Consultants at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively. In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights, capacity development and the empowerment of women.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant - Establishment of Roster of Experts to Facilitate Dialogues, Trainings and Workshops under the Conflict Prevention and Peace Building

Location: Abuja
Possible Travel within, NIGERIA
Type of Contract: Individual Contract
Post Level: National Consultant
Starting Date: (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 01-Oct-2015
Duration of Initial Contract : 11 months

Job Description
Rationale:

• The technical expertise and administrative capacity within UNDP to manage and implement planned programme for 2015 under the conflict prevention and peace building programme is limited.
• Therefore, there is the need to outsource for competent experts to provide technical and administrative services for all aspects of the planned activities.
• This consultancy, therefore, is required to enlist persons with requisite expertise, knowledge and competences to provide technical support services, on need basis, to complement UNDP’s capacity for the implementation of the 2015 Annual Work Plan under the Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work:
The consultants will be required to provide technical support to trainings, workshops, dialogue fora and meetings.Specifically, the consultants will, among others, be required to perform the following tasks:

• Develop workshop/training programmes/modules/manuals;
• Facilitate dialogues/workshops/trainings;
• Prepare comprehensive activity reports.

The expertise areas required are:

• Conflict Prevention and Management;
• Business Management;
• ICT with expertise in setting up ICT-based early warning and early response system.

Outcome/Deliverables
At the end of each programme/event, consultants will be expected to deliver the following outcomes/results:

• Workshop/training modules/manuals;
• Effective delivery of programme as prescribed; and
• Comprehensive activity report.

Competencies

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Highest standard of integrity, discretion and loyalty;
• Excellent understanding of organisational issues;
• Commitment to professionalism;
• Knowledge in conducting training sessions and good facilitation skills;
• Good understanding of change management, including system development and organizational skills;
• Commitment to quality;
• Commitment to deadlines;
• Objectivity, honesty and fairness;
• Logic and ability to operate systematically;
• Excellent oral and writing communication skills;
• Timely and accurate submission of reports and other required documents;
• Substantive and linguistic quality of documents prepared;
• Commitment to confidentiality of the assignment and handing over of products and documents paid for by UNDP used in the delivery of consultancy outputs.

Required Skills and Experience
Education:

• Second Degree in Social Sciences, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Psychology, Political Science, Law, Business Management, Computer Science and Humanities;
• Applicants with first degree and not less than 15 years experience in academic, training and cognate experience in any of the areas will be considered.

Experience:

• At least 10 years cognate experience in the areas of workshop/training/dialogue facilitation with focus on any of the broad areas mentioned above;
• A mixture of academic experience, facilitation and workshop skills will be an asset.

Language:

• Fluent in English.

Application Closing Date
15th September, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online