United Nations Development Programme Kenya Short Term Assignment to Undertake Documenting of the Access to Rights Programme

Background:

Documenting the Access to Rights Programme is an important process to showcase the programmatic achievements and lessons learnt that the programme has contributed to during its five years of implementation.

The expected deliverables; a lesson learnt booklet and a DVD is to be produced and presented in a “user friendly” fashion to UNDP and its stakeholder.

The booklet and DVD is to be published in English. It will, when finalized be used as an outreach and advocacy tool

The Access to Rights programme seeks to address key areas of legal and human rights education, access to justice and enhancement of human rights network through paralegal networks; policy and legal reform; communities engagement in management of devolved funds and to address inequalities in accessing and benefiting from state resources.

It also target socio-economic empowerment with a strong focus on marginalized groups including women, and persons with disabilities.

Since its start many initiatives and activities have been undertaken in the area of strengthening Access to Rights in Kenya. The project has been ongoing since 2005 and there are many successful initiatives that have been undertaken by the implementing organizations. These experiences are important to capture and share with other actors in the sector. Therefore a documentation process of systematization of the lessons learnt is considered very valuable.

Scope of the documentation process:

The main objective of documenting this program is to capture the lessons learnt during the implementation of activities under the programme by implementing organizations. In particular, the specific objective of documenting the programme is to:

• Systematize the lessons learnt (challenges, successes and best practices) from the Access to Rights Programme and its individual seven projects so that they can be used for the development of future initiatives in the area of Access to Rights

Deliverables:

The key product expected from this documentation process is a

1) user friendly booklet on lessons learnt and good practice and

2) Two interactive DVD documenting each organization and its projects successes and challenges:

Duration of Assignment

The duration of the assignment wil be for a period of 32 Work days.

Application Procedure

For the full Terms of Reference (T0R) and requirements please visit UNDP Kenya’s Website:
http://www.ke.undp.org/notices

Interested and qualified persons should apply on the UNDP Kenya e-Recruitment portal located at http://www.ke.undp.org on or before Friday, 24 September 2010. Select vacancies” under “operations” and click on erecruit.echo-systems..net Applications received via other means wil not be accepted...

Additional Considerations

Application received after the deadline will not be considered.

Acknowledgements will be sent only to applicants who strictly meet the requirements of the Post.

UNDP Kenya Request for Proposal (RFP) for Auditing Services

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Kenya) intends to procure AUDIT SERVICES.

For the detailed technical specifications and requirements please visit UNDP Kenya’s Website: www.ke.undp.org/procurement.htm or on the UN Global Market Place: www.ungm.org/Notices/Notices.aspx

You are kindly requested to drop your request for proposal (RFP) at the Tender box placed at the UN Gigiri Main Gate before close of business on Thursday, 7th October 2010(7/10/2010) at 12.00 Noon Kenya time, in a sealed envelope.

The RFP should be addressed to:-

Deputy County Director (Operations)
The United Nations Development Programme Kenya
The Registry Office, Room 131,
Block Q, UN Complex Gigiri, RO. Box 3021 8,001 00
Nairobi, Kenya

And marked with “RFP/UNDPKEN/015/2010: AUDIT SERVICES’

UNDP Kenya reserves the right to accept or reject any submissions.

Call for Expression of Interest to Partner under an Upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement

Our client, the proposed prime grantee for transitioning the US President’s Emergency Plan for
AIDSRelief (PEPFAR) which comes to an end by 2012, and leading a local faith-based consortium currently implementing HIV care and treatment services in mission health facilities, is looking for organization(s) to partner with for an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement [FOA].

The role of the successful candidate(s) will be geared towards strengthening the FOA application at the time of writing with a view to filling any capacity gaps at that time.

In the event that this local faith-based consortium successfully wins the forthcoming FOA, the partnering organization(s) will be expected to start a one-year period of preparing the former’s capacity in financial management, monitoring and evaluation and provision of high quality clinical services within the national guidelines.

This request for application (RFA) is targeted to both local and international organizations with interest in partnering with and supporting faith-based agenda through this Expression of Interest (EOI). In this EOI, applicants should indicate how they will support

a) the larger vision of the Churches for health in Kenya,

b) the faith-based health system,

c) the role of the local organization(s) in health system and as the prime grantee,

d) the local organization’s vision for sustaining the faith-based care and treatment program

e) the capacity building of the local faith-based consortium in financial management, monitoring
and evaluation, provision of high quality clinical services and compliance with USG regulations, in
preparation to transition the entire current program and funds to local leadership in 2012.

The localled faith based consortium may sub-contract some roles to the partnering organization(s) for specific functions post-transition in 2012.

This RFA ensures that the process of identification and selection of partner(s) organization(s) is
transparent to meet the open contracts approach for a competitive process; single-sourcing and
soliciting for partnering roles is not allowed.

A steering committee comprising independent consultants will be constituted within 1-week to screen and review all the applications and determine, using clear criteria candidate(s) that fulfill the terms of this EOI, the suitable partner(s). Additional information will be available once the FOA is released.

Those interested should send their applications to:

The Managing Director
Virtual HR Services Ltd
P.O Box 42803 – 00100
Nairobi

Or Email to: recruit@virtualhr.co.ke

The deadline for receiving applications is 24th September 2010