Republic of Moldova

National Consultant, Regional Coordinator in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova

Vacancy Number: Pr17/01522

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	25 Apr 2017, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	01 May 2017
Reference to the project:	Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Expected Duration of Assignment:	1 May 2017 - 14 December 2017 (up to 70 working days)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online only, by following the “Apply online” link, no later than 25 April 2017. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: irina.sandu@one.un.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 Procurement Notice UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Ms. Irina Sandu.

Background

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) represents the world's commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. It has a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights

The OHCHR’s work on improving the right-bank normative and institutional frameworks, including within the EU-supported OHCHR project on anti-discrimination (also covering the Transnistrian region), provided valuable lessons learnt. Specifically, they referred to the complex rights-based approaches focused on building strong civil society platforms, developing community models, informed by the UN human rights standards. The proposed programme comes to continue and consolidate earlier UN efforts solidly based on the Thomas Hammarberg’s recommendations framework

In the framework of this programme, OHCHR is seeking to recruit a National Consultant that will provide coordination and logistical support to programme’s activities related to mobilization and empowerment of persons with disabilities (PwDs) and other vulnerable groups, as well as regional decision-makers and stakeholders in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova.

Scope of work

National Consultant will work under guidance and supervision of the Programme Manager and in close collaboration with Programme staff and consultants, OHCHR/UN staff and consultants, project partners, organisations and groups of PwDs, as well as other stakeholders for the effective achievement of results, anticipating and resolving complex program-related issues and information delivery.

Requirements for experience

1. Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in social science, law, human rights or other relevant discipline;
• Post-graduation education/courses on rights of persons with disability and/or community mobilisation would be considered an advantage

 2. Experience and skills:

• At least three years of professional experience in organising capacity building, community mobilisation and/or awareness raising activities for community groups. Work with community groups of PwDs would be considered a strong advantage;
• Previous experience of work on UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR, CRPD, CEDAW, ECHR and other related international human rights standards would be considered an advantage;
• Previous experience in working in Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova on human rights and empowerment of vulnerable groups, especially PwDs, would be considered a strong advantage;
• Previous experience of working with NGOs, decision-makers- at the regional and local levels in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova would be considered a strong advantage

3. Language requirements:

• Fluency in oral and written Russian; working knowledge of English language; working knowledge of Romanian language would be considered an advantage;
• Knowledge of one or more relevant minority languages, including Bulgarian, Ukrainian or Romani, as well as sign language(s), will be a strong advantage

Documents to be included

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

 

1. Motivation Letter, explaining why they are the most suitable candidate for the work;
2. Financial proposal (fee per day in MDL, including local transportation, communication and other relevant costs);
3. 3. Personal CV, including experience in similar assignments and contact details of at least 3 reference persons

Financial proposal

Financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables. Payments are paid in installments and are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. To assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fees, taxes, mobile phone calls, etc.).

Travel

This assignment envisages extensive amount of time to be spent in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova. 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

 

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