Democratic Republic of the Congo: Consultant - GIS Gap Analysis - DRC (219878-927)

Deadline to apply: September 10th, 2015

Scope of Work Title: Gap Analysis for IMAGINE Programme on GIS.

Type of contract: Individual Consultant Contract

Intervention Area: Goma (only), Democratic Republic of Congo

Indicative Start Date 22nd September 2015

Anticipated Duration of Consultancy: Initial 2 Weeks (subject to consultant's proposition and subsequent negotiation) - to be potentially renewed on a retainer basis according to need and availability of consultant.

Basis of Fee: The consultant is to submit a total lump sum for the completion of the below deliverables in USD. As part of the completion of these work-packages, the consultant is expected to spend at least 10 working days in DRC.

Deliverable Packages:

1 Supporting the Mercy Corps DRC GIS Officer to further her skills on using ARC-GIS - particularly regarding the integration of open source data 2 Conduct a 2 day workshop on Arc-GIS for M&E staff. 3 Make recommendations to Mercy Corps on how GIS could be best used to support its programmes and recommend any software or hardware that we should look to procure. .

Activities Anticipated:

As part of the conduct of Gap Analysis activities, remotely the consultant will be expected to:

• Interview the relevant Mercy Corps M&E staff to better understand existing GIS capacities and weaknesses of Mercy Corps DRC, IMAGINE team.
• Develop a workshop and capacity support plan in light of findings from interviews for both GIS Officer and M&E staff

Then, on arrival in country, the consultant will be expected to:

• Provide bespoke support to the GIS Officer to increase her level of skill using ARC-Map and ARC-GIS.
• Conduct a workshop with up to 5 M&E staff on Arc-GIS and ARC-Map including use of ARC-GIS online. Objectives of this training should be on how to make a basic map, delineate administrative boundaries and create them if they don't already exist, plot and edit representational GPS points.
• Provide recommendations on how GPS could help further the objectives of the IMAGINE programme (through a report and presentation to staff) and make recommendations on any hardware or software to be procured.

Management Relationships:

The GIS consultant will report to the M&E delivery manager for Mercy Corps IMAGINE Programme[1] - and will work with staff in the Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Department.

Information and Services Provided by Mercy Corps:

For the duration of their consultancy, the consultant(s) will be provided with:

• Flights to and from Kigali and return Taxi from to Goma
• All visa costs for deployment to Rwanda and DRC (reimbursable - consultant must advance these costs).
• All hotel accommodation required in Rwanda/DRC and/or accommodation in Mercy Corps expat guest house.
• Internet through mobile broadband up to a value of 5$ per day - if internet is not already available in hotel or guest house.
• Two Mercy Corps computers will have ARC GIS version 10 for Desktop installed that can be used for training. However, the consultant will be expected to have ARC-GIS for Desktop installed on his/her own computer.
• Venue for workshop and presentation.

Qualifications and experience required

The consultant must demonstrate that he/she:

• Can speak either French or Ki-Swahili fluently, in addition to English.
• Have at least 2 years' experience producing GIS products for the humanitarian and development sector - preferably in WASH.
• Have a post-graduate or graduate qualification linked to GIS.
• Have experience of similar short-term consultancies providing capacity building support on GIS.

Consultants will not be able to charge for working on weekends (Saturday/Sunday) - except in exceptional circumstances and on request and with formal approval of Mercy Corps - but will be provided with a 40$ per day per-diem that will be provided also during the weekend.

Instructions for Detailed Proposals

Parties interested in bidding for this should submit the following to Mercy Corps by the closing date of 26/08/2015:

• CVs of the consultant.
• Estimated fee for completion of deliverables
• 2 relevant references.

Applications can be submitted in either English or French.

Selection criteria

Candidates for the consultancy will be selected according to the following criteria:

Relevant technical qualifications and experience for the tasks to be performed 20

Relevant experience of similar assignments in challenging political/operational environments. 20

Experience with NGO agencies 10

Language capacity (francophone/kiswahii) 20

Knowledge of the region 10

Lowest Price 20

[1] Please refer to Annex A, IMAGINE Programme Inception Report

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