Republic of Moldova

Background

The project “Transitional Capacity Support for the Public Administration of Moldova” was designed upon the request of the Government of Moldova to enhance capacities of the Moldovan Central Public Administration in order to accelerate the reform process and achieve Moldova’s short - and medium term development goals. The project seeks to address urgent short-term capacity needs of the public administration at a time when Moldovan central government institutions face serious financial and human resources gaps. In addition to helping the Government pursue critical reform priorities, the intervention is designed to catalyze the on-going implementation of central public administration reform. It will be coordinated and managed by the responsible government entities and will complement on-going work by other donors.

Objectives of the assignment

The main objective of the assignment is to make available external human resources to work on consultancy basis for a finite period and focus on the change and reform process, support the capacities of the civil service for policy development and implementation.

Terms of Reference

Qualifications

• University/Master Degree in Public Administration, Law, Political Science, Business Administration, Economics, European Studies or other related field;
• At least five years of work experience and three years experience within civil society development programs, partnership development, training, administration and follow up of projects implementation;

Abilities & Technical Skills

• Excellent knowledge of multi-disciplinary development approaches and good analytical skills;
• Ability to work with government officials and other state agencies and good knowledge of the country current socio-political situation;
• Proven ability to develop and implement outreach and public awareness programmes;
• Demonstrated interpersonal communication and leadership skills;
• Problem solving skills and result orientation;
• Proficiency in Romanian and English (knowledge of Russian is desirable), excellent drafting and presentation skills;
• Computer proficiency, including knowledge of MS Office products (Word, Excel, Power Point);

Application Instructions

Candidates shall submit for consideration the following documents:
- Duly completed Personal History Form (P11) ;
- Cover letter;
- Detailed CV matching qualification requirements;

Interested persons should submit their application letters and duly completed with the mark “Consultancy Coordinator - Transitional Capacity Support for the Public Administration of Moldova Project” by 12 September 2010 to the following email address: vacancies-moldova@undp.org.

Only those short listed will be contacted.