International Consultant - Business Statistics

International Consultant - Business Statistics

Location :
Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA

Application Deadline :
‎10-Jan-‎23 (Midnight New York, USA)

Time left :
7d 8h 53m

Type of Contract :
Individual Contract

Post Level :
International Consultant

Languages Required :
English

Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
‎15-Jan-‎2023

Duration of Initial Contract :
‎3 Months

Expected Duration of Assignment :
‎3 Months

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.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

Background

Saudi Arabia has realised and sustained, for the last four decades, remarkable
progress along the socio-economic development path. As a result of this, the
Kingdom has been able to move to a high-income country.
The ongoing transformation of Saudi Arabia beneath the Vision ‎2030 plan is
unlocking new possibilities at an extraordinary pace.
The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) is the statistical reference for
Saudi Arabia's socio-economic development. GASTAT provide comprehensive,
reliable, up-to-date statistics and value-added services in line with
international standards and take the lead in developing a modern statistical
sector in order to support decision- making.
Business statistics department is currently working on building the
Statistical Business Register, and that's through using multiple sources of
administrative data and statistical products which are conducted by GASTAT.
The SBR aims to provide the frame of most of the business statistics surveys,
and it is the source of business demography statistics and other statistics
which directly derive their indicators from the SBR. In addition to the SBR
business statistics department is also working on developing and enhancing
business statistics surveys.

Duties and Responsibilities

The business statistics expert will provide technical assistance on SBR and
the entire value chain of business statistics surveys, including reviewing the
surveys, surveys' methodology, and indicators. In addition to evaluating,
validating and analyzing the collected data.

The Expert will also implement capacity strengthening activities, including
training and mentoring the staff. Specifically, the responsibilities under
this assignment include the following:

Technical support**
* Evaluating the Quality and coverage of the current frame (Business frame).
* Building the structure of SBR.
* Identifying the data sources to build the Statistical Business Register (SBR).
* Studying and reviewing a sample of the priority data sources to come up with the basic data requirements to build the SBR.
* Reviewing and developing surveys methodologies, questionnaires, and data collection methods.
* Reviewing and strengthening the coverage of the surveys.
* Reviewing and validating the collected data.
* Counselling and assisting in treating and analysing the data.
* Counselling and assisting in visualizing survey data.
* Reviewing the indicators prior to dissemination.
* Identifying the targeted data fields for calculating the indicators of each survey.
* Specifying the sources for each data field.
* Assisting in the preparation of charts, graphs and other outputs for reporting and presentations.
* Advise in conducting new surveys, providing a guidance & check list.
* Support and provide guidance on data processing, treatment, preparation (data analysis).
* Support and provide guidance on the statistical process.
* Performing any other relevant tasks requested by the supervisor.

Capacity Development
* In addition to delivering the above-mentioned technical support, the expert will advise the team on the best practices in relation to methodologies and frameworks.
* Delivering training to the staff in treating, analysing and visualizing survey data.
* Providing coaching and on-the-job-training for the staff as needed.
* A. Expected Deliverables and Outputs**

Deliverables

Breakdown with details

Anticipated Time frame

Deliverable ‎1:

Inception report and action plan

1st week

Deliverable ‎2:
*
Evaluating the Quality and coverage of the current frame (Business frame).
* Building the structure of SBR.
* Identifying the data sources to build the Statistical Business Register (SBR).
* Studying and reviewing a sample of the priority data sources to come up with the basic data requirements to build the SBR.

1st to 4th week

Deliverable ‎3:

1st monthly report

End of 1st Month

Deliverable ‎4:
*
Reviewing and developing surveys methodologies, questionnaires, and data
collection methods.
* Reviewing and strengthening the coverage of the surveys.
* Identifying the targeted data fields for calculating the indicators of each survey.
* Specifying the sources for each data field.

5th to 7th week

Deliverable ‎5:
*
Advise in conducting new surveys, providing guidance & checklist.]
* Support and provide guidance on data processing, treatment, preparation (data analysis).
* Support and provide guidance on the statistical process.

8th week

Deliverable ‎6:

End of 2nd Month

Deliverable ‎7:
*
Reviewing and validating the collected data.
* Counselling and assisting in treating and analysing the data.
* Counselling and assisting in visualizing survey data.
* Reviewing the indicators prior to dissemination.

