Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Local Government Engineering Department Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project RDEC Bhaban, Level-3 Agargaon, Shere-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207 www.lged.gov.bd

উন্নয়নের গণতন্ত্র শেখ হাসিনার মূলমন্ত্র

Memo No.: LGED/PD/HILIP/M-02(Part-03)/2012/6241 Date: 29/11/2018

Request for Expression of Interest (EOI)

For National Individual Consultants:

(1) Gender Advisor (GA)

(2) District Training Specialist (DTS);

(3)District Infrastructure Management Specialist (DIMS); and

(4) Mid-level Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Management Specialist (MEKMS).

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a credit for Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project (HILIP)) from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Spanish Food Security Co-financing Facility Trust Fund (IFAD Loan No-I-847-BD, IFAD Grant No-I-C-847-BD & Trust Loan No-E-3-BD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to cover eligible payments under the contract for the provision of consultancy services for the project by the following National Individual Consultants. In view of above, the Project intends to engage the consultants. The service, experience, resource and delivery capacity expected for the positions are outlined as follows:-

Package No.	Position Name	No of Post	Qualification and Experience	Key Responsibilities
HILIP/18/SDC-1	Gender Advisor (GA)	1	The applicant should have a Master degree in relevant discipline (any branch of Social sciences, gender development, development economics or public administration or similar). The incumbent should have professional experience of 10 years of which at least 5 years as advisor or consultant in gender and development. The incumbent should have formal training in gender analysis and gender planning and demonstrated experience, skills and expertise in mainstreaming gender in rural development of Bangladesh. Experience in conducting primary gender research is needed, and the incumbent should be familiar with gender analysis tools and methodologies. S/he should have working knowledge in computer literacy in MS Office packages. Fluency in both oral and written communication in English is essential. Qualified women are encouraged to apply.	Described in the terms of reference of RFA
HILIP/18/SDC-2	District Training Specialist (DTS)	2	The applicant should have (Hons.) with Master degree from a recognized University in any disciplines The incumbent should have a total of 10 years training experience of which at least 5 years as Trainer in government, non-government/donor funded projects/institutions/organizations.	Described in the terms of reference of RFA
HILIP/18/SDC-3	District Infrastructure Management Specialist (DIMS)	5	Education: Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or Diploma in Civil Engineering with specified experience. Experience: 5 years work experience in similar nature of work out of total 10 years’ service for graduate engineers and 15 years work experience out of total 25 years for diploma engineers. S/he should have experience in quality control, structural design, BOQ preparation, supervision of civil and labour intensive works. The incumbent should have sufficient knowledge in computer literacy on MS Office, MS Excel, Power point, Auto-Cad, drawing, designing and other computer operations. S/he should have well proficiency in operating various computer operations.	Described in the terms of reference of RFA
HILIP/18/SDC-3	Mid-level Monitoring, Evaluation and knowledge Management Specialist (MEKMS)	1	The applicant should have a Master degree from a reputed university in relevant discipline (Social Sciences, Economics, Geography, Agricultural sciences or relevant fields). The incumbent should have total experience of 10 years of which for at least 5 years as M&E consultant/Officer in government projects/donor funded projects. The incumbent should have formal training in M&E reporting, survey, impact study and also in similar activities for infrastructure and Livelihood intervention especially in Bangladesh. S/he should have good knowledge in computer literacy in MS Office packages and Computer based analysis tools. Fluency in both oral and written communication in English is essential.	Described in the terms of reference of RFA

The Project Director now invites eligible applicants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested applicants are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified and competent to perform the services with a complete CV having one copy of recent passport size photograph and other details as required as per the application forms of RFA document provided by the undersigned.

Only one consultant will be selected in accordance with the PPR-2008. It is expected that the services may be commenced on January 2019 and continued up to June 2020. Interested applicants may obtain further information and collect the request for application (RFA) documents by applying to the address mentioned above during office hours up to 26/12/2018 at 5:00 PM. Expressions of interest shall be submitted by the applicants on or before 27/12/2018 at 2.00 PM in sealed envelope delivered to the undersigned and be clearly marked “Expression of interest for short-listing of the relevant position”.

The above notice is also available in LGED website (www.lged.gov.bd) and CPTU web site (www.cptu.gov.bd).

(Gopal Chandra Sarker)

Project Director

Phone: 02 8144578

Email: gopalpdhilip@gmail.com

CC:

1. The Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.

2. The Additional Chief Engineer (-----------------------), LGED, Dhaka.

3. The Unit In- Charge, MIS Unit, LGED, Dhaka: He is requested to publish the above notice in LGED website.

4. The Editor, 1) Alokito Bangladesh 2) The New Nation : He is requested to publish the above notice in his widely circulated daily newspaper in inner page for 1 day only before 04/12/2018.

5. Office Copy.