Background

The overall objective of the Cohesion Series is to revitalise the ZUNDAF and foster greater cohesion in the collective and cross-sectoral delivery of programmatic results in Zimbabwe, towards the achievement of the SDGs.

The Cohesion Series (CS) is led by the Resident Coordinator’s Office with oversight by both the Programme Management Team (PMT0) and UN Country Team (UNCT). The initiative includes a series of events that will culminate in the design of new joint programmes, and/or the enhancement and expansion of existing programmes by year-end. Four team-building activities intended to strengthen programmatic efforts will be organised during the year that require various actors and sectors to work together to strengthen the implementation of ZUNDAF.

Duties and Responsibilities

The IC is expected to undertake the following tasks:

  • Review Joint Programme draft Concept Notes;
  • Design Joint Analysis Workshop content, including the following considerations:
    • The thematic priorities of joint programme programmes and possible inter-linkages among these;
    • Cohesion Series Cross Cutting Themes: i) development-humanitarian-peacebuilding nexus; ii) poverty reduction; iii) gender equality; iv) social services; v) environmental protection;
    • UN Programming Principles: i) Leaving no one behind (social inclusion), ii) Human Rights mainstreaming; iii) Gender mainstreaming; iv) Sustainability & resilience; and v) Accountability;
    • Facilitate the joint analysis workshop using a highly participatory approach and aimed at strengthening participant’s analytical capacities, with focus on cross-sectoral analysis;
    • Provide feedback on joint analysis developed by teams.
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  • Deliverables

    • Creation of Workshop Content;

    • Facilitation of 2.5 - 3 day workshop.

Competencies

High Level of Professionalism:

  • Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills;
  • Ability to provide clear messages on complex information;
  • Ability to seek and synthesize information from a variety of sources and draw solid conclusion based on in depth analysis;
  • Accuracy and attention to detail;
  • Good communication skills, including the ability to write high quality reports, conduct studies and to articulate ideas in a clear and concise style;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork and adept at working with people of diverse cultural and social backgrounds;
  • An understanding of and ability to abide by the core values of the United Nations.

Strong Planning & Organizing Capacity:

  • 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;
  • Demonstrates ability to quickly shift from one task to another to meet multiple support needs.

Demonstratable Teamwork:

  • Works collaboratively with partners to achieve organizational goals;
  • Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise;
  • Facilitates the development of individual and multi-cultural/team competencies;
  • Ability to provide substantive training and mentoring, and manage teams.
     

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in development, humanitarian studies, public policy, social sciences or related area;

Experience:

  • A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in development and/or humanitarian work, including in programme design and management, and knowledge of the UN programming principles
  • Excellent analytical skills and experience in facilitating collective situation and needs analysis;
  • Good knowledge of the humanitarian-development nexus;
  • Good understanding of the recent developments in the context of UN development system reform;
  • Good understanding of the changing socio-economic and political situation in Zimbabwe; and,
  • Training and facilitation experience.

Language

  • Fluency in written and spoken English.

Application Proceedure
Applicants are requested to upload copies of:

        Latest CV highlighting the relevant experience;
       Updated P11 Form template of which can be downloaded from this website - http://www.sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc.
        A detailed technical proposal on undertaking the tasks and evidence of previous work;
        Letter Indicating the role applied for;

Please group all your documents (CV, P11, Technical Proposal and certificates) into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document. Incomplete applications will not be given consideration. Applicants must reply to the mandatory questions asked by the system when submitting the application. Please note that only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted.

Evaluation criteria:

The Consultants will be evaluated based on qualifications and the years of experience, as outlined in the qualifications/requirements section of the ToR.  In addition, the Consultant will also be evaluated on the following methodology:
 
Technical Criteria weight: 70%;
Financial Criteria weight: 30%;
The award of the contract shall be made to the Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the Terms of Reference.

UNDP is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff, and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. Well qualified candidates, particularly women and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.