Social Participation Consultant

Result of Service
- The Consultant will be responsible for developing all issues related to social participation events planned to support the preparation of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan and the Basic Sanitation Plan for the Municipality of São Paulo.
The Consultant's main objective is to plan, organize and conduct planned social participation events, notably the regionalized workshops and public hearings, together with the UN-Habitat team, especially working closely with the Communications Analyst.
The Social Participation Consultant shall be paid upon presentation and approval by the National Officer for Brazil of activities' report related to below mentioned products.
The Consultant will work in close collaboration with the Programme Coordinators, the operational and technical teams of UN-Habitat offices in Rio de Janeiro, as well as with the local project team, staff of other UN Agencies, Government officials, media, multilateral and bilateral donors and civil society.
- Work Location
- São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Expected duration
- Nine (9) months upon the signature of the contract.
**Responsibilities**:
- Background The main mandate of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is to promote sustainable development of human settlements and policies conducive to adequate housing for all.
Within this framework, UN-Habitat supports central and state governments, as well as local authorities and other partners for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, the 2030 Agenda with the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.
UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, more inclusive, compact, integrated, resilient and connected places with better opportunities where everyone can live with dignity.
It works with organizations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector to help build, manage, plan and finance sustainable urban development.
UN-Habitat's Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean - ROLAC - is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Agency puts emphasis on developing and managing activities in the host country.
Indeed, for the past years, UN-Habitat has expanded its portfolio in Brazil by working with the three tiers of government to support the formulation and implementation of more effective, sustainable, participative and socially fairer urban economic, social and environmental policies.
As part of a partnership with the Municipality of São Paulo, the project includes the revision of the Municipal Solid Waste Plan and the elaboration of the Municipal Sanitation Plan.
In order to properly implement this project, a Social Participation Consultant is required to ensure that both plans incorporate a sustainable and efficient approach to developing a broad and inclusive participatory process.
Report to UN-Habitat Manager The Social Participation Consultant reports to the National Officer for Brazil, who will evaluate him/her.
Outputs/Work Assignment Under the overall supervision of the National Officer for Brazil, the Social Participation Consultant will be responsible for delivering the four (4) following products in the expected delivery date: Product 1: "Work Plan" Description Prepare a document that presents the Work Plan regarding the object, stages and products of the consultancy, whose main objective is to plan, organize, conduct and report on social participation events related to the plans in question.
The Work Plan must contain, at a minimum: - Detailed scope of the deliverable products, focusing on the activities of social participation events;
- Details of the information and data required to develop the work;
- Schedule of activities and delivery dates;
- The flow of review and approval of the products.
Expected Completion Date 15 (fifteen) days after contract signature.
Product 2: "Planning and preparation of social participation events."
Description Preparation of a document with the following content, as a result of planning to hold 10 regional workshops and four public hearings: - Survey with the City Hall of suitable locations for holding events;
- Support to the Communications Analyst for the development of communication pieces related to events;
- General organization of events.
Expected Completion Date 45 (forty-five) days after contract signature.
Product 3: "Monitoring and facilitation of participatory process events."
Description - Support for the execution of communication materials;
- Interlocution with the City Hall events staff;
- General organization of the events stages - before, during and after;
- Participation in events: 10 (ten) workshops and 4 (four) public hearings.
Expected Completion Date 225 (two hundred and twenty-five) days after contract signature.
Product 4: "Consolidation report of social participation events."
Activities - Organization of data and information from social participation events, such as: attendance lists, minutes, communicati