| Overview : The UNDP Country Office in the Solomon Islands is implementing a range of projects in support of Sustainable Development Goals and the National Development Strategy 2020- 2035 one of which is related to Disaster Risk Management. Disaster Risk Management cuts across almost every Sustainable Development Goals particularly goals number 1, 11, and 13. UNDP’s project on Integrated Approach to Disaster Risk Management in the Solomon Islands supports Strategic Goal Number Four of the NDS which calls for environmentally sustainable with effective disaster risk management, response, and recovery. To achieve the outcome, the IDRM project supports i) strengthening Government institutions’ capacity with improved policy and governance frameworks for gender-responsive DRM; ii) strengthened sub-national institutional arrangements to coordinate and implement gender-responsive DRM programs and promote community resilience; and iii) improved national and local level early warning systems, information, and knowledge management systems for DRM. Proposed interventions build on past, ongoing and planned initiatives and contribute to various policy frameworks listed in section 1.3. Legal, Policy and Institutional Arrangements for DRM. It will also establish synergies with the UNDP portfolio as well as COVID response and related recovery support. In connection with this, UNDP’s IDRM project will engage relevant expert at the international levels to support this initial phase of the Change Management process. The Senior IC will develop the Change Management Plan for the NDMO as well as oversee and support the development of the strategic plan together with the communications specialist. Documentation required Interested individual consultants 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 a maximum of one document: - Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided in Annex II.
- Personal CV or P11, indicating all experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
- Technical proposal, including a) a brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment; and b) a methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.
- Financial proposal, as per template provided in Annex II. Note: National consultants must quote prices in SBD.
Applications should be submitted to the following email address procurement.sb@undp.org not later that 13 June 2022, COB. |
