United Nations Development Programme
National Individual Consultant
Institutional Capacity Building Advisor
Background: Elections play a central role in the national stability of a country and therefore their management calls for focused attention in order to forestall any possibility of instability or anarchy.
The starting point towards ensuring this is to build an effective institutional framework with sufficient capacity to manage the electoral processes.
Following the 2007 elections, Kenya’s Electoral Management Body (EMB) became a basis of the process of democratization.
The EMB’s composition, mandate and activities attracted increasing public attention.
The creation of a new Electoral Management Body was the beginning of major reforms in the electoral process in Kenya.
One of the most important reforms undertaken by the Commission was the establishment of an effective and efficient Secretariat.
The Commission also introduced a devolved structure in which the Regional Electoral Coordinator (RECs) and Constituency Electoral Coordinators (CECs) are permanently based at regional and constituency level.
This has brought the election officers closer to the public and hence the voters.
Objective
The aim of the consultancy is to provide technical support to the Commission in its efforts to hold credible and legitimate elections in accordance with internationally recognized standards; and to help in building, a sustainable institutional capacity to organize democratic elections that are genuine and periodic; and have the full confidence of the competing parties and the electorate.
The Consultant is expected to foster the creation of a strong, professional and independent EMB (and related public institutions) and enhance the independence and credibility of IEBC.
Application Process
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications which should include the following:
- UNDP Personal History Form (P11)
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae
- Proposal for implementing the assignment
Please quote “Institutional Capacity Building Advisor” on the subject line.
Applications should be emailed to consultants.ken@undp.org to reach us not later than Wednesday, 5 August 2015 at 4.00 P.M Kenya Time.
Please see the Terms of Reference, the P11 form, the Individual Contract Proposal form and the Terms and Conditions of Individual Contracts by visiting the UNDP Kenya Website: –
UNDP Kenya reserved the right to accept or reject any application