Tender For Social Protection Consultant. Tender, Lesotho - 32111489

Procurement Summary

Country : Lesotho

Summary : Tender For Social Protection Consultant.

Deadline : 11 Apr 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 32111489

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
13 United Nations Road 2nd Floor United Nations House Maseru Tel: 22.315.801 Fax: 22.310.248 / 22.316.839
Lesotho
Email :tshiferaw@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Social Protection Consultant, Maseru, Lesotho.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

1. Background and Justification

UNICEF with the financial support from the European Union (EU) and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) has been supporting the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) and the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) to strengthen the social protection system, making it shock-responsive; and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship tostrengthen public service delivery at decentralized level in Lesotho.

The Partnering Ministries of the Government of Lesotho and UNICEF have prepared a rolling work plan for 2019-2020, prioritizing six key interventions to implement that include: (i) expansion of National Information System for Social Assistance (NISSA) in urban areas; (ii) decentralization of NISSA MIS; (iii) development of a scalability framework; (iv) development of an integrated policy framework for shock-responsive social protection; (v) preparation of a method for regularly updating NISSA using local institutions; and (vi) supporting the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship (MoLGC) to expand Citizen Service Centres (CSC) in five new councils. UNICEF will recruit institutional consultants to implement the first five interventions. To ensure the quality of deliverables of institutional consultants through day to day oversight; effective coordination between the institutional consultants and partners and effective implementation of CSCs, UNICEF does not have inhouse additional technical human resources. Thus, to fill this gap, UNICEF wants to recruit an international individual contractor to monitor, coordinate and ensure the quality of the interventions that will be implemented by the institutional consultant; and to support the MoLGC to expand the CSC in five new councils. This TOR, thus, has been prepared to recruit an international individual Contractor.

2. Scope of Work

2.1 Goal and Objective:

Under the supervision of the Chief Social Policy, the contractor will support over 11.5 months the expansion of NISSA, development of scalability and integrated frameworks, NISSA recertification methods; and expansion of Citizen Service Centres in Lesotho.

2.2 Provide details/reference to AWP areas covered:

The assignment for the consultancy will contribute to the achievement of outcome 3 of the rolling work plan that states by 2023, the GoL has an improved child and gender sensitive, and shock responsive social protection system.

2.3 Activities and Tasks: The contractor will perform the following specific functions.

§ Support the decentralization of NISSA IT structure to districts (updates, case management, payments, enrolment, report, etc.);

§ Support NISSA expansion to urban areas;

§ Support the development of a NISSA communications strategy;

§ Support institutional consultants for the development of a scalability framework; integrated policy framework for shock-responsive social protection; and methods/approaches for regularly updating NISSA;

§ Facilitate consultations between institutional consultants and Government partners;

§ Review inception, draft and final reports; and

§ Support the MoLGC to expand citizen service centres to 5 more additional Community Councils.

2.4 Work relationships:

The contractor will work under the supervision of the Chief of Social Policy in UNICEF. The contractor will work with staff members of the social policy section and other programme Sections; officials of FAO and WFP; and the relevant officials of the MoSD, MOLGC, DMA and other relevant sectoral Ministries and partners.

2.5 Activities /Outputs/Deliverables:

Activity

Deliverables

2019

2020

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Review UNICEF social policy documents and guidelines and prepare an inception report

Inception report

X







Facilitate decentralization of NISSA and MIS (updates, case management, payments, enrolments, reports, etc.)

Implementation report

X

X

X

X

Facilitate TA support to the expansion of NISSA and data collection;

ToRs, implementation report

X

X

X

X

Support finalization of NISSA methodologies for urban areas

ToRs, Implementation report

X

X





Support of NISSA (validation and monitoring)

Monitoring report



X

X



Support the profiling of NISSA/Lesotho Social Protection system through publication for use by stakeholders nationally and internationally

Monitoring report



X





Support development of NISSA communication strategy

Community Strategy



X





Facilitate development of NISSA institutional arrangement and plan (following review)

Arrangement and Plan



X

X



Facilitate the development of Scalability framework

Scalability Framework report



X

X



Support development NISSA methodology for data updating through communities

NIISA updates Implementation report



X

X



Support the development of an integrated framework for Shock-Responsive social protection system

Integrated framework



X

X



Support MoLGC expand Citizen Service Centres from 26 to 31 Community Councils

Implementation report



X

X

X

Support MoLGC training of staff and councillors in new CSCs and refresher training for old CSCs

Training report



X

X

X

Plan and Conduct Service Days

Field monitoring report



X

X

X

Develop of CSC monitoring and evaluation system/application

System application report





X



Conduct consultations for decentralized service delivery legislation

Decentralization bill



X

X



Design and launch a Child Development indicators portal

Child Development indicators report



X

X

X

1. Reporting Format: In the beginning of the assignment, the contractor and the supervisor will agree on bi-monthly deliverables based on the activities and deliverables under 2.5; and the contractor will prepare bi-monthly plans in the last week of every two months for the next two months, specifying key activities and deliverables. The contractor will be paid based on delivery of bi-monthly deliverables and submission of the report following the format below.

Name of the contractor



Name of the programme Section



Reporting months with specific dates



Planned intervention/ results as per the 2.5

Achievement indicator

Means of verification

Comments on achievement (lessons learned or challenges)









2.6 Payment schedule: Payment will be made upon successful delivery of the bi-monthly planned deliverables.

Month

Deliverable

Payment (USD)

June 19

1st progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

July 19

2nd progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

August 19

3rd progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

September 19

4th progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

October 19

5th progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

November 19

6th progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

December 19

7th progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

January 20

8th progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

February 20

9th progress report against planned deliverables

9.1%

March 20

10th progress report against planned deliverables10th

9.1%

April 20

11th progress report against planned deliverables including the final consultancy report.

9.1%

3. Desired profile

3.1 Education: Advanced University degree in Economic, Social Policy or related field;

3.2 Experience: At least five (5) years of progressively responsible professional work experience in design and implementation of social protection, social registries, cash transfers and decentralization process; and proven experience in working with Government, UN organizations, academia and research organizations;

3.3 Competencies: Good communication, working with people, drive for results, analytical skills and planning and organizing;

3.4 Language: Fluency in English

Administrative issues

§ The selection of contractor will be governed by and subject to UNICEF General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts;

§ The contractor job is fulltime and office-based; he/she may require visiting districts for monitoring activities (12-15 visits);

§ The contractor will perform the work using own computer;

§ The contractor payment is a Lump Sum inclusive of international travel (a two-way economy airfare); consultancy fee, living allowance, and 12-15 local travels outside Maseru.

§ Entitlements and conditions of service are governed by UNICEF policies;

§ Contractor will not be entitled to leave, however, unpaid days off during the 11.5 months contract period will be discussed and agreed with supervisor;

§ As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against satisfactory completion of deliverables as of the approved workplan. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

Risks

Inadequate commitment and support from the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Local Government could result in delay in implementation of certain activities such as rollout of NISSA in urban areas and expansion of Citizen Service

Documents

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