Position title: International Consultant Road Master Planning
Deadline for application: 02 April 2012
Project title: Creating Jobs: Capacity Building for Local Resource-based Road Works in Selected Districts in NAD and Nias Organization unit: ILO Jakarta
Grade: N/a Duty Station: Sigli (Pidie District)
Contract type: Consultant
Duration: 13 weeks Expected starting date: 15 April 2012
For any questions related to this post, please contact: – Mr. Bas Athmer, Chief Technical Adviser, Road Project, NAD, CO ILO Jakarta - athmer@ilo.org
A. General Project Information
The UNDP/ILO Project “Creating Jobs: Capacity Building for Local Resource-based Road Works in Selected Districts in NAD and Nias” has been implemented since March 2006. The Project’s central aim is to support the Aceh Government in improving the livelihoods of the Acehnese people by enhancing the capacity of local governments to generate maximum employment opportunities through investments in rural infrastructure, particularly the road sector. Five years of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh has achieved improvements in rural road networks. But local governments are facing significant difficulties to put in place an effective maintenance system for these roads. Specifically, they do not have practical tools and systems that will support budget planning to obtain necessary approval for the resources that are needed.
To ensure the sustainability of the Project’s interventions and the created/improved physical assets, a comprehensive Exit Strategy for the Project has been prepared for the Aceh cluster of the Project (Pidie and Bireuen District) from 1 September 2011 until 31 August 2012 . This exit strategy – i.e. phase III of the Project – seeks to ensure that the LRB approaches that have been successfully demonstrated by the Project over the last five years will be sustained and that the lessons learned will be mainstreamed. Phase III aims at ensuring the sustainability of the investments made during phase I and II of the Project, in terms of their management and maintenance by the Government. An important element of phase III is the development of road master plans for Pidie and Bireuen District for the improvement and maintenance of the district and village road network at district level for which the Governments of Pidie and Bireuen district are
responsible. The intention is that these master plans – once developed and adopted by the local government – can serve as a model for wider replication in other districts in Aceh, and beyond. As it is important that master plans are being updated regularly, it is also very important that an affordable and practical system and procedure is being developed that will enable the district governments to regularly update the master plans (i.e. data availability and staffing resources issues need to be considered).
B. Duties and Responsibilities
The Consultant Road Master Planning (CRMP) will work under the overall supervision and guidance of the Project’s Chief Technical Advisor ( CTA ) to whom he/she will report. The CRMP will be responsible for the formulation of multi-year road master investment plans for classified district and village roads for Pidie and Bireuen district. He/she will work in close coordination and collaboration with the Project staff and consultants, and with the concerned Government stakeholders – in particular with those at district level. The CRMP will be based in Sigli (Pidie district) but it is envisaged that he/she will have to divide his/her time equally between the two districts (Pidie and Bireuen). Occasional visits to Banda Aceh and Jakarta are also envisaged under the assignment.
During the first period of 6 weeks of the field-based consultancy input, the main emphasis will be on reviewing the current progress, on finalizing specific requirements, and on initiating, supervising, coordinating and supporting various activities that are required to collect, process and analyze data that will be required to inform the planning of investments in the district and village road network in Pidie and Bireuen district.
After the completion of the initial period of 6 weeks of input, the CRMP will provide a total of 5 working days of back-stopping and monitoring support (home-based) with regards to the finalization of activities that were initiated during the initial 6 weeks of input.
The second block of 6 weeks of the field-based consultancy input will focus mainly on the preparation of the actual road master plans, including consultations with concerned stakeholders from legislative and executive bodies, and the presentation of the road master plans at various relevant forums and seminars at district, provincial and national level.
