Senior Consultant – Development Assistance Database

Title of Consultancy:Senior Consultant – Development Assistance Database Type of Contract:IC – Individual Contract Duration of the assignment:6 months Duty station: Nairobi – (including security permitting, two weeks a month spent in Mogadishu) Expected places of travel:Somalia Supervisor:Project Manager SIDP Anticipated presence at UNDP premises:Full time Date of Issue:19th September 2011 Closing Date:23rd September 2011

Organizational Context

The Governance Programme of UNDP Somalia currently consists of three pillars: (i) capacity building and institutional development, (ii) democratic governance (constitutional dialogue and elections) and (iii) local governance/ decentralization. The Somali Institutional Development Project (SIDP) focuses on implementing the capacity building and institutional development part pillar of UNDP Somalia’s Governance portfolio. It works with governance institutions in South Central Somalia in Mogadishu, in Puntland and Somaliland to build their capacity so that they can perform their functions more effectively. SIDP’s support is focused on four areas, namely: (a) policy and legislative development; (b) human resource management and development; (c) public administration and financial management; and (d) rehabilitation of infrastructure and provision of essential facilities and equipment. The SIDP project team operates with staff in Nairobi, Hargeisa (Somaliland) and Garowe (Puntland). It has agreements with over 22 public sector institutions across Somaliland, Puntland and South-Central Somalia.

SIDP is currently undergoing a redesign process which will set out a clear vision and deliverables for SIDP for the period from Jan 2012 until the end of the Country Programme document in 2015. It is expected that the project will be redesigned around three pillars, (i) Public Financial Management, Transparency and Accountability; (ii) Development Planning, Aid Coordination and Management and (iii) Public Sector and Administrative Reform.

One of SIDP’s main areas of work, which will continue to be carried forward under the ‘Development Planning, Aid Coordination and Management Pillar’ is to build the capacities of the Somali Government(s) to effectively coordinate and manage external aid through Ministries of Planning. One the main parts of this work is the procurement and operationalisation of a Development Assistance Database.

On September 6th, the Transitional Federal Institutions and other regional entities (Puntland, Galmadug and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a) signed a roadmap constituting of key tasks which need to be delivered to end the transition in Somalia. Under the good governance tasks, there is a benchmark to ‘Enhance mechanisms for greater coordination and information sharing between Somali and international development and humanitarian partners.’ The Development Assistance Database will be the main mechanism through which information will be shared and coordination is enhanced.

UNDP Somalia is recruiting a Senior International Consultant to oversee activities related to the Development Assistance Database. As part of efforts to deliver the roadmap, he or she will be expected to introduce the Development Assistance Database into the Transitional Federal Government – Ministry of Planning and train staff on how to use. The Senior Consultant on Development Assistance Database (DAD) will also continue to support and train the Puntland and Somaliland Authorities to improve their operation and administration of DAD. The consultant will also be expected to contribute to the SIDP redesign process and ensuring that the new pillar on Development Planning, Aid Coordination and Management reflects and operationalises the interconnectivity of work on DAD, national planning processes, donor coordination and aid effectiveness in order to ensure that aid is more predictable, harmonized and aligned with national priorities.

Scope of work

The consultant will report to the SIDP project manager and will work in close collaboration with the Transitional Federal Government ( Ministry of Planning and Humanitarian Liaison Office in the Office of the Prime Minister), the Ministries of Planning of Puntland and Somaliland, the UN Resident Coordinators office and the Somali Donor Group.

The activities and expected results of the Consultant will include, but will not be limited to:

Fast- tracking the implementation and roll out of the Development Assistance Database together with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in Mogadishu and in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister- Humanitarian Liaison Office. This will include:

•Assisting in the installment of the DAD in the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation; •Training staff in the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on the use of DAD including data entry, update and validation processes; •Training staff in the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on DAD analytical reporting.

Work towards better institutionalization of DAD within the Governments of Somaliland and Puntland by: •Developing timelines for complete transfer of ownership of DAD to the Somaliland and Puntland Authorities; •Training staff to improve completeness and accuracy of data recorded in DAD; •Training staff to analyze aid flows and aid effectiveness; •Mapping out a process to implement DAD in the Somali language

Work towards better institutionalization of DAD use within the International Aid Community.: •Together with the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and the Somali Donor Group ensure that 80% of aid is recorded in DAD Somalia; •Provide trainings to the Resident Coordinator’s Office and members of the Somali Donor Group on usage of DAD as required.

Contribute to the SIDP redesign process through the Development Planning, Aid Coordination and Management pillar by: •Mapping out the workplan for activities related to the Development Assistance Database between 2011 and 2015; •Providing technical advice on synergies and complementarities between DAD activities and other activities under the planning, aid coordination and management pillar; •Writing background papers, concept notes and input into project logframes and governance pro-doc as necessary.

Final product/deliverable

The schedule of the deliverables: 1st month - Agreement between the Transitional Federal Government- Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Office of the Prime Minister (Humanitarian Liaison Office), UNDP, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office on how to deliver the roadmap benchmark on aid coordination and workplan on how to operationalise the Development Assistance Database in Mogadishu. 2nd month – Establishment of DAD in Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in Mogadishu and provision of on-the-job trainings on DAD use and analytical reporting. Written inputs into SIDP redesign process for the development planning, aid coordination and management pillar. 3rd Timelines, workplan and agreement on transfer of DAD for Somaliland and Puntland. 4th- Operationalisation of workplans for DAD operationalisation in Somalia as per agreed timelines. 5th month - Operationalisation of workplans for DAD operationalisation in Somalia as per agreed timelines. 6th month - Operationalisation of workplans for DAD operationalisation in Somalia as per agreed timelines.

Monitoring and Progress controls

•Monitoring will be carried out by the UNDP SIDP project manager •Monthly reporting by the Consultant indicating progress on project as per the TOR’s•
Review/approval time Approval and payments will be made within 14 days of the successful completion of agreed milestones Qualifications

•Education: Advanced university degree in Economics, Public Administration, Development Studies, Information Management, Business Administration, Political Science or other relevant fields. •Experience: Minimum 10 years of (a) working with Development Assistance Databases and (b) working on aid flows and donor coordination preferably within a national administration. •Proven training and coaching skills; •Excellent written and oral communication, organizational and analytical skills; •Good knowledge of the political and institutional context of Somalia is desirable •Advanced computer skills in common office programs (Word, Excel, Power-Point, etc) and web-based database applications.

Other information The consultant will be located in Nairobi. Security conditions permitting, he or she will be initially required to spend at least two weeks a month in Mogadishu with travel to other parts of Somalia, (Somaliland and Puntland). There is a possibility of relocation to Somalia when security situation permits.

All travel related and DSA costs will be borne by UNDP Somalia country office and arranged under the UNDP standard procedures

VIII. Submission of application Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit electronic application by visiting http://jobs.undp.org/. The closing date for receipt of applications is 23rd September 2011

Applicants are required to fill and sign a P11 Form and submit it together with Curriculum Vitae on the online application.

The P11 Form can be obtained from the link below: http://sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc

Women & Somali Nationals are strongly encouraged to apply

UNDP will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.

This vacancy announcement is also available on the Relief Web site (http://www.reliefweb.int/)

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