CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR GENDER AND SAFEGUARD (NATONAL AND INTERNATIONAL) FOR THE UNDP/GEF FUNDED PROJECT “SUSTAINABLE AND INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT OF THE WESTERN AREA PENINSULA PROJECT”
Procurement Number:MOECC/UNDP-GEF/WAPP/RFP/2025/03
Job Title:LOT 1: Policy Gap Analyst – National Consultant -for UNDP/GEF funded Project
LOT 2: Policy Gap Analyst – International Consultant – for UNDP/GEF funded Project
Reports to: Project Manager
Application Start Date: 14th May, 2025
Application Deadline: 12th June, 2025
Type of Contract:LOT 1: Individual National Consultancy Contract
LOT 2: Individual International Consultancy Contract
Duty Station: Freetown with field visits to project locations
Language required: English
Contract Duration: The expected level of involvement will be up to 60 days spread over one year with possibility of extension
Terms of Reference
A. INTRODUCTION
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) received funding through UNDP to implement a 6-years GEF funded “Sustainable and Integrated Landscape Management of the Western Area Peninsula Project”. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MoECC)n in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme is implementing the Sustainable and Integrated Landscape Management of the Western Area Peninsula Project (WAP) funded by Global Environmental Facility (GEF) aiming at strengthen conditions for the sustainable and integrated management of multiple-use landscapes (piloted in the WAP landscape) to protect globally significant biodiversity, safeguard ecosystem services generating local and national socio-economic benefits, and advance towards land degradation neutrality.
The Six-year project (2023-2028) is implemented in the Western Area Peninsula National Forest Protected Area. The Western Area Peninsula (WAP) is located in the extreme west of Sierra Leone It is a multiple-use landscape (69,820 ha) dominated by moist closed forest occupying a narrow chain of hills (highest point 900m) surrounded by a thin coastal strip that lines the peninsula to the north, west and south. Forming part of the Upper Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot, the landscape includes two Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). The first is the Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park (WAPNP). The rest of the area is occupied by mangrove forest which is largely located at the northeast of the peninsula but also in isolated patches along the western coastal stretch of about 200km, the Banana Islands, and Bureh Town forests of the peninsula. The mangroves at the northeast of the peninsula are part of the Sierra Leone River Estuary (SLRE), which is an internationally recognized KBA and Ramsar site. The WAPNP hosts 80-90% of Sierra Leone’s terrestrial biodiversity, and the forested surface of the WAP acts as the main water tower for the country’s capital Freetown. The SLRE is the site of the world’s third largest natural harbor, and its wetlands comprise 19% of the country’s mangrove forests.
The project focuses on three thematic components;
Component 1: Systemic and Institutional Capacity for ILM
Component 2: Demonstration of ILM implementation on the ground
Component 3: Innovative Financing
Component 4: Gender Mainstreaming, Knowledge Management and M&E
B. SCOPE
The project seeks to recruit both International and National consultants to undertake policy/Acts review of the Natural Resources Management (NRM) policies that do not integrate Sustainable Land Management SLM/ILM adequately by identifying conflicting and outdated policies/acts in the key NRM sector and identify barriers in gender, inclusive conservation, rights-based perspectivefor improvement and strengthening. Also, document best practices and develop policy brief based on the identified barriers in gender, right-based perspectives, and policy gaps in NRM and link it to international and regional best practices.
The scope will also include assessing the existing key NRM sectorial policies and practices and identify areas of synergy and policy gaps within NRM sector.
OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGMENT
To review NRM sectorial policies by identify barriers in gender, inclusive conservation, rights-based approaches and policy gaps in the NRM sector. Specifically, the consultants should: conflictingand areas of synergypolicis and Laws.
• Identify and analyseNRM sectorial policies, strategies and legislations byidentifying conflicting policies, gaps and area of synergyin NRM sectorial policy,
• Identify barriers in gender, inclusive conservation, right-based perspectives, and policy gaps in NRM sector.
• Make a consultation with relevant stakeholders and institutions to obtain their views for policy analysis.
• Document best practices on gender issues, right-based, Inclusive Conservation, and linkage to international and regional best practices
• In collaboration with WAP/MoECC, organize a one-day stakeholder meeting or workshop to share and validate the consultancy findings.
• Compile comprehensive reports summarizing the methodology, findings, and recommendations, including lessons learned, maps, graphs, and key insights for stakeholders.
C. Deliverables
• The consultants should submit an inception report before the commencement of the assignment that shows the consultant’s understanding of the Terms of Reference and the assignment requirements (Note: avoid copy pasting the ToR contents) and presentations of the methodological approach during the inception meeting.
• The consultants will submit the first draft report for review before finalizing the work for printing.
• The final report will be reviewed electronically by WAP/MoECC before final submission.
D. Payment terms/schedule:
The rate per day will be subject to the consultant’s qualifications and experience. The costs for internal movement will be covered by WAP during the consultant’s field work. The payment will be in three installments:
1st Installment 30% paid after presentation and approval of the Inception report and Work plan;
2nd Installment 40% paid upon submission of the draft acceptable report.
3rd Installment 30% paid upon submission of the final acceptable report
E. Qualifications and Experience:
• Must have a higher University degree (MSc and or Ph.D.) in social science, natural resource management, anthropology, socioeconomics or rural development, Monitoring, and Evaluation.
• Five to ten years working experience in the area of the assignment
• Previous experience demonstrating similar work with either UN or Government is required
Apply: The application should contain:
• Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
• An indication of your availability, i.e. are there periods that you already know of when you would be unavailable to work.
• Updated CV to include qualifications/competencies and relevant experience in similar projects and name/contact details of 2 professional referees who can validate and recommend your professionalism, competencies and suitability to undertake this assignment.
• Samples of related work (email link or electronic copy)
• Send a 1-page application letter outlining your expertise and relevant experience in this consultancy. A concise –maximum of 5-10 pages’ technical proposal, highlighting the proposed approach, methodologies, brief work schedule and timings of the process. A brief of a financial plan specifying the time, professional fees, and proposed implementation costs.
• The project will provide documents for the literature review; these will include;
Project document
The initial list of stakeholders and location
WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURGED TO APPLY.
Apply to:
Procurement Specialist,
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change,
55 Wilkinson Road, Freetown
Email: millibee2013@gmail.comand copy: bintukamara03@yahoo.co.uk ; andrewkatta1@gmail.comedward.bendu55@gmail.com
