Background
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Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct data collection, including stakeholder consultations, as requested by the lead international consultant at the national level with key partners such as relevant ministries, departments, organizations, civil society organizations etc. to identify key entry points as well as potential areas of collaboration, co-financing and partnership;
- Liaise with key government and local industry stakeholders and support field data collection, including consultations with key stakeholders and collecting price/cost data from MSD and local manufacturers, as requested by lead consultant
- In collaboration with other consultants, MITI and UNDP, conduct a national stakeholder consultation to validate and disseminate findings of the assessment and roadmap/strategy
- Develop the inception report and prepare draft strategy by consolidating of all inputs into relevant sections and annexes of the national strategy.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modelling 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
- Treats all people fairly without favouritism
- Effective communication skills and ability to establish good working relationships.
- Innovative, solution oriented, and a positive attitude required
Technical Competencies
- Computer literacy and knowledge of standard PC software packages (MS. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.);
- Project management skills;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Strong oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to plan and organize work;
- Personal time management;
- Excellent interpersonal and public relations skills;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Professionalism:
- Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter;
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate and apply good judgment;
- Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
Planning and Organizing:
- Organizes and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships.
- Plans, coordinates and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines.
- Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to achieve the planned results.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Qualifications:
- Minimum Master’s Degree in Pharmacy, Procurement, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Political science, Social Sciences or related fields.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of experience in project management and project design preferably from East Africa;
- Strong experience in design and formulation of strategies;
- Experience in developing policies and strategies related pharmaceutical production;
- Work experience in the Region (EAC), particularly in Tanzania is an added advantage;
- Excellent analytical and reporting skills.
Language Requirements:
- Excellent command of English (oral and written) is required;
- Fluency in Swahili
How to Submit Proposals:
- Proposals should be submitted to icprocurement.tz@undp.org e-mail address not later than Friday, 24 November 2017 at 13:00 am (EAT);
- Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form and CV or the required documents for the technical evaluation will not be considered for evaluation;
- All necessary information for this post (TOR, Deliverables, Target dates, etc. are presented in the ICPN) therefore applicant must download it from the following link:
http://procurement.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=42260
- Each email should be less than 8MB; emails over this size will not be received to the above-mentioned account;
Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the e-mail address tenders.tz@undp.org