United Nations Development Programme

Terms of Reference for Outplaced Personnel

Associate
TITLE: Associate, AIP Implementation Support
A DUTY STATION: Peshawar
OFFICE LOCATION: Directorate of Projects, P&D
Summary TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy
No of Positions: 02
Duration:6Months

If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a historically significant programme that presents
B unpredictable challenges which will test your abilities while working with some of the best human
resources across the world, please consider applying for this post. We are looking for a pair of hard
Background working and motivated professionals who can help the KP Government including the political and
bureaucratic leadership to deliver the innovations and the transformational development change
embodied in the Tribal Decade Strategy and the Accelerated Implementation Plan.

We are looking for candidates who have a deep passion for doing development well, and a commitment
to delivering historic results in complex circumstances.

The merger of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the province of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is one of the South Asia region’s most significant recent developments. This merger
process will have unprecedented benefits for the stability of Pakistan and that of the broader region if it can
be successfully carried out. But, the challenge in achieving this is great.

For more than 70 years prior, the five million residents of the former FATA have lived under harsh colonial-
era laws based on the principles of collective punishment and were without adequate representation in the
social, cultural and political fabric of Pakistan. Traditional institutions of the modern state, like the judiciary
and police, are only now being introduced as Pakistan begins to mainstream former FATA into KP. As a
result of this historical separation, some key development indicators in the region of former FATA are twice
as bad as some of the least developed parts in the rest of Pakistan.

The challenge to redress historical underdevelopment has also been compounded by the recent decade long
insurgency that was based out of the former FATA which has caused loss of life; mass forced internal
migration and the destruction of infrastructure. The Pakistani state is now committed to an unprecedented
programme of accelerated development for the next decade to make sure the newly merged districts create
opportunities for the people and provide services at par with the rest of the country while preventing any
resurgence of militant groups in the area. The UNDP works hand in hand with the government of KP across
many functional areas to make this merger a success.

Support to the Directorate of Projects (DoP), will be led by a senior Associate, and Associates. The team shall
contain a range of skills including quantitative analysis, as well as verbal reasoning and communication
skills.

C AIP Delivery targets met, delivering transformational change to the merged areas.

Objectives
and Targets
Day to day supervision: Senior Associate
D Matrix Management: Senior Officer, Implementation Arrangements and Coordination. Merged Areas
Governance Project. UNDP.
Reporting
Structure &
Coordination
The Associate will support the AIP in line with the role of the DOP under the accelerated implementation
E arrangements.

Detailed Quantitative analysis

Results
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 Analyze AIP project performance and portfolio performance

 Contribute quantitative components of executive review
 Quality assure data and analysis coming from govt and other sources
 Data storage and archiving
 Conversion of SPA into project plans with select depts

Written and verbal analysis

 Produce well-articulated, concise, and convincing briefs and working papers as well as visual
presentations
 Produce flawless briefs and working papers for the executive review and other decision support
processes
 Quality assure and correct briefs and content coming from government, consultants, donor partners
and other sources

General support

 Conduct problem analysis of project initiation, delivery or completion delays, clearing articulate
causes and articulate recommended actions or policy changes to unblock delivery challenges
 Support MAGP programming where required

F Evaluation on quarterly basis based on Objectives and Key Results

Performance
Indicators for
Evaluation of
Results
We are looking for talent more than years of experience and a long CV, but you should be able to
G demonstrate this talent concretely during the recruitment process.

Skills and Category 1: Quantitative analytics

Competencies 1. Excellent data organization & analytics skills
2. Data visualization
3. Archiving and data management
4. Ability to drive innovation and sell change
5. Ability to conduct problem analysis and clearly articulate causes and recommended actions

Category 2: Written and verbal analysis

6. Excellent oral and written communication skills
7. Excellent logical reasoning: ability to highlight and correct logical fallacies
8. Must be able to produce flawless briefs and working papers,
9. Must be able to quality assure and correct the work of others such as briefs and content coming from
government, consultants, donor partners and other sources
10. Must be able to prepare and deliver a McKinsey standard presentation

Category 3: Shared competencies

11. Ability to build good relationships;
12. Experience of researching and developing policy documents for government departments;
13. Ability to write and report in a timely and succinct manner;
14. Ability to present complex information in a clearly comprehensible manner;
15. Demonstrated ability to provide effective technical input to government decision making processes;

Education: Masters or Equivalent Degree

H
Minimum
Qualifications
and
Experience
Experience: Minimum of Two (2) years’ experience in public
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administration, management consulting, or

academic work in similar fields

Language Requirements: English, Urdu.

Contract duration (4 months) is linked to deliverables and may be extended only if exogenous factors delay
I the achievement of results or if additional deliverables are included.

Duration of
service

Competitive
J
Selection
Process
Compensation at mid-level consultancy levels, based on market rates and salary history.
K Payment will be made following submission of approved deliverables on a monthly basis signed off by the
Compensation competent authority. Payment will be made according to deliverables, not per days worked.
& Chart of
Account

Account Dept Fund Impl. Donor PC Project Category Activity Percentage

ID Agent Buss
Unit
42404 30000 001981 13237 Pak10 108113 Activity40 100%
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Total 100%