Corruption Prevention Systems Expert, Kyiv, Ukraine

• Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
• Country: Ukraine
• City: Kyiv
• Office: UNDP Ukraine

Closing date: Saturday, 20 June 2015

Corruption Prevention Systems Expert
Location : Kyiv, UKRAINE
Application Deadline : 20-Jun-15
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
22-Jun-2015
Duration of Initial Contract : up to 50 days within a period of 22 June 2015 to 31 December 2015 or earlier
Background

The so-called 'anticorruption package of laws' adopted by the Parliament on 14 October 2014 sets forth a system of corruption prevention and response, which is unparalleled to anything in place in the country previously. While the new anticorruption system comprises multiple actors and institutions, the core of corruption prevention work is vested with the new National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC). The new Agency is to become the core focal point for corruption prevention work, a fulcrum for conflict of interest regulation, asset declaration verification, conducting anticorruption expert assessments of institutions and regulations, as well as other crucial preventive tasks. The launch of NAPC is scheduled to take place in spring 2015, at the same time the preparatory process for the launch is marred with some difficulties.
Thus, for instance, the anticorruption sphere in Ukraine is currently concentrated on operationalization of the National Anticorruption Bureau (NAB), which is to serve as the core corruption prosecution and investigation element in the overall architecture. At the same time, with all attention of the government and civil society being directed towards the high-level and high-profile investigations and cases, there is a serious risk of under-performance in allocation of expertise to jumpstarting the NAPC in parallel with NAB.

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In this respect, and after thorough consultations with the Ministry of Justice, a need for specialized and high-quality expertise has been defined to make sure that the NAPC establishment process receives due support and benefits from lessons learned evident from the process of NAB establishment.
Duties and Responsibilities
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
It is expected that the Corruption Prevention Systems Expert will be involved into in-person and distance consultancy work for to the development of a comprehensive package of institutional arrangements to launch Ukraine's National Agency for Prevention of Corruption and to equip it with a high-quality 'first aid kit' in terms of policies and procedures that deal with selection of the NAPC members and officers, as well as issues pertaining to the architecture of the body. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with the national Anticorruption Regulations and Institutions Expert who is tasked with work on preparing thematic (rather than organizational) aspects of NAPC establishment and work. Peer review opportunities for work of both experts will be provided. All work will be conducted in close coordination with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to ensure alignment between the work conducted by the Ministry autonomously and tasks of the external expert. Space/technical equipment will not be provided. The Expert shall work under the direct supervision of the DHRP Project Coordinator and in close cooperation with the DHRP Governance Expert.
The Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks

1. Elaborating criteria for selecting the future members of NAPC through a competitive procedure with due assessment of essential professional skills, knowledge and other professional traits to be considered by the NAPC selection panel.
2. Charting the rules of procedure for NAPC that regulates the sessions of NAPC, decision-making, etc.
3. Blueprinting the architecture (internal structure) of the NAPC units, departments, sectors with indication of suggested numbers of personnel, hierarchies, essential thematic (assets declarations, corruption risk assessment, conflict of interest, etc.) as well as technical (accounting, IT, HR, internal monitoring, etc.) units.
4. Elaborating the statute for the NAPC Secretariat as well as any subsidiary regulations regarding its structural units
5. Crafting the terms of reference for the NAPC Secretariat key positions (aligned, amongst other things, with the architecture developed)
6. Mapping a roadmap for the NAPC members to undertake
7. Conducting a peer-review of the documents and regulations produced by the Anticorruption Regulations and Institutions Expert and, reciprocally, elaborating on the comments received from the Anticorruption Regulations and Institutions Expert regarding his or her deliverables as noted above.
8. Organizing expert input of civil society and international / national experts, summarizing comments and ensuring formation of aggregated, consulted versions of documents;
9. Preparing and making public presentations regarding the documents / principles under development at various fora, conferences, technical meetings, consultation workshops, etc.

DELIVERABLES AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

1. Criteria for selecting the future members of NAPC through a competitive procedure - estimated load: 6 days
2. Charting the rules of procedure for NAPC that regulates the sessions of NAPC, decision-making, etc. - estimated load: 10 days
3. Architecture (internal structure) of the NAPC units, departments, sectors - estimated load: 4 days
4. Statute for the NAPC Secretariat as well as any subsidiary regulations regarding its structural units - estimated load: 10 days
5. Crafting the terms of reference for the NAPC Secretariat key positions (aligned, amongst other things, with the architecture developed) - estimated load: 10 days
6. Roadmap for the NAPC members - estimated load: 5 days
7. Peer-review of the documents and regulations produced by the Anticorruption Regulations and Institutions Expert - estimated load: 2 days
8. Public presentations regarding the documents / principles under development at various fora, conferences, technical meetings, consultation workshops, etc. (PPT or other presentation formats, presentation notes (if applicable)) - estimated load: 3 days

