Republic of Moldova

National legal consultant to support the implementation of the crowdfunding pilot intervention for increased fresh fruits consumption in public schools and kindergartens in Moldova

Vacancy Number: Pr16/01268

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	12 Apr 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	22 Apr 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	19 Apr 2016
Reference to the project:	Innovative Business for Local Development
Expected Duration of Assignment:	April-May 2016, with possibility of extension
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted by by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than April 12, 2016. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: dumitru.vasilescu@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: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Mr. Dumitru Vasilescu.

Background

The United Nations Development Programme in Moldova intends to pilot a project for increasing fresh fruits intake in public schools and kindergartens and mobilize needed funds from all interested stakeholders. UNDP will be matching the cumulated funds with its own resources in same amount. The main challenge for UNDP is to find a suitable market oriented and SMEs driven solution that would allow reaching both commercial and social objectives. On a competitive basis UNDP will be selecting a collaborative group of companies able to find a technological solution to the challenge by producing, storing and processing fresh produce and delivering it to a closed list of selected schools. On the other hand, UNDP will conduct a selection of public schools and kindergartens with which to pilot the intervention. Schools interested and capable to co-finance the intervention from existing public funds will have the possibility to apply and be selected for this intervention. UNDP will conduct a crowdfunding campaign for the mobilization of funds and this implies specific legal aspects to be cleared in line with the national legislation in force and UNDP rules and procedures governing procurement and finance.

METHODOLOGY

Against the mentioned background, UNDP is seeking a national legal expert to provide legal advisory services to ensure (a) functional legal mechanism for crowdfunding, (b) functional legal mechanism to collaborative group of companies to deliver results and (c) functional legal mechanism for selected public schools to get connected to the pilot intervention. This mainly implies rapid revision of the existing legislation, identification of possible bottlenecks that could impede smooth crowdfunding and functioning of the fresh fruit delivery mechanism, drafting of templates for the contractual agreements, consultation of the alignment of such templates with the UNDP corporate rules and regulations in procurement and finance.

Scope of work

The main objective of the assignment is to design the legal foundations of the planned intervention, by identifying the legal mechanism and contractual arrangements to be used to pilot the project. Specific expected deliverables are listed below.

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

Requirements for experience

Education:

• University degree in Law, Economics or other relevant fields;

Years of experience:

• At least 3 years of proven experience in delivering legal consultancy services to private sector companies
• At least 2 years of experience in drafting legal acts, various regulations and similar documents, oriented to private sector
• Experience in crowdfunding interventions in the region is a strong advantage
• Previous experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, governmental institutions, NGO/think-tank or private sector / business consulting firm is a strong advantage;

Competencies

• Strong analytical, drafting and training skills.
• Ability to analyse, plan, communicate effectively with stakeholders and present ideas clearly and effectively.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
• Ability to enter new environments, adapt quickly and produce immediate results.
• Computer literacy - competent user of the main Microsoft Office programs.
• Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations, in particular, respecting differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status

Language requirements

• Fluency in Romanian, English and Russian.

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for this position;
2. Financial proposal: in (USD, specifying a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days).
3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and the contact details of at least 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 installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals the financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fee, taxes, travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

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.

 

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