National Consultant - Partnership Development (To provide support to Women's Resilience to Disasters Programme Development), UNW Fiji MCO
Location : Suva, FIJI
Application Deadline : 03-Apr-21
(Midnight New York, USA)
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
15-Apr-2021
Expected Duration of Assignment : Up to 84 working days within a 4-months period.
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
Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
The Fiji Multi Country Office (MCO) covers 14 Pacific countries, with field offices/presence in 6 countries, and six 'focus countries' (Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tonga and Samoa). Each field presence is led by a national Country Programme Coordinator with a Programme Officer in Tonga. UN Women, in partnership with Pacific Islands Governments, regional organizations, CSOs, donors and UN agencies, focuses on delivering within four interlinked programme areas:
Women's Resilience to Disaster (WRD)
Disaster risks converge with critical socio-economic vulnerabilities, environmental degradation and climate change making the Pacific a disaster hotspot. Disasters and climate change are widening inequalities and undermining poverty reduction in the region. Threats such as COVID-19 are further exacerbating the inequalities and hardships faced by women and girls including those with disabilities. Women and girls face greater vulnerability and exposure to disasters, yet women remain largely ignored and their capacities unleveraged in conventional resilience building processes. As a result, women are generally absent in the development of resilience strategies and decision-making processes for prevention, preparedness and recovery. This is compounded by significant gaps at the global, regional and country level in relation to the availability and use of sex, age and disability disaggregated data (SADDD), knowledge sharing on women's resilience; an enabling environment for building women's resilience (including capacities, leadership and funding); translation of commitments into action; coordination and private sector partnership; and a need for transformative change to tackle the underlying drivers of disproportionate risk.
UN
Women's WRD programme proposes a comprehensive package for building women's resilience to disasters, climate change and threats (including COVID-19). The aim of the WRD Programme will be to render women's and girls' lives and livelihoods disaster-resilient, contributing to sustainable and secure communities, by promoting gender responsive prevention, preparedness and recovery systems, plans and tools; and by enabling targeted action to help women and girls withstand hazards and threats, recover fully from disasters and increase their resilience to future risks. The expected end-of-programme outcomes (EOPOs) are:
Under the direct supervision of DRR and Humanitarian Programme Analyst, the National Consultant supports the initial programme development phase through the partnership establishment of implementing partners of the WRD programme at the regional and country level. The Consultant will work closely with Gender and DRR Consultant also in consultation with the UN Women MCO Humanitarian and DRR Team.
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives of the assignment
UN Women Fiji MCO is looking for an individual to support the partnership establishment of the WRD programme.
For this purpose, the Consultant will work under the overall guidance and supervision of the UN Fiji Multi-Country Office Deputy Representative and Gender and Protection Specialist in close coordination with Humanitarian and DRR Programme Team and Gender and DRR International Consultant.
Objectives:
Duration of the Assignment
The duration of this assignment will be up to 84 working days over 4 months work assignment as per the schedule of deliverables.
Expected Deliverables
The Consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs.
No.
Deliverables
Approximate No. of days
1.
Initial meeting with the UN Women Fiji MCO on development of work plan
Up to 2
April
2.
Kiribati partner capacity assessment conducted and report developed
Up to 5
May
3.
Fiji partner's capacity assessment conducted and report developed
Up to 5
May
Submit the capacity assessment reports for review -20%
May 15
4.
Call for proposals terms of reference, RFP (Vanuatu) developed
Up to 5
May-June
5.
RFP advertised and proposals submitted
Proposals review committees convened and selection recommendations made
Up to 15
June
Submit the recommendations based on the selection process -25%
June 30
7.
Vanuatu partner capacity assessment conducted and report developed
Up to 7
June-July
8.
Partnership agreement documents including project documents and workplans developed for 3 countries
Up to 25
July
9.
Coordinate Project Appraisal Committee processes for at least 3 partners
Up to 5
July -August
10
Support development of the WRD regional and country workplan (support to Gender and DRR Consultant)
Up to 15
August
Submit partnership agreement documents: - 30%
Up to Total 84 days
August 15
The assignment should be carried out with the incumbent being responsible for delivering the following outputs:
Upon receipt of the final deliverables and prior to the payment of the instalment, the deliverables, related reports and documents will be reviewed and approved by UN Women within one week.
All the deliverables should be agreed with UN Women and be provided in English hard and electronic copy.
Inputs
Performance evaluation
The Consultant's performance will be evaluated based on timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered.
Financial Arrangements
Payments will be disbursed upon submission and approval of deliverable and certification by the UN Women DRR and Humanitarian Programme Analyst that the services have been satisfactorily performed.
Travel
UN Women will not cover transportation cost within or to Suva. Travel costs outside Suva will be covered separately by UN Women with prior approval.
During the consultancy assignment's related missions, UN Women Fiji Multi Country Office will cover travel cost for the Consultant for the agreed upon routing and in conformity with UN Women applicable rules and regulations.
Competencies
Core Values
Core Competencies
Functional Competencies
Required Skills and Experience
The Consultant should fulfil the following requirements:
Education:
Experience and Skills:
Language:
Evaluation
Initially, individual consultants will be short-listed based on the following minimum qualification criteria:
The shortlisted individual consultants will be further evaluated based on a cumulative analysis process, with a total score being obtained upon the combination of weighted technical and financial attributes.
Cost under this method of analysis is rendered as an award criterion, which will be 30% out of a total score of 100 points.
Evaluation of submitted offers will be done based on the following formula: where: T
is the total technical score awarded to the evaluated proposal (only to those proposals that pass 70% of 70 points obtainable under technical evaluation);
C
is the price of the evaluated proposal;
Clow
is the lowest of all evaluated proposal prices among responsive proposals; and
X
is the maximum financial points obtainable (30 points)
Technical evaluation will be done through desk review of applications. Interviews and/or written tests will be organized if needed only, depending on the short-listed candidates' qualifications.
Technical Qualification Evaluation Criteria: The technical part is evaluated on the basis of its responsiveness to the Terms of Reference (TOR).
No.
Criteria
Maximum points
Secondary education is a requirement. Diploma or Certification in related fields as an asset.
Secondary Education - 10 pts, Diploma/Certification or higher, other certificates - 1 pts up to a max of 15 pts
15
At least 5 years of work experience in programme/project coordination and management.
Up to 5 years - 10 pts,
Each year over 5 years - 1 pts up to a max 15 pts.
15
Experience in working in disaster risk reduction.
10
Proven knowledge and skills in gender and women's empowerment
10
Knowledge of civil society organizations in Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati.
10
Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, IT tools, ability to use Internet and email.
3
Experience in working with an international organization.
2
Fluency in verbal & written English.
5
Maximum Total Technical Scoring
70
Financial Qualification Evaluation Criteria: In the Second Stage, the financial proposal of candidates, who have attained minimum 70% score in the technical evaluation (at least 49 points), will be compared.
WINNING CANDIDATE
The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical scoring + financial scoring).
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