9th week to 12th week

Deliverable ‎8:

End of 3rd Month

Deliverable ‎9:

Submission of the final Mission Report

End of Mission

Total of Working Days

‎66 Working Days

Institutional Arrangement
* The expert will be supervised by the Director of the Digital Economy Statistics Department within the Economic Statistics General Department at GASTAT., The Digital Economy Statistics will directly responsible clear/approve/accept the final outputs.
* Reporting and follow-up Mechanism: The Expert will report on a monthly basis to his/her supervisor and to the Chief Technical Advisor, as well as, the focal point at UNDP project. The expert will submit monthly reports to his/her supervisor, including activities, outputs, performance indicators, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations.

Duration of the Work
*
The expected duration of work is ‎3 Months, with the possibility of an
extension.
* The anticipated starting date of the assignment is 15th of January ‎2023. And the expected date of full completion of all tasks under this assignment is 14th of April of ‎2023.

Duty Station
*
The assignment will be In Country Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He/ She will be
embedded within the Digital Economy Statistics Department within the Economic
Statistics General Department at GASTAT.
* If unforeseen travel outside the consultant's home-based city is requested by UNDP and not required by the Terms of References (ToR), such travel shall be covered by UNDP in line with applicable rules and regulations and upon prior written agreement. In such cases, the consultant shall receive living allowances not exceeding the United Nations (UN) Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rate for such other location(s).

Note : A written approval from UNDP and relevant authorities will be
required to facilitate the consultant's travel to any locations than stated on
this TOR on official missions where necessary.

Working Arrangements:**
*
All mission travels must be approved in advance and in writing by the
Supervisor.
* United Nations Development of Safe and Security - BSAFE course must be successfully completed prior to the commencement of travel.
* The Consultant is responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director.
* The consultant is also required to comply with the UN security directives.
* The consultant is responsible for obtaining any visas needed in connection with travel with the necessary support from UNDP.
* The consultant will be responsible for submitting his/her own mission travel arrangements in line with UNDP travel policies.
* The consultant is responsible for required health and life insurance related to work or travel.
* The consultant is expected to have his/her own Laptop/Computer.

Competencies

Competencies
* Full understanding of economic and business concepts, indicators, and frameworks.
* The ability to validate, analyse, and treat data.
* The ability to conduct research.
* Ability to provide statistical technical advice on different sectors.
* Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team and to work under pressure.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work on any of the statistical packages to analyse data.
* Good understanding and practice of capacity development.
* Written and oral communication skills.
* Critical thinking skills.
* Detail-oriented.

Required Skills and Experience

Min. Academic Education
* Master 's Degree in statistics, economics, or other related fields.
Min. years of relevant Work experience
* Minimum of ‎7 years relevant professional experience.
* Proven working experience and understanding of economic and business concepts, indicators, and frameworks.

Required Language(s) (at working level )
* Excellent command of English oral and written. Arabic working language is desirable skills

A.Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments:

All proposals must be expressed in a lump sum amount. This amount must be
"all-inclusive". Please note that the terms "all-inclusive" implies that all
costs (professional fees, living allowances, communications, consumables,
etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final
amounts submitted in the proposal.
Payments shall be made to the individual contractor upon successful completion
and certification by UNDP that services have been satisfactorily performed,
based upon the actual number of working days and accomplishments of each
deliverable.
Payment shall be made as a deliverables-based lump upon the receipt of the
deliverables and certification of satisfactory performance by UNDP.

The Expert will share a Certificate of Payment (CoP) where he/he needs to
indicate achieved outputs. Then the certificate of payment must be verified by
the UNDP Team and certified by UNDP top management. The Expert is advised to
keep a detailed timesheet of the days worked and tasks performed throughout
the consultancy assignment. A bi-weekly update of the timesheet will be
requested, and such documentation will support the payment process as deemed
needful.
Technical Criteria for Evaluation (Maximum ‎70 points)
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of ‎70% of the points would be considered
for the Financial Evaluation

Payment

Phases

Estimated Duration to Complete

Payment Percentage

1st payment

Upon Accomplished and Submission of Deliverable ‎1, ‎2, &‎3

‎1 month after signature of the contract

‎30%

2nd payment

Upon Accomplished and Submission of Deliverable ‎4, ‎5, &‎6

‎2 months after signature of the contract

‎30%

Last Payment

Upon Accomplished and Submission of Deliverable ‎7, ‎8, &‎9

‎3 months after signature of the contract

‎40%

B.Recommended Presentation of Offer
For purposes of generating Offers whose contents are uniformly presented and
to facilitate their comparative analysis, it is best to recommend the
preferred contents and presentation of the offer to be submitted, as well as
the format/sequencing of their presentation. The following documents may be
requested:
*
Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability
using the template provided by UNDP;
* Personal CV or P11 , 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.
* Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per the template provided. If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

C.Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

Applicants are shortlisted based on the Required Skills and Experience stated
in the TOR.

