INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT, REDUCING INEQUALITIES ERADICATING POVERTY MODERATOR ON SOLEVAKA
Location : Funafuti, TUVALU
Application Deadline : 02-Apr-21
(Midnight New York, USA)
Additional Category : Management
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : International Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
12-Apr-2021
Duration of Initial Contract : 29 days
Expected Duration of Assignment : 29 days
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
The SDG Knowledge Platform, Solevaka, forms part of a broader suite of activities under the Pacific SDG Partnership. The Partnership coordinates, delivers and streamlines support for SDG implementation at country and regional level.
Solevaka is the evolution of the Pacific Solution Exchange (PSE) hosted by UNDP in the Pacific since 2010. The PSE community had an 1800 strong membership and was originally developed to centre around the exchange of ideas and issues related to climate change and effective development. Solevaka is a tool. Its real value is in the connections it makes between Pacific policy makers, development practitioners and the private sector and the actions toward elevating the lives of all Pacific people.
It is designed to complement existing information repositories and data portals by providing:
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of work/Expected Output
The Solevaka Community of Practice Moderator (Reducing Inequalities and Eradicating Poverty) will support the Solevaka Administrator in moderating dialogue and exchanges in the Communities of Practice (CoP) on Reducing Inequalities and Eradicating Poverty. She/He is expected to spend between 60 to 90 minutes a day to undertake the following requirements: This will include:
Expected Outputs and Deliverables
The principal delivery of this consultancy will be the effective facilitation and the moderating of the CoP on Reducing Inequalities and Eradicating Poverty. Other deliverables shall include:
Institutional Arrangement
The IC will report directly to Inclusive Growth Deputy Team Leader for approval, acceptance of output etc. The IC is expected to produce an evaluation report at the end of any discussion on the CoP with key insights and recommendations.
Resources Provided
IC is expected to provide her/his own resources including computer, internet connection and any other operational costs.
Duration of the Work
Duty Station
The IC will be homebased and there will be no travel required.
Competencies
COMPETENCIES
Required Skills and Experience
Educational Qualifications
Minimum Bachelor's Degree or master's degree in the following fields, Development Studies, Gender, social studies, economics, communications, community engagement and development, stakeholder engagement or a related field.
Experience
A Minimum of 10 years work experience in the social policy, social protection, gender sector or development space is required.
Language requirements
Fluency of English language is required.
Knowledge of the United Nations, the development agenda of the region and gender space is an asset.
Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
Consultant must send a financial proposal based on
a lump sum. Consultant shall quote an all-inclusive lump sum for the contract period. The term "all-inclusive" implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, consumables, etc.) that could be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment are already factored into the lump sum submitted in the proposal. If applicable, travel or daily allowance cost (if any work is to be done outside the IC's duty station) should be identified separately. Payments shall be done on a monthly basis based on actual hours worked, upon verification of completion of deliverables and approval by the IC's supervisor of a Time Sheet indicating the days/hours worked in the period.
In the event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.
Payments will be done upon completion of monthly deliverables/ outputs as below:6 monthly reports on moderated sessions, summaries of exchanges, best practices, lessons learnt and recommendations for improvements going forward.
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 a) responsive/compliant/acceptable; and b) having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria (70%). and financial criteria (30%). Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment.
Technical Criteria for Evaluation (Maximum 70 points)
Criteria
Weight
Minimum Bachelor's Degree or master's degree in the following fields, Development Studies, Gender, social studies, economics, communications, community engagement and development, stakeholder engagement or a related field.
15
Minimum of 10 years work experience in the gender sector or development space
15
Experience in moderating meetings, events, workshops, discussion groups, networks
10
Experience in producing policy briefs, knowledge products, analytical pieces of work relating to poverty reduction, reducing inequalities, inclusive growth, community development
10
At least 5 years of relevant working experience in the Pacific: 10
Experience in mobilizing partnerships and establishing networks or community of practitioners to deliberate on a particular topic, event or development issue: 10
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Documentation required
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information
(in one (1) single document as the application supports only one upload) to demonstrate their qualifications:
Note: Successful individuals will be required to provide proof of medical insurance coverage before the commencement of contract for the duration of the assignment including signing UNDP declaration on the statement of good health.
Incomplete and joint proposals may not be considered. Consultants with whom there is further interest will be contacted.
The successful consultant shall opt to sign an Individual Contract or a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA) through its company/employer with UNDP.
Women applicants are also encouraged to apply.
Annexes
Proposal Submission
For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to Mr. Dale Kacivi at [email protected]
All applications must be clearly marked with the title of consultancy and submitted by 5:00pm, 2nd April 2021 (Fiji Time) online via UN Jobs website https://jobs.undp.org/ or [email protected]
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