CSS, Human Rights and Advocacy Consultant - Bangkok

Objective of the assignment

The CSS, Human Rights and Advocacy Consultant will provide substantive support for the implementation of the various regional and national level community system strengthening (CSS), human rights and advocacy initiatives. The Consultant will also provide strategic support to the SRs in building their capacity (both organizational and staff capacity) for implementing CSS and advocacy activities in the countries.

Scope of Work

The scope of work for this assignment includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Support the MSA grant to accelerate the programme implementation of national level CSS, human rights and advocacy initiatives;Provide strategic support the SRs in building their capacity (both organizational and staff) for implementing CSS, human rights and advocacy activities in the countries, referring to Global Fund CSS Framework and UNDP or other capacity building tools;Monitor the grant work plan and ensure the CSS, human rights and advocacy initiatives under different grant partners are progressing timely and provide support where necessary;Support regional CSS, human rights and advocacy policy development and advisory services for MSM, transgender and HIV programming;Support APCOM in its initial scale-up phase to implement the CSS and advocacy activities;Support APN+ in using successes of the CSS and Advocacy Seed Fund Programme for wider advocacy;Document the South-South learning on CSS, human rights and advocacy among regional community SR/SSRs (MSA, ISEAN-HIVOS and APN+);Contribute to various studies planned under the grant with reference to CSS, human rights and advocacy as relevant;Contribute to various regional and country-specific write-ups and knowledge products (e.g. policy briefs, discussion papers, position papers) on MSM and transgender HIV, human rights and advocacy based on updated strategic information; contribute to UNDP deliverables like semi-annual progress updates, annual reports etc.);Participate in and provide strategic contribution to various conferences/workshops/meetings to CSS, human rights and advocacy knowledge building;Contribute to learning from cross sharing of MSA grant staff participation in international/regional/national CSS, human rights and advocacy events (meetings, consultations, workshops, trainings etc.);Provide technical support to regional and national SRs, UNDP Country Offices and key beneficiaries in the areas of CSS, human rights and advocacy for MSM and transgender people;Contribute to development and support implementation of new regional and country-level initiatives focused on transgender people, including close support to APRC team and SRs when necessary;Provide support to APCOM to manage the grant’s networking and collaboration platform group on CSS, human rights and advocacy;Provide additional technical assistance as require.

Final Products

The final products will be as follow:

Countries’ specific legal barriers to prevention, treatment and care analyzed and prioritized;The priority areas for the programmatic interventions agreed with SRs and incorporated into their wok plans for 2015;2015 work plan covering priority SRs CSS, human rights and advocacy initiatives developed and monitored for timely progress;Support provided to APCOM’s scale-up phase to implement the CSS and advocacy activities within their contract;Provide support to the HHD Policy Advisor on monitoring progress and supporting local follow-up activities to Global Commission on HIV and the Law. Provide support in building SRs and national partners (NHRC, police, parliament, other decision makers) organizational and staff capacity for implementing CSS, human rights and advocacy activities;Contribute to various regional and country-specific CSS, human rights and advocacy write-ups and knowledge products related to MSM and transgender;Attend and contribute to the national and relevant regional consultations and other human rights advocacy events as per work plan and budget.

Contract Duration:

During December 2014 – November 2015 with maximum 195 working days.

Duty Station:

Bangkok, Thailand with regular travel to seven programme countries in South Asia including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (at least 12 trips during the assignment). Payment of travel costs including tickets, living allowance, terminal expenses and other travel related cost should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel. The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP.

Provision of Monitoring and Progress Controls:

The consultant will directly report to UNDP Programme Manager, MSA grant. The Programme Manager, MSA grant will communicate and work closely with the consultant to ensure quality and timely delivery of expected outputs.

Documents to be included when submitting proposal:

Interested individual consultant must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate your  qualifications:

Brief Proposal:  Brief proposal explaining why you are the most suitable for this consultancy and confirmation on availability to take up assignment for the whole period.Financial proposal: The financial proposal must indicate daily professional fee in USD. To submit Financial Proposal, please use Template of Submission of Financial Proposal provided in Annex I.Personal CV and/or P.11 including past experience in similar projects and the name and contact details of 3 references

Financial proposal:

Professional Fee

The contract will be based on daily fee

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee in USD. The payments will be made to the Individual Consultant based on approved timesheet on a monthly basis and upon completion of the deliverables.  To submit Financial Proposal, please use Template of Submission of Financial Proposal provided in Annex I.

 Travel:

Payment of travel costs including tickets, living allowance, terminal expenses and other travel related cost should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel. The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP.

Evaluation:

The award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable, andHaving received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Technical Criteria weight; 70%

Experience related to services: 40 points;Written proposal/test AND/OR interview result: 30 points;Expertise & Availability: 30 points.

Financial Criteria weight; 30%

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 350 technical points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

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