Individual Consultant to develop a National SMART Strategy and Implementation Plan in monitoring illegal wildlife trade
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Job Description
Individual Consultant to develop a National SMART Strategy and Implementation Plan in monitoring illegal wildlife trade
Location : Harare, ZIMBABWE
Application Deadline : 09-Sep-21 (Midnight New York, USA)
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 20-Sep-2021
Duration of Initial Contract : 50 working days over a period of 4 months
Background
Background
The Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is implementing a 6-year Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project entitled “Strengthening Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management and Climate-Smart Landscapes in the Mid to Lower Zambezi Region of Zimbabwe”, known locally as the Zambezi Valley Biodiversity Project (ZVBP). This is a child project being implemented under a global parent programme entitled “Global Partnership on Wildlife Conservation and Crime Prevention for Sustainable Development.” The project seeks to address multiple threats to biodiversity and sustainable community development in the Lower Zambezi which include poaching and associated wildlife trade, retaliatory killing of wildlife, deforestation, and associated land degradation due to unsustainable agriculture and firewood consumption, and uncontrolled veld fires. The project is being implemented in Hurungwe, Mbire and Muzarabani Districts as well as Mana Pools National Park, and Chewore, Sapi, Hurungwe, Dande, Charara and Doma Safari Areas.
The Zimbabwe project is therefore a multifocal area project whose objective is to promote an integrated landscape approach to managing wildlife resources, carbon and ecosystem services in the face of climate change in the protected areas and communal lands of the Mid to Lower Zambezi Regions of Zimbabwe. The project has 4 components namely: Component 1. Strengthening capacity and governance frameworks for integrated wildlife and woodland management and wildlife/forest crime enforcement in Zimbabwe; Component 2. Strengthening Zimbabwe's PA estate and CAMPFIRE Wildlife Conservancies in areas of global BD significance; Component 3. Mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem management, and climate change mitigation, into the wider landscape; and Component 4. Knowledge Management, M&E and Gender Mainstreaming
Under Component 1, the project is supporting the development and implementation of a nationwide system for monitoring wildlife and forest crimes. The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) is a law enforcement management tool which is being used widely in other regions. Despite the fact that the Zimbabwe Institute of Wildlife Conservation (formerly Mushandike College of Wildlife) offers a SMART module, there has been limited use of the tool in Zimbabwe because of lack of capacity and resources to support the technology, among other challenges. The project has committed to introduce the SMART tool and support the development of skills and capacities to apply it. The project plans to develop an integrated SMART strategy and implementation plan which ensures coordinated and rationalized support to all conservation areas. Equipment for using SMART has already been procured.
To this end, UNDP, in partnership with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA), is therefore seeking the services of a competent individual or firm/organization to develop a SMART Strategy and Implementation Plan and assist in training field staff in the use of the tool.
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a national SMART Implementation Plan and a localised implementation plan for the project area; and train field staff in the use of the tool.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
SCOPE OF WORK
UNDP seeks the services of a consultant to develop a National SMART Strategy and Implementation Plan, including a local strategy and implementation plan for the project area; and Train Field Staff in the use of SMART in monitoring Illegal wildlife tradeThis will involve the following:
Conduct desk review and produce detailed report on status of the use of SMART in Protected Areas in Zimbabwe
The consultant is expected to carry out a desk study and produce a report on the status of the knowledge and use of SMART and other ranger-based tools for monitoring illegal wildlife trade in protected areas, conservancies and other wildlife areas in Zimbabwe. ?The analysis should review existing knowledge and institutional capacity, organizational setup, financial and administrative capability of organisations to use SMART as a tool for monitoring illegal wildlife trade. A review of the SMART Module at the Zimbabwe Institute of Wildlife Conservation (formerly Mushandike College of Wildlife) should be carried out.
