India Ecosystems Service Improvement Project: Engagement of Social Development and Community Mobilization Consultant

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(Individual Consultant - Selection)

COUNTRY: INDIA

NAME OF PROJECT: Ecosystem Services Improvement Project

Grant No.: TF0A3990

Assignment Title: Engagement of Social Development and Community Mobilization Consultant

Reference No.: IN-ICFRE-299320-CS-INDV

The Government of India has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ecosystem Services Improvement Project (ESIP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include engagement of Individual Consultant (IC) for implementing of one of the component of ESIP i.e. Scaling up Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management in Selected Landscapes. The consultant would need to look into the social development and community mobilization related activities of ESIP for upscaling of SLEM best practices in the States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. The duration of the contract for this assignment is up to 30 July 2023. The detailed TOR along with format for submitting EOI is available at www.icfre.gov.in. 

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested candidates should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are:

1. Post Graduate Degree/ Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work/ Social Science/ Anthropology or equivalent and desirable qualification is doctorate degree in the relevant field.
2. At least 10 years of progressive experience in planning and implementing programmes focused on social development and community mobilization.
3. Experience of working with the government/development partners on the social development and community mobilization issue, especially at the grassroots level will be preferred.
4. Demonstrated technical, management and supervisory skills.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and ability to converse in local language;
6. Good documentation skills on social development and community mobilization issues, including through the use of computers and social media.
7. Ability to work effectively in a team interacts persuasively with a range of stakeholders, and travel extensively.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers [Government of India, 16 August 2017] (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection Based on the Individual Consultant Selection Method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [0900 to 1730 hours].

Expression of interest along with CV in prescribed format (available on ICFRE website www.icfre.gov.in) must be delivered in person or by post or by email to the address below on or before 30 June 2022 (1730 hrs):

Project Director,

Ecosystem Services Improvement Project

Room No: 143

Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education

P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttrakhand-248006 (INDIA)

Tel: +91-135-2224803, 2224823, 2224831 Tele Fax: +91-135-2750296

Email: projectdirectoresip@gmail.com, Website: www.icfre.gov.in