Individual Consultant - Local Government Training Needs Assessment

Consultant

Overview

Conduct a local government training needs assessment

You have:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, administrative law, international development, economics, or a related field is required.
• A university degree in law and certification in local development would be an added advantage.
• At least 10 years’ professional experience in local governance capacity building trainings, decentralization and local service delivery and experience in a deadline driven context.
• Work experience assessing the effectiveness of fiscal decentralization processes would be an asset.
• Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders including government officials, NGOs, CBOs, Civil Society Organizations.
• Experience in identifying the needs of local government and local civil society organizations.
• Proven experience including gender equality concerns in analysis and assessment would be an asset.
• Strong assessment skills in local economic development and proven ability to produce quality analytical work.
• Strong Proven experience working at the local level in Jordan.
• Sound knowledge of local development and decentralization principles.
• Experience in peace, human security and gender mainstreaming.
• Openness to change and ability to receive and integrate feedback.
• Experience in the use of computers applications and software packages (MS Power Business Intelligence, Word, Excel, etc.) as well as web-based management systems.
• Knowledge and familiarity with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, International conventions on women, gender, equality and gender justice, conventions on the right of development and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
• Working knowledge and familiarity with local legislations governing local administration and local development.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.

Contract

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Background

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https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=76932

Duties and Responsibilities

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https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=76932

Competencies

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Demonstrates integrity and fairness, by modelling the UN/UNDP’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNDP;

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, administrative law, international development, economics, or a related field is required.
• A university degree in law and certification in local development would be an added advantage.

Experience

• At least 10 years’ professional experience in local governance capacity building trainings, decentralization and local service delivery and experience in a deadline driven context.
• Work experience assessing the effectiveness of fiscal decentralization processes would be an asset.
• Experience working with UNDP is an asset.
• Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders including government officials, NGOs, CBOs, Civil Society Organizations
• Experience in identifying the needs of local government and local civil society organizations.
• Proven experience including gender equality concerns in analysis and assessment would be an asset.
• Strong assessment skills in local economic development and proven ability to produce quality analytical work
• Strong Proven experience working at the local level in Jordan.
• Sound knowledge of local development and decentralization principles.
• Experience in peace, human security and gender mainstreaming.
• Openness to change and ability to receive and integrate feedback.
• Experience in the use of computers applications and software packages (MS Power Business Intelligence, Word, Excel, etc.) as well as web-based management systems.
• Knowledge and familiarity with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, International conventions on women, gender, equality and gender justice, conventions on the right of development and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
• Working knowledge and familiarity with local legislations governing local administration and local development

Language requirements:

• Fluent in English and Arabic

Technical and financial proposals along with CV & 3 references should be submitted and attached as one file, and without such will not be considered).

(Only Short Listed Candidates will be contacted)

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