National Consultant _ Project Finance and Administrative Assistant (Lao nationality only)
Location : Vientiane, LAO PDR
Application Deadline : 05-Apr-21
(Midnight New York, USA)
Additional Category : Crisis Response
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
19-Apr-2021
Duration of Initial Contract : 9 months
Expected Duration of Assignment : April 2021- January 2022
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 Government of Lao (GOL) led Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) in 2018 following the flood disasters in the south. This provided the impetus for a stronger government determination for policy responses to ensure that the recovery process in the affected regions introduces resilience measures to mitigate impacts from recurring disasters and climate risks. This contributed to the approval of a new Disaster Management (DM) Law in 2019 which, along with the DRR Roadmap developed with UNDP support, called for a paradigm shift towards disaster risk reduction and assigned accountability for the Prevention, Control and Recovery across government agencies and at multiple administrative levels. The new DM law provides many opportunities and identifies significant challenges with regards to institutional, legislative and the policy context related to disaster risk management. Better clarity on roles and accountability of national agencies and stakeholders requires confirmation. Horizontal and vertical coordination requires considerable strengthening and systems and procedures for implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction/Management (DRR/DRM) activities remain limited and vague. UNDP is currently implementing 2 DRR projects with the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare's (MoLSW) National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to address these immediate needs and gaps while catalysing other policy and programmatic action across administrative levels and sectors to reduce, mitigate, prepare for and respond to disasters in a holistic manner, support new mandated roles of national and provincial agencies and stakeholders as per the new DM Law and the DRR Roadmap and move towards achievement of the SDGs. The outcome of UNDP's initiatives and projects are to strengthen disaster/climate risk management systems through institutional focus, built capacities, fostered horizontal and vertical administrative coordination and enhanced data analysis for evidence-based risk-informed national and urban development planning. The implementation of this Project will involve a multitude of tasks and activities ranging from project management, financing and administration to the implementation of day-to-day activities or tasks, which would be carried out, by numerous individuals and organizations. This post is based at UNDP Vientiane and reports to the Environment Unit Program Analyst. The Assistant will coordinate with UNDP and MoLSW officials as necessary. Some travel is expected.
Duties and Responsibilities
Competencies
Required Skills and Experience
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS: https://www.la.undp.org/content/lao_pdr/en/home/procurement.html
Recommended Presentation of Offer
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualification:
OFFEROR'S LETTER
Price proposal could be quoted in
LAK or US Dollar.
Incomplete proposals may not be considered.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLY
Instructions for on-line submissions
Step 1: Please prepare all required documents electronically;
Step 2: Combine all documents in
ONE SINGLE FILE (preferably in PDF, but Word format can be also accepted) and upload it to the UNDP Jobs links
Step 3: After that you will receive an auto reply from the UNDP jobs if your offer is received successfully.
Relevant Documents for Individual Contract
IC contract template & IC General Terms and Conditions _ Annex II
Female candidates and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
For more information, please visit our website under the link below
https://www.la.undp.org/content/lao_pdr/en/home/jobs.html
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROPRIETARY INTERESTS: The Individual Consultant shall not either during the term or after termination of the assignment, disclose any proprietary or confidential information related to the consultancy service without prior written consent. Proprietary interests on all materials and documents prepared by the consultants under the assignment shall become and remain properties of UNDP.
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