UNDP recruits 01 Inclusive Digital Economy Consultant

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Youth Specialist based in Dakar, the Consultant will be responsible for the following activities and deliverables:

Regional level activities

At regional level, the consultant will support UNCDF in developing and expanding its relationship with BCEAO the Regional Economic Commissions, with BEAC as well as other stakeholders at regional levels that will help drive the inclusive digital economy agenda and to advise on .specific requests around policy and regulation for digital financial services.

Deliverables

Strategy, workplan to develop and materials to expand relationships with Regional Economic Commissions (REC) for key programs in the region including the Migrants & remittances program and the DFS for resilience program.
Technical inputs/business case for UNCDF to engage in an MOU with Regional Economic Commission.
Strategy, workplan and materials to support BEAC / COBAC on various key topics including gender, financial services, financial consumer protection and support to the design of the Regional Financial Inclusion Strategy.
Strategy, workplan and materials to support the implementation of the G7 program on women’s digital financial inclusion in WAEMU.
Curricula, training materials and presentations for specific workshops on (1) data automation, (2) gender mainstreaming and (3) open banking.
Support the existing UNCDF/MCC research and Digital solutions to improve women smallholder farmers’ resilience to disasters
Fundraising strategy for UNCDF’s regional or global initiatives;
Technical inputs (revised theory of change, problem statement, value proposition, methodology, targets) to 2 regional fundraising proposals developed or supported

Country level activities

At country level, the consultant will advise UNCDF teams to analyze fundraising opportunities for UNCDF in inclusive digital transformation and provide technical advisory to activities at country level. It will mainly cover the below countries Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar.

Deliverables

Technical review of UNCDF’s country level strategies, results, workplan for all countries to provide taking stock of lessons learned and recommendations.
Curricula, materials and presentations for UNCDF country workshops with government partners to get buy-in for IDE Score Card https://ides.uncdf.org/homepage
IDES reports drafted and sent to government in 4 countries
IDES report drafted sent to government in 4 additional countries
Technical inputs (revised theory of change, problem statement, value proposition, methodology, targets) to 2 national level fundraising proposals developed or supported
The table below outlines the list of key deliverables and due dates foreseen:

Deliverables/ Outputs

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Competencies

Ability to establish strong working relationships with various stakeholders’ institutions and administrators; media, civil society, and private sector leaders; international donors; and other stakeholders.
Ability to work in a multicultural environment and being aware of political sensitivities.
Ability to think and act strategically.
Ability to support team to successfully deliver.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

Master’s degree in economics, international development, or related field is mandatory

Experience

At least 7 years of experience in managing large-scale, high-impact program delivery projects for improving access to financial services is mandatory.
At least three years of experience in implementing digital solutions in inclusive digital finance, especially for the most marginalized populations particularly in low/middle income countries is mandatory.
Experience in managing groups of industry stakeholders (association management, conference moderation, event management) is preferred but not mandatory.
Experience working in West and Central is mandatory
Experience working with the UN system is preferred but not mandatory.

Language requirements

Proficiency in both French and English is mandatory.
Timeline, total number of working days, duty station:
Timeline: 7 months from June 21 to December 21

Standard travel costs and living expenses:

Travel: Travel, as deemed relevant by UNCDF, will be approved and arranged by UNCDF, following UNDP/UNCDF
Travel Policy.

Progress Controls & Payments

The Senior Digital Consultant must send a financial proposal based on a lump sum amount. Contract prices will be fixed and “all-inclusive” based in the contractor’s financial proposal; payments will be divided into lump sum amounts according to the schedule of payments below.

Payment will be made against satisfactorily completion of each deliverable. All payments shall be disbursed only upon written confirmation of acceptance of the outputs which and authorization for payment by UNCDF Youth Specialist. Disbursement of the final payment shall require a signed performance evaluation of the consultant.

Deliverables/ Outputs

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Application process

Interested individuals must submit the documents mentioned below as proposals in order to demonstrate their qualifications (Note: the system does not allow multiple uploads of documents. Applicants must make sure to upload all documents in one PDF file).

All applications must contain the following information:

Cover letter with a summary statement of competencies in relation to the Terms of Reference (TOR) and earliest availability information.
CV or completed and signed P11 (available from http://sas.undp.org/documents/p11_personal_history_form.doc), indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
Signed financial proposal: that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided at: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=29916.

Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.

Step I: Screening

Applications will be screened and only applicants meeting the following mandatory criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:

Master’s degree in economics, international development, or related field is mandatory
At least 7 years of experience in managing large-scale, high-impact program delivery projects for improving access to financial services.
At least three years of experience in implementing digital solutions in inclusive digital finance, especially for the most marginalized populations particularly in low/middle income countries.
Experience working in financial inclusion in West and Central
Proficiency in both French and English

Step II: Shortlisting (20% of technical assessment points)

UNCDF will produce a shortlist of candidates and technically evaluate candidates by evaluating the following criteria with corresponding points (100 points):

Education/Experience

Master’s degree in economics, international development, or related field (20 points)
At least 7 years of experience in managing large-scale, high-impact program delivery schemes for improving access to financial services (20points)
At least three years of experience in implementing digital solutions in inclusive digital finance, especially for the most marginalized populations particularly in in low/middle income countries (15 points)
Experience of working in financial inclusion in Africa (20 points)
Experience in managing groups of industry stakeholders (association management, conference moderation, event management) (10 points)
Experience working with the UN system (5 points)
Written and spoken proficiency in English and French (10 points)
As applicable, only applicants scoring 80 points or more shall be considered for an interview.

Step III: Interview (80% of technical assessment)

An interview shall be conducted to candidates having scored above 80 points in the shortlisting.

Step V: Financial Evaluation

Only candidates with scores above 70% of the technical evaluation will be considered as technically qualified and will be reviewed further for financial evaluation.

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal: lowest priced proposal/price of the proposal being evaluated x 30%.

Award Criteria

The contact shall be awarded to the best applicant whose offer have been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and Having received the highest combined weight (technical scores) 70% + financial 30%= 100%.

Both individual consultants and individual employed by a company or institution are welcome to apply.

Any individual employed by a company or institution who would like to submit an offer in response to a Procurement Notice for IC must do so in their individual capacity (providing a CV so that their qualifications may be judged accordingly). Women candidates or women-owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply.

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