UNDP: EXPRES (Expert Roster for Rapid Response) Consultants - Extractive Industries Specialist

Jan 16, 2014 | United Nations Development Programme

UNDP: EXPRES (Expert Roster for Rapid Response) Consultants - Extractive Industries Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

Profile:

• Natural Resource Management.

Sub-Profiles:

• Extractive Industries Management.

UNDP is seeking experts with an extractive industry development profile, and more specifically related to the following sub-categories:

• Governance, including legal, policy and institutional frameworks and national coordination mechanisms;
• Transparency and accountability in revenue management mechanisms (systems for improved public access to information on financial transactions, mechanisms for improving oversight, development of corruption risk, identification and mitigation systems;
• Environmental and social sustainability (measures to address displacement and mitigate negative social and environmental impacts, mechanisms for strengthening environmental standards, laws, impacts and certification and assessments of adverse health impacts);
• Conflict prevention and recovery (including conflict risk analysis to identify drivers of conflict and peace capacities, traditional and non-traditional dispute resolution mechanisms and grievance mechanisms);
• Engagement with the private sector, civil society and local groups (in particular women’s organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations), foundations and other stakeholders (mechanisms for awareness raising, platforms for multi-stakeholder dialogue and participation, gender mainstreaming, gender gap analysis, CSR mechanisms and the relationship between business and Human Rights and public communication/community engagement);
• Economic and social policy formulation (medium and small scale business development, local employment opportunities in the extractive sector, strategies for revenue investment, and development of diversification strategies.

Expected deliverables of experts/consultants:

• Consultants will provide advisory support to clients (UNDP offices, national project teams, and national stakeholders including governments, civil society organizations and affected communities) in areas of extractive industry development;
• When demand arises in a particular thematic area, pre-selected consultants are called upon to provide demand-driven advisory services, access to knowledge, and technical backstopping to UNDP.
• The range of tasks for the consultant vary according to the assignment and may include research, diagnostic missions, provision of strategic advice, capacity assessments and capacity development activities, strategic development and implementation of projects and policies, on-site support to programme identification and development, monitoring and evaluation, legislation drafting, negotiation and coordination with public/private partners and stakeholders, partnership development, community engagement and outreach.

Working Modality:

• Specific reporting and working relationships will be specified at the time of contracting;
• Consultants will perform their duties from office and/or home-base combined with the in-country missions and/or project site visits (per request of the UNDP Office). Consultants are expected to attend relevant meetings and workshops at the country level, including stakeholder consultations, inception and validation meetings;
• Requirements for specific competencies, qualifications, duties and responsibilities will be outlined in assignment TORs.