Vacancy: National IT Consultant for the State Automated Information System at the Central Electoral Commission, UNDP Moldova

National IT Consultant for the State Automated Information System at the Central Electoral Commission

Vacancy Number: Pr12/00134

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	19 Jul 2012, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	01 Aug 2012
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Electoral Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	12 months
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted by email to vacancies-moldova@undp.org , no later than 19 July 2012 Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: elena.verdes@undp.org . Please notice that this address is for information requests only, please do not send or copy your application package to this address.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference (English) Terms of Reference (Romanian) Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova is a permanent, independent electoral management body. Following a period of political upheaval and three unanticipated national electoral events, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has adopted a strategic plan for the period 2012-2015.

The UNDP Electoral Support to Moldova project is a multi-year institutional development programme that began working with the CEC in 2008. With the support of the Government of Sweden, and in cooperation with other international partners, we support the CEC to:

improve the institutional environment for electoral management bodies to aid the delivery of inclusive and modern electoral processes;
improve the public registration process for Moldovans and support the modernisation of Moldovan electoral processes; and
embed gender and human rights concerns in formal political processes.

In April 2008 the Parliament of Moldova approved a law (Law 101) for the development of the State Automated Information System – Elections is known as SIAS. This law established a long term view that SIAS would eventually support a fully electronic voters’ register that could be used for electronic voting by all eligible Moldovan citizens. One of ESM’s major aims is to assist the CEC in its pursuit of this electoral vision, through the staged development and deployment of the SIAS at all elections in Moldova.

SIAS is a comprehensive Election Management System which integrates all the IT tools and functions needed by an Election Management Body (EMB) to conduct elections. SIAS has been developed in C# .NET Framework 4.0 using Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008.

In its Strategic Plan, the CEC has set objectives relating to the full implementation of the SIAS vision as set out in Law 101. The project has agreed to support the CEC in its efforts to meet these objectives.

Scope of work

ESM wishes to engage a consultant to act as an advisor on the future development and use of the SIAS and, crucially, as a trainer and mentor to the CEC’s IT team and other related staff. The consultant will work directly with the CEC IT team on a daily basis to improve their knowledge and capacities. In addition, the consultant will work with the CEC and other ESM project staff to extend and expand the SIAS in response to the upcoming CEC roadmap on meeting the vision of Law 101.

The assignment shall be performed under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Apparatus of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), in cooperation with the Chief Technical Advisor of the Electoral Support to Moldova (ESM) Project.

The consultant will be engaged full-time. Monthly outcomes and objectives for the consultancy will be agreed in advance and monitored by the consultant, the CEC IT manager and the supervisors.

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

Requirements for experience

Academic/Technical Qualifications:

Experience in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010;
Experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and SSRS;
Experience in development of ASP.NET (ASPX);
Experience in javascript, php and smarty;
Knowledge in development of Microsoft WPF and Silverlight Systems;
Experience in working with public databases and/or electoral processes;

Years of experience:

At least five years of progressively responsible experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of information systems or related area;
Experience in working with public databases and/or electoral processes is a strong asset;

Competencies and Skills:

Problem solving skills and result orientation;
Mentoring skills;
Demonstrated analytical skills (reports, analysis etc);
Proficiency in Romanian and Russian, English will be considered an asset.

Documents to be included

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

Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for the work requirements (please provide brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item);
Financial proposal;
Duly completed P11 form and Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and contact details for at least 3 references.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal should be in USD and shall specify a total amount per month (including fees, taxes, mobile phone costs etc). The financial proposal will also include a breakdown of this lump sum amount. Payments are based upon progress on and delivery of the deliverables specified in the ToRs.

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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