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STATEMENT OF WORK

Human Resources and Compact Operation in Nepal Project Assistant

A. Introduction

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a U.S. Government corporation whose mission is to provide assistance that will support economic growth and poverty reduction in carefully selected countries that demonstrate a commitment to just and democratic governance, economic freedom, and investments in their citizenry. For more information on the MCC, please visit www.mcc.gov.

MCC signed a compact to provide assistance to Nepal in September 2017. The Nepal Compact is designed to address the underlying causes of two identified constraints to economic growth: the inadequate supply of electricity and the high cost of transportation. The total value of the compact is $630M including $500 million from MCC, and $130 million from the Government of Nepal (GoN). One of MCC’s guiding principles is country ownership of the development assistance, and a primary mechanism for country ownership is that the recipient country is required to complete the projects under the compact with MCC support, guidance an oversight. To complete the compact’s project, Nepal will establish an accountable entity, called the Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal (MCA-N). After MCA-N is established (expected in early 2018), the entity will need to recruit and hire staff, set up a new office, and establish office operations.

To oversee the activities of the MCA-N, MCC staffs a resident country mission in Nepal comprised of a Resident Country Director (RCD), Deputy Resident Country Director (DRCD), and one locally employed administrative assistance staff. Because of the high volume of work during MCA-N set-up, the MCC Resident Country Mission (RCM) is seeking short-term project assistant support.

B. Country

Nepal and/or any MCC eligible country

C. Scope

The MCC Nepal RCM seeks short-term project assistant support to assist the RCD/DRCD in the oversight of development of MCA-N. The project assistant will support oversight activities in the following areas: human resources/recruiting, facilities management, procurement management, and office administration.

D. Tasks

The consultant’s assignments shall include the following:

Support coordination from the Nepal RCM to MCA-N for recruiting and human resources:

· Coordinate US Mission personnel participation as observers in the interview panels of MCA-N vacancies.

· Coordinate MCC review of vacancy announcements, evaluation reports, and other HR/recruiting documents produced by MCA-N or their consultants.

· Develop and maintain a report of MCA-N vacancies and current hiring status.

· Meet regularly with MCA-N staff and their HR/recruiter consultants to determine hiring status to report back to RCM staff and MCC HQ staff.

· If needed, serve as an MCC observer on interview panels and provide recommendations to the RCD/DRCD as needed.

Support MCC oversight of MCA-N office operations and office move

· Serve as the MCC RCM representative on the MCA-N working group focused on MCA-N’s office build-out and move. Take notes and communicate to the RCD and DRCD on progress.

· Represent MCC’s interests in the MCC space, specifically in arranging space for the RCM at MCC and visiting MCC staff.

Support MCC oversight of MCA-N procurement operations

· Maintain a list of active MCA-N procurements and obtain updates from MCA-N.

· Assist the Nepal Program Officers at MCC HQ in obtaining documents from MCA-N needed for MCC clearance of procurements.

· If needed, observe on technical evaluation panels as an MCC observer and provide recommendations to the RCD/DRCD as needed.

Provide Office Administration support to the RCM for Compact Set-up

· Maintain records for MCC oversight of MCA-N on the MCC sharepoint site.

· Support logistics for visiting MCC HQ staff.

· Work with local hotels to determine rates and amenities for visiting TDY staff, including requesting discounts and/or special rates based on high-volume.

· Provide other office administrative support activities as needed.

E. Deliverables

· Weekly HR/Recruiting Status reports for MCA-N hiring.

· Meeting Notes and Summaries within 2 business days of completion of meetings.

· Interview Summary notes within 2 business days of interview observation

F. Period and Place of Performance

All work will be completed between the dates of the award through a one year period of performance.

The estimated level of effort is estimated at up to 1,920 hours with a few site visits. MCC anticipates this level of effort but does not guarantee this level of effort as it may increase or decrease.

The consultant shall work from their home office and/or the offices of MCA-Nepal, with meetings at the U.S. Embassy/Kathmandu.

G. Evaluation Criteria

· Minimum of 5 years of experience in either recruiting/human resources or office administration. Preference for individuals with recruiting experience.

· Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office, specifically MS Excel and MS Word.

· Fluency in written and spoken English

· Strong communication skills, both written and oral.

· Demonstrated good inter-personal and negotiation skills, and ability to work cooperatively and productively in teams.

· Bachelor’s degree in any relevant subject.

· Exhibit responsible and flexible attitude and capable of managing a variety of tasks with minimal supervision.

· Demonstrate understanding of the SOW and their role in the assisting with the MCA compact development process.

· Explanation how team resources will be organized and managed to perform the work. In particular, Offerors should explain how they will achieve the various tasks in the SOW within the designated timeframe taking into consideration the local context.

· Demonstrate competence in the areas suggested by the SOW and how specialized experience would be obtained, if needed.

· Demonstrate total strength of key disciplines and availability of such resources (i.e., current workload, etc.)

· Demonstrate particular emphasis on the use of personnel and subcontractors with experience in Nepal.

· Demonstrated responsible and flexible attitude and capable of managing a variety of tasks with minimal supervision.

· For each position proposed, responses should include a description of the professional and technical qualifications and satisfactory performance of required services under this task order; specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work outlined in the SOW. Outline their current knowledge and demonstrated experience of in the task outlined in the SOW.

H. Other requirements

The requirement is located in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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