National Consultant – For Provincial Coordination Support for SUPER ( Strengthening Urban Preparedness, Earthquake Preparedness and Response) Project, Lumbini Province, Nepal (Only for Nepalese Nationals)
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Job no: 544202
Contract type: Consultancy
Level: Consultancy
Location: Nepal
Categories: Emergency Programme
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, result
Specific Tasks:
- Under the overall guidance of National Project Coordinator, undertake responsibility for planning, implementation, management, and coordination aspects of the projects at provincial, district and local level guiding / supervising provincial and Municipal Technical Officers, Admin and Finance and/Social Mobilizers.
- Plan and carry out field supervision and joint monitoring to support quality delivery of outputs and activities.
- Plan in a timely, efficient and dynamic manner and carry out day-to-day management of the work based on prepared and updated detail work plan.
- Coordinate with the local partners for timely mobilization of human and logistic resources, and concurrently monitor their service delivery for effective and efficient delivery of the project activities
- Cross learning shall be ensured among consortium members (UNDP, UNICEF and UN WOMEN) and other community of practices.
C) Provide coordination and technical support to the project team to achieve project outputs:
- Liaise with provinces and urban municipalities for impact-based simulation and regular liaison with Provincial Disaster Management Committee, ministries for ownership of project envisioned activities
- Facilitate and support for the finalization of data attributes in coordination with IMOs for the development of GIS Mapping & web-based GIS, at the provincial and municipal level along with validation and dissemination
- Lead in sensitization of the provincial elected representatives, key ministerial authorities, humanitarian partners on their exposure, vulnerability, and risks.
- Facilitate meeting and liaise with provincial ministries, Provincial Focal Point Agency (PFPA) and Humanitarian Cluster leads and Co-leads for Clusters-specific Preparedness plan, to improve coordination and interlinkages between province, local levels.
- Design and facilitate capacity building trainings, meetings/discussion at provinces to create enabling environment for coordinated actions that support in implementation of DRR related activities including preparation of plans, standards and guidelines
- Provide technical and facilitative support, to the Provincial technical officer. Municipal Technical Officer, Engineers, Community Development Worker or Social Mobilizers for developing clarity in approach during implementation of the project activities through regular weekly monthly meetings or when required.
- Support advocacy and policy engagement for enhancing humanitarian preparedness and reducing disaster risk at provincial level
- Advocate for and provide support to the provincial and local government for their resource mobilization to ensure sustainability of the actions and initiatives
- Support on donor monitoring, project evaluation, and implementation of activities as per agreed work plan, etc.
- Provide high quality feedback on the emergency preparedness and Business continuity plans, relief guidelines and frameworks prepared at provincial level maintaining coherence based on the findings from the risk assessments and federal guideline and endorsement of these guideline
- Jointly with provincial technical officer and municipal technical officer ensure synergies and quality across the guidelines, framework and key document produced.
- Work closely with cluster co-leads and cluster partners for participation and ownership of framework and plan prepared
- Promote/support to strengthen inter-cluster coordination mechanism at Provincial level.
- Facilitate allocation of resources and disaster risk proofing policies/risk informed plans and programmes from provincial and local governments and ministries/departments to enhance preparedness for effective response.
D) Monitoring, Preparation of reports and documents, Communication/ Knowledge Management and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI):
- Timely preparation and quality control of technical and progress reports, programme briefs, and other required documents.
- Ensure project data/information are maintained in line with project M&E framework in a disaggregated fashion.
- Ensure that project approaches, monitoring system and reporting mainstreams the aspects of gender and social inclusion with adequate GESI sensitive data collection and tailored support.
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Document learning and disseminate information to wider DRR community at provincial and local levels in coordination with project staffs.
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Work closely with Information and Database officer and Communication officer to collect and comply, reports, data, news, events, human stories, challenges and lessons learnt to publish in periodic reports
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Support in integration of GESI aspects in all stages of the project in coordination with GESI Focal Person of SUPER project and consortium member agencies
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Perform any other related task as per the request of the National Project Coordinator, and Programme Officer (P&DRR) of UNICEF Field Office, Lumbini Province, Bhairahawa
Key Functions/Day to Day Activities:
- Lead close coordination and necessary linkages with the provincial government, key ministries, sectoral offices, provincial EOCs, Provincial Focal Point Agency, Cluster leads/Co-leads/focal and partners, local government including ward offices, and community level organizations.
- Under the overall guidance of National Project Coordinator, undertake responsibility for planning, implementation, management, and coordination aspects of the projects at provincial, district and local level guiding / supervising provincial and Municipal Technical Officers, Admin and Finance and/Social Mobilizers.
- Plan and carry out field supervision and joint monitoring to support quality delivery of outputs and activities.
- Plan in a timely, efficient and dynamic manner and carry out day-to-day management of the work based on prepared and updated detail work plan.
- Coordinate with the local partners for timely mobilization of human and logistic resources, and concurrently monitor their service delivery for effective and efficient delivery of the project activities
- Facilitate allocation of resources and disaster risk proofing policies/risk informed plans and programmes from provincial and local governments and ministries/departments to enhance preparedness for effective response.
- Effectively coordinate at Provincial and local level as well as within the project components.
- Effectively manage the project within the Province for timely delivery of quality outputs.
- Provide coordination and technical support to the project team to achieve project outputs.
- Monitoring, Preparation of reports and documents, Communication/ Knowledge Management and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)
Duration of the contract:
The total duration of the consultancy is 11.5 months tentatively starting from 16 September 2021.
Duty Station: Lumbini Province ( Provincial Ministry/NRCS/UNICEF) – Work From Home arrangement will be applied if restrictions applied due to COVID situation
Proposed Schedule for Deliverables and Payment Scheme:
| Description of Deliverables | Target Delivery Date | Proposed Fee (NPR) |
| 1st Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end Oct 2021 | |
| 2nd Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end Nov 2021 | |
| 3rd Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end Dec 2021 | |
| 4th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end Jan 2022 | |
| 5th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end Feb 2022 | |
| 6th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end March 2022 | |
| 7th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end April 2022 | |
| 8th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end May 2022 | |
| 9th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end June 2022 | |
| 10th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | end July 2022 | |
| 11th Deliverable – Upon Submission of monthly report | 2nd Aug 2022 |
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
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Master’s degree of Engineering, Disaster Management, Planning, Housing and any related Social science fields.
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At least 7 years of relevant experience in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects related to building construction, land use planning or related field• Work experience with UN will be an asset.• Experience of working with or exposure to provincial and local level planning process.• Demonstrated technical skills in safer construction and disaster risk management/preparedness.• Demonstrated social skill of coordinating with different stakeholders and facilitating discussions,• Excellent skills on preparing quality reports and other knowledge products• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).• Experience of working in the federal structure with the stakeholders, specially at the provincial level.• Work experience in the focus provinces and cities as mentioned in the background above, will be an asset
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
“UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. We welcome applications from females and under-represented groups”.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Kindly submit your financial quotation for this assignment along with your application. The quotation should be based on deliverables for this assignment.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors.
UNICEF is not liable and the consultant/individual contractor is responsible for paying taxes incurred from the remuneration under this contract to the relevant government authorities following the Income Tax Act 2002 of Nepal.
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Deadline: Nepal Standard Time
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