Software Development Consultant, Yangon--------->>

Closing date: Friday, 6 March 2015

United Nations Human Settlements Programme Myanmar No. 6, Natmauk Road, Yangon, Myanmar Tel: (95 - 1) 542 910 ~ 919 Ext: 168~170 Fax: (95- 1) 430 628, 544 531, 545 634 Email: desk@unhabitat-mya.org 1

Ref: UN-HABITAT/VA/2015/007

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Issued on: 20 February 2015

Job Title: Software Development Consultant Project Land Administration and Management Program

Location: Yangon

Duration: 6 months

Starting date: 31 March 2015

Type of Contract: LICA

No. of Position: 2 United Nations

Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

BACKGROUND

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for the United Nations dedicated to promoting socially and environmentally sustainable development of human settlements in an urbanizing world, with the goal of providing safer and more inclusive human settlements.

UN-Habitat implements several normative and operational activities including urban planning, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, urban research/development programmes, and water supply and sanitation.

The Land Administration and Management Program (LAMP) is a project of technical assistance to the Settlement and Land Records Department (SLRD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation which is funded by LIFT. LAMP will implement new processes and new technology for land administration in pilot sites to demonstrate improved service delivery, giving confidence to the Government to continue a roll-out of change and new technology throughout the country in the medium to longer term. The purpose of LAMP is to strengthen land administration and management in rural and urban project sites.

UN Habitat has a core team of land professionals and is recruiting a multi-disciplinary team of specialists to implement the project under the technical and management leadership of the core team. This position is one those specialist positions.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Summary

The two national IT personnel shall work under an international IT consultant to develop application software. The three people IT team forms part of the UN Habitat LAMP consultant team.

The Myanmar IT Personnel will develop software using MS .NET tools in a MS SQL Server environment under the guidance of the international IT consultant.

The work of the team requires the development of software to run in a RDBMS Server environment using textual data, scanned images of documents and maps, and spatial GIS data. The applications will be used by the Government's land administration organisation (SLRD).

The system design and data base design will be performed by others, and indeed, the phase 1 system has been designed and documented already while phase 2 is well underway. A prototype system is running on a server at the client's site at Thayarwaddy and is already being used to capture land records and mapping data. It is oversighted by a full time system administration contractor.

The IT team will be located at the project office together with the other UN Habitat consultans. It is located in the SLRD building in Yankin, Yangon. The project team is led by a senior technical adviser. The consultant IT team would be expected to begin work quickly upon agreeing to a contract.

The national consultant would be expected to have .NET experience already and some knowledge on IT standards. It is an advantage to have RDBMS experience. It is an advantage to have already had experience in developing user interface / forms data entry screens in mixed of English / Myanmar languages. The national consultant should be keen to learn and to work in a team.

Scope

Working in a team under the senior software development consultant to contribute to the development of application software includes:

Programming of the IT system and database applications for the major land processes and data / record sets of SLRD to operate in a network server;
Development of the designed user interface and data entry screens;
Programming to identify errors and inconsistencies in the data;
Testing of the software;
Documentation of the application software for users;
Preparation of GIS runtime applications for printing standard maps and other routine tasks to be launched from PC terminals;
Training of users from the three SLRD participating officers;
Quality control on the software development;
Liaising with the technical experts in the LAMP team, including the two international staff (GIS expert, the system design expert) and the national experts in the land system.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

University degree from a recognised university in information technology or equivalent qualification.

Knowledge

good knowledge on modern development tools including MS .NET tools and MS standard development environment; general knowledge of the subject of system development, and data base design, SQL and RDBMS application development in a server environment.

Experience

Minimum 2 years' experience in developing IT applications in MS .NET environment;

Highly desirable

experience developing applications using spatial data or GIS;
experience with MS SQL Server.

General Qualifications

Excellent interpersonal skills and command of written and spoken Myanmar language and able to communicate effectively in English language.
Able to work within a team.
Innovative and self-motivated.

Referees

One referee who is familiar with your work in the last 2 years and would be willing to comment on your performance.

The deliverables of the team as a whole would include software development based on the LAMP provided system design and database design documentation (see the work plan)

Phase 1 (Title capture & processing)

Develop the system for processing new titles;
Develop the system for capturing existing Farmland titles & related documents (non- surveying);
Testing, documentation and training.