The selection of the best offer from the shortlisted candidates will be based
on a Combined Scoring method - where the qualifications and methodology will
be weighted a max. of ‎70% and combined with the price offer, which will be
weighted a max of ‎30%.

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Step I: Screening and Desk Review

Technical Criteria ( CV review and Desk Review/Interview optional ) -
maximum ‎70 points. Only candidates who obtained at least ‎70% of points from
the CV desk review (who will score at least ‎49 points) will be considered for
the next evaluation stage, i.e., financial evaluation.
Applications will be first screened, and only candidates meeting the following
minimum criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:
Technical Evaluation (‎70 Points, ‎70% weight)

Requirements

Criteria

Max
‎10 points

Min. Academic Education
*
Advanced degree, preferably a master 's level in statistics, economics, or
other related fields.

‎20

Relevant professional experience
*
Minimum of ‎7 years relevant professional experience.
* Proven working experience and understanding of economic and business concepts, indicators, and frameworks.

‎20

Work experience in similar contexts
*
Proven working record in validation, analyse, and treatment of data.
* Proven working experience in conducting researches.
* Proven working experience in the practice of statistical technical advice on different sectors.
* Proven good understanding and practice of capacity development.
* Past working experience in GCC or

‎30

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of ‎49 points (‎70% of the total technical
points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Weight Per Technical Competence

‎5 (outstanding): ‎96% - ‎100%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated an OUTSTANDING capacity
for the analyzed competence.

‎4 (Very good): ‎86% - ‎95%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a VERY GOOD capacity for
the analyzed competence.

‎3 (Good): ‎76% - ‎85%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a GOOD capacity for the
analyzed competence.

‎2 (Satisfactory): ‎70% - ‎75%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a SATISFACTORY capacity
for the analyzed competence.

‎1 (Weak): Below ‎70%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a WEAK capacity for the
analyzed competence.

Step II: Financial Assessment:
Financial Proposal - Maximum ‎30 points
* Duly accomplished Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal Template using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II)

PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:
The total professional fee shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and
payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of
deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment
linked with deliverables. The financial Proposal should include all relevant
costs (consultancy fees, all envisaged travel costs, living allowances, etc.).

UNDP applies the " Best value for money approach" - the final selection
will be based on the combination of the applicants' qualifications and
financial proposal.

D.The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

Personal CV or P11** , indicating all past positions held and their main
underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as
well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and
at least three (‎3) the most recent professional references of previous
supervisors. References may also include peers.
* A cover letter (maximum length: ‎1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.
* The Professional Certificates mentioned above, as appalicable.

E.Instructions for online submissions
Step ‎1: Please prepare all required documents electronically.
Step ‎2: Combine all documents in ONE SINGLE FILE (preferably in PDF
however, Word format can also be accepted) and upload to the UNDP Jobs links
Step ‎3: After that, you will receive an auto-reply from the UNDP jobs if your
offer is received successfully.

Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and
ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.
Given the volume of applications that UNDP receives, only shortlisted
offerors will be notified.
UNDP reserves the right to reject any incomplete applications.
Please be informed that we don 't accept applications submitted via
email.
Interested Offerors are required to submit an application via UNDP Jobsite
system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP
Jobsite system. Please note that UNDP Jobsite system allows only one uploading
of application documents, so please make sure that you merge all your
documents into a single file. Your online application submission will be
acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive
an email acknowledgement within ‎24 hours of submission, your application may
not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application if
necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (‎1) single PDF document
as the system only allows you to upload a maximum of one document.
Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement
notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email
[email protected] with a copy to [email protected] the Procurement
Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests
receiving at least ‎3 working days prior to the submission deadline will be
entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as
a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including
an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry)
will be posted on the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as
provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the
page regularly to make obtain updates related to this Individual Consultant
(IC) Procurement Notice.
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.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and
ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.

The interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement
Notice, which can be viewed at https://procurement-
notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=‎97317 for more detailed information
about terms of references, instructions for the offeror, and to download the
documents to be submitted in the offer online.
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.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

F.APPROVAL
This ToR is certified by :
Signature:
Name:
Designation:
Date of Signing:

This ToR is approved by :
Signature:
Name:
Designation:
Date of Signing: