Infrastructure Specialist

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Office/Unit/Project Description

The nation Office in Mozambique has a programming cycle overlaying 2022-2026, absolutely aligned with the UN Country Development Framework UNCF for a similar time interval. As a part of its new programme cycle, and making an allowance for the evolving scenario within the north, UNDP has construct a large portfolio on the civil works entrance overlaying totally different programmatic areas. This contains help to the well being sector, with the development and/or rehabilitation of laboratory amenities, well being facilities, and warehouses notably. As a part of the post-cyclone help within the central and north provinces, by its Mozambique Recovery Facility, UNDP additionally engaged in rehabilitation and reconstruction of public buildings (faculties, administration, markets and so forth) in addition to resilient housing. More lately, as a part of its help to the Government of Mozambique, UNDP has engaged in a “stabilization” programme focusing basically on 6 districts within the north east of the Cabo Delgado province affected by violent battle. 

Based on the evolution of the nation context, UNDP reinforces its help deploying constructing again higher rules. As UNDP is supposed to offer built-in responses, its help on the infrastructure entrance responds to 2 further parts: (i) its operational work on the bottom is supposed to be in direct hyperlink to coverage associated help on problems with reconstruction and planning, in addition to on catastrophe danger discount. (ii) infrastructure engagement of UNDP in communities can also be required to combine to different programming elements similar to livelihoods and financial restoration, data administration and so forth.

In response to the number of improvement tasks in several programmatic areas within the workplace with  infrastructure elements and the necessity for the very best ranges of high quality management, UNDP intends to recruit an Infrastructure Specialist in a position to oversee and help the infrastructure portfolio in shut coordination with and thru this system and operations groups. 

The Infrastructure Specialist will work beneath direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative-Programme and secondary supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative – Operations. S/He will likely be liable for offering technical advisory, oversight and high quality assurance guaranteeing with programme and operations colleagues, the implementation of well timed and high-quality civil works and rehabilitation tasks in Mozambique beneath the duty of UNDP. S/He works in shut collaboration with programme and mission groups within the totally different areas and with different UN Agencies as required. S/He will help the RR engagement with Government officers and companions on infrastructure program improvement together with exploring improvements in reaching resilience. The Infrastructure Specialist will work in shut relations with Heads of programmes and the technical officers who’re in control of monitoring and supervision of the contract administration processes within the discipline and advise senior administration on greatest practices together with however not restricted to corrective measures when wanted. S/He will reinforce procurement capability by collaborating in analysis committees and offering technical enter as acceptable 

Finally, s/he’ll lead and implement the preparation of  detailed rehabilitation plans, price estimates and identification of capability for UNDP owned constructing often called UN Dispensary. S/he may even contribute to information constructing by identification, replication and showcase of greatest practices within the space of labor.

Scope of Work 

1. Ensure definition and implementation of engineering methods for group infrastructure similar to group facilities, well being amenities, feeder roads, housing and faculties, to boost service supply:

• Support discussions with Government relating to UNDP help to nationwide plans and techniques, advise administration as to appropriate engagement, and help advisory providers to Government as wanted on the infrastructure entrance;
• Advise on the compliance with UN/UNDP guidelines, laws, insurance policies and techniques; implementation of the efficient inner management, correct design and functioning of client-oriented engineering providers workflows; 
• Oversight and coordinates the engineering providers course of;
• Conducts enterprise course of mapping and institution of inner Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in Engineering Services;
• Constant monitoring and evaluation of the working environments, well timed readjustment of the operations, recommendation on authorized issues and danger evaluation that impacts on engineering providers;
• Review request for brand spanking new constructions and rehabilitation works, perform assessments and put together the comply with up motion plan with suggestions particularly these that can assist obtain resilience;
• Support the identification of choices for sustainable upkeep practices, and facilitate the design and execution of transformative interventions, practices, and pointers aimed toward boosting the resilience of infrastructure. 

