Job Title: Consultant - Training modules on designing and implementing street-led city-wide slum upgrading programmes, Home-based
Closing Date: Friday, 22 June 2012
Consultant - Training modules on designing and implementing street-led city-wide slum upgrading programmes, Home-based
Consultant - Training modules on designing and implementing street-led city-wide slum upgrading programmes, Home-based
UN-HABITAT Nairobi Kenya
United Nations Human Settlements Programme P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, KENYA Tel: +254-20 7623120, Fax: +254-20 7624266/7 infohabitat@unhabitat.org, www.unhabitat.org
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 30 May 2012 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: DUTY STATION: FUNCTIONAL TITLE: UN-HABITAT (Home based) Consultant – Training modules on designing and implementing street-led city-wide slum upgrading programmes 60 days 22 June 2012
DURATION: CLOSING DATE:
BACKGROUND A defining feature of urban growth in developing countries has been emergence of sprawling informal squatter and unauthorised settlements. Classified internationally as "slums" and locally called unplanned, spontaneous, sub-standard, poorly serviced settlements with different denominations such as favelas, barriadas, gencekondus, kampungs, etc., these settlements are often characterised by poor housing-related living conditions and a lack of basic urban services and infrastructure. The extent of informality in housing production as manifested in slum growth is immense and, in absolute terms, growing. According to the UNHABITAT revised statistics, the number of people living in slum conditions reached approximately 827 million people in 2010, representing a 12.5 per cent increase from just a decade before. Slum upgrading is one approach to addressing this challenge. Slum upgrading seeks to improve the living conditions of slums for the benefit of existing slum dwellers by directly intervening, in situ, in the physical, social, economic, and/or juridical structure of the settlement. Interventions are often labelled in-situ settlement upgrading reflecting an area-based planning intervention. At the neighbourhood level it has often led to dramatic improvements in the lives of slum dwellers. Furthermore, in select cities in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Thailand, India and South Africa, it has been brought to greater scale in slum upgrading programmes that have been implemented at a citywide scale. These experiences in slum upgrading have become references for developing countries to cope with the existing stock of slums and informal settlements in counter-position to resettlement policies of the past when slums were regarded as a problem to be removed from the city fabric. Similar shifts were observed in the 60-Ÿs and 70-Ÿs in Europe and North America when urban renewal strategies replaced slum clearance policies marked by demolitions and relocation of residents to new housing built in the fringe of cities. Given the scale of the challenge of slums, the need to move away from piecemeal project-based slum upgrading interventions and to bring slum upgrading to a large scale is both evident and imperative. This is primarily translated into citywide slum upgrading programmes. While this policy has a curative character, it is part of a UN-Habitat twin-track approach that promotes citywide slum upgrading policies simultaneous to policies that bring housing options to scale and thus providing cities with approaches that prevent the multiplication of slums and urban informality. It is widely acknowledged by housing experts and practitioners that there exists an urgent need for knowledge sharing and capacity building of city-level public sector agents in the design and implementation of slum upgrading programmes at a citywide scale. With nearly 40 years of progress and innovations in slum upgrading and recent successes in scaling up slum upgrading to the citywide programme level, it is an opportune moment for bridging that gap in knowledge and organisational capacity. This consultancy will contribute to this end by developing training materials and modules on Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes that will support UN-Habitat-Ÿs capacity development strategy, knowledge and tools to support cities in addressing the problem of slums in a programmatic manner. The training module will drawn on two important pieces of work: UN-Habitat-Ÿs "Practical Guidebook for Designing, Planning, Managing and Executing Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes", and the working paper "Streets as Pillars of Urban Transformation: A UN-Habitat approach to participatory street-led citywide slum upgrading". See figure 1. The latter suggests a move towards the opening of streets through citizen participation as a strategic
spatial intervention for citywide slum upgrading, to foster incremental self-improvement of the physical and socio-economic conditions in slums and informal settlements, while promoting urban regeneration, transformation and their integration into the overall city planning agenda. The former elaborates on the concepts, practice and rationale of citywide slum upgrading and the role of streets in forging the overall legal, physical, social, economic and spatial integration of slums.
