Date: 30 April 2024

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Nepal currently requires the services of an individual to perform the work described in this document.

In consideration of your qualifications, we are hereby inviting you to submit an offer for this particular assignment. To assist you in understanding the requirements of this assignment, we have attached hereto the following:

• The Terms of Reference for the assignment described above;
• The standard Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability, which you must accomplish and submit to UNDP; and
• The Individual Contract and its General Terms and Conditions, which you would be expected to sign in the event you are the selected Offeror in this procurement process.

Should you be interested and decide to submit an offer for this assignment, kindly submit directly in the online supplier portal no later than the deadline indicated in the system. If any discrepancy between deadline in the system and in deadline indicated elsewhere, deadline in the system prevails. We look forward to your favorable response, and thank you in advance for your interest in working with UNDP.

1. BACKGROUND

Under its new Country Programme (2023-2027), UNDP’s work in Nepal focuses on developing the capacity of government agencies (federal, provincial, and municipal level), civil society and community groups to jointly pursue development activities to foster sustainable and inclusive economic transformation, enhance people’s participation and inclusion in governance in the context of federalism, and protect and promote biodiversity with nature based solutions, energy transitions, environmental sustainability and resilience to climate change and natural hazards. During the past programme cycle, Nepal has undergone profound changes on account not only of the transition from a unitary to federal systems but also of the Covid Pandemic, which has impacted lives, livelihoods, health systems, and has at times slowed down or reversed hard gained development progress. At the same time, the overall trend of Nepal’s GNI has been one of growth, with graduation from LDC status planned for 2026.

Contributing to the UNSDCF and aligned with the national priorities and informed by results and lessons from past programmes and the ICPE, the Country Programme is built on a theory of change which posits that strong systems and institutions that promote inclusive and gender-responsive (e-)governance are critical for the realization of human rights, access to justice, political participation, enhanced accountability, and service delivery especially for marginalized and vulnerable people.

Directly contributing to this broader UN-wide programming framework for Nepal, and to support Nepal in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNDP’s Country Programme Document (CPD) for 2023-2027 has identified three priority areas, where gender equality and social inclusion remains a cross-cutting issue:

(a) promote inclusive and resilient economic growth founded on decent jobs, an integrated social security and protection system, and sound policies that enhance productivity and investments and reduce multi-dimensional poverty.

(b) improve the coherence and quality of governance across the three tiers to ensure constitutional rights, access to justice and empower people, especially women and marginalized communities, to exercise agency over their lives; and

(c) advance resilient and sustainable systems for use of natural resources through public policies, strong institutions and active community participation.

UNDP Nepal is committed to upholding strong programming quality and results-based management practices. This includes the need for quality thematic and project evaluations under its key priority areas of work (inclusive economic transformation, inclusive governance and rule of law, and resilience and climate change) and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion mainstreaming. UNDP Nepal has established Long Term Agreements (LTAs) with individual consultants under the three thematic areas. In the first call, UNDP didn't get adequate numbers of application for GESI Expert to enter into Long-Term Agreements (LTAs) with individual consultants to support the evaluation process.

An LTA is a mutual agreement between UNDP and the individual to provide the required services at established fee or provisions. The LTA will be established for two years and renewable for another year linked to satisfactory performance of the Individual consultant. UNDP reserves the right to rescind the agreement during the period should performance of the individuals not meet its requirements.

Under an LTA, UNDP does not warrant that any quantity of service shall be purchased during the term of this agreement. Where a request for service arises, UNDP shall contract the consultant based on its need to carry out those activities as per the expertise of the consultant as per the LTA. A specific Terms of Reference (TOR) outlining the outputs for each assignment shall be provided and an Individual Contract would be issued to the consultant, detailing the time frame mentioning total cost involved for that assignment.

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• At least master’s degree in Gender studies, Women studies, Governance, Management, Public Administration, Social studies, anthropology, or any other areas or bachelor’s degree with two additional years of experience.
• Experience of working with development programmes/conducting evaluations with focus on gender, social inclusion and related development issues.
• At least 5 years of experience in their field including evaluation experience.
• Strong knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods.
• Experience and knowledge of gender sensitive research or monitoring, evaluation and analysis.
• Excellent report writing, presentation and editing skills in English.
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• Knowledge of UN/UNDP evaluation guidelines will be an advantage.

Click on the link below to download detailed TOR:

Terms of Reference-GESI Expert

Deadline: May 10, 2024, 5:00 PM (Nepal Time)

For additional information and documents and for further application procedures, click on the link below:

Procurement | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)