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Post Title: INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTANT -TERMINAL EVALUATION
Location : Kampala,
UGANDA
Application Deadline
: 29-Oct-13
Additional Category Environment
and Energy
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : International Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date :01-Nov-2013
Duration of Initial
Contract :25 working days
Background
The Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) project
for the Mbale region of Uganda is being implemented by Mbale District Local
Government on behalf of the three Districts of Mbale, Manafwa and Bududa and
benefits from financial support provided by the Danish Embassy (US$ 270,000),
DFID (US$ 450,000 equivalent of 300,000 Pounds) and UNDP (US$ 300,000), as well
as from technical and development support provided by the Welsh Assembly
Government. This is a pilot project for the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP),.United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global
Initiative, “Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change”. The
project will provide a coordinated mitigation and adaptation plan to combat the
deleterious impacts of climate change in three districts (Mbale, Manafwa and
Bududa) of Mbale region of Uganda.
The project was designed for 2 years with a start date of August 2010 (when the
Project Documents were signed) and initial end date of June 2012. The project
was granted a 1 year No Cost extension up to June 2013.
The project was
designed to:
Provide a coordinated mitigation and adaptation plan to
combat the deleterious impacts of climate change in three districts of Mbale,
Manafwa and Bududa within Mbale region of Uganda. The project will help to
enable the Mbale region realize low carbon and climate change resilient
development. Towards this objective, the project will assist the region to
develop their Integrated Territorial Climate Plan (ITCP), which will integrate
climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies into regional development
planning. This will include developing a policy and investment plan that will
identify appropriate regulatory and financial instruments for the
implementation of the actions that have been selected by the ITCP and assist
the region to access, combine and sequence a variety of financial resources
needed to implement the ITCP.
The project outputs
include:
(i) a platform for
climate change planning and programming;
(ii) capacity
built to integrate climate change issues into regional development plans and
actions;
(iii) an
Integrated Territorial Climate Plan (ITCP) for the Mbale region;
(iv) a climate
change policy and investment package formulated; and
(v) synthesized
and disseminated (within and beyond Uganda) of lessons learned and best
practices.
The project will help to enable the Mbale region realize low
carbon and climate change resilient development. Towards this objective, the
project will assist the region to develop their Integrated Territorial Climate
Plan (ITCP), which will integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation
strategies into regional development planning. This will include developing a
policy and investment plan that will identify appropriate regulatory and
financial instruments for the implementation of the actions that have been
selected by the ITCP and assist the region to access, combine and sequence a
variety of financial resources needed to implement the ITCP.
The Terminal Evaluation TE will be conducted according to
the guidance, rules and procedures established by UNDP as reflected in the UNDP
Evaluation Guidance for Projects. .
Duties and
Responsibilities
The assignment will focus on Terminal Evaluation of the
Territorial Approach to Climate Change project specifically review of project
documentation, key stakeholder consultations/ field visits to project
beneficiaries and reporting
The Consultant will
deliver on the following:
The International
Consultant will act as Team Leader during this assignment and he/she will have
overall responsibility for the work and operation of the evaluation team,
including the coordination of inputs from the National Consultant and other
related stakeholders;
The Team Leader
will be responsible and fully accountable for the production of the agreed
products;
Review of
documentation to be provided by the project (implementation/evaluation reports);
Conduct fieldwork
together with the National Consultant and interview Stakeholders, National and
Local Government Officials, and Communities (especially project beneficiaries)
to generate authentic information and opinions;
Write and compile information and reports as needed;
Presentation of
key findings, highlighting achievements and constraints, and making practical
recommendations to decision makers and stakeholders;
Prepare final
Terminal Evaluation Report.
Competencies
Excellent
Analytical Skills;
Positive,
constructive attitude towards work;
Ability to act
professionally and flexibly to engage with government officials, donor
representatives, and local communities.
Required Skills and
Experience
Education:
Advanced degree in
natural resources/ forest management, Climate change adaptation/ mitigation,
protected area management, socio-economic development or related fields.
Experience:
At least 10 years
experience in natural resources/ forest management, Climate change adaptation/
mitigation, protected area management, socio-economic development or related
fields;
Familiarity with
integrated conservation development projects in developing countries,
particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, either
through managing or evaluating donor-funded projects;
Substantive
knowledge of participatory M&E processes is essential, and experience with
CSOs/community development processes, experience in landscape management and
the design of ecological corridors, and country experience in Uganda are
advantages;
Experience in the
evaluation of technical assistance projects, if possible with UNDP or other UN
development agencies and major donors, is required;
A demonstrated
understanding of UNDP principles and expected impacts in terms of global
benefits is essential;
Demonstrated
ability to assess complex situations in order to analyze critical issues
succinctly and clearly and draw forward-looking conclusions;
Experience in
leading small multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams to deliver quality
products in high stress, short deadline situations;
Previous
experience with results-based monitoring and evaluation methodologies;
Technical
knowledge in the carbon finance schemes both voluntary and compliance carbon
standard.
Language
Requirements:
Excellent English
(Written and Oral).
Evaluation Method and Criteria
The award of the Contract should 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 weighted technical and
financial criteria specific to the solicitation, 70% (Technical)-30%
(Financial).
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the
total technical points) would be considered for financial evaluation.
Technical criteria - Maximum 70 points
Relevance of
Education - 5 points;
Special Skills,
Language - 5 points;
Relevance of
experience - 30 points;
Description of
approach / methodology to assignment - 30 points.
How to apply:
Documents to be
included when submitting the proposals:
Interested individual consultants must submit the following
documents/information to demonstrate their qualification in one single PDF
document:
Duly accomplished
letter of confirmation of interest and availability using the template provided
by UNDP (Annex H - indicated as "IC template for confirmation of interest
and submission of financial proposal");
Personal CV or
P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the
contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidates and at least
three (3) professional references;
Technical Proposal: This should provide
a brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most
suitable for the assignment and a methodology on how they will approach and
complete the assignment (this is mandatory);
Financial proposal
that indicates an all inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a
breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex I - indicated as "UNDP
General conditions for Individual Contracts");
Interested
applicants should send an email to: Justine.naiga-bagonza@undp.org and copy
agnes.kintu@undp.org for any inquiries and this should happen before the
closing date. and copy for any
inquiries and this should happen before the closing date;
Annexes H and I
can be downloaded from the UNDP Uganda Website under the procurement notices
section; follow " documents for individual contractors (IC) applications.
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