Republic of Moldova

Director Rehabilitation of Central Irrigation Systems Activity (Interim position)

Vacancy Number: 124 /Pr-2009

Background:

UNDP supports the national development priorities of the Republic of Moldova through capacity building in the formulation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of development policies and programmes and through strengthening the national capacity to mobilize donor resources for their implementation. Within this framework UNDP provides support to national authorities in developing the Compact proposal for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). UNDP seeks a specialist to join the MCC for working as a Director Rehabilitation of Central Irrigation Systems Activity.

Tasks and responsibilities:

The overall scope of assignment is duly execution of tasks on MCA Moldova/MCC agenda pertaining to the CIS Rehabilitation Activity as currently expressed in the draft Compact Agreement and in existing working plans. The incumbent will act as Interim Director for the Rehabilitation of Central Irrigation Systems (CIS) Activity, which is part of Transition to High Value Agriculture Project (THVA) of the Compact program. The CIS Activity will target the rebuilding of up to 11 CIS that take water from Prut and Nistru rivers, with command area of approximately 15,500 hectares for the 11 systems.

Qualifications and skills required:

• University degree in agricultural or water engineering.  Advanced university degree in irrigation engineering is preferable.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated practical experience in water supply systems, with strong preference on large irrigation systems;
• Experience in donor-financed projects is a plus;
• Strong analytical and report writing skills;
• Ability to work in multinational and multipartite environment;
• Fluent in spoken, written Romanian;
• Good command of spoken and written English is a plus;
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office MS Project 2007);
• Experience in organizing procurements and drafting terms of reference is a strong plus.
• Experience with FIDIC based contracts is a strong plus.

Terms of Reference

Personal History Form (P11)

Interested persons should submit their applications, consisting of a duly completed Personal History Form (P11) and a Financial Proposal (fee per month) for carrying out the tasks, with the mark: “CIS Director” by 12 January 2010, 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 P11 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 P11 form will be treated as strictly confidential.