Republic of Moldova

Background

Duties and Responsibilities

• To assist the head of the Capacity Building Unit in the development of advice and recommendations on customs status and customs procedures in line with the EU rules and regulations - Community Customs Code (Modernized Customs Code) as well as in line with the “single window” concept and the EU reform concerning the implementation of the electronic customs.
• To analyze the Moldovan and Ukrainian rules and regulations in the area of customs status and customs procedures and base on the studies to prepare and provide:
• Training respectively in Moldova and in Ukraine for the EUBAM personnel;
• Training to the partner services.

To elaborate action plan for improvement of the customs status and customs procedures and further approximation of the Customs administrations (in Moldova and in Ukraine) towards the EU rules and regulations in order to: 

• Establish more favorable conditions for the economic operators in line with the trade facilitation agenda;
• Carry out efficient customs clearance and risk-based controls;
• Increase of the revenue and reduce the risk of frauds and smuggling.
• To advice in implementing in practice the EU customs standards in accordance to the EU Customs Blue Prints.
• To advice on the non-tariff measures and their implementation, and in particular those related to security and safety, to fight against counterfeit goods (Intellectual Property Rights), application of sanitary, healthy, environmental and consumer protection measures as well as collection of VAT and excise duties on importation  or exemption from such taxes on exportation.
• To manage the advice and proposals of recommendations regarding the application of customs standards and best practices delivered by the Mission’s personnel.
• To maintain a register on the provided advice and recommendations of the Mission in the area of the customs status and customs procedures.
• To elaborate by analogy a “handbook” of the EC customs legislation and of good practices from EU Member States; this will guide the daily work of the Mission’s personnel in the transmission of EU standards and practices to their Moldovan and Ukrainian partners.
• In cooperation with the advisors on customs tariff and tariff classification of goods and origin of goods, post-clearance control and audit, on customs management and customs advisor in the Republic of Moldova to elaborate a concept of the EUBAM on further development of the Moldovan Customs Service based on the EU standard and best practices and within the mandate of the Mission.
• To follow all developments and changes of the EU rules and regulations in the area of the customs status and customs procedures and to provide internally information (training if it is needed) to the EUBAM personnel on the latest developments that could have impact in the daily job. 
• By the end of each phase to make a Progress Report.
• To implement all other tasks assigned by the head of Capacity Building Unit

Competencies

• Active (or recently retired) customs officer or civil servant dealing with customs issues of an EU Member State or an EU Institution.
• At least 8 years experience in a customs administration or a related service dealing with customs issues of an EU Member State, an EU institution or an international organization (e.g. World Customs Organization) ), of which at least 4 years experience in the area of customs status and customs procedures.
• Extensive experience with, and knowledge of, Community Customs Code (Modernized Customs Code) and other relevant regulations and EU practice, including a comparative and conceptual overview, as well as understanding of border policing/immigration issues through cooperative operational experience.
• Experience in the customs approximation process of candidate countries for EU accession, preferably in transition countries (possibly as a twinning adviser).
• Good drafting skills, familiarity with relevant IT software tools such as power point, etc.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in law or other related field; in case of lower academic background, it shall be complemented with minimum 8 years of relevant working experience.
• Very good command of written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of Russian will be an asset.
• Good drafting skills, familiarity with relevant IT software tools such as power point, etc.
• Corresponding national security clearance.

UNDP will utilize a two-stage procedure for evaluating proposals, with evaluation of the technical proposal being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Technical evaluation will be represented though the desk review of applications and further interview of short-listed candidates. 
 
A) The technical part is evaluated on the basis of its responsiveness to the Terms of Reference (TOR). Namely:

• Educational background (10 – Master’s degree; 5-University degree; 5 - in case of lower academic background, it shall be complemented with minimum 8 years of relevant working experience.) – 10 points max;
• National Security Clearance– 10 points max
• Relevance of the experience and technical expertise – 10 points max
• Language Skills (10 - both English and Russian; 8 – only Eng; 2 – only Russian) – 10 points max
• Interview (30 - technical knowledge and experience s; 10 - communication/interpersonal skills; 10- motivation; 10 - creativity) - 60 points max
• Total Score 100 points

UNDP will consider the price proposals only from the candidates that passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the evaluation of the technical proposals. Technical evaluation will be represented though a review of applications and further interview of short-listed candidates. The offer with highest scores obtained will receive a technically weighted score which will equal to 70. All other submissions that passed the 70% threshold will be evaluated as per below formula:

A = T/Thigh*(0.7), where:
T     = The total technical score awarded to the bid
Thigh = The Technical Score achieved by the bid that was scored highest among all responsive bids

B) Financial evaluation:

UNDP will contact the successful candidates (those, who obtained 70% out of the 100 points during the technical evaluation) subject of providing the financial offer for proposed specific vacancy. The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal and will equal to 30. All other price proposals will be evaluated and assigned points, as per below formula:

B = Clow /C*(0.3), where: C   = Evaluated bid price and Clow= The lowest of all evaluated bid prices among responsive bids

The proposal obtaining the overall cumulatively highest score after adding the score of the technical proposal and the financial proposal (A+B) will be considered as the most compliant offer and will be awarded a contract.

Application Instructions

Interested persons should apply on-line at the following link http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=14708 by 14 February 2010.

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