Republic of Moldova

Consultant Național pentru îndrumarea profesională a Ofițerului de Presă al Consiliului pentru Egalitate/ Национальный консультант для предоставления услуг наставничества для Пресс-Секретаря Совета по вопросам равенства

Vacancy Number: Pr15/01025

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	20 Jul 2015, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	N/A
Starting date:	29 Jul 2015
Reference to the project:	Supporting National Human Rights Institutions as per International Treaty Bodies and UPR Recommendations
Expected Duration of Assignment:	July 2015 – September 2016 (up to 100 working days)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 23:59, 20 July 2015. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: natalia.voronova@undp.org. UNDP will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.
Supporting Documents: Termeni de referință Terms of Reference (ToR) Tехническое задание Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Аnunț de achiziție a serviciilor consultanților individuali Уведомление о закупке услуг индивидуального консультанта Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Ms. Natalia Voronova.

Background

The Republic of Moldova is a State-party to the majority UN and CoE human rights treaties. The National Human Rights Action Plan for 2011-2014 contains commitments to protect and advance specific human rights taking into account the recommendations of the UN treaty bodies and a number of UPR recommendations. Related priorities and commitments are established under the UN-Moldova Partnership Framework (UNPF) 2013-2017. Reform of the National Human Rights Institutions is prioritized at the highest level of government. The Equality Council is one of the two major national human rights institutions in the Republic of Moldova working specifically on the issues of equality and non-discrimination.

In May 2012 the Moldovan parliament passed the Law on Ensuring Equality, which is intended to cover all grounds for discrimination in line with the international commitments of the Republic of Moldova. The law provides for the establishment of the Council on the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality (Equality Council) which is a collegial body established to ensure protection against discrimination and ensure equality of all persons who consider themselves to be victims of discrimination.

The Equality Council is a newly established institution operating in the widespread environment of discriminatory views and is in need of capacity building in the pro-active approach on the exercise of their functions in human rights and equality spheres, including in monitoring, documentation, reporting, education, litigation, campaigning, etc.

The overall objective of the Project “Supporting National Human Rights Institutions as per International Treaty Bodies and UPR Recommendations” is to contribute to the effective protection and promotion of human rights, equality and non-discrimination in the Republic of Moldova with particular attention to women, minorities, marginalised and vulnerable groups. The Project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-funded and implemented by the UNDP Moldova and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in cooperation with the Ombudsperson Office and the Equality Council.

Scope of work

The scope of work of the National Consultant is training and coaching of the Equality Council Press Officer.

In order to achieve the objective the National Consultant will:

• Conduct an assessment of the current activities, capacities and tools used by the Press Officer towards acheiving results in his/her duties and responsibilities;
• Develop the guidance for holding press-conferences and press-briefings, news to be published on the Equality Council’s web-site, and templates for press-releases, news to be published on the web-site and responses to the inquiries the Equality Council recieves from the mass-media, civil society and other stakeholders;
• Prepare a training plan, based on the assessment for 2015-2016, aimed at capacity building of the Press Officer;
• Implement the training plan by training and coaching of the Press Officer on topics related to internal and external communication, mass-media mobilization, strategy implementation, drafting of press-releases, work with web-site and social networks, etc.;
• Identify external (in Moldova and outside) training opportunities for the Press Officer;
• Submit periodic narrative and activity reports;
• Undertake any other related tasks requested on an ad hoc basis.

 For detailed information, please, refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent (5-year university education) in communication, journalism, social sciences, public affairs, media studies or any other relevant field;

Years and sphere of experience:

• At least 3 years of experience in provision of communication services, working with media, developing and/or implementing communications action plans, elaboration and implementation of other documents related to public relations;

Competencies:

• Proven experience in designing and implementation of capacity building activities;
• Demonstrable experience in applying communications tools and techniques, including analysis of data;
• Extensive experience in drafting communication and awareness raising materials, communication-related studies and reports;
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the political, social, and cultural issues in Moldova;
• Knowledge of the activity of the Equality Council and challenges it faces in its work would be a strong asset;
• Experience in good governance, human rights, transparency, accountability or similar work would be an advantage;
• Knowledge of Romanian and Russian languages;
• Knowledge of English would be a strong advantage;
• Knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset;

Personal qualities: responsibility, creativity, flexibility and punctuality.

• Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations; in particular, is respectful of differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status;
• Responsibility;
• Flexibility;
• Creativity.

 The UNDP Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information in English, Russian or Romanian to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Cover letter explaining why they are the most suitable for the work, including a list of assignments and/or analytical documents, reports, methodologies, presentations, capacity building activities, or other task related documents the applicant has elaborated or contributed to;
2. Financial proposal as a lump sum in US Dollars, preferably split per each deliverable. For detailed information on travel requirements, please, refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference;
3. Personal information (as a detailed CV or as a Personal History Form/P11) including records of past experience in similar projects/assignments and concrete outputs obtained, including names and contact details of 3 reference persons. 

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in instalments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the Terms of Reference. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days). 

Payments will be made on the basis of the periodic reports and timesheets submitted to the UNDP Moldova Justice and Human Rights Programme Analyst.

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.  In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

No travel costs are envisaged under this assignment.

 

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