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Two National Consultants/Communication experts to support the Ministry of Education of the Republic of MoldovaVacancy Number: Pr12/00196
Background
The project “Transitional Capacity Support for the Public Administration of Moldova” was designed upon the request of the Government of Moldova to enhance capacities of the Moldovan Central Public Administration in order to accelerate the reform process and achieve Moldova’s short-and medium term development goals. The project seeks to address urgent short-term capacity needs of the public administration at a time when Moldovan central government institutions face serious financial and human resources gaps. In addition to helping the Government pursue critical reform priorities, the intervention is designed to catalyze the on-going implementation of central public administration reform by engaging national consultants for a short and medium term. It is coordinated and managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and State Chancellery of Moldova and will complement on-going work by other donors. The Moldovan Diaspora and non-governmental sector, including the private and civil society sectors, would be the main source for such consultants. They would not be expected to become permanent staff of the civil service, but based on a competitive process, would be hired for a defined period. Capacity building consultants (CBC) would be engaged and their ToRs defined in a way that would protect the integrity of the civil service work to strengthen its intrinsic capacity. One of the main goals of the TCS project is the transfer of knowledge from consultants to civil servants. In this respect the engaged consultants will provide advice