Republic of Moldova

Senior Electoral Expert – e-Governance

Vacancy Number: 77/Pr-2008

Background
Through the “Building e-Governance in Moldova-2” project UNDP is assisting the Government of Moldova in implementing the e-Governance component of the National Strategy “e-Moldova”  One of the key project objectives is supporting the national authorities in implementing electronic voting. The Central Electoral Committee (CEC) has started the process of implementing these provisions by developing and approving a Concept paper on a new Information System “Elections” (ISE). It provides for automating the process of preparation, processing and counting the votes of elections or referendums. It is proposed that the ISE would:

• Ensure the transparency of the electoral process
• Permit to obtain fast figures on voters participation and, when system fully implemented,- the results of the polling
• Increase the efficiency of all processes within elections and referendum periods (collection, processing, and transmission of information)
• Create conditions for better public control on reliability and integrity of information used in the election period
• Faster the obtaining the results of elections or referendum and of the statistical processing of the results
• Reduce in perspectives the organisations cost of election and referendum processes
• Integrate citizens of Moldova into international practice of ICT use increasing Good Governance

 

Summary of tasks:

• Revise the Technical Specifications and Operational Plan of the ROV taking on board and advising the CEC and the UNDP Country Office with the best practices in voter registration, external voting and (internet) voting systems as well as to re-estimate the cost of the proposed technical solutions.
• Prepare the necessary tendering documents for contracting the company that will support the CEC in developing the RoV.
• Prepare an operational plan in collaboration with IOM in order to provide institutional capacity building for the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for enhanced consular services in favor of external voting procedures and enfranchisement of voters
• Finalize the UNDP Project Document and Budget related to the “Support to the 2008-2013 Moldovan Electoral Cycles” taking in to consideration the NAM’s mission report and by interactive with the different stakeholders, in primis the CEC, UNDP Country Office but also with EAD/DPA and UN/UNDP Brussels Office.

Qualifications and skills required:

• University Degree in ICTs or Political Sciences, Law, International Relations coupled with relevant ICTs experiences;
• In-depth knowledge and large comparative experiences in ICT use in Civil/Voter Registration, External Voting and Electronic (internet) Voting.
• Broad Experience in project and programme implementation of civil/voter registration, external voting and e-voting
• 10 years relevant work experience, at least five of which involve programming, formulation, management and advice on electoral assistance activities at a senior level, especially in the field of voter registration, external voting and internet voting;
• Experience in planning and formulating technical specification of electoral assistance projects for international organizations an asset;
• Experience in donor coordination, donor government relations and working in a multi-donor basket fund an asset;
• Experience in working with transnational and emerging democracies and post-conflict environments an asset;
• Computer proficiency, including deep knowledge of database issues and of MS Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Front Page, Adobe In-Design; web-based management systems.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English with notions of Romanian and Russian as an asset.

Terms of Reference

Personal History Form (P11)

Interested persons should submit their application letters and duly completed Personal History Form (P11) with the mark “e-Governance Senior Electoral Expert” by 19 May 2008, 17:00 (local time) 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.

Failure of candidates to submit a duly completed P.11 form, as well as false representations on this form, shall constitute sufficient grounds for withdrawal of further consideration of the application. All information provided in the P.11 form will be treated as strictly confidential.