Republic of Moldova

National Community Development Consultants - Community Empowerment Project

Background:

Drawing upon Moldovan and global expertise in facilitating local self-governance and community-led development, the United Nations Development Program in Moldova actually is implementing an Integrated Local Development Program that provides knowledge-based policy advice at central and regional levels coupled with a scaled up community-level intervention that aims to empower communities and integrate local authorities into the regional and community level development processes.   

UNDP will scale up its interventions at the community level through ILDP / Community Empowerment Project, by supporting target communities and providing them technical assistance in the (i) identification of their strategic development priorities and (ii) implementation of community development projects, through large involvement of population and collaboration of Local Public Authorities (LPA) with civil society and private sector.

One of the main objectives, which UNDP is following through the Community Empowerment Project, is capacity building and empowerment of communities in the participatory preparation and transparent fulfillment of capital investments on the benefit of entire community.

Local Community Development Consultants will work within the CEP project. They should have both, basic studies in civil engineering, and large experience in the collaboration and mobilization of communities in the implementation of community development projects.               

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance to communities in the elaboration of community development project proposal
• Advice and support target communities in the process of project proposal evaluation and approval
• Follow up and provide technical assistance to beneficiary communities at the stage of project implementation 
• Provide social supervision of communities at post implementation stage

 

Qualifications and skills required:

Education: High education in civil engineering and /or architecture
Relevant experience: at list 5 years experience operating in the domain of capital investments and community development programs.
Languages: Fluent Romanian and Russian

Computer: Basic computer skills
Other abilities: High level of responsibility, abilities to organize, proactive approach to solving the problems, and social and communication abilities
References are required.

Terms of Reference

Interested persons should submit their application letters and CVs with the mark “National Community Development Consultant” by October 1, 2007 (5:30 p.m.) to the following address: UNDP Office, 131, 31 August 1989 Street, MD-2012, Chisinau, Moldova, alternatively by email to vacancies-moldova@undp.org.

Only those short listed will be contacted.