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United Nations Population Fund
Bosnia and Herzegovina
UNFPA BiH – National consultant to transform the compendium of actors, available services, and applied standards and practice in the area of Conflict Related Sexual Violence into an interactive database/webpage
TERMS OF REFERENCE Bosnia and Herzegovina
I BACKGROUND
Almost 20 years after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which was marked by serious violations of International Humanitarian Law, including widespread rape and sexual violence, many victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) have not been redressed to this day. The lack of legal framework at the state level in Bosnia and Herzegovina does not ensure adequate mechanisms for reparations, including compensations, rehabilitation, and restitution. The critical need to provide assistance and services to survivors of CRSV and for a comprehensive approach to tackling CRSV is greater than ever. Societal recognition of the harms suffered by men and women during the war is lacking while survivors suffer the stigma and negative attitudes of society towards victims of sexual violence. Moreover, it is estimated that survivors need enhanced access to improved services, such as free legal advice to help survivors navigate the complex legal framework and apply for welfare or other benefits, and access to affordable and appropriate psycho- social, health and mental care services, including sexual and reproductive health services, as well as livelihoods and economic opportunities.
Four UN and associate agencies, namely UN Population Fund (UNFPA), International Organisation for Migration (IOM), UN Development Programme (UNDP), and UN Women are leading a joint UN project “Seeking Care, Support and Justice for Survivors of Conflict- Related Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina” to provide redress to female and male survivors.
The project envisions hiring two consultants in this process: one consultant to develop a compilation of relevant, aggregated data into a compendium of actors, available services, and applied standards and practice in the area of Conflict Related Sexual Violence and one consultant to design software solution for interactive compendium.
TITLE OF CONSULTANCY: UNFPA BiH National consultant to transform the compendium of actors, available services, and applied standards and practice in the area of Conflict Related Sexual Violence into an interactive database/webpage
OVERALL SUPERVISION: SGBV Project Officer REPORTING: SGBV Project Officer
POSITION: National
LOCATION: Bosnia and Herzegovina START DATE: January 30, 2015
CONTRACT: SSA
DURATION: 20.5 working days over the course of 2 months
Remuneration: Suitable female and male candidates are invited to send a quote for the work as outlined in the Terms of Reference (please provide an all-inclusive offer). UNFPA reserves the right to offer to the selected candidate the rate in accordance with UNFPA consultant rates and UNFPA available budget.
II PURPOSE
UNFPA is looking to contribute to Joint UN multi-sectorial response to CRSV and support CRSV survivors by developing a compilation of relevant, aggregated data into a compendium of actors, available services, and applied standards and practice in the area of Conflict Related Sexual Violence in BiH.
Compendium represents one of the key elements in researching available services, standards, practice and actors providing support to CRSV survivors and setting up system wide baselines for CRSV evidence based policy making and service delivery. Compendium will be presented as a final product in the form of an interactive database that can be subsequently used by a wider public and expanded on per-need basis.
The project envisions hiring two consultants in this process: one consultant to develop a compilation of relevant, aggregated data into a compendium of actors, available services, and applied standards and practice in the area of Conflict Related Sexual Violence and one consultant to design software solution for interactive compendium.
Duration: (January - March)
III SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND TIMELINE:
Under the supervision of the UNFPA SGBV Project Officer the consultant will be responsible for transforming the compendium of actors, available services, and applied standards and practice in the area of Conflict Related Sexual Violence into an interactive data base and development of a web page.
1. Development of interactive compendium (20.5 days)
1) Visualize the compendium – based on the product received from UNFPA the consultant will transform the product/compendium into an interactive database and develop a web page. Information presented will be user-friendly, clean and easy to read. Namely, all the information that will be accessible through the visualized database/webpage will offer disaggregation through a number of factors, such as geographical location, types of services provided, contact details, area of responsibility/coverage etc. Additionally, visualization will offer to user the ability to search for a particular reference point, service provider or type of information collected.
National consultant Timeline Payment
schedule Initial meeting with UNFPA team
Working language English for meetings with UN agencies, BHS for deliverables (January 30th)
Meeting on presentation of methodology with the survey consultant and UNFPA (February 9th)
1 day in total: 0.5 working days for each meeting (January 30th and February 9th respectively)
Development of a mock-up database to showcase the concept; coordination with the survey consultant to ensure compatibility of the database with datapoints to be collected
Working language BHS
4 working days in the period
Transformation of the product/compendium into fully interactive data base
Working language BHS
6 days from February 25th to March 10th
60% of the total sum
Developing the website based on the data base Working language BHS
8 days until March 10th
Presentation of the database/website and approval by UNFPA
0.5 days until March 11th
Final de-briefing with UNFPA staff followed by a 0.5 days on 40% of the
presentation to UN CRSV Joint Project February 24th; 0.5 days on March 12th
total sum
TOTAL 20.5 100 %
IV. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Education:
University degree in information technology, computer science or other relevant field;
Any Microsoft certifications in Access and/or SQL Server would be preferred;
Experience:
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in ICT and software development;
Proven record of theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the area of database-system application design and development, database management and data analysis;
Experience in programming Microsoft Access database, SQL and VBA;
Experience in developing products for data visualization and data aggregation;
Electronic communications expertise and experience;
Extensive content management expertise and experience;
Knowledge of relevant applications and hardware solutions Language requirements:
Fluency in official languages in BiH; knowledge of English is desired but not required.
Competencies:
Competencies:
Builds strong relationships;
Focuses on impact and results and responds positively to feedback;
Approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
Values:
Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values and ethical standards;
Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
Displays cultural, gender, nationality, religion and age sensitivity and adaptability.
VI. CONTRACT TERMS
The contract terms will include the following
The contractor must observe UN Minimum Operational Security Standards (MOSS) as communicated by the United Nations for the location(s) visited;
Be willing to travel around Bosnia and Herzegovina;
All rights acquired by UNFPA for all the documents produced;
Where the contractor fails to deliver the required quality of products, the rate payable will be reduced. UNFPA reserves the right to assess the quality of products.
Contractor has obligation to finalise products/documents to the full UNFPA satisfaction;
Payment for contractor will not exceed average UNFPA rates for national consultants.
General UNFPA information www.unfpa.org – Global website www.unfpa.ba – BiH website
Other relevant reading
To be provided by UNFPA upon selection of final candidate
Deadline for applications: January 25, 2015
Applications to be submitted to bosnia-herzegovina.office@unfpa.org Please include P11 form and a cover letter.