Phase 2 (Spatial data- DCDB, surveying & mapping data in rural & urban areas)

Develop the creation & maintenance of the DCDB being the spatial component of the RDBMS for access / editing of spatial data by GIS operators;
Develop the system for capturing existing land surveys and new surveys & their related documents;
Develop the system for capturing sub-division surveys and updating the DCDB;
Testing, documentation and training.

Phase 3 (processing land registration transactions in rural & urban areas)

Develop the system for updating the land register based on approved land transactions (rural & urban);
Develop the system for capturing existing (past) urban titles & transaction related documents (non-surveying);
Develop the reporting system for recording the number and type of transactions submitted for registration and actually registered (rural & urban).Note, this is not a transaction tracking system nor is it an automated deed registration system;
Testing, documentation and training.

General Terms of Reference

Reporting

Contract management is ultimately the responsibility of the Country Manager of UN Habitat.
LAMP project management is the responsibility of the CTA LAMP who is responsible for the delivery of the activities and outputs on time.
Consultants experiencing delays or other problems shall inform and discuss with the CTA as they arise.
All technical reporting by consultants will be to the CTA LAMP.

Counterparts

As much as possible all activities will be performed together with counterpart staff of the SLRD so that technology transfer results.
Documentation should be a joint effort and approved by counterparts- the only exception is confidential reporting.

Monthly Reports

Brief monthly reports should be shared with counterparts and form the basis for regular counterpart - consultant monthly review meetings.

Work Plan

All consultants working on LAMP are expected to develop and keep up to date a work plan which is developed and maintained with the counterparts.

M&E

The M&E activity is crucial to the success of LAMP.
The project aims to design and develop better processes and better application of new technology; to demonstrate the impacts in pilot townships; and, to build capacity of SLRD through the CLRDTC and the staff on the two pilot townships.
The M&E system must inform the project during operations on how / where to make improvements and at the end of the project on major lessons and recommendations.
The M&E system places emphasis on evaluation, not only monitoring.
The project log frame provides a suitable project structure and evaluation and monitoring framework for the reporting.

Steering Committee

The peak management body for LAMP is the LAMP Project Steering Committee.
Consultants may be required to make special reports to the committee from time to time or to assist counterparts to make such reports.
Intellectual Property Unless specified in writing, all intellectual property arising from the LAMP Project remains with UN Habitat.

Good Will and Trust

It is expected that all consultants shall establish and keep good relationships with counterparts and staff of the Government and also with fellow LAMP consultants.
As a change management project, building trust and good will is very important for developing and sustaining appropriate changes.

Project Partners

The main project partners to LAMP are SLRD, UN Habitat and LIFT.
Consultants should use various opportunities to keep stakeholders and interested parties aware of the contributions of the three project partners.

Public Relations

LAMP has a project brochure.
Consultants shall be issued with a project business card.
These and other handout materials should be used to inform the professions, government, donor community and the public on the good work of LAMP.

Reference Documents

The key reference documents to guide Consultants on their work are:

LAMP Project Scope Document;
Project Work Plan;
Project Budget;
Letter of Agreement (LOA);
TOR and consultant contract (as amended).

As the project proceeds decisions of the steering committee may amend the above project documents.

Political Awareness

Consultants should not involve LAMP in any political controversies.
LAMP is largely a technical project. In the term of LAMP there will be a build up to the national elections in late 2015.
Lessons from LAMP may however be fed into land policy discussions through various channels such as the SLRD steering committee and the national scrutinising committee.
Non-citizens of Myanmar working on the LAMP Project must not get involved in any way with local politics, demonstrations or similar.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

The application comprises a one page cover letter explaining the applicant's interest and suitability for the post and a CV with a Passport Photograph, updated United Nations Personal History Form (P 11) and copy of certificates and eventually letters of recommendation.

Interested candidates (Myanmar Nationals) should submit their application in writing, clearly indicating on the sealed envelope the Post Title and Duty Station, to UN-Habitat, No.6, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Township, Yangon or by email with Subject: 'Post Title and Duty Station' to: Email: recruitment@unhabitat-mya.org , Cc: recruitment.unhabitat@gmail.com

Please note that applications received after the closing date 6 March 2015 will not be given consideration for this cycle, but will be kept in the roster. Only shortlisted candidate whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

UN-Habitat regrets its inability to reply individually or attend to telephone queries on the advertised posts.

Please download P11 Form from: http://www.fukuoka.unhabitat.org/vacancy/pdf/Personal_History_P11.doc

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