By Education:
- Master’s degree in economics, international development, or related field is mandatory
Experience:
- At least 5 years of experience in managing large-scale, high-impact programme delivery projects for improving access to financial services is mandatory.
- At least two years of experience in implementing digital solutions in inclusive digital finance, especially for the most marginalized populations particularly in low/middle income countries is mandatory.
- Experience in managing groups of industry stakeholders (association management, conference moderation, event management) is preferred but not mandatory.
- Experience working in Southern/Eastern Africa is mandatory and experience in Ethiopia is preferable.
- Experience working with the UN system is preferred but not mandatory.
Language requirements:
- Proficiency in English is mandatory.
Timeline, total number of working days, duty station:
- Timeline: 12 months from Q1 2021 to Q2 2022
Location:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Standard travel costs and living expenses:
Travel: Travel, as deemed relevant by UNCDF, will be approved and arranged by UNCDF, following UNDP/UNCDF Travel Policy.
Progress Controls & Payments:
The Digital Finance Expert Consultant must send a financial proposal based on a lump sum amount. Contract prices will be fixed and “all-inclusive” based in the contractor’s financial proposal; payments will be divided into lump sum amounts according to the schedule of payments below.
Payment will be made against satisfactorily completion of each deliverable. All payments shall be disbursed only upon written confirmation of acceptance of the outputs which and authorization for payment by UNCDF ESA Regional Hub Manager. Disbursement of the final payment shall require a signed performance evaluation of the consultant.
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Deliverables/ Outputs |
Payment in % of total contract price |
Target Due Dates based on signature of the contract |
Review and Approvals Required |
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Report: Market level assessment and research plan for the inception phase. |
20% |
Week 2 |
Review: National officer Ethiopia. Approval: ESA Regional Hub Manager |
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Report: Interim country assessment including recommendations for primary research (stakeholders, visits).
Study: Baseline assessment of Ethiopia’s digital economy score card (IDES) including interview plan. |
15% |
Week 13 |
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Report: Field visits to selected stakeholders (IDES and PFD) and interview reports
Report: Stakeholder analysis and opportunity map of potential stakeholders and key partnerships
Plan: Proposal for implementation work plan of phase I and workshop to present the plan. |
15% |
Week 23 |
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Training materials: Writing DFS working group concept curricula and technical materials and workshop to launch the DFS working group including curricula, agenda, and materials.
Technical specifications document: Request for application (1) Agent networks and (2) Digital literacy. |
10% |
Week 29 |
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Technical and financial assessment: Performance Appraisal Document (PAD) of at least 2 institutions selected by UNCDF for the Agent Networks and Digital Literacy portfolios. Including institutional capacity and feasibility of the proposal.
Project description completed of at least 2 institutions selected by UNCDF for the Agent Networks and Digital Literacy portfolios including Intervention logic, specifications, work plan, result framework, KPIs and budget of the data driven regulatory and policy work. |
15% |
Week 37 |
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Training materials and workshop: TORs, work plan and project management tools and kick off meetings for the Project Steering Committee of at least two projects selected by UNCDF for the agent networks and digital literacy portfolios
Project documentation: Concept note, specifications, work plan, result framework, KPIs and budget of the data automation project
Technical specifications document: Request for application four interventions related to Digital Innovations
Report: Project progress report and handover recommendations to UNCDF. |
25% |
Week 52 |
Application process:
Interested individuals must submit the documents mentioned below as proposals in order to demonstrate their qualifications (Note: the system does not allow multiple uploads of documents. Applicants must make sure to upload all documents in one PDF file).
All applications must contain the following information:
- Cover letter with a summary statement of competencies in relation to the Terms of Reference (TOR) and earliest availability information.
- CV or completed and signed P11 (available from http://sas.undp.org/documents/p11_personal_history_form.doc), indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
- Signed financial proposal: that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided at: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=29916.
Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.
Step I: Screening.
Applications will be screened and only applicants meeting the following mandatory criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:
- Master’s degree in economics, international development, or related field is mandatory
- At least 5 years of experience in in managing large-scale, high-impact programme delivery projects for improving access to financial services is mandatory.
- Work Experience in financial inclusion in Southern/Eastern Africa is mandatory.
Step II: Shortlisting (20% of technical assessment points).
UNCDF will produce a shortlist of candidates and technically evaluate candidates by evaluating the following criteria with corresponding points (100 points):
Education:
- Master’s degree in economics, international development, or related field (20 points)
- At least 5 years of experience in in managing large-scale, high-impact programme delivery schemes for improving access to financial services (20 points)
- At least two years of experience in implementing digital solutions in inclusive digital finance, especially for the most marginalized populations particularly in in low/middle income countries (15 points)
- Experience of working in financial inclusion in Southern/Eastern Africa (20 points)
- Experience in managing groups of industry stakeholders (association management, conference moderation, event management) (10 points)
- Experience working with the UN system (5 points)
- Written and spoken proficiency in English (10 points)
As applicable, only applicants scoring 80 points or more shall be considered for an interview.
Step III: Interview (80% of technical assessment).
An interview shall be conducted to candidates having scored above 80 points in the shortlisting.
Step V: Financial Evaluation.
Only candidates with scores above 70% of the technical evaluation will be considered as technically qualified and will be reviewed further for financial evaluation.
The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal: lowest priced proposal/price of the proposal being evaluated x 30%.
Award Criteria.
The contact shall be awarded to the best applicant whose offer have been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and Having received the highest combined weight (technical scores) 70% + financial 30%= 100%.
Both individual consultants and individual employed by a company or institution are welcome to apply.
Any individual employed by a company or institution who would like to submit an offer in response to a Procurement Notice for IC must do so in their individual capacity (providing a CV so that their qualifications may be judged accordingly). Women candidates or women-owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply.
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