Location :
New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Application Deadline :
02-Dec-13
Type of Contract :
Individual Contract
Post Level :
International Consultant
Languages Required :
English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
09-Dec-2013
Expected Duration of Assignment :
3 months
Background
The Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA) is responsible for UNDP's external relations and advocacy functions. The Bureau leads and supports the organization in cultivating, building and nurturing strategic relationships and alliances that are essential for advancing and successfully achieving the mission of UNDP.
The Multilateral Affairs and UN Coherence Cluster (MAUCC) within BERA supports UNDP and its leadership by leading and managing UNDP's engagement with and/or support to its Executive Board; the UN and its many inter-governmental bodies including the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council, the CEB and other UN inter-agency fora; and civil society. In particular, MAUCC is responsible for positioning UNDP as leader of the RC system and chair of the UNDG.
Within the MAUC Cluster is UN & Inter-governmental Affairs Team, responsible for communicating, advocating for, and promoting the strategic interests of UNDP in key inter-governmental and inter-agency fora such as the General Assembly (GA), the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Chief Executives Board (CEB), and its subsidiary bodies: the High Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) and the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and its subsidiary machinery. This team staffs the Administrator and the Associate Administrator in the United Nations Development Group and in the CEB. It is also responsible for official communications and developing partnerships with agencies of the UN system as well as Member States of the UN.
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Team Manager, UN & Intergovernmental Affairs, the Consultant will provide analysis and inputs for briefings and other documents for UNDP management to be informed of political developments and issues that may impact the overall development agenda. He/She will support BERA in coordinating UNDP's inputs to the relevant Secretary-General's reports He/she will also monitor relevant meetings and negotiations of the General Assembly and ECOSOC and provide analytical summaries and information as required.
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions
Support to strategy formulation and implementation to enhance client relationships:
- Support the Team Manager in strengthening relationships with Member State delegates, other UN-system entities and CSOs, as part of an information and communications strategy so that UNDP is well informed of developments and corporate priorities are appropriately reflected in intergovernmental legislation;
- Provide support to the development of corporate strategies to inform UNDP's engagement in these processes; and
- Provide inputs to the development of a cluster strategy to strengthen and expand relationships with key actors engaged in the intergovernmental fora.
Preparation of Analytical Summaries and Reports:
- Provide timely and high-quality briefing notes, talking points, analysis, and speech inputs for the UNDP Administrator, Associate Administrator, BERA Director, BERA Deputy Director, Cluster Leader and UNIA Team Manager on relevant issues. This includes coordination and synthesis of different UNDP Bureaux inputs; drafting of succinct summaries of the background issues; informed political analysis of the intergovernmental and interagency issues at hand; and identification of potential challenges and opportunities for UNDP;
- Provide inputs into additional papers, talking points, reports and briefs, as required;
- Review and provide comments, as required, on UNDP and interagency UN draft documents.
Support to the enhancement of External Relations and Advocacy with other UN Entities and Intergovernmental partners:
- Support the Team Manager in the preparation for UNDP's participation in intergovernmental conferences;
- Prepare analytical summaries of relevant formal meetings and informal consultations of the General Assembly and working groups, ECOSOC and the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF);
- Help prepare UNDP's position and messages for key meetings including inter-agency meetings and UNDP Executive Boards, ECOSOC, and General Assembly discussions;
- Write and edit briefing notes for senior management for meetings with donors, inter-agency officials in the Chief Executives Board (CEB) and its subsidiary bodies and others as needed;
- Provide efficient secretariat support to relevant cross-bureau task teams;
- Liaise with other Bureaux on relevant and topical issues as deemed necessary;
- Represent as necessary UNIA and BERA at UNDP meetings; and ensure UNDP is appropriately represented in relevant intergovernmental fora;
- Liaise, as necessary, with representatives from other UN agencies on issues of operational activities for development;
- Liaise, as necessary, with Member State delegations on issues of operational activities for development and relevant UN intergovernmental deliberations; and
- Support, as necessary, other teams within the MAUC cluster.
Facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Identification of sources of information related to coordination. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to Intergovernmental & UN Coherence Affairs;
- Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
Expected outputs and deliverables
- Timely and politically informed analysis on the latest developments in the intergovernmental fora; will keep BERA Management and UNDP Senior Management (Administrator and Associate Administrator) informed on the key developments in this area;
- Timely and accurate briefing notes and analytic materials for CEB/UNDG Meetings (including CEB/UNDG working group mechanisms), UNDP's Board, ECOSOC and General Assembly discussions;
- Meeting summaries alerting UNDP staff about key issues;
- UNDP's position consolidated for Secretary-General's reports and ECOSOC and General Assembly discussions;
- Report on progress and implementation at end of contract or as otherwise requested by senior management.
Performance indicators and recourse: Indicators of performance will be the timely completion of the deliverables above as reviewed in the end-of-contract Performance Evaluation completed by UNDP. Failure to provide above deliverables may result in non-payment or fees.
Competencies
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.
Functional Competencies:
- Professionalism: Sound understanding of the UN development system, UN intergovernmental bodies, including the activities of the UN Development Group (UNDG), its working mechanisms, and cooperation with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs;
- Communication: Excellent and effective communication skills. Proven ability to write in a clear and concise manner under tight time pressure and to communicate effectively orally. Ability to prepare reports and articulate options, concisely conveying maximum necessary information. Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed;
- Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues within and across teams to achieve organizational goals;
- Planning and Organizing: Develops clear functional results that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; and
- Client orientation: Establishes and maintain productive partnerships with partners by gaining their trust and respect; monitors on-going developments inside and outside the clients' environment to keep informed and anticipate problems.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree in international development, political science or related field.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in development-related areas, multi-stakeholder engagement, international or multilateral organizations, UN operational activities for development, project management, or other relevant setting;
- In-depth knowledge of UN inter-agency and intergovernmental work and processes required;
- Experience in General Assembly or ECOSOC resolution negotiations and preparation preferred;
- Considerable Experience in UN coordination at field and organization headquarters level.
Language Requirements:
- Excellent command of, and drafting skills in English is required.
Application Submission Process:
Please submit the following to demonstrate your interest and qualifications. Please note that all the documents below must be submitted as one PDF file.
- Personal CV and/or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
- Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided;
- Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the consultancy and he/she will approach the key functions and produce the deliverables;
- Financial proposal (All inclusive daily fee): Interested individuals are kindly requested to submit an all-inclusive daily consultancy fee;
- Travel: All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal in a separate line.
Application Evaluation Process
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the Cumulative Analysis methodology
[weighted scoring method], where the award of the contract will be made to the individual
consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
- Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
- Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Technical Criteria weight; [70%].
Financial Criteria weight; [30%].
Only Individual Consultants obtaining a minimum of 70% of the obtainable points of 100 points in technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Annex:
TORs
Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability
General Conditions for Individual Contracts
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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.
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