Specific tasks and responsibilities of the CRMP include, but are not limited to:
1. During the first 6 weeks of the field-based work:
- Review the current progress regarding preparatory activities for the development of the master plans, including an assessment of the already available information and the work being done on database and GIS development;
- Consult with provincial and national level stakeholders – in particular wsith Bappenas, Public Works an the OTSUS team, and possibly also with the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs – regarding standards, procedures, requirements and formats related to district-level road master planning;
- Review in close consultation with the national, provincial and district level stakeholders other planned, on-going and/or completed initiatives and/or models related to district-level road master planning;
- Conduct workshops with the district-level stakeholders, including the recently established Advisory Group, to discuss and agree on a specific time-bound work plan of activities for the development of the road master plans;
- In close consultation with the district stakeholders, identify the information and data requirements that are needed to enable the preparation of the road master plan. This should – inter alia –include (spatial) information on; i) the road network and its condition; ii) spatial economic production potentials (against actual production); iii) accessibility indicators (like access to economic and social facilities and services and typical origin-destination routes); iv) demographic information (distribution of population, poverty indicators, information about under- and unemployment):
- In close coordination with the district stakeholders, discuss and finalize the strategy, standards and prioritization criteria that will be used for prioritizing and allocating resources for the development, improvement and maintenance of the district and village roads, and for typical costing for investments in construction, rehabilitation and maintenance activities;
- Identify sources of information/data that can be used in the preparation of the master plan and coordinate the collection, processing and analysis of these data/information;
- Coordinate, supervise and provide leading inputs in the implementation of the agreed work plan, including data collection, processing and analysis, and the development of prioritization criteria, standards, etc.
- Finalize the table of contents for the road master plan and start with preparation of the master plan, using the available information/data.
- Any other tasks, as directed by the Project’s CTA , that are relevant to the assignment.
2. Between the first and the second period of field-based work
- Provide through email and by phone technical guidance, inputs and backstopping support to the field-based project staff/consultants regarding the implementation of the activities related to the preparation of the master plan (for this activity a total of 5 working days is allocated; this activity will be carried out as a home-based assignment).
3. During the second 6 weeks of the field-based work
- Review the progress regarding the activities related to the preparation of the master plan;
- Consolidate all the information/data that have been collected;
- Identify information/data gaps and coordinate/supervise the collection, processing and analysis of additional data;
- Prepare a complete first draft of the road master plan for Pidie and Bireuen district;
- Discuss the completed first draft of the road master plan with the concerned stakeholders of Pidie and Bireuen district in meetings and during a workhop;
- Based on the feedback received from the stakeholders, edit/modify the road master plan for Pidie and Bireuen district;
- Present the final draft of the road master plan to the local parliaments of Pidie and Bireuen district for its approval;
- Present the final draft master plan for Pidie and Bireuen district in seminars to provincial and national level stakeholders;
- Prepare a report outlining the resources, institutional set-up and skills that will be required to enable the regular updating of the road master plans.
- Any other tasks, as directed by the Project’s CTA , that are relevant to the assignment.
C. Outputs
Upon the completion of the assignment, the CRMP should have at least provided the following outputs to the satisfaction of the Project’s CTA :
- Completed road master plans for Pidie and Bireuen district that have been discussed and agreed upon with the district-level stakeholders;
- A report, outlining the resources, institutional set-up and skills that will be required to enable the regular updating of the road master plans;
- A completion report of the assignment in a format that will be provide by the Project;
- Various presentations given during workshops/seminars at district, provincial and national level.
- All the data/information that have been collected, processed and/or analyzed by the consultant in electronic format.
D. Required Qualifications and Experience
Education: Advanced university degree in Planning, Rural Development or another relevant discipline.
Work Experience: At least 10 years of relevant working experience, of which at least 3 years in the preparation of infrastructure/road investment master plans. Prior relevant working experience in Indonesia is considered an important advantage.
Competencies:
- Demonstrated and recognized ability in the preparation of infrastructure master plans;
- Ability to work as a team player and to operate individually;
- Ability to maintain a good balance between initiating activities and consulting with stakeholders;
- Capability to perform efficiently and effectively in a highly demanding working environment with very tight deadlines;
- Endurance and commitment to pursue and complete complex assignments;
- Conceptually and analytically very strong;
- Excellent communication and reporting skills, in speaking and in writing.
- Good computing skills, including the use of MS applications;
- Languages: Excellent command of English, both orally and in writing. Knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia is considered an important an advantage.
Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply. Only qualified candidates will be notified. Please submit application indicating the Vacancy Announcement Number along with CV, 3 references and other supporting documents to:
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
Email : hrdjkt@ilo.org
Closing date: 02 April 2012
