Local Consultant - UNDP , West Sumatera Province
Posted by CaCak CONSULTANT, DRR, FACILITATOR, MONEV, PADANG, SUMATRA, SUMBAR, UNDP 10:43 PM
Title: Facilitation of Monitoring & Reporting Framework – Local Consultant
Reports to: NPM SCDRR
Duty Station: Home Based
Expected Places of Travel (if applicable): West Sumatera Province.
Duration of Assignment: From< Mid of Oct 2011> to: < End of Jan 2012>
BACKGROUND
The project “Safer Communities Through Disaster Risk Reduction in Development” (SC-DRR) was officially launched on September 11, 2007, and is designed to make disaster risk reduction a normal part of the development process established in core functions of Government as well as its public and private partners at all levels especially local communities where the most effective actions can be taken to reduce the physical, economic and social vulnerability to disasters. The ultimate aim of this project is to ensure that, over the long-term, development takes place in a way that disaster risks are considered and accounted for so that, over time, a culture of safety becomes the norm in Indonesia leading to sustainable development and poverty reduction in one of the most disaster prone countries in the world.
The project is intended to attain four key outputs:
Disaster risk reduction policy, legal and regulatory frameworks established,
Institutional systems that support decentralized disaster risk reduction established, strengthened and integrated with local level development,
Communities and decision makers better informed on disaster risks and measures that can be taken to reduce those risks,
Local disaster risk reduction processes, methodologies, guidelines and tools developed, applied, documented and fed-back into the policy framework.
The implementation of this project is undertaken through the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), in which the Project Board comprising of Bappenas, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and UNDP, with the National Project Director (NPD) SCDRR is the Director of Special Area and Disadvantaged Region Bappenas. To ensure the effective implementation of the project, strategic partnerships have been initiated with other relevant GOI ministries and agencies, as well as with public and private partners at the international, national, provincial, district, sub-district and village levels. The overall target budget figure for the five-year programme stands at USD 18.000.000 million supported by several international donors, such as DFID, UN ESCAP, APRC UNDP and AusAID.
The project also operates within a joint UN programme titled “Joint UN Strategic Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development”. The project also collaborates with the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre in Bangkok in disaster risk initiatives at the regional level.
For the successful implementation of “Safer Communities Through Disaster Risk Reduction in Development” (SC-DRRD) programme, the Programme Coordination and Implementation Support Unit (PCISU) has been established within the Disaster Management Secretariat of BAPPENAS. The PCISU also supports the National Agency for Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs and other GOI agencies involved in disaster risk reduction at the national level. At the same time, coordination with SC-DRRD Project Management Units (PMUs) currently established in appointed local government institutions in 8 provinces ( DI Yogyakarta, Central Java, Bengkulu, West Sumatera, NTT, North Sulawesi, Maluku and Bali) and 1 city (Kota Palu) have been ongoing.
To ensure the project is running in accordance with the work plan and achieved intended target output, the monitoring and evaluation are required to undertake in quarterly basis and in line with the donors’ agreements. Therefore, PCISU is seeking a highly qualified candidate to fill the position of Consultant – Logframe, Monitoring & Reporting Framework development for the SC-DRRD Project.
Under the overall supervision of the SCDRR National Project Manager cum Team Leader, the consultant will support the formulation of relevant planning documents as well as an updated monitoring and reporting framework, to ensure that monitoring and reporting mechanism is established and implemented regularly as the project portfolio continue to expand in 2011.
OBJECTIVES OF ASSIGNMENT
General Objective
General objective of the assignment is to monitor and evaluate the project activities in order to ensure the activities are implemented timely and accountable manner and to achieve the intended target output in accordance with the plan. In the longer term, this ensures the project will contribute the sustainable development through disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives.
Specific Objectives:
The main objectives are the following:
Provided documentation, quarterly reports and bilingual newsletter, capturing stories from the field;
Supported the Final Review Reports as requested by donors;
Provided monitoring and reporting of the regional workshop for sharing experience;
Developed document lessons learned of the SCDRR implementation
SCOPE OF WORK
To meet the objective of the assignment, the consultant is required to undertake the following scope of the works:
Develop quarterly reports, donor reports and bilingual news letter;
Develop lessons learned of the monitoring and evaluation of the activities during the period of assignment.
Develop monitoring report and proceeding of the regional workshop for the exchange of experience
Develop lesson learned document of the implementation of SCDRR
REQUIREMENTS
Knowledgeable in Project Cycle Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks and Tools.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in development projects and project management.
Familiarity of the UNDP and GoI system, rules and procedures, particularly in monitoring and evaluation, is not a requirement but will be an advantage.
Experience in working with government agencies (central and local), civil society organizations and international organizations is an asset.
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages and in handling of web-based management system.
Fluency in written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesian is preferred.
Excellent communication and writing skills;
Knowledge of disaster management issues, particularly disaster risk reduction, is desirable;
