Administration Assistant

(Filling Purpose) Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project RESQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) Assignment Title: Administrative Assistant Reference No . VU-MLNR-545529-CS-INDV Project Code: P173278 Background A long-term vision of the Government of Vanuatu (GoV) is to provide potable water, sanitation, roads, drainage and electricity to low-income households for the largest number of citizens. To address this, the International Development Agency of the World Bank Group is supporting the GoV with the Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project (VARS). Aims of the Project include developing a phased, 10-year, risk-informed Land Development and Investment Strategy (LDIS) for the Greater Port Vila area with an estimated population of 114,000 people, almost 40 percent of the country’s population. VARS also will support GoV to prepare a five-year action plan to implement phased settlement upgrading (SURP) of the 23 existing informal settlements in the Greater Port Vila area. To build towards these two interdependent medium-term platforms, the Project will implement on-the ground selected investments and associated institutional, and policy strengthening measures to pilot and set policy precedents for new land development and in situ settlement upgrading. This includes: (a) basic area upgrading of four informal settlements (Ohlen Mataso, Seaside, Tokyo and portion of Anamburu); (b) developing a 10 ha ‘sites-and-services’ (greenfield) lower-middle income residential area subdivision; (c) expansion or rehabilitation (as required) of off-site infrastructure focusing on flood management and mitigation; and (d) implementing measures for transformative institutional capacity strengthening of responsible Government of Vanuatu and sub-national agencies for planning, financing, and implementing the 10-year LDIS and 5-year SURP in partnerships with communities and the private sector. The proposed Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Lands and