In case any of the tasks listed above is cancelled, extended or modified, the unused days could, in consultation with the Project Coordinator and the Programme Manager, be reallocated to any of the above-mentioned tasks without changing the overall number of consultancy days (50).
The consultancy days could be used any time within a period of 22 June 2015 or earlier to 31 December 2015 or earlier. The final date for the use of consultancy days may be shifted if needed after consultations between the Corruption Prevention Systems Expert, the Project Coordinator and the Programme Manager.
MONITORING/REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The consultancy shall not exceed 50 (wo)man days within a period of 22 June 2015 or earlier to 31 December 2015 or earlier.
The Corruption Prevention Systems Expert will be responsible for the entire work of the maximum of 50 days and to deliver the expected outputs of the consultancy work.
The consultancy will be closely coordinated with the group of national experts on corruption prevention (Reanimation Package of Reforms).
The Expert will work in close cooperation with the DHRP Project and report to the Project Coordinator / UNDP Democratization and Human Rights Programme.
Upon request, the Corruption Prevention Systems Expert shall be able to present written or oral explanations as far as the status of the works under the present assignment is concerned.
The Corruption Prevention Systems Expert shall keep a time-log and a record of all works completed for the consultancy days rendered.
Competencies

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
• Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience
EDUCATION

• At least a Master's / Specialist's degree in Law, Public Policy/Administration or other relevant social sciences field.

EXPERIENCE

• At least 10 years of experience in issues of anticorruption, transparency including a minimum of 3 years of experience in cooperating with international anticorruption institutions (OECD, GRECO, FATF);
• Demonstrated experience of development of national anticorruption strategies / plans, regulatory frameworks, guidance notes, manuals and other related materials;
• Experience of civil service in leadership positions (knowledge of architectures of Ukrainian civil service entities) is a strong asset;
• Communication skills for working with national-level policymakers and experts on potentially sensitive issues.

LANGUAGE

• Ukrainian and Russian - fluent. English language knowledge at level sufficient to read, analyze and comment legal texts.

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS
Applicants shall submit the following documents

• Letter of Interest/Proposal
• Personal CV, including information about past experience in similar projects / assignments and contact details for referees.
• Financial proposal (as the contract will be based on daily fee, the financial proposal will specify the daily fee and per diems quoted in separate line items. Payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked).

TRAVEL
All travel arrangements will be handled by DHRP if such travel is deemed necessary. Consultations regarding travel options will be held with the Corruption Prevention Systems Expert prior to planning of the trips and relevant logistics.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Educational background - 10 points max
10 pts - PhD in Law, Public Policy/Administration or other relevant social sciences field;
8 pts - Master's / Specialist's degree in Law, Public Policy/Administration or other relevant social sciences field;
Relevant professional experience - 40 points max
40 pts - over 15 years of experience in issues of anticorruption, transparency including a minimum of 3 years of experience in cooperating with international anticorruption institutions (OECD, GRECO, FATF);
30 pts - between 15 and 10 years of experience in issues of anticorruption, transparency including a minimum of 3 years of experience in cooperating with international anticorruption institutions (OECD, GRECO, FATF);
20 pts - at least 10 years of experience in issues of anticorruption, transparency including a minimum of 3 years of experience in cooperating with international anticorruption institutions (OECD, GRECO, FATF);
Experience of development of regulatory frameworks, other related materials - 10 points max
10 pts - extensive experience, including international-level documents and reports;
5 pts - at least some demonstrated experience in developing relevant documentation;
Language Skills - 10 points max
10 pts - Ukrainian, Russian, English - fluent;
5 pts - Ukrainian and Russian - fluent. English language knowledge at level sufficient to read, analyze and comment legal texts;
Maximum available technical score - 70 points.
EVALUATION METHOD
Cumulative analysis
Contract award shall be made to the incumbent whose offer has been evaluated and determined as
a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
b) having received the cumulative highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

• Technical Criteria weight: 70%
• Financial Criteria weight: 30%

Only candidates obtaining a minimum 70% from the maximum available technical score (49 points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation
The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal and will equal to 30. All other price proposals will be evaluated and assigned points, as per below formula: 30 points [max points available for financial part] x [lowest of all evaluated offered prices among responsive offers] / [evaluated price].
The proposal obtaining the overall cumulatively highest score after adding the score of the technical proposal and the financial proposal will be considered as the most compliant offer. After successful completion of the validation interview the offeror will be awarded a contract.
Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org
General Terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://jobs.undp.org.
Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.
Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.
Due to a large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.