Academic qualifications:
Master’s degree in a relevant field of study (anthropology, development studies, human rights, law, management, political science, public administration) or other relevant field from a recognized university is required
Experience:
Minimum 10 years’ relevant professional experience in the areas of access to justice and rule of law, human rights, peacebuilding, and conflict prevention, and / or women’s equality and empowerment;
Demonstrated experience working specifically on issues related to customary and informal justice (CIJ) is required
Track record of conducting research and writing for diverse stakeholders, including high-level policy or academic publications is required.
Previous experience (5-10 years) in field qualitative research and previous studies or publications on customary and informal justice practices, hybrid justice mechanisms (customary/formal), and/or links between customary and formal justice mechanisms are a big asset.
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; and
- A two-page of brief statement of proposed methodology and approach to the assignment required
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 weigh 70% and Financial criteria/ Proposal weighs 30%.
Technical evaluation – Total 70% (70 points):
- Criteria 1. Relevance of the experience (min 10 years) in rule of law and access to justice, human rights, peacebuilding, and conflict prevention, and / or women’s equality and empowerment; including in relation to customary and informal justice. Weight =20%; Maximum Points: 20;
- Criteria 2. Relevance of experience in conducting research and high-quality writing for diverse stakeholders, including high-level policy or academic publications; publication of studies and/or field research in the field of customary and informal justice (provide a sample) Weight = 20 %; Maximum Points: 20;
- Criteria 3. Demonstrated broad and substantive experience on CIJ systems, including the academic literature and relevant policy frameworks such as the 2030 Agenda Weight = 10%; Maximum Points: 10; and
- Criteria 4. Experience (minimum 3 years) of working in a wide variety of contexts including fragile and crisis settings and experience of working un diverse multicultural environments Weight =5%; Maximum points 5
- Criteria 5: Quality of brief statement of proposed methodology and approach to the assignment Weight = 15 %; Maximum Points: 15.
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 the Rule of Law, Security, and Human Rights Justice Specialist and the Head or ROLSHR CB and will be responsible for the fulfilment of the deliverables as specified above.
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.
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