Programme and Youth Engagement Consultant - UNDP KENYA

The United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) was established in 2002 as an inter-agency initiative of the UN. The Millennium Campaign serves as the main campaigning and advocacy unit of the UN on the MDGs. The purpose and mandate of the Campaign is to work with a wide range of partners to foster a movement to promote and sustain actions at the national and global levels to bring tangible benefits to poor people and for the realization of the MDGs. The Campaign’s Regional Coordination Office is based in Nairobi, Kenya and has been active since 2006 coordinating activities across the continent with priority given to 17 countries. The Campaign’s vision is that the MDGs are achieved on time and as a step towards poverty eradication. In line with this vision, the next four years will see the Campaign’s global strategy re-energize broad based public support for the MDGs and the MDG review summit commitments by focusing in the following areas of work: Strengthening citizen feedback on service delivery for the MDGs Strengthening old and setting up new alliances Framing the discourse for the realization of the MDGs. In line with these new areas of work, the UNMC’s Africa Regional Office will be embarking on an extensive and ambitious programme of work in 2012 with the overarching aim of accelerated MDG achievement. The UN Millennium Campaign is seeking to recruit a Programme and Youth Engagement Consultant. The main focus of this role will be to support and coordinate CSO partner activities (particularly youth activities) aimed at mobilising citizens for the MDGs particularly during UN Days.

Duties and Responsibilities

Competencies

Summary of Competencies: Good understanding of programming on the regional level in Africa. Creative and energetic approach to programming activities Self starter with initiative. Strong interpersonal and good communications skills. Ability to work independently, against tight deadlines. The position requires a flexible, creative thinker with the passion and drive to get things done. Core Competencies: Ethics & Values: Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents Demonstrates and promotes the highest standard of integrity, impartiality, fairness and incorruptibility in all matters affecting his/her work and status Organizational Awareness: Building support and political acumen. Builds and maintains alliances and networks of partners, colleagues and interest groups inside and outside of the organization to achieve results Developing & Empowering People/Coaching and Mentoring: Building staff competence, Creating an environment of creativity and innovation. Takes appropriate risk in developing new or adapting existing methods and approaches to more effectively perform tasks or to solve problems in new and unique ways Working in Teams: Building and promoting effective teams. Recognizes opportunities to meet organizational priorities through team work, inspires and motivates staff to achieve them collectively encouraging them to think and act co-operatively, openly and honestly. Communicating Information and Ideas: Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication and encourages others to be diplomatic and use tact and sensitivity in dealing with colleagues and partners. Provides a sense of direction and purpose, and maintains operational effectiveness of the organization, even during times of organizational crisis or change Knowledge Sharing & Continuous Learning: Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning. Creates, supports, and promotes an enabling environment for organizational knowledge sharing and learning including the use of technology Functional Competencies: Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms. Develops and/or participates in the development of tools and mechanisms, including identifying new approaches to promote individual and organizational learning and knowledge sharing using formal and informal methodologies Creating Visibility and Supporting UNDP's Advocacy: Develops promotional activities based on monitoring/evaluation information, identifying areas requiring higher visibility. Creates and cultivates networks of partners to promote UNDP’s image. Client Orientation: Anticipates client needs Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications: Education: · Secondary degree in a field relevant to this consultancy. Experience: At least 2 years of project coordination in development related fields Proven ability to produce technical policy briefs Proven knowledge of the technical issues concerned. Ability to write cogently and to communicate technical matters clearly and simply Proven communications and team working skills Language: Fluency in English required Evaluation of applicants Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal. Only the highest ranked candidates who would be found qualified for the job will be considered for the Financial Evaluation. 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. Technical criteria – 70 per cent of total evaluation – maximum of 35 points: · Working experience in an international agency, bilateral donor, civil society organization or research think tank – maximum points: 10 · Knowledge and experience of working closely with civil society partners, particularly youth groups and those working on issues of young people – Maximum points: 10 · Experience of working on awareness raising initiatives - Maximum points: 10 · Knowledge and experience in communications related matters – Maximum points: 5 Financial criteria – 30 per cent of evaluation – maximum 15 points: Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via this website. The application should contain: A cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application. Filled UNDP Personal History form (P11) including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from http://sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc); please upload the P11 instead of your CV. Financial Proposal - specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this announcement. Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance, vaccination and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials. Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner. Important Note: Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply. Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.

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.

Programme and Youth Engagement Consultant