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Population Dynamics National Consultant

Population Dynamics National Consultant

Monrovia, Liberia

Individual National Consultant

2024-07-08

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Purpose of Consultancy

 The government has outlined a multi-layer planning structure for the development of the new national development plan, which includes at the apex the Steering Committee, Planning Team, Inter-sectoral Team, team of Expert Writers, and Advisory Team. Government, civil society, the private sector, and representatives from international development partners are expected to play various team roles.

Background

The Pro-poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD), Liberia's national development plan, expired in December 2023. Coinciding with the installation of a new administration in January 2024, this administration has set out to develop the next generation of a five-year development planning cycle, demonstrating their commitment to Liberia's progress. The new government also recognizes the importance of a broad national vision document developed in 2012, ‘Liberia Rising 2030’, which sets an ambitious target to transform Liberia into a middle-income country by 2030.

Objective of the consultancy

The overarching objectives of the NDP process are summarized as follows:

  • Deliver to the Liberian people a new costed national development plan which will guide government policy for the next five years.
  • Deliver to the Liberian people a set of new County Development Agenda (CDA) replacing the previous ones.
  • Deliver to the Liberian people a complete costed public sector investment program document.
  • Outline results to which the various development sectors might contribute.
  • Coordinate the harmonization of the different level of sector plans – alignment and consistency.
  • To provide a national strategic direction of the country’s development in the medium term
  • To provide a clear outline of the priorities of the government at both national and sub-national levels.

Scope of work 

The consultant will form part of the UNFPA Technical Team assigned to support the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning as an integral member of the Planning and Inter-Sectoral and Technical writing Teams for the National Development Plan and undertake the following activities:

  • Lead the technical writings of background papers in thematic areas relevant to population dynamics, gender, SRHR including maternal health and how they contribute to the government development agenda.
  • Compile the relevant population and development related data for the country both at macro and sector specific levels (including information on population size, trend, age and sex structure, rural urban and other spatial geographical regions distribution, estimates of fertility, mortality and migration rates, etc.) and ensure their full consideration in the national development planning process.
  • Support the sequencing of the various processes in the development of the national development plan for seamless coordination of relevant inputs from various development actors.
  • Contribute to the development of the relevant tools for the district and county level consultations to support greater representation, inclusion, and participation of relevant stakeholders to assure that the perspectives of women and girls, and various other groups’ voices are reflected.
  • Support the facilitation of selected districts and county level consultations.
  • Support the training of identified facilitators of the district and county consultations and develop tools for the systematic documentation of the outcome of the district and county consultations.
  • Contribute to strong SRHR, population gender equality perspectives in the analysis of development trends and planning priorities.
  • Support integration of maternal health, sexual and reproductive health, and rights and GBV in the planning priorities and the final development frameworks (NDP and NDAs).
  •  Contribute to relevant technical meetings of the Planning, Inter-Sectoral and Writing Teams

Duration, place, and working schedule

The consultant will work for a total period of   60 days. The consultant will be based in Monrovia and may be required to travel to the field as requested by the necessity of data collection, and national consultation/dialogues as well as the validation process. 

Required expertise, qualifications and competence, including language requirements

  • An advanced degree (Post-graduate University Degree or equivalent level, preferably Ph. D.)  in one of the following fields: Demography, economics or related Social Sciences, Social Policy, Development Planning Public health, or other related relevant expertise, with a minimum 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in population, demography, social policy, or related research.
  • Solid knowledge of population dynamics and competence working with gender equality and SRHR..
  • Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, including knowledge of working with national planning frameworks.
  • Strong knowledge of how to integrate global and regional commitments into national planning frameworks.
  • Experience working with a multidisciplinary team of experts and experience working with national governments, the UN, is essential.
  • Ability to generate consensus through facilitating engagements with stakeholders from different background and diverse opinions.
  • Strong analytical skills and sound judgment; self-driven with ability to deliver on tasks with minimal supervision.
  • Excellent report writing, analytical and communication skills.

How to Apply & Deadline

Please note this post is a National Post and applicants of either sex are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to equally qualified women candidates. UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in condition with the application or recruitment process. Please submit all fraudulent notices, letter or offers to the UNFPA fraud hotline at: http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm

Candidates should submit their applications indicating the post; attach an updated CV, OR a completed United Nations Personnel History Form (From P.11) obtainable from the UNFPA website at  www.unfpa.org. ALL APPLICATIONS, WITH RELEVANT ATTACHMENTS, SHOULD BE EMAILED TO: neblett@unfpa.org, with a copy to: gaye@unfpa.org,  

The deadline for submission of applications is 08 July 2024, @ 17:00 hrs GMT. UNFPA will only respond to applicants who meet the stated job requirements will be contacted.

For more information, please consult the attached Terms of Reference.