Development a SMART Strategy and Implementation Plan
In consultation with UNDP and the ZPWMA, the consultant will carry out a stakeholder analysis, and lead in the development of:
A national Strategy and implementation Plan for use of SMART as a tool for monitoring IWT at national level. The strategy should take into consideration any work already on the ground, including the teaching of SMART at the Zimbabwe Institute of Wildlife Conservation;
A localised Implementation Plan for the Zambezi Valley project area, and this should be in sync with the National Strategy and Implementation Plan, including a SMART monitoring and evaluation framework. The implementation plan should be costed with an elaboration of the inputs that are required to successfully implement SMART.
Train rangers and other PA staff in the use of SMART
The consultant must produce a training programme and provide training for ZPWMA HQ, PAs in the project area and target conservancies in the use of SMART system in monitoring IWT in the Zambezi Valley. This will include:
A training of trainers for the Zimbabwe Institute of Wildlife Conservation and other ZPWMA staff;
Training of field staff from the project area;
Production of a programme for follow-up trainings and mentoring for PAs in the project area and target conservancies for the 2022-2024 period.
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
The consultant will work under the guidance of the Project Manager and the designated technical officer from ZPWMA, in close consultation with the Head of PRECC Unit.
DURATION OF THE WORK
The assignment is expected to require 50 working days and can be spread over a maximum 4 calendar months.
PAYMENT MILESTONES AND AUTHORITY
The consultant must send a lump sum financial offer based on Daily Fee.? The consultant shall quote an all-inclusive Daily Fee for the contract period. The term “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, consumables, etc.) that could be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment are already factored into the daily fee submitted in the proposal. Travel and daily subsistence costs will be paid by the project for travel out of Harare. Travel and other cost for participants for trainings and workshops will be covered separately by UNDP and should not be included in the financial offer.
Payments will be made based on the agreed lump sum financial offer and released upon submission of a certificate of payment request, indicating deliverables achieved and days worked to be verified and cleared for payment by the supervisor.
The Individual Consultant shall receive his/her lump sum fees upon certification of the completed tasks, as per the following payment schedule:
20% payment upon presentation of a inception report with detailed methodology of how the consultancy will be done;
10% payment upon submission of detailed report on status of knowledge, training and use of SMART in Protected Areas in Zimbabwe;
30% payment upon submission of National SMART Strategy and Implementation Plan, including a separate, detailed Implementation Plan for the project area;
40% payment upon submission of a training report, recommended revision of module, including a programme for follow-up trainings and mentoring for PAs in the project area and target for 2021-2024.
Competencies
Promote the highest standards of ethics and integrity;
Support creativity and innovation;
Help create an enabling environment for open communication;
Share knowledge and support a culture of learning;
Demonstrate fairness and transparency.
Qualifications and Experience
Required Skills and Experience
Education
Minimum qualification of a B.Sc. degree in either Zoology, Wildlife Ecology, Wildlife Conservation, or related qualification.
Experience
At least 5 years' experience in the use of SMART in protected areas is a prerequisite;
Extensive experience in working in the conservation and wildlife sectors including management, monitoring and evaluation;
Demonstrated experience working with high-level institutional decision-makers;
Knowledge of environmental or conservation issues in Zimbabwe;
Demonstration of ability to put together a survey team and the necessary equipment for the survey.
Language
Fluency in English is required.
How to Apply
How to Apply
Interested and qualified individuals shoould submit the following to demonstrate their interest and qualifications:
Personal CV or P11 Form, 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;
Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided in the link below. All envisaged international travel costs must be included in the financial proposal in a separate line, and there should be a separate line for the anticipated cost of in-land travel;
Technical Proposal demonstrating full understanding of the TORs, approach and methodology to the task and workplan.
Please note that all the documents below must be submitted as one PDF file.
Applicants will be evaluated based on the Cumulative Analysis methodology [weighted scoring method], where the award of the contract will be made to the candidate whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Technical Criteria weight; [70%];
Financial Criteria weight; [30%].
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% of the obtainable 100 points in technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
