Republic of Moldova

International Consultant to Provide Mentorship and Consultative Support to the Selected Collaborative Projects in Fresh Fruits Promotion Project

Vacancy Number: Pr16/01296

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	12 May 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	20 May 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	18 May 2016
Reference to the project:	Innovative Business for Local Development
Expected Duration of Assignment:	May – December 2016 (up to 20 w/d)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted by by pressing the "Apply Now" button or at https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=66028 no later than May 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 Business Innovations Lab (BIL) is a knowledge and collaborative facility managed by a multidisciplinary team of business experts, mentors and practitioners/businessmen from Moldova and abroad capable to provide consultative support and guide SMEs on their path to innovate and improve competitiveness. BIL will be coordinating and hosting exclusively collaborative projects initiated and run by Moldovan SMEs with at least 2 years of experience on the market and start-ups.

In essence, BIL is a business innovation accelerator with an open application process, nurturing groups of SMEs with new business ideas and supporting them in order to get ready for further investments or market.  BIL is also a facility which implements the monitoring of the Innovation Grant Scheme.

BIL represents an environment where selected SME’s will have the possibility to obtain trainings and knowledge, to experiment and test their innovative solutions, up until the innovation is ready to be implemented in real businesses cases. BIL therefore creates a community where the diverse skills and backgrounds of the entrepreneurs, mentors, and the management staff are leveraged. It is supposed to encourage collaboration and establish community, and the sharing of experiences amongst stakeholder’s teams.

Scope of work

The main objective of the assignment is to provide support to the Project and the BIL in the establishment of the BIL Board of Mentors. The Board will, on a collaborate basis, provide mentorship services to the winning collaborative projects run by SMEs and supported by BIL. Mentors will be providing highly competitive and qualitative consultancy services to the projects depending on the specific needs.

Under the current Call, BIL is searching an experienced technological consultant to provide mentorship and consultative support to the collaborative projects of SMEs in fresh fruits sector. Such collaborative projects will be selected based on MICS in fresh fruits (http://inobiz.md/financial-support/collaborative-projects-in-the-fresh-fruits-sector/). The consultant shall support the selected collaborative SME(s) to develop the prototype of the future collaborative solution that will permit regular provision of fresh snacks to selected and closed list of public schools and kindergartens in the pilot phase of the intervention.

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualification

• University degree in Economics, Engineering, Food Science or other relevant fields;

Experience

• At least 3 years of relevant technological experience in the fresh fruit sector and proven knowledge and experience of the fresh snacks technologies;
• At least 2 years of experience in technological mentorship similar projects by SMEs;

Competencies

• Strong analytical, drafting and training skills.
• Ability to analyze, 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 written and spoken English. Knowledge of Romanian or Russian would be an asset.

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).

Personal CV/P11 Form 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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