Virtuous Cycle of Capacity Development WORKING PAPER RESEARCH CASE STUDIES PRACTICAL GUIDE:
Knowledge Research
Citywide Slum Upgrading: a street-led approach
Designing, Planning Managing & Executing Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes
Knowledge Skills
Technical Assistance to strengthen capacities of City Governments: Policy Development Institutions Human Resources
Tools Application
TRAINING OF TRAINERS:
TRAINING MODULE:
Designing, Planning Managing & Executing Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes
Skills Institution building
Designing, Planning Managing & Executing Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes
Figure 1: Capacity Development & Institution Building for Citywide Slum Upgrading
The objective of the training module is to introduce the necessary steps, practical tools and systems for designing and implementing and managing street-led city wide slum upgrading programs. The module introduces the basic conceptual and methodological issues involving slums and slum upgrading and develops an in-depth understanding of the deep-rooted causes of slums and informal settlements and the various policies to deal with it. It is to be an easy-to-understand and evidence-based training, with a wealth of references and experiences to support its practical application and relevance. The target audience for the training is comprised of policy makers, practitioners and experts from municipal governments, and NGO-Ÿs. Those who are or will be in charge of designing and proposing programmes to the city government are amongst those to whom this training should be made relevant. The training modules will enhance knowledge and develop skills amongst key stakeholders responsible for designing, coordinating, managing and implementing city wide slum upgrading programmes and to serve as promotion for slum upgrading as viable alternative to improve the living conditions and quality of life of poor households living in slums and informal settlements. The ultimate goal is to create a basis for multiplication via training of trainers as part of the institution building strategy that will create the basis for long-term continuity through indigenous in-country support to city governments.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Task 1: Background work 1.1 Induction and orientation meeting: The consultant will meet with the supervisor and the Coordinator, Capacity Development Branch, either via Skype, teleconference, or in person if possible, at the beginning of the consultancy. This meeting aims to outline the consultancy in more depth and provide the background to the project, and highlight the expected outcomes. It provides an opportunity to reach a common understanding on the tasks. 1.2 Inception report: Through the initial desk research the consultant should produce a concise inception report that will include a review of the Street-led working paper and the analysis of the Practical Guide, that will help to describe how the consultant intends to carry out the consultancy assignment, illustrating how the Working Paper and the Guide will be translated into a practical and skill-development training module. The report should be clear and concise and not be more than 10 pages. The report must outline any changes to the initial timeline as agreed at the commencement of the consultancy. Task 2: Draft training material development 2.1 Development of the first draft of training materials: The consultant will develop the first draft of the 5-day training module with annotated background materials indicating where they serve the learning process, based on a review of content of the Practical Guide (in particular its key concepts/methodologies) which includes (1) an outline of the module depicting its goals, learning objectives, outcomes and target groups; (2) draft programme/agenda of the module; (3) draft session outline; (4) trainer-Ÿs guidance notes; (5) background/references for each of the sessions besides indicating the chapter/section of the Practical Guide, and (6) practical exercises to support the learning sessions and (7) power point presentations following agreed templates, structure and size (number of slides). Indications about capacity needs assessment for such training should be considered. This will be first complete draft programme report to be submitted to UN-Habitat for the first review. 2.2 Progress report: Mid-way through Task 2 the consultant should submit a two-page progress report. It should contain an outline of the progress achieved so far, and, more importantly, it should outline major obstacles or areas where further support from the Supervisor is required. Task 3: Peer review, Training Module finalisation and submission 3.1 Presentation of Draft training materials for peer review: The consultant-Ÿ report will be submitted to a peer review panel. This document, as outline in task 2, should present the key structure, substantive areas, course outline; title, content and duration of each session; and overall methodology of the draft training module. The work accomplished under 2.1 and commented by UN-Habitat will received additional comments which will later be incorporated into the final product by the consultant. 3.2 Final training materials production: Taking on board the comments and suggestions raised at the peer review, and those provided by UN-HABITAT staff as part of Task 2.1, the consultant is to refine the draft and prepare the final and complete training module. Task 4: Testing and Delivering the Training Module in a workshop to be organized by UN-Habitat in a given location/venue 4.1 Preparation of the training module, sessions, presentations and case studies to be delivered in a presence workshop: prepare the training materials for testing in a real workshop being attended by a group of experts from one or more cities in a given location. Consultant is expected to travel to this location and be in charge of the training delivery to a group selected by UN-Habitat. 4.2 Evaluation and Assessment of the results and learning outcomes with the participants attending the module: consultant is expected to make an oral and written evaluation of the training module and its various components in order to depict the relevance and value of the training. This will bring a series of advice or recommendations on how to improve and refine the training module.
