Individual Consultant – Deputy Program Manager-Communications

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Background

UNDP strives to have a workforce, which reflects diversity and gender balance, and applies an equal opportunities approach. UNDP does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS status. All selections are on merit.

The DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission) is the flagship program of Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India relaunched in 2016 for promoting poverty reduction by building strong institutions of the poor, particularly women. The programme creates and enables community owned institutions of women to empower and make them economically self-reliant by improving their agency to access a range of livelihood and financial services and maximize their resources for creating sustainable livelihood opportunities.

The state governments are mandated to set up dedicated Mission Management Units at the state, district and village/community level for the effective implementation of the NRLM scheme. The mission provides regular hand-holding support to SHG/federations for a period of 5-7 years. At the end of a fully implementation cycle the SHGs/federations are well prepared to become resource institutions at the community level for providing evidence and support to other social initiatives.

Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS)

The State Government is implementing DAY-NRLM scheme in phases through Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society in the name of “Sanjeevini”. The mission statement of KSRLPS is: “To reduce rural poverty by providing gainful wage and self-employment opportunities through community institutions resulting in sustainable improvement in their livelihoods”.

Sanjeevini is a community driven and process-oriented programme. The processes include different activities such as awareness building, social mobilization, development of Community Resource persons (CRPs). Formation of CBOs, strengthening SHGs/ CBOs/federations/Livelihood Collectives, establishment of linkages and promotion of livelihoods. The conventional methods of monitoring focuses on physical, financial and logistic aspects of projects, but do not capture the processes of community perception, satisfaction with project services, inclusion and

institutional dynamics. As the community processes do not conform to pre-set rules, deadlines, targets or blueprint approaches, a responsive and adaptive implementation is necessary.

It is in this context that the State government of Karnataka has partnered with UNDP to implement The National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) in Karnataka. NRETP proposes to implement higher order economic activities which are cross cutting in nature, for instance, the project design envisages that there will be an organic link between the model Cluster Level Federation (CLFs) and financial inclusion strategies, insurance and pension schemes, producer groups and organizations, product marketing and enterprise development. The financial inclusion strategy will also have a key role in financing of farm and non-farm enterprises. UNDP will be uniquely positioned to quickly transfer the technical know-how gained at the national and state level working across the country. The state SMMU will be fully synchronized with the National level team working at the center, important for better alignment of state priorities with those of the national programme while formulating the State specific poverty reduction action plans.

Under the scheme, UNDP is looking for a Deputy Project Manager_ Communications to undertake the activities as provided below. The incumbent will be based at SANJEEVINI- KSRLPS and will perform duties under the direct supervision of the Mission Director.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the SPM (SD & Communication) SANJEEVINI- KSRLPS the incumbent will focus on achievement of the following results:

• Ensures clear, coherent and consistent communication about the strategic focus and activities of Sanjeevini-KSRLPS

• Manages and elaborates content on the website, one of the principle mediums of communications of the organization, ensuring information is clearly presented, relevant and continuously updated.

• Prepares communications materials for print/electronic/voice/visual media and supports the production of Sanjeevini-KSRLPS/Joint Programme results reporting.
• Supports organization in preparing for and organizing public speaking engagements with the preparation of background materials and speaking points.
• Provides communication support as need for seminars, lectures, conferences, public events on major issues and events
• Manages media relations on behalf of the Office and prepares press releases, responding to enquiries, developing and managing media outreach plans as required, and ensuring that material for the media can be readily used by the media and understood by the public.
• Identifies media stories and researches, writes and edits media releases and briefings
• Identifies media opportunities in print media features, radio, television programs and in other social media

• Coordinates with service providers (e.g. printers, designers, photographers, writers, editors, advertising/ marketing/event coordination agencies)

• Supports internal communication among agencies, by preparing regular updates on events and activities

• Produces success stories, human interest stories/case studies and features to share with stakeholders and audiences

• Maintains a photo/virtual database that contains images expressive of the issues, actions and results of activities/programs/events
• Provide communication support as needed for seminars, lectures, conferences, public events on major issues and events concerning SANJEEVINI- KSRLPS
• Provides internal consultancy and media advice to staff to ensure that the agreed strategies are implemented and consistency of image is maintained.
• Provides secretarial support by entering, formatting, printing information; organizing work; answering the telephone; relaying messages; maintaining equipment and supplies as required
• Visit different districts to train the district/block level team to prepare effective communications material, if required or assigned.
• Any other tasks/responsibilities as assigned by the COO, KSRLPS

Deliverables & Payment Schedules:

Payment %

Deliverable target dates

• Submission of report highlighting,
• Ensure clear and consistent communications about strategic focus and activities of Sanjeevini.
• Submit at least 1 report of the activities carried out in that month.

