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BACKGROUND
Following socio-political upheaval in the country in the 1990s and the near-total withdrawal of international development cooperation, Togo's PA system, along with much of the country's infrastructure, has fallen into severe decline. National Parks and Reserves are poorly managed, there is no overall strategy for PA management, legal and policy frameworks are inadequate, resources very limited and staff lacks the means, training and motivation to do their jobs. In the Oti-Mandouri Faunal Reserve and adjacent Kéran National Park, the boundaries of the PAs are not respected and local communities have invaded, installing crops, livestock pasture and villages and devastating habitats through unsustainable exploitation (bushfires, fuelwood and charcoal production, hunting). Conflicts between wildlife, farmers and herders are increasing, exacerbated by additional pressure from transhumant people and livestock and climate change. The once rich fauna of these two PA, which together form the Oti-Kéran-Mandouri (OKM) Complex (site focus of the Project), has largely disappeared. This threatens biodiversity on a regional ecosystem scale, as the sites form part of traditional elephant and other large mammal migration corridors. Urgent GEF support is critical to reversing this situation before it is too late, by re-establishing a functional OKM Complex PA, supporting adjacent communities to start sustainable natural resource management and alternative income-generating activities (including ecotourism once habitats and some fauna are restored), to re-establish a functional national PA system in Togo and to secure the regional ecosystem links with neighboring countries to allow faunal migration and repopulation of the OKM Complex by wildlife.
The CTA will be an experienced expatriate, responsible for providing overall technical backstopping to the projects. He/She will render technical support to the National Project Coordinator (NPC) and staff of the project, as well as to government counterparts in the host institutions.
The CTA will coordinate the provision of the required technical inputs to the project, reviewing and preparing Terms of Reference and technical reports, and performing quality control on the outputs of project consultants and other sub-contractors. The CTA is expected to adopt a on-the-job capacity building approach targeting the National Project Coordinator, and more importantly the national counterparts on site and at central level.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK
Under the direct supervision of Team Leader Poverty reduction and Sustainable development, climate Change Specialist of UNDP Country Office, the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) will be responsible for providing overall technical backstopping to the Project. He/She will render technical support to the National Project Coordinator (NPC), staff, OKM management unit and other government counterparts. The CTA will coordinate the provision of the required technical inputs, preparing terms of reference and reviewing the outputs of consultants and other sub-contractors. The CTA will be an experienced expatriate.
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Competencies
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- Ability to effectively coordinate a large, multidisciplinary team of experts and consultants;
- Be an effective negotiator with excellent oral and presentation skills;
- Excellent writing skills in English and French.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Academic Qualifications:
- Advanced university education (MS or PhD) with expertise in the area of environmental management in general and with a specialization profile in biodiversity conservation, protected area management
Years of experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience, of which at least five are at international level
- Strong skills in monitoring and evaluation, and experience in implementing environmental projects;
- Previous experience with GEF projects and PA financing strategies is an added plus
DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS.
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
1. Proposal:
(i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work
(ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable)
2. Financial proposal
3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
Lump sum contracts
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).
Contracts based on daily fee
The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.
Travel;
All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.
In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.
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