Consultant, Safer Cities Programme Toolkit Development

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat
DUTY STATION: Home based with the possibility of travel
FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Consultant, Safer Cities Programme Toolkit Development
DURATION:            Mid August 2013 to Mid April 2014 (25 days over 8 months)
CLOSING DATE:5.p.m. GMT 16 September 2013
  1. Background
The Safer Cities Programme promotes crime prevention approaches and tools through normative as well as operational activities. The Programme has executed 77 city projects in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia and is up-scaling its activities at city level through the Global Network on Safer Cities (GNSC) with the goal of achieving at least 200 cities by Habitat III in 2016.
In this respect, the Programme is also implementing a global work plan focusing on development of approaches and tools to support partners and city authorities in not only the prevention of urban crime, but also the enhancement of urban safety for all and securing the urban advantage for all. This includes addressing and promoting institutional reform and in the field of police and justice (in particular in support of new forms of policing and of alternative forms of justice mechanisms), social prevention, situational prevention, but also integrated neighbourhood improvement that enhances social cohesion and co-existence, as well an integrated approach to monitoring urban safety in public spaces.
The Programme has in existence a toolkit which was developed together with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Crime Prevention Centre (South Africa) in 2004, in response to a growing demand at local government level for tools to support the implementation of effective crime prevention strategies. It aimed to help local stakeholders identify the right functionaries to involve in the process - and to assist in the process itself - with a step-by-step guide to establishing and maintaining local crime prevention partnerships. The toolkit was the basis for the development of regional guides on safer cities as it became apparent that the situation and the concerns were different for different regions. In Latin America the guide on safer cities was also accompanied by thematic guides for example, a neighbourhood guide to urban safety, a guide to engaging youth in safety and finally also a guide on mediation (which is just being completed). The toolkit/guide for Asia and the Pacific follows the same outline, but was accompanied by simple training modules on for example partnership building, visioning, how to conduct a safety assessment, how to conduct a focus group, safety audits, etc.
In some countries, the toolkit has also been adapted to the national level. For example in Serbia a safer cities guide was adapted to the  European context and translated into Serbian to support the 18 cities and towns working on safer cities.
Apart from the Safer Cities toolkits/guides, today, there has been a plethora of toolkits targeting local governments in their quest to address crime, violence, conflict, and insecurity as well as enhancing safety. The lack of integration of these tools has led to obvious negative impacts in delivery at the local level, with often either un-sustained piecemeal actions with communities or altogether municipal policies that are sectoral in approach, located in either police departments or in health departments. This has partly necessitated the development of a Global Network on Safer Cities (GNSC) as a platform to enhance integrated products with cities as the key beneficiary of a structured dialogue process.
This consultancy will result in the consolidation of a comprehensive and practical toolkit, building on existing tools developed by the programme but also soliciting tools developed by partners and other institutions which would be relevant for the safer cities. The comprehensive toolkit will also be accompanied by training manual and modules that communicates the integrated Safer Cities Approach and Concept in a consistent way.
The comprehensive toolkit will also contribute, at a later stage, to the development of a practical set of UN guidelines. The toolkit will be accompanied by replicable overviews of good practices in a simple language which is easily understandable across cultures and contexts.
Ongoing development will see the comprehensive toolkit expand this year to aggregate tools on:
  1. The prevention of urban crime – targeting improved governance at the local level
  2. The prevention of urban violence
  3. The enhancement of urban safety – targeting a multi-dimensional safety approach and integrated neighborhood improvement; as well as planning and management for social integration
It is proposed that GNSC partners are engaged in jointly further developing, adapting and piloting this consolidated toolkit, adding value through access to several ongoing initiatives and joint programmes focused on developing safer cities interventions with municipalities at the local level.
  1. Objectives of consultancy
The present consultancy aims at supplementing the UN-HABITAT Safer Cities Programme with substantive expertise within the area of urban safety, crime and violence prevention, criminology and urban planning, and assist in consolidating the comprehensive safer cities toolkit.
In view of the GNSC process leading to the seventh World Urban Forum in Medellin, the Safer Cities Programme is starting a collaboration with partners towards the establishment of a Partners Consultative Group that will jointly participate in further developing, adapting and piloting the consolidated SC toolkit, adding value through access to several on-going initiatives focused on safer cities.

