Republic of Moldova

National consultant to revise the toolkit of statistical survey on accidents at work in compliance with applicable international standards and European norms

Vacancy Number: Pr12/00145

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	18 Jul 2012, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	25 Jul 2012, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	30 Jul 2012
Reference to the project:	Strengthening the National Statistical System
Expected Duration of Assignment:	40 working days, during July - November 2012
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted by email to vacancies-moldova@undp.org, no later than 18 July 2012. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: aurelia.spataru@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

Background

Joint UN Project on Strengthening the National Statistical System of RM (Statistics Project) is currently implemented by the UNDP, UN Women, UNICEF, UNFPA and ILO, in partnership with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and aims at improving data production, dissemination and use of statistical information with particular attention to national needs and overall conformity of official statistics with international standards. One of the Statistics Project’s intended results is the improved capacity of the National Bureau of Statistics and other line ministries, involved in production of information (through administrative reporting system, surveys and censuses) to produce, in a timely manner, data of appropriate quality being multi-dimensionally disaggregated. The second expected result would be the improved use of available disaggregated statistics by different categories of data users, in particular for evidence-based monitoring of policies, development strategies, programmes, necessary to analyze and monitor such phenomena as poverty, social exclusion, gender equality, etc.

According to the Activity Program of the Government of the Republic of Moldova “European Integration: Freedom, Democracy, Welfare” for 2011-2014, under the Chapter g. on Quality Infrastructure, Industrial Security and Consumer Protection, the Government has settled a series of priorities including the “…provision of proper legal framework to secure population … against possible accidents at dangerous industrial units and create conditions to improve performance in industrial security area”.

The recent Strategic Development Program (SDP) of NBS has been designed to focus on harmonization of the national statistics with international standards that is absolutely necessary while respecting the state policies and aspirations of alignment to international standards and accession to European Union. Respectively, the adjustment of statistical processes to the current national needs and in compliance with the requirements of European statistical system envisages the usage of adequate methodologies and tools, designed to ensure reliable, relevant and timely statistical data which are necessary to the society as a whole. The revision of the methodology (concepts and definitions) of statistical survey in enterprises regarding accidents at work in compliance with the European standards and requirements is scheduled in the NBS’s Annual Activity Plan for 2012, thus responding to the needs and objectives of NBS’s Strategic Development, as well as contributing to the fulfilment of the goals of National strategy on labour force employment for 2007-2015 and National action plan on labour force employment for 2012.

Moreover, the state policies in the respective area, as well as the rights and obligations of employers and employees, is regulated by the Law on health and safety at work, according to which the employer has a separate obligation to ensure the registration, communication, investigation and accurate and in due time reporting of accidents at workplace, and to consider and undertake measures on prevention of such events. 

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

Scope of work

The scope of work of the national consultant is to revise the toolkit (including concepts, definitions, classifications) of statistical survey on accidents at work (or occupational accidents) in compliance with the applicable international standards and European norms.

The specific objective of the assignment is to provide national stakeholders with updated statistical tools of recording and reporting information on accidents occurred at the workplace and resulted injuries that will be used for production of basic indicators needed to implement the Government’s objectives and to monitor the development programmes on labour force, promotion of decent work, safety of employees and their health and industrial security.

National stakeholders to benefit of the results of the given assignment include: NBS, Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, Labour Inspection, National Confederation of Employers, National Trade Union Confederation, establishments.

Note: Scope and coverage may be considered in terms of the occupational injuries and accidents themselves, as well as in terms of workers/employees who suffer from such occurrences. On the other hand, gender is a key dimension of all statistics on individuals, in particular occupational injuries statistics is the one that includes the individuals’ data. Therefore, the tasks under the present assignment will include the gender perspective at the extent possible and will, thus, contribute to gender mainstreaming into this area of statistics.

For detailed information on Tasks and Responsibilities, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Higher education or Masters degree in the area of law, economics, accounting, statistics, land/or other science related to topic of assignment;
• Other formal education relevant for the assignment;

Years of experience:

• At least 4 years of professional experience in areas related to labour and health safety legislation or policy-making, human resources, business accounting, inside or outside the country;
• Proven experience in undertaking sociological activities (including but not limited to designing of questionnaires and methodological notes) (would be an asset);
• Experience of collaboration with Government in area/s relevant for the present assignment;
• Experience in working with development partners (in particular UN/UNDP) and nongovernment organizations, in particular in area/s relevant for the present assignment;

Competencies and Skills:

• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills;
• Knowledge of the national labour and industrial safety related legislation and regulatory framework;
• Knowledge of the peculiarities of statistical sector and/or bookkeeping on labour and safety in enterprises (would be an asset);
• Familiarity with international standards and best practices, good knowledge of terminology and definitions used at international level as it regards occupational injuries and respective statistics;
• Good knowledge of English will be an asset;

Personal Qualities and other requirements:

• Good interpersonal skills, solid judgment/decision making, initiative and creativity;
• Availability to work with UNDP and Project’s national stakeholders during the indicated/approved period;
• Cultural and gender sensitivity.

Documents to be included

Financial proposal

 

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