UNDP Jobs - 96211- International Consultant (Security Assessment, dev

International Consultant (Security Assessment, development of security related policies, Standard Operating Procedures and Deliver Training) UNDP-ACTION

Location :

Home-based with travel to Kabul, AFGHANISTAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

20-Jan-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Three months (Maximum 66 working days over a period of eight months)

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Duties and Responsibilities

Competencies

Core competencies:

Promotes ethics and integrity and creates organizational precedents;
Builds support and political acumen;
Builds staff competence and creates an environment of creativity and innovation;
Builds and promotes effective teams;
Creates and promotes environment for open communications;
Leverages conflict in the interest of UNDP and sets standards;
Shares knowledge across the organization and builds a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.

Functional Competencies:

Job knowledge/technical expertise:

Possesses expert knowledge of advance concepts in primary discipline, a broad knowledge of related disciplines and in-depth knowledge of relevant organizational policies and procedures;
Applies knowledge to support the Project´s objectives and to further the mandate of UNDP;
Keeps abreast of new developments in the area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself;
Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
Demonstrates expert knowledge of the current programme guidelines and project management tools and manages the use of these regularly in work assignments.

Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise:

Conducts programme assessment to improve development of models and methodologies;
Designs policy models to support comprehensive interventions linking UNDP´s policy objectives to programme delivery and capacity development objectives;
Ensures that the design of policies are appropriate to country social and development context;
Demonstrates the ability to engage development partners at all levels in conceptual and methodological innovation that is pertinent to the context.

Advancing a policy-oriented agenda:

Advocates for inclusion of UNDP´s focus areas in the public policy agenda;
Brings visibility and sensitizes decision makers to relevant emerging issues;
Builds consensus concerning UNDP´s strategic agenda with partners on joint initiatives;
Leverage UNDP´s multidisciplinary expertise to influence policies and programmes;
Demonstrates political/cultural acumen in proposing technical sound, fact-based solutions/approaches;
Dialogues with national counterparts and other stakeholders to strengthen advocacy efforts, incorporating country, regional and global perspectives;

Demonstrates cultural sensitivity, political savvy and intellectual capacity in handling; disagreements in order to promote and position UNDP in complex environments.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

The candidate should have an accredited advanced degree in international relation/peace building / security and related fields
Strong knowledge on security plans design and management
Experience working with security consultancy and security contingency design for NGO humanitarian programs working in conflict areas
Have good experience on facilitating training on security
Demonstrated professional leadership and ability to coordinate a team of professionals
Strong communication skills, demonstrated ability of making effective presentations to diverse audiences.

Required experience:

Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in undertaking security needs assessment, development of security related policies and standard operating procedures;
Earlier experience of working in post conflict countries or in Afghanistan is desirable;
Earlier experience of delivering security related training is required;
Experience in working at the country level in a post- conflict environment is a requirement;
Experience working in multi-cultural environment is desired.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal, excellent report writing and organizational skills;
Good computer literacy – MS office applications, web-based management information systems.

Language:

Excellent written and oral English skills is a necessary requirement.

PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

Shortlisted candidates (ONLY) will be requested to submit a Financial Proposal. The consultant shall then submit a price proposal when requested by UNDP, in accordance with the below:

Daily Fee – The contractor shall propose a daily fee which should be inclusive of his/her professional fee, local communication cost and insurance (inclusive of medical health and medical evacuation and etc). The number of days for which the daily fee shall be payable under the contract is up to 66 days;
DSA/Living Allowance – The Consultant shall be separately paid the DSA as per applicable UNDP rate for stay in Kabul and travel to other locations as per actual number of nights spent in Kabul or other locations. Deductions from DSA shall be made as per applicable UNDP policy when accommodation and other facilities are provided by UNDP. An estimated provision in this regard shall be included in the contract. The consultant needs not quote for DSA in Financial Proposal.
Accommodation in Kabul - The Consultants are NOT allowed to stay in a place of their choice other than the UNDSS approved places in Kabul, Afghanistan. UNDP will provide accommodation to the Consultant for the duration of the stay in duty station (Kabul) in UNDSS approved places. Deductions in this regard shall be made from DSA payment as per applicable UNDP Policy.
Travel & Visa – The consultants shall propose an estimated lump-sum for home-Kabul-home travel (three trips) (economy most direct route) and Afghanistan visa expenses;
The total professional fee shall be converted into a lump sum contract and payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of deliverables under the contract in accordance with the abovementioned schedule of payment.

EVALUATION METHOD AND CRITERIA

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual 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 solicitation.

* Technical Criteria weight 70%

* Financial Criteria weight 30%

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the

Financial Evaluation.

Technical Proposal (45marks)

Technical Approach & Methodology (25 marks) – This explains the understanding of the objectives of the assignment, approach to the services, methodology for carrying out the activities and obtaining the expected output, and the degree of detail of such output. The Applicant should also explain the methodologies proposed to adopt and highlight the compatibility of those methodologies with the proposed approach;
Work Plan (20 marks) – The Applicant should propose the main activities of the assignment, their content and duration, phasing and interrelations, milestones (including interim approvals by the Client), and delivery dates. The proposed work plan should be consistent with the technical approach and methodology, showing understanding of the TOR and ability to translate them into a feasible working plan.

Qualification and Experience (25 marks) [evaluation of CVs for shortlisting]

General Qualification (10 marks);
Experience relevant to the assignment (15 marks).

Documents to be included when submitting proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

Updated Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
Technical proposal:
- Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable candidate for the assignment;
- A methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment and work plan as indicated above.

Annexes (click on the hyperlink to access the documents):

Annex 1 - IC Contract Template (for information);

Annex 2 - Financial Proposal Template using the template provided by UNDP (to be completed at later stage upon request by UNDP);
Annex 3 – IC General Terms and Conditions (for information);
Annex 4 – RLA Template (if consultant wishes to be recruited through an employer) - (for information).

Incomplete applications will not be considered, it will be disqualified automatically.