The consultancy is based on the following objectives:
  • To consolidate the various tools contributing to safer cities such as creating partnerships, conducting safety assessments and diagnosis, developing strategies and action plans, monitoring and evaluation, and finally on institionalisation within the local authorities (materials such as the Latina American guides, the Asia Pacific Toolkit, the inventory of safer cities tools, and the national toolkits  in addition to the tools which the partners and joint programmes will contribute with)
  • Include training modules for Safer Cities teams, local government officials (heads of department) and other key stakeholders including relevant government officials and representatives of non-state actors on the integrated approach on safer cities.
  • To expand and adapt the toolkit at the regional, national and city level in Africa, Arab States, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, in a view to build a common framework for safer cities work.
  • To share practical experiences in working with safer cities and build a database of good practices and a network of relevant practitioners.
  • To minimise duplication of effort in this regard and maximise skills, knowledge and experience of safer cities internationally to develop the toolkit and training programme – manuals and module for a city to city networking and training programme.
  1. Tasks and workload
Under the supervision of the task manager in charge of the activity, the consultant will perform the following tasks:
    • Consolidate the safer city toolkit, ‘Making Cities Safer from Crime- A toolkit’ in English
    • Partners will respond to a call for the expression of interest to become partners in the Global network on Safer Cities.  Each of the partners will contribute with one or more tools which they would like to include in the comprehensive toolkit.  The consultant will gauge the value of each of the tools and evaluate how and if they can contribute to the safer cities toolkit supporting the implementation of urban safety programmes on the city level
  1. Skills and competencies
Competencies:
  • Professionalism: Knowledge of safety issues within the international development agenda. Ability to engage clients in participatory exercises as part of the process of developing required outputs.
  • Communication: Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills and ability to articulate ideas in a clear and accurate manner.
  • Planning and organizing: Ability to work under pressure, establish priorities and plan, coordinate own work plan, use time efficiently and apply judgment in the context of competing deadlines.
  • Creativity: Is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches, takes calculated risks on new and unusual ideas; thinks “outside the box”, and offers new and different options to solve problems or meet client needs.
  • Client Orientation: Ability to identify clients’ needs and support creation of appropriate solutions; establish and maintain productive partnerships with clients.
Education: 
Minimum Masters University degree in a field deemed relevant to the subject areas covered by these Terms of Reference such as crime prevention, criminal justice, urban planning, and social sciences.
Work Experience:
  • Experience in a senior organizational position focusing on research and analysis, developing toolkits and guides for local authorities or similar tasks
  • Experience in developing countries working in the area of safety, security, armed violence reduction or similar.
  • Over 15 years of demonstrated work experience in the area of crime prevention, urban safety and good overview of the developments and trends.
Language Skills:
For the post advertised, excellent proficiency in spoken and written English is required, and knowledge of French and Spanish a requirement.
Other skills:
  • Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to be flexible with changes in timelines.
  • Strong writing and communication skills (both oral and written)
  1. Outputs list and timeline
1. Monthly progress reports on the tasks to be delivered (first in September 2013)
2. First draft of the toolkit consolidated in English, end second month (October 2013)
3. Final version of the toolkit in English incorporating editing and discussions with UN-HABITAT (December 2013)
4. Launch of the toolkit (April 2014)
  1. Remuneration and time frames
 A daily fee rate will be determined by functions performed and experience of the selected consultant. The fees will be paid upon satisfactory completion of agreed, case-specific deliverables and number of days. Where applicable, travel costs (airplane ticket economy class), transfers, and daily allowance as per the UN rate is payable in addition to the daily fee.
Applications should include:
 Motivation letter (maximum 1 page single spacing 12 pt. Arial)
 Summary CV (maximum 3 pages single spacing 12 pt. Arial), indicating the following information:
1. Educational Background (incl. dates)
2. Professional Experience (assignments, tasks, achievements, duration by years)
3. Other relevant Skills, Experience and Expertise
4. Preferences regarding location of potential assignments
5. Expectations regarding remuneration (daily rate for period of up to 25 days)
6. At least two references including contact details
 Completed questionnaire in Excel (please send back as an Excel spreadsheet)
All applications should be submitted to:
Safer Cities Programme
Local Government & Decentralisation Unit
UN-Habitat
P.O. Box 30030, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: safer.cities@unhabitat.org and cc: juma.assiago@unhabitat.org
Please put ‘VA – Safer Cities Programme Toolkit Development Consultancy’ in the subject
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: 16 September 2013
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

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