4.3 Refine and Improve the training module for the ultimate final & improved version: consultant will incorporate all the comments, advice and recommendations into the ultimate version of the training event. DELIVERABLES OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The consultant shall produce the following deliverables: 1. Induction meeting summary (Max 2 pages) 2. Inception Report (max 5-10 pages) 3. Draft Training Materials containing a brief background, course outline, course structure/agenda, session design (title, duration, content, expected results, background reference), exercises with respective outline/guidance note; trainer-Ÿs notes, , which will be circulated for comments 4. Presentations/sessions according to agreed template, structure and number of slides to be used on each session. 5. Final submission of the complete training module, which will incorporate all the back-and-forth comments from the draft report, resulting into a final and complete version of the training module. 6. Testing & delivering the training module in a workshop organized by UN-Habitat in a location/venue to be defined. It includes an evaluation/assessment report depicting participants-Ÿ observations. 7. Ultimate version of the training module incorporating all the comments and suggestions derived from this testing and assessment exercise.
The evaluation will be conducted in line with the Code of Conduct for Evaluation in the UN system and the United Nations Evaluation Group Norms and Standards.
COMPETENCIES Professionalism: Knowledge and understanding of practice and approaches relevant to slum upgrading, particularly in the institutional and management dimensions of citywide slum upgrading programmes. Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; facilitation skills to encourage participation. Planning & Organizing: Develops clear targets that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently. EDUCATION Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Urban Planning , Housing Studies, Development Studies, or other related field is required. A first level university degree in combination with qualifying experience can be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. WORK EXPERIENCE The following experience is desirable: Experience in developing normative training and knowledge products, ideally related to housing, slum upgrading. Experience in the design, implementation and management of citywide slum upgrading programmes in developing countries . Demonstrated ability and understanding of international best practice standards for capacity building and training for urban (housing sector) stakeholders in developing countries . Demonstrated ability to represent information visually in training materials. Experience with adult-learning and design and implementation of training courses will be considered a great asset. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Fluency in English is required. Fluency in other UN languages is an advantage. OTHER SKILLS: Excellent facilitation and communication skills are desirable. REMUNERATION
Payments will be based on deliverables over the consultancy period. There are set remuneration rates for consultancies. The rate is determined by functions performed and experience of the consultant. The fees will be paid as per agreement. APPLICATION GUIDANCE Please consider the following questions when formulating your expression of interest/proposal: ï‚· How would you approach the task of making the information understandable and accessible to all stakeholders, including slum dwellers? ï‚· What do you consider to be the important aspects of successful urban development training courses, in particular regarding city-wide slum upgrading? Interested applicants should send (email preferred): - A concise "expression of interest-Ÿ letter - Technical proposal, specifying how the project would be approached and with a financial proposal - Full CV as well as UN P11 form (the United Nations standard personal history form available upon request or via: http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?typeid=24&catid=435&id=3867) - Copies of, or references to relevant publications previously prepared by the applicant; - All applicants are required to first register and upload the necessary information onto UNHabitat e-roster: http://e-roster.unhabitat.org All applications should be submitted to: Claudio Acioly, Jr. Coordinator, Capacity Development Unit United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) UN Avenue Gigiri, UN Complex, Block 3 South - 3rd Level P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Work: +254 (0) 207 62 4597; Skype: matthew.un-habitat Email: Claudio.Acioly@unhabitat.org Please also copy Helen.Musoke@unhabitat.org & Pamela.Odhiambo@unhabitat.org Please be advised that since April 15th 2010, applicants for consultancies must be part of the UN-HABITAT e-Roster in order for their application to be considered. You can reach the e-Roster through the following link: http://e-roster.unhabitat.org Deadline for applications: 22 June 2012 UN-HABITAT does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. If you have any questions concerning persons or companies claiming to be recruiting on behalf of these offices and requesting the payment of a fee, please contact: recruitment@unon.org
Deadline: 22nd June 2012