8%

Month 1

• Submission of report highlighting,
• Manage and elaborate content on the website.
• Get approval from the supervisor at Sanjeevini.
• Submit at least 1 report on the all the content in the website.

8%

Month 2

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Ensure information is clearly presented and continuously updated
  • Submit at least 1 report on the all the updates.

8%

Month 3

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Prepare communication materials for print/electronic and voice media.
  • Submit at least 1 report on the communication materials prepared.

8%

Month 4

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Support organization with preparation of background materials and speaking points for public speaking.
  • Submit 1 report on the work done for the month.

8%

Month 5

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Collection of data for the past 6 months of all the work done.
  • Submitting the data to the MIS team for monitoring & evaluation.

8%

Month 6

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Provide communication support as need for seminars, conferences and major events.
  • Submit at least 1 report on the support provide for the month.

8%

Month 7

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Manage media relations on behalf of the office and prepare press release.
  • Respond to enquiries, develop and manage media outreach plans.
  • Submit at least 1 report on the work done for the month.

8%

Month 8

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Identify media stories and researches, write and edit media releases.

  • Identify media opportunities in print media, radio and other social media.

  • Submit 1 report on the opportunities identified.

8%

Month 9

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Coordinate with service providers.
  • Produce success stories and human-interest stories to share with the stake holders and audience.
  • Submit 1 report on the success stories produced.

8%

Month 10

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Visit different districts to train block level staff on effective communication materials.
  • Providing secretarial support in the office.
  • Submit 1 report on the effective implementation of the project.

10%

Month 11

• Submission of report highlighting,

  • Collection of data for the past 1 year and report on the work carried.
  • Submitting the data to MIS team for monitoring and evaluation.

10%

Month 12

Competencies

• Speak and write clearly, effectively and delightfully in Kannada and English
• Working experience in Creative Designing, Animation is desired
• Creative and innovative in expression
• Able to handle complex information and data and convey clear messages
• Able to adapt content and style for different audiences
• Extensive knowledge of social media for communication
• Proven ability to coordinate the work of others and to work as part of a team and share knowledge with others

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

Fulltime Graduate Degree in Mass Media/Communications/Graphic Design/ Mass Communications/Animation/Journalism from a recognised university.

Languages Required: Fluency in English and Kannada spoken, read and write for all official communicationis essential. Knowledge of English and Kannada typing is mandatory

Experience:

• 2+ years in a reputed organisation on producing communication material
• Experience in conceptualizing and managing the production of printed materials, including detailed reports.
• Experience with managing websites, social media, WhatsApp etc
• Demonstrated experience of dealing with media
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing communication and/or media outreach plans in support of overall project goals, including preparing presentations.
• Demonstrated experience in developing content that clearly communicates development ideas and experiences for media, web, print production, and audio-visual productions.
• Experience in overseeing translations work.
• Competent with office software packages, including PowerPoint, excel, basic design software.

Duration of The Work:

The contract will be awarded for one year initially. Working days will be as per the State Government policy.

Official Travel:

In case of official journey within/outside the state, candidates will be entitled to reimbursement from KSRLPS. All official travel must be authorized and certified in advance by KSRLPS.

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS:

Consolidated annual consultancy fees (Remuneration) of INR 5,40,000/- payable as per the deliverables and payments schedule mention above, upon submission of working progress report certified by the reporting officer.

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT:

• Contract will be administered by UNDP on behalf of the SANJEEVINI- KSRLPS, Government of Karnataka.
• The consultant should report to the SPM-SD/Communications
• All the logistic support related official travel will be borne by the SANJEEVINI- KSRLPS, Government of Karnataka.
• Consultant will be entitled for 2 days leave per month (non encashable). The accumulated leaves will be forfeited on the termination/further extension of the contract period.

Documentation Required:

Personal CV indicating all past experiences from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least 3 professional references.

Evaluation Method and criteria:

Preliminary shortlisting would be done based on the following criteria:

• Educational Qualification 30 marks.
• Relevant Experience 40 marks.
• Interview for 30 marks

Those who obtain a minimum 70% of total 70 marks (Educational Qualification & Relevant Experience) will be eligible to appear for the interview.

Interview for the shortlisted candidates would be either conducted face to face in Bangalore or by telephone/over skype.

The contract shall be awarded on the merit basis.

Note: Please ensure that all the documents to be uploaded should be combined in a single PDF file before uploading as the system has provision of uploading only one document.

General Conditions for Individual Contract- http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/procurement/UNDP%20General%20Conditions%20for%20Individual%20Contracts.pdf

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