2. Efficient administration of building/rehabilitation tasks and engineering processes specializing in the next key duties:

• Participate as technical enter in all related procurement analysis committees associated to civil works  to make sure compliance, danger administration and efficient aggressive choice; 
• Oversee the designing and planning of building and rehabilitation works and tasks;
• Provide technical help in institution of frequent grounds for minimal requirements necessities for the implementation of building duties as required by the particular infrastructure which primarily will deal with group infrastructure similar to group facilities, well being amenities, feeder roads, housing and faculties, to boost service supply;
• Guide within the improvement of technical and tender documentation (ToR, tender file, tender analysis, and so forth.) for the implementation of building duties as required by the workplace and guesthouse buildings;
• Ensure that needed supporting documentation is in place previous to issuance of tender by procurement unit;
• Provide written report in regards to the compliance of the analysis course of with UNDP procurement procedures;
• Contribute in the direction of the evaluation of normal bodily situations of proposed websites;
• Reviews and assesses technical design paperwork for building interventions;
• Review of technical documentation (survey reviews, Bill of Quantities with estimation of prices, technical description, design and drawings, take part within the analysis of bids course of) for workplace and guesthouse buildings;
• Provides technical and managerial help and steering on the implementation of various building and safety tasks for workplace and guesthouse buildings, ensures that the appliance of inexperienced constructing methods is sufficiently utilized in all designs and by contractors;
• Conducts session processes with totally different related models and employees on the rehabilitation plans and gives up to date progress reviews on accomplished works;
• Develop efficient and environment friendly mission administration specializing in the next:
  • Expedites implementation of constructions and rehabilitation tasks according to the prevailing emergency situations; 
  • Specifying mission aims and plans together with delineation of scope, budgeting, scheduling, setting efficiency necessities, and nominating mission board members for approval;
  • Maximizing the useful resource effectivity by procurement of labor, supplies and tools;
  • Implementing numerous operations by correct coordination and management of planning, design, estimating, contracting and building in the complete course of;
  • Developing efficient communications and mechanisms for resolving conflicts.

3. Ensure building works are supervised and monitored, specializing in the next key duties:

• Overall high quality assurance for efficient contract administration of all Civil Works contracts;
• Conducts website visits to totally different workplace hubs and constructions websites and ensures that works are correctly carried out in accordance with BoQs, plans and schedules and as much as the requirements;
• Expedites implementation of constructions and rehabilitation tasks according to the prevailing emergency situations;
• Ensure that technical documentation on the development website is maintained in accordance with related nationwide legal guidelines and requirements and contract for works;
• Sign off the ultimate handover documentation upon completion of all building works.

4. Ensures collaboration with related establishments concerned in engineering providers specializing in the next key duties:

• Develop and put together detailed rehabilitation plans, price estimates and identification of capability for UNDP owned constructing often called UN Dispensary Establishment of collaborate preparations with potential companions on engineering providers/processes, a shopper relationship administration system for technical assets mobilization functions and acceptable operational partnership preparations;
• Conduct pre-bidding course of to determine roaster of competent contractors within the nation;
• Conduct coaching session to contractors on find out how to work on the bidding paperwork with goal of enhancing capability, high quality of submission.

5. Responsible for high quality assurance because it pertains to analysis, design, implementation, monitoring and reporting on all engineering mission actions:

• Ensure efficient website supervision and high quality management of all Civil Works tasks; 
• Monitor the progress of tasks in any respect phases of their implementation and handover and report on anomalies to the involved departments;
• Facilitate website handover earlier than and after works and report back to the involved departments on any anomalies;
• Issue certification of fee in line with the assorted contractual milestones;
• Monitor the progress of all works tasks and make random visits to the websites to examine the progress towards delay and high quality of the work in help of each day website supervision performed by website engineers;
• Responsible for creating and sustaining complete danger administration logs for all civil work tasks above 100,000 USD or tasks in high-risk areas;
• Maintains a complete value index for key building supplies for exact price estimation;
• Responsible for conducting routine market surveys and pre-qualification of Contractors to make sure up to date provider databases for all areas.

6. Facilitation of data constructing and information sharing with the next key duties:

• Organize coaching on administration of engineering processes for workers within the Sub-Office;
• Synthesize classes discovered and greatest practices in administration of engineering processes;
• Synthesize greatest practices on building mission administration;
• Make common contributions to the engineering processes information community and different communities of follow;
• Knowledge constructing and sharing and sound contributions to UNDP information networks and communities of follow.

