Background

NOTE: Signed Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability - http://www.ba.undp.org/content/dam/bosnia_and_herzegovina/docs/Operations/Jobs/Offerors%20Letter%20to%20UNDP%20Confirming%20Interest%20and%20Availability.docx Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability.docx - to be sent to e-mail ba.shared.hr@undp.org with Subject: Job ID 88062.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been facing several significant extreme climate and weather events, manifested through more frequent occurrence of disasters. The lack of interest for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the country, resulted in creation of additional disaster risks and low capacities of citizens and systems to understand and address disaster risks. Some improvements in DRR are evident, yet, to date the country failed to introduce identified critical changes of the system and behavior of citizens. Given the climate change projections, the country can expect an increase in the frequency, unpredictability and intensity of flooding, drought, heatwaves and wildfires. This can have an immensely adverse effect on the lives and livelihoods of people if adequate actions fail to be taken.

Currently, there is a dysbalanced focus on higher-level DRR governance structures, compared with those of local governments. This is the main cause for lack of important community DRR initiatives that proved to be most effective means of empowering citizens, including vulnerable categories, and transforming them from disaster victims and creators of disasters to agents of change.

It is evident that a true opportunity to decrease disaster risks in BiH lies in investing and increasing resilience of local communities. In this context, among other outcomes, aim of this project is to raise disaster risk management capacities of five cities/municipalities (Trebinje, Bijeljina, Srebrenica, Prijedor and Banja Luka) by addressing already identified shortcomings of the DRR system. This is primarily related to updating and improving Risk Assessments and Protection and Rescue Plans along with DRR featuring Development Strategies at the local level and training of personnel relevant for the disaster response at the local level. All this will be based on advanced risk assessments that are introducing latest progress in the field by using innovative technologies and vulnerability data.

Duties and Responsibilities

Landslide hazard-susceptibility maps shall be prepared after due mapping, classification and description of the type of landslides affecting the study area at the scale 1:10000 (or more appropriate scale proposed by expert – must be approved by project manager).
Preparing the landslide hazard-susceptibility maps includes the identification of the conditions and processes controlling them as well as the triggering factors. Determining the extent of landslide hazard requires identifying those areas, which could be affected by a damaging landslide and assessing the probability of the landslide occurring within some time period. However, specifying a time frame for the occurrence of a landslide is difficult to determine even under ideal conditions. As a result, landslide hazard is often represented by landslide susceptibility. In general, landslide susceptibility only identifies areas potentially affected and does not imply a time frame when a landslide might occur.

Deliverables

The consultant will be entrusted with the following tasks:

• Carry out a review of the available information and understanding of the landslide events in the study areas;
• Assess the significance of the various factors influencing landslide movements in the study areas (this should include, among others, lithology, morphology, meteorology, land use, man-made structures);
• Carry out a review of existing data regarding landslides in local communities and identify gaps;
• Collect all the data and new information that may be required to prepare the landslide hazard-susceptibility maps. UNDP will assist with collecting all the necessary data from local communities (location of existing landslides and cadaster of landslides). The contractor shall use Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the study areas;
• Use multicriterial method and appropriate GIS tools and models to prepare the landslide hazard-susceptibility maps;
• Produce the landslide hazard-susceptibility map for the cities/municipalities of Trebinje, Bijeljina, Srebrenica, Prijedor and Banja Luka as the GIS 10x10 raster file.
• Prepare the landslide hazard-susceptibility map as a GeoTIFF file.

The duration of this task is estimated to be 60 working days within 5 months.

Deliverables/outputs

The consultant is expected to provide the following deliverables and services:

Competencies

Corporate competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Plans, prioritizes and delivers tasks on time;
• Strives for and promotes excellence in performance continually;
• Participates effectively in a team-based, information-sharing environment, collaborating and cooperating with others;

Functional competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in a team;
• Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to the ideas, interests, and concerns of others;
• Builds trust and engenders morale by displaying open, transparent and credible behaviour;
• Utilizes diversity to foster teamwork;
• Ensures others’ understanding of, involvement in, and adaptation to a change process;
• Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies;
• Plans and procedures quality results to meet established goals.
• Technical writing skills, formulates written information clearly and persuasively;
• Presents information in a clear and articulate manner;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Knowledge and experience on disaster risk assessments and risk management;

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications/Education:

• Advanced university degree (Graduated Engineer, Master’s degree or equivalent) in geology or related fields.
• BA in combination with 2 additional years of working experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in landslide hazard and risk assessment and management;
• Knowledge of methodologies for landslide hazard and risk assessment and previous experience in preparation of such analysis and reports;
• Relevant experience in preparation of landslide susceptibility maps and landslide hazard maps.

Languages Requirements:

• Fluency in spoken and written B/H/S language and working knowledge of the English language is a requirement.

Other Requirements:

• Proficiency in computer applications such as MS Office, CAD, GIS;
• Experience in working with international organizations in the region is an asset.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 point would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Long/Shortlisting Criteria (Qualifications)

EVALUATION

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

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:
a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

• * Technical Criteria weight-70%
• * Financial Criteria weight- 30%

Applicants are required to submit an application including:

• Proposal:
  • Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work.
• Personal CV including relevant experience and contact details of at least 3 references;

Please scan all above mentioned documents and upload as one attachment only online through this website.

Note:

• For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 65 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.
• Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.