International Environmental Law Expert

International Environmental Law Expert

Location :
Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA

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

Time left :
1d 20h 53m

Additional Category :
Climate & Disaster Resilience

Type of Contract :
Individual Contract

Post Level :
International Consultant

Languages Required :
Arabic English

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

Duration of Initial Contract :
The expected duration of the work is up to ‎6 months, with the possibility of
an extension

Expected Duration of Assignment :
The expected duration of the work is up to ‎6 months, with the possibility of
an extension

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

Project Title

Environmental Law Expert
Project Description

Organizational Setting:

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global
environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes
the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable
development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative
advocate for the global environment. The West Asia Office of UNEP delivers
advisory services and capacity building support to countries to achieve
environment and sustainable development objectives. This consultancy is
established at the West Asia Office within the framework of the Strategic
Cooperation Agreement between UNEP and the Ministry of Environment, Water and
Agriculture (MEWA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Consultant will report
to the Programme Manager at UNEP West Asia Office.

This consultant will work closely with UNEP, the Ministry of Environment,
Water and Agriculture and its executive centers in Saudi Arabia, all other
governmental entities involved.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager in UNEP West Asia Office
and in coordination with the respective department in the Ministry of
Environment, Water and Agriculture in Saudi Arabia, the Consultant will carry-
out, inter alia, the following duties and responsibilities:
*
Support Legal Team of MEWA in one or more areas of international environmental
law, such as environmental rule of law, human rights and the environment,
environmental crime.
* Provides legal advice on the interpretation and application of international environmental law.
* Provide legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to environmental justice and the sustainable management of natural resources through the rule of law, institutions support, capacity building, etc.
* Performs extensive legal research and analysis in the field of environmental law and correspondence.
* Develop an assessment of existing institutional and legal frameworks (including laws, regulations, and policies) relevant to the National Environment Strategy of the Kingdom. This assessment should consider relevant commitments of the Kingdom under relevant multilateral environmental agreements as well as relevant policies and strategies and identify legal and institutional gaps as well as associated capacity-building needs.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The consultant will be expected to deliver the following outputs:
*
Baseline report on legal and institutional frameworks and initial assessment
of capacity-building needs .
* A country brief on environmental rights in KSA.
* A training manual on environmental law for KSA.

Institutional Arrangement

The consultant will be supervised by the Programme Manager in UNEP West Asia
Office in close collaboration with the relevant department in the Ministry of
Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia.

Duration of the Work [‎1]

The contract duration will be for an initial period of six months with a
possibility of extension subject to availability of funding and performance.
Duty Station

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competencies

Competencies
* Conceptualizes and analyses problems to identify key issues, underlying problems, and how they relate;
* Ability to identify beneficiaries ' needs and to match them with appropriate solutions.
* Shares knowledge and experience and provides helpful feedback and advice;
* Excellent communication and interview skills (with groups and individuals);
* Excellent interpersonal skills and is able to negotiate with diplomacy and tact.
* Focuses on results for the client and responds positively to feedback.
* Ability to handle a large volume of work, possibly under time constraints.
* Strong time management and sensitive deadline abilities.
* Remains calm, in control and works well under pressure;
* Excellent report writing skills.
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.

Payment shall be made as a deliverables-based lump sum payment, to be paid in
instalments. The schedule of payment will be distributed upon satisfactory
submission of the deliverables listed in the table hereunder:

Payment

Deliverables/Milestones

Schedule

Monthly Payment

Monthly payment upon submission and acceptance of the monthly working plan and
successful delivery of outputs.

Monthly

Required Skills and Experience

• Qualifications of the Successful Individual Contractor
  Education Qualification:


• Master 's degree in environmental protection, environmental science, natural sciences, or related fields. PhD is an asset
  Work experience


• Minimum of ‎10 years of professional technical experience in the field of environmental risk management is required.
  Required skills and competencies


• Previous practical experience in environmental risk management
  Desired additional skills and competencies


• Knowledge of environmental risk standards in Saudi Arabia is an asset


• Experience working in West Asia is desirable.
  
  Required Language(s) (at working level)


• Fluency in written and spoken in both English and Arabic is required.


• 
  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 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 total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided. The term "all-inclusive" implies that all costs (professional fees, travel costs, living allowances, communications, consumables, etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final amounts submitted in the Proposal. 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 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.


• 
  Evaluation
  Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:
  Step I: Screening and desk review:
  Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology.
  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 stage of evaluation, i.e. financial evaluation.

Applications will be first screened and only candidates meeting the following
minimum criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:
*
Master's degree in environmental protection, environmental science, natural
sciences, or related fields. PhD is an asset
* Minimum of ‎10 years of professional technical experience in the field of environmental risk management is required.
* Knowledge of environmental risk standards in Saudi Arabia is an asset
* Experience working in West Asia is desirable.
* Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is required.

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.

UNDP applies the " Best value for money approach" - the final selection
will be based on the combination of the applicants' qualification and
financial proposal.
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. Financial proposal should include all relevant cost
(consultancy fees, all envisaged travel costs, living allowances, etc.).

Financial evaluation - Total ‎30% (‎30 points)
The following formula will be used to evaluate the financial proposal:
p = y ( µ/z), where
p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated
y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal
µ = price of the lowest-priced proposal
z = price of the proposal being evaluated
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 to upload a maximum 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] While the
Procurement Unit would endeavour 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 in the Individual Consultant (IC)
Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors
are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update 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, or any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

In view of the volume of applications, UNDP receives, only shortlisted
offerors will be notified.