| Location : | Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA |
| Application Deadline : | 25-Oct-16 (Midnight New York, USA) |
| Time left : | 13d 12h 45m |
| Additional Category : | Management |
| Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
| Post Level : | National Consultant |
| Languages Required : |
English |
Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 01-Nov-2016 |
| Duration of Initial Contract : | 132 working days (in total) from 1 November 2016 to 31 July 2017 |
| Expected Duration of Assignment : | 132 working days (in total) from 1 November 2016 to 31 July 2017 |
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Natural
hazards continue to cause significant loss of life and property in
Southeast Asia. However, investments to strengthen disaster resilience
remain a low priority. This is partly because of limited understanding
of the socioeconomic ramifications of disasters, as the damage and
losses caused by historical disasters are often not fully recorded; and
limited understanding of the opportunities available to reduce disaster
risk by integrating measures into development investments. Given the
intricate linkages between disasters and development, the Outcome 5 of
UNDP’s Strategic Plan (2014-17) emphasizes on reducing the risks from
natural disasters and climate change . The UNDP Strategic Plan asks for
supporting policies and long-term planning and investment frameworks
that are risk sensitive to minimize adverse development impacts.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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As a public investment planning specialist, the scope of the work for the assignment includes:
- Support
the engagement of national agencies involved in public investment
planning to initiate dialogue on risk-sensitive investment planning;
- Develop
a work-plan for the implementation of the Output 2 in the country
including consultations with relevant agencies, review of the existing
investment planning processes and institutional capacities;
- Organize
consultations with relevant agencies to seek information on public
investment planning processes, associated challenges, gaps for
integrating disaster risk information in these processes;
- Work
closely under the technical guidance of the international expert on
Public Investment Planning and Disaster Risk Management to
systematically engage key stakeholders, undertake review and
assessment, and make recommendations on policy, regulations, tools, and
guidelines used for public investment planning to integrate disaster
risk considerations;
- Coordinate with international expert on
Disaster Risks and support necessary information collection and
coordination with relevant agencies as required by the Output 2;
- Develop
a country report reviewing the public investment planning process and
identify scope for integrating disaster risk considerations. The
consultant will produce a report of about 50 pages as per agreed outline
with the International Public Investment Planning Specialist;
- Organize national dissemination workshop to share the findings and recommendations of the analysis.
Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=33480 for
more detail information about term of references, instructions to
offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer
through online.
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Competencies
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Functional Competencies:
- Excellent
analytical, writing and communication skills in English and Khmer,
including the ability to articulate ideas in a clear and concise manner;
- Good
interpersonal skills with ability to work well in a team whilst also
having the capacity to work independently; previous exposure to disaster
management, disaster loss and damage on multi-sector is an advantage
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
- Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
- At least Master Degree in public investment planning, disaster risk management, social sciences or relevant field is preferable.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience of experience in
- public investment planning processes in the country;
- related DRM policy analysis and the provision of advisory support for senior government stakeholders; and
- knowledge of the DRM policy landscape, institutional setup, and implementation practice in the country;
- Demonstrated
experience in formulation and implementation of policies and programmes
related to disaster risk management and mainstreaming disaster risk
management in development processes.
- Demonstrated experience of working with the government agencies and other key stakeholders in the country.
- Aility to write clearly and compellingly in English.
Language Requirement:
- Fluency in Khmer and English
Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=33480 for
more detail information about term of references, instructions to
offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer
through online.
UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.
Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.
Interested
Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite
system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through
UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only
one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you
merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications
submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been
provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24
hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In
such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary.
Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as
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Any request
for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice
shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email dalis.heng@undp.org and cc procurement.kh@undp.org.
While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information
expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to
the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such
information will not be considered as a reason for extending the
submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of
the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be
posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided
above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the
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Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice. |
