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Short Term Consultant for PREP Implementation Completion Report

Location
Everywhere
Closed On
Sun 17/07/2022 - 05:00 PM FJT
Tender Details
CONSULTANT – IMPLEMENTATION CLOSING REPORT – Pacific Resilience Program
About the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
The Pacific Islands Forum was founded in August 1971 and currently comprises 16 independent and self-governing states in the Pacific. Forum Leaders meet annually to develop collective responses to regional issues.

The Forum’s administrative arm is the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, based in Suva, Fiji. It acts as the Secretariat for Forum-related events, implements decisions by the Leaders, facilitates the delivery of development assistance to member states, and undertakes the political and legal mandates of Forum meetings. The Forum Secretariat is also mandated to coordinate the implementation of the Framework for Pacific Regionalism.
The Forum Secretariat is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About this Opportunity
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Pacific Resilience Program (PREP) and applies part of the proceeds for consulting services. PIFS wishes to invite eligible Individual Consultants to express their interest in preparing a project Implementation Closing Report in accordance with the requirements of the World Bank Completion Report Evaluation Guide, the requires a comprehensive and objective evaluation of the progress since the commencement of project implementation. The time frame of the Consultancy will be 2 months from August to October 2022.
The consultant is to develop an Implementation Completion Report that meets the requirements of the PIFS PREP project in providing a comprehensive understanding of the project. The Consultant will be contracted under a lump sum contract and payments made based on identified/approved finalized deliverables.
The criteria for selecting the Consultant are:
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION:
• A minimum of a post graduate degree in education, governance, finance, management, administration or other relevant fields from a recognised University.
• At least 5 years’ experience writing Implementation Completion Reports for the World Bank Projects and/or international funds. Experience with projects in the Pacific Island context would be advantageous.

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
• Demonstrated multi-stakeholder coordination experience particularly in the Pacific context,
• Experience in preparing high quality analytical reports in English,
• A sound knowledge of the World Bank’s guidelines and operating procedures,
• Excellent understanding of the social and economic aspects of vulnerability and community-based approaches to development and/or climate resilience,
• Proven experience and skills in developing and applying participatory approaches to generate data for analysis,
• Good understanding of climate change and disaster risk in the Pacific Islands and its relevance to different development sectors,
• Demonstrated capacity in working effectively with national and international staff showing an emphasis on seeking consensus, balance diverse tasks simultaneously, to being self-motivating within a team structure and effectively managing resources under his/her responsibility.



How to Apply
Interested individuals will need to first register at www.tenders.net/forumsec to obtain the call for Expression of Interest. The call for Expression of Interest (EOI) and Terms of Reference for the position will be available under the heading: Consultant – PREP Implementation Closing Report
The applications should be submitted in PDF format to the web link www.tenders.net/forumsec and must be clearly marked: Consultant – PREP Implementation Closing Report.

Deadline for Applications
Applications need to be submitted to the Forum Secretariat by 4pm (local Fiji time) Friday 15th July 2022.

Further Information
All queries or requests for information in relation to the position must be submitted via the Question and Answer Forum on www.tenders.net/forumsec before 4pm on Friday, 12th July, 2022.
All queries will be responded to via the Question and Answer Forum on www.tenders.net/forumsec before 5pm on Tuesday 8th July, 2022.
Note: The PIFS will not be responsible for non-receipt/non-delivery of the REOI due to any reason whatsoever.



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