carry out capacity assessments of public institutions and government institutions for development of strategic interventions for institutional strengthening
- Design and delivery of training tool-kits, products etc.
- Conduct and/or Coordinate trainings and workshops.
Knowledge Management
- Prepare knowledge and communications products related to the projects/programs (Audio, Video and Hard copies)
- Review of Knowledge products (subject, design and content)
- Prepare and publish featured articles and case studies in publications of the UNDP, other pertinent organizations, academic journals ;
- Disseminate knowledge and communications products.
- Develop literature on best practices and case studies.
- Contribute to Communities of Practice (CoP) of UN Solutions Exchange (UNSE)
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of national and sub-national policies.
- Carry out required independent monitoring and evaluation of UNDP projects.
- Facilitate community and process monitoring.
- Undertake Baseline and Client satisfaction surveys.
- Evaluate technical bids.
Competencias
To be considered for inclusion in the roster, applicants would need to have expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR);
- Climate science and policy;
- Mainstreaming of DRR and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)in development planning;
- Urban Risk Reduction;
- Early Warning System;
- Hazard and Risk categorization;
- Vulnerability Assessment;
- Capacity Building and Training Needs Assessment in Disaster Risk Reduction;
- Review and Preparation of Disaster Management/ Sectoral Plans;
- Community Based Resilience Building platform;
- Programme Monitoring and Evaluation in the (related) areas above.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
I. Education:
II. Years of experience: Following a vetting process, the successful candidates would be placed in one of the following bands:
III. Language:
Applications should include:
Evaluation of Applicants: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies: Stage 1:- Establishing a Roster :
Only those candidates who obtain a total technical score of 70 and above will be included in the roster. Successful candidates will be included in UNDP RBA Experts Roster for a period of 5 years, in one of the “bands” indicated above. However, the addition of an individual in the Roster does not guarantee a contract with UNDP.Qualified women are encouraged to apply. Stage 2: - Evaluation and call off mechanism for specific assignment /Contracting/: When a request for services arises, the roster manager shall contact the individuals included in the specific area of expertise with ToR, location and dates of the assignment seeking confirmation of availability, as well as other costs such as living allowance, travel cost, etc. The daily fee quoted by the individual during this application process shall remain as the ceiling fee and cannot be increased upwards for any offered individual assignment(s).Consultants that confirmed their availability for Specific assignment will be evaluated in one of the two evaluation criteria that shall be clearly indicated in the respective assignment ToR. Lowest price and technically compliant offer: When using this method, the award of a contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as both:
"Responsive/compliant/acceptable” can be defined as fully meeting the TOR provided. Cumulative analysis: When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
Travel:
Payment: Payment(s) shall be made following certification by the hiring UNDP Office that the services related to each deliverable, as specified in the contract, have been satisfactorily performed and the deliverables have been achieved by or before the due dates specified, if any. Additional Information:
Interested candidates are strongly advised to carefully review this advertisement, the procurement notice and ToR, and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications required. All relevant information including ToR & Procurement Notice can be found on: https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=92176
For any clarifications request, please write to: - rsca.icroster@undp.org | ||