Academic qualifications:

• Minimum advanced university degree in economics, development economics, international development, development studies.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience in quantitative analysis and research support on development, inclusive growth, poverty, social development, and sustainable development issues is required
• Excellent communication and drafting skills are required
• Ability to work across a broad range of thematic areas.

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language would be an asset

Application Procedure

The application package containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):

• A cover letter with a brief description of why the Offer considers her/himself the most suitable for the assignment;
• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references;

Note: The above documents need to be scanned in one file and uploaded to the online application as one document.

Shortlisted candidates (ONLY) will be requested to submit a Financial Proposal.

• The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around the specific and measurable deliverables of the TOR. Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR, and deliverables accepted and certified by the technical manager. 
• The financial proposal must be all-inclusive and take into account various expenses that will be incurred during the contract, including: the daily professional fee; (excluding mission travel); living allowances at the duty station; communications, utilities and consumables; life, health and any other insurance; risks and inconveniences related to work under hardship and hazardous conditions (e.g., personal security needs, etc.), when applicable; and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services under the contract.
• This consultancy is a home-based assignment, therefore, there is no envisaged travel cost to join duty station/repatriation travel. 

• In the case of unforeseeable travel requested by UNDP, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between UNDP and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.
• If the Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

The Financial Proposal is to be emailed as per the instruction in the separate email that will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

Evaluation process

Applicants are reviewed based on Required Skills and Experience stated above and based on the technical evaluation criteria outlined below.  Applicants will be evaluated based on cumulative scoring.  When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

• Being 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 where technical criteria weighs 70% and Financial criteria/ Proposal weighs 30%.

Technical evaluation - Total 70% (70 points):

• Criteria 1. Relevant academic qualification for the specific assignment Weight = 25%; Maximum Points: 25;
• Criteria 2. Relevant professional experience in inclusive growth, poverty, social development, and sustainable development. Weight = 25 %; Maximum Points: 25; and
• Criteria 3. Professional experience in drafting of working papers and policy reports based on quantitative analysis including microsimulation related to above areas of work Weight = 20 %; Maximum Points: 20;

Candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 points) of the maximum obtainable points for the technical criteria (70 points) shall be considered for the financial evaluation.

Financial evaluation - Total 30% (30 points)

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

p = y (µ/z), where

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

Contract Award

Candidate obtaining the highest combined scores in the combined score of Technical and Financial evaluation will be considered technically qualified and will be offered to enter into contract with UNDP.

Institutional arrangement

The consultant will work under the guidance and direct supervision of George Gray Molina and will be responsible for the fulfilment of the deliverables as specified above.

The Consultant will be responsible for providing her/his own laptop.

Payment modality

Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified above and deliverables accepted and upon certification of satisfactory completion by the manager.

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

Annex 1 - UNDP P-11 Form for ICs

Annex 2 - IC Contract Template

Annex 3 – IC General Terms and Conditions

Annex 4 – RLA Template

Any request for clarification must be sent by email to cpu.bids@undp.org 

The UNDP Central Procurement Unit will respond by email and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.

Education  

Diplôme d'études supérieures en journalisme, statistique, en Droit, Etudes sur le Genre, Sciences sociales ou formation équivalente dans un domaine pertinent. Spécialisation/diplômes en égalité femmes-hommes sera un avantage.  

 Expériences  

• Au moins 07 ans expérience en média ;  

• Au moins deux ans expériences préalables sur la problématique des violences basées sur le genre ;  

• Au moins une expérience préalable dans le domaine du genre (thématique, approche et méthode) appliquée au média ;  

• Expérience pertinente dans le contexte de programmes et projets de Nations Unies ou autres organisations de développement international sera un avantage.  

• La conduite d’expérience similaire.  

  Langues   

   Une maîtrise du Français à l’écrit et oral est nécessaire, ainsi que la maîtrise orale de la langue nationale wolof.

   L’anglais est un atout.   

  Documents à fournir   

   Le dossier de soumission comprend pour chaque consultant, le formulaire P11 rempli et signé ainsi que les diplômes en lien avec le sujet du  forum.  

Candidature: Toutes les candidatures doivent inclure (en pièce jointe) le formulaire de notice personnelle d'ONU Femmes (P-11) dûment rempli, qui peut être téléchargé sur http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment. Veuillez noter que le système ne permet qu'une seule pièce jointe. Les candidatures non accompagnées du formulaire P-11 de l'ONU Femmes seront considérées comme incomplètes et ne seront pas prises en compte pour la suite de l'évaluation.

Diversité et inclusion: À ONU Femmes, nous nous engageons à créer un environnement diversifié, inclusif et de respect mutuel. ONU Femmes recrute, emploie, forme, rémunère et promeut sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d'identité de genre, d'orientation sexuelle, d'âge, de capacité, d'origine nationale ou de toute autre base couverte par la loi appropriée. Tout emploi est décidé sur la base des qualifications, des compétences, de l'intégrité et des besoins de l'organisation.

Si vous avez besoin d'un aménagement approprié pour soutenir votre participation au processus de recrutement et de sélection, veuillez inclure cette information dans votre candidature.

ONU Femmes applique une politique de zéro tolérance à l'égard des comportements incompatibles avec les buts et objectifs des Nations Unies et d'ONU Femmes, notamment l'exploitation et les abus sexuels, le harcèlement sexuel, l'abus d'autorité et la discrimination.  Tous les candidats sélectionnés devront adhérer aux politiques et procédures d'ONU Femmes et aux normes de conduite attendues du personnel d'ONU Femmes et seront donc soumis à une vérification rigoureuse des références et des antécédents. (La vérification des antécédents comprendra la vérification des titres universitaires et des antécédents professionnels. Les candidats sélectionnés peuvent être tenus de fournir des informations supplémentaires pour effectuer une vérification des antécédents).

Note : En juillet 2010, l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a créé ONU Femmes, l'entité des Nations Unies pour l'égalité des sexes et l'autonomisation des femmes. La création d'ONU Femmes s'inscrit dans le cadre du programme de réforme de l'ONU, qui vise à regrouper les ressources et les mandats pour un plus grand impact. Elle fusionne et s'appuie sur le travail important de quatre parties auparavant distinctes du système des Nations Unies (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW et UNIFEM), qui se concentraient exclusivement sur l'égalité des sexes et l'autonomisation des femmes.

The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

• Personal CV - indicating all part positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) references.
• Cover letter - indicating why the candidate considers him/herself for the position.
• Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experiences, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns, or other materials.

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