Republic of Moldova

Individual Consultant: National IT Infrastructure Analyst on the e-systems for elections

Vacancy Number: Pr17/01564

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	30 Jun 2017, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	03 Jul 2017
Reference to the project:	Enhancing Democracy in Moldova through Inclusive and Transparent Elections
Expected Duration of Assignment:	July 2017 – December 2019
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 30 June 2017 Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: diana.zaharia@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:

Ms. Diana Zaharia.

Background

“Enhancing Democracy in Moldova through Inclusive and Transparent Elections” is a newly approved project that sets the overall goal to achieve an enhanced transparency and inclusiveness of the electoral process in Moldova through a modernized IT system, improved legislation and intensified public participation, addressing the root causes of the current challenges hampering the further development of the democracy and the advancement of the electoral process in the Republic of Moldova.

The State Automated Information System “Elections”, approved by the Parliament in May 2008 under the Law No. 101, is a comprehensive election management IT system which integrates key IT tools and functions, needed by an Election Management Body to conduct elections. SAISE enables the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) to administer several tasks of the electoral process electronically and to ensure an inclusive State Register of Voters (SRV).

The IT system is in constant development, designed for and connected to the interoperable platform MConnect which opens up new opportunities to include data for more accurate and more inclusive electoral processes. For the period 2017 – 2019, SAISE will need the development of a Roadmap with the indication of all short and long-term updates or adjustments foreseen for the system and each of the Modules, as well as the timelines for their implementation with the calculation of the estimated risks. Potential new applications that will be later on integrated into SAISE, such as Political Party Finance, or the Remote Voting Module should also be part of the Roadmap.

Scope of work

The Programme is looking to contract a national consultant (further referred as “Consultant”) to the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova in the implementation of the interoperable State Automated Information System “Elections” (SAISE Admin) and in supervising the development of new SAISE Modules.

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor in ICT, system analysis or related field of information technology.

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in analysis, planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of information systems or related area;
• Specific experience in building ICT infrastructure, proven through the implementation of at least 2 information systems (the information systems in which the applicant was involved should be detailed explicitly in his/her CV);
• At least 2 years of experience of working in ICT based electoral systems, particularly with WSO2 Technology (DSS, ESB);
• Experience in working with other central government authorities will be an advantage.

Competencies:

• Familiarity with the national context (legal and policy framework) related to the Electoral System in the Republic of Moldova;
• Knowledge about i-voting and/ or remote voting tools and examples;
• Understanding of the web/ software accessibility issues and ways to insure web/ software accessibility for persons with different type of disabilities, linguistic minorities, vulnerable and targeted groups;
• Ability to analyze, plan, manage diversity of views, adapt to different environments (cultural, economic, political and social);
• Knowledge of English, Romanian and Russian languages for the purposes of the assignment;
• Knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset.

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.

The UNDP Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women and men, persons with different types of disabilities, LGBT, Roma and other ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non‐citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.

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 including previous experience in similar Projects (please provide brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item);
• Financial proposal (in USD, specifying a total requested amount per working day, including all related costs, e.g. fees, phone calls etc.);
• Duly completed and signed Personal History Form (P11), personal CV and at least 3 references.

Note: Please, refer to the Individual Procurement Notice of this recruitment for a more detailed information on the application and selection process.

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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