Application Deadline : 09-Aug-21 (Midnight New York, USA)
Time left : 7d 13h 54m
Additional Category : Management
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : International Consultant
Languages Required :
English French
Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 02-Aug-2021
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.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Background
The Framework for Action between UNDP and ILO for 2020 and beyond builds on key areas of collaboration and seeks to add concrete value to both organizations’ strategic priorities within the context of the UN System-wide Socio-Economic Response to the COVID crisis, including in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, in the short-term; and to chart pathways for a prompt, sustainable and inclusive recovery once the pandemic is under control in a longer-term perspective.
To operationalize the Framework for Action, effective coordination and action at the regional level has been deemed to be instrumental, leveraging expertise, stimulating the use of common tools and launching joint initiatives with joint fundraising strategies in line with the five streams of action, as set out in the UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19.
At the regional level, the Principals for ILO and UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa agreed on a framework for deeper collaboration between the two institutions. For this purpose, a concept note was developed which enlisted three key areas for collaboration, namely: social protection, youth empowerment and the informal economy, which will be supported by joint UNDP/ILO task teams for each of these three key areas.
The goal of the task teams has been to work jointly within the respective key areas and develop concept notes for collaboration that set out the joint ILO/UNDP actions in support of the partnership.
The task team on the informal economy (henceforth “the task team”) under the ILO-UNDP Partnership Framework in Africa approached this initiative with practicality and innovation in mind. The idea has been to keep things simple yet innovative in this first year (2021) of this task team’s collaboration and concentrate on producing a tangible knowledge product weaved around an innovative, formative process of engagement and empowerment. Building on this experience of working jointly, the task team will update its collaborative plans based on lessons learned and the resultant emerging issues on further areas of collaboration under the rubric of the informal economy.
The task team for 2021, therefore, decided to further hone in on the evolving aftermath of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing attention brought on the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. While the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly brought recognition to the importance of the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, broad knowledge of the impacts on the informal economy, what are their needs and what to do through effective policies and programmes to trigger recovery and building back better remains limited (including on building climate resilience, managing the environment and the provision of energy). This presents a unique opportunity for ILO-UNDP task team to play a connecting and enabling role by assembling the analysis and findings through direct interaction with informal economy actors and their representative organizations (on the impacts, their coping, needs and grassroots innovations), and by providing an innovative platform that empowers informal economy actors and representative organizations to bring their voices and knowledge directly to respective decision-makers and among other things facilitate the transformation of the informal economy.
For this purpose, the task team will be engaging a qualified and experienced consultant to assemble the knowledge, analysis and findings drawing on existing work done by ILO/UNDP as well as supplement these by working with organizations and representatives of those who labour in the informal economy, such as informal economy associations, employers and workers organizations, NGOs, consumer associations, women groups, or professional associations in Africa. The overall objective of this initiative is to inform and ultimately contribute to the strengthening of policies and programmes to better address the needs of the informal economy through innovative research and analysis as well as the organization, engagement, and empowerment processes for a better recovery.
More specifically, this will be achieved by enriching and broadening the understanding of the informal economy through analysis and findings by the informal economy actors themselves and their representative organizations; by providing an evaluation of the policy conclusions drawn by external/expert-led studies, and by empowering the informal economy actors through both their organization and a process of engagement with government, social partners and development partners that brings a new/renewed focus to informal economy policies and programmes. In the long term, this process is expected to create new partnerships between decision-makers, development partners and informal economy actors and their representative organizations.
Along with the consultant engaged to assemble the data and analysis (background report), this initiative is seeking to engage a qualified and creative events planner and manager that can work with the task team and brainstorm, design and implement an innovative policy dialogue event in partnership with a host of stakeholders. The task team is envisioning a face-to-face event some time in November 2021 in Africa. This will bring together representatives of the informal sector in Africa, policy makers, development organizations as well as policy researchers to tease out the issues, challenges and help shape a longer term UNDP-ILO agenda/initiative on the informal economy for inclusive growth in Africa. The policy and research participants will be drawn from a wide range of sectors in which the informal sector operates. The consultant will conceptualize, design/plan, organize and lead the logistical implementation of the event.
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Duties and Responsibilities
No.
Deliverables / Outputs
Estimated Duration to Complete
Review and Approvals Required
1
Write-up on the finalized agreed design of the policy dialogue
10 Working days
Policy Specialist, Economics and Poverty, Inclusive Growth Team, RSCA
2
Development of press briefs and advocacy documents related to the policy dialogue
5 Working days
Policy Specialist, Economics and Poverty, Inclusive Growth Team, RSCA
3
Delivery of a successful policy dialogue
15 Working days
Policy Specialist, Economics and Poverty, Inclusive Growth Team, RSCA
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Competencies
Functional Competencies:
Capacity to work in multicultural settings and engage with a diverse set of partners and stakeholders including Government, development, and community and business organizations and associations.
Sound experience in relationship management and ability to foster strategic relationships.
Strong communications, networking and teamwork skills.
Ability to work under pressure and deliver on tight deadlines.
Previous experience in designing policy dialogues among and between a diverse set of stakeholders is a definitive advantage
Core Competencies:
Demonstrates integrity by modelling 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 favouritism;
Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
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Required Skills and Experience
a. Education:
Relevant bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications or a related area. A master’s degree in a relevant field is desirable.
b. Experience:
A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in event planning and management is required.
c. Language:
Excellent knowledge of English, including the ability to effectively communicate in a team setting;
Capacity to communicate fluently with different stakeholders (civil society, government authorities, local communities, project staff)
Proficiency in French is an asset.
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