The incumbent performs different duties inside their useful profile as deemed needed for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement and Reporting Lines:

The Infrastructure Specialist will work beneath direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative – Programme and secondary supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative – Operations. S/He will likely be liable for offering technical advisory, present oversight and high quality assurance overlaying the implementation of well timed and high-quality civil works and rehabilitation tasks in Mozambique beneath the duty of UNDP. S/He works in shut collaboration with programme and mission groups within the totally different areas, different UN Agencies as required. S/He will help the RR engagement with Government officers and companions on infrastructure program improvement. The Infrastructure Specialist will work in shut relations with Heads of programmes and the technical officers who’re in control of monitoring and supervision of the contract administration processes within the Sub workplaces and advise senior administration on greatest practices to take corrective measures when wanted. 70% of Infrastructure Specialist’s portfolio will cowl the mission actions in Pemba Sub-Office and 30% of the portfolio will cowl the mission actions in Global Fund and MRF in Beira. 

S/he’ll reinforce procurement capability by collaborating in analysis committees as technical enter.  Finally, s/he’ll substantively contribute to institutional effort of getting ready detailed rehabilitation plans, price estimates and identification of capability for UNDP owned constructing often called UN Dispensary. He /she may even contribute to information constructing by identification, replication and showcase of greatest practices within the space of labor.

Competencies

Core Competencies

Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, achievable aims for a number of tasks, have lasting impression ;

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential dangers, develop new concepts to resolve advanced issues;

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on alternatives to develop horizons, diversify experiences;

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively provoke and champion change, handle a number of competing calls for;

Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think past instant process/obstacles and take motion to attain larger outcomes;

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate advanced panorama, champion inter-agency collaboration;

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate advantages of numerous workforce and champion inclusivity.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies: 

Business Direction and Strategy

• System Thinking
  • Ability to make use of goal downside evaluation and judgement to grasp how interrelated parts coexist inside an total course of or system, and to contemplate how altering one component can impression on different elements of the system.
• Strategic Thinking
  • Develop efficient methods and prioritized plans according to UNDP’s mission and aims, primarily based on the systemic evaluation of challenges, alternatives and potential dangers; hyperlink the final imaginative and prescient to actuality on the bottom to create tangible focused options; be taught from a wide range of sources to anticipate and successfully reply to each present and future tendencies; display foresight.

Business Management

• Project Management
  • Ability to plan, arrange, prioritize and management assets, procedures and protocols to attain particular objectives.
• Partnerships Management
  • Ability to construct and keep partnerships with extensive networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, consultants and others according to UNDP technique and insurance policies.

Business Development

• Knowledge Generation
  • Ability to analysis and switch data into helpful information, related for context, or attentive to a acknowledged want.

Partnership Management

• Resource Mobilization
  • Ability to determine funding sources, match funding wants (programmes/tasks/initiatives) with funding alternatives, and set up a plan to satisfy funding necessities.

2030 Agenda People

• Gender
  • UNDP’s Gender Equality Seal Initiative.

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in Civil/Construction/Structural Engineering, or different associated areas is required. Or 
• A primary-level college diploma (Bachelor’s diploma) within the areas talked about above, together with 2 further years of expertise will likely be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma.

Minimum years of related work expertise:

• Minimum of 5 years (with Master’s diploma) or 7 years (with Bachelor’s diploma) {of professional} expertise in areas related to Infrastructure, Civil Engineering, particularly in preparation of building technical documentation; or related, linked to programme design and administration is required.

Required abilities:

• Experience ought to embody civil works, significantly within the discipline of building technical mission documentation improvement in addition to building supervision.  

Desired abilities along with the competencies coated within the competencies part:

• Previous expertise in Mozambique or nations in related contexts on the continent is a bonus;
• Previous expertise in working in advanced and disaster/battle/post-conflict environments is desired.

Required Language(s) (at working degree):

• Proficiency in English is required;
• Working degree of Portuguese is fascinating.