Qualifications:
Education:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Design, International Development, Environmental Science, Transition or Complexity Science, Engineering, Design (e.g., industrial or service design, architecture, urban planning), Psychology or a related area.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant progressively responsible work experience at the national and international levels in development programming or policy; social innovation; partnership building; engagement (public and private sector).
- Minimum 1 year of demonstrated experience in applying experimental and portfolio logics to a specific policy area (or social issue);
- Demonstrated ability in running co-design sessions and facilitating collaborative workshops with at least three workshops facilitated;
- Existing networks with systems thinking and sensemaking teams globally is an asset;
- Knowledge of various sensemaking and system mapping methodologies is an asset;
- Demonstrated ability to work with clients to help surface unarticulated needs is an added value;
- Demonstrated ability to work with systems and sensemaking approaches and methodologies is an asset;
Language:
- Fluency in English, both written and oral.
Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments:
Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
The candidates must submit a financial proposal based on a lump sum amount. The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive of all costs components required to perform the work and complete deliverables identified in the Terms of Reference (ToR). This includes professional fee, communications, consumables, and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the consultant in completing the assignment. The contract price will be fixed output-based price regardless of extension of the herein specified duration.
Schedule of Payments:
Payment will be made after satisfactory acceptance and certification of the deliverables and in accordance with UNDP procedures as per below percentages:
Deliverables/ Outputs |
Target Due Dates |
Review and Approvals Required from |
1. Web content drafted, edited and translated, including for USPC’s revised website and other UNDP corporate web pages. (32%) |
31 January 2022 |
Reviewed by Communications & Partnerships Specialist Approved by Director of the USPC
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2. Media outreach content drafted and disseminated, including press releases, media advisories, interview scripts and a master media contact list. (17%) |
28 February 2022 |
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3. Social media content drafted, edited and translated, including for USPC’s Facebook and Twitter channels. (17%) |
31 March 2022 |
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4. Advocacy materials and publications drafted, copy edited and translated, including a brochure series, PowerPoint decks and knowledge products. (17%) |
30 April 2022 |
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5. Digital/multimedia outreach materials produced and disseminated, including a newsletter series and storyboard/subtitles of a USPC video. (17%) |
25 May 2022 |
In the event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon between the respective business unit and the consultant, prior to travel, and will be reimbursed. In general, UNDP shall not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the consultant wish to travel on a higher class, they should do so using their own resources.
Evaluation Method and Criteria:
Cumulative Analysis: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis. The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as a) responsive/compliant/acceptable; and b) having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria (70%). and financial criteria (30%). Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment.
Technical Criteria for Evaluation
Criteria |
Weight |
Max. Point |
Technical |
70% |
70 |
Education |
5% |
5 |
Experience supporting the production of communications materials, such as web, media, social media, publications, outreach and multimedia products. |
15% |
15 |
Experience in the usage of web and social media management tools, and audio/video/graphic production tools is an asset. |
10% |
10 |
Written test (Only the longlisted candidates will be invited for written exam) |
20% |
20 |
Interview (Top 4 candidates who pass the written test) |
20% |
20 |
Financial |
30% |
30 |
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Contract award: Applicant receiving the Highest Combined Score and has accepted UNDP’s General Terms and Conditions will be awarded the contract.
Documentation required:
Interested individuals must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document:
1. Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability with Financial Proposal (in USD) using the template provided as Annex III
Financial proposal: Consultant shall quote an all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided for the entire assignment. The term “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, consumables, etc.) that could be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment are already factored into the proposed fee submitted in the proposal.
If an Offeror is employed by an organization/ company/ institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.
2. P11 / Personal CV, 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 with contact details.
3. A cover letter indicating brief description of a) why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment; and b) how he/she will approach and complete the assignment.
**Failure to submit the above-mentioned documents or Incomplete proposals shall result in disqualification
Incomplete proposals may not be considered. The short-listed candidates may be contacted, and the successful candidate will be notified.
Annexes:
Annex I – TOR for Communications Consultant
Annex II – General_Terms_and_Conditions_for_Contracts_Individual_Consultants
Annex III – Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability and financial proposal
Annex IV – P11 Form_for_ICs_optional
Annex V – Procurement Notice
***All documents can be downloaded at: https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=85829
For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to procurement.th@undp.org under Subject: JobAds 103317 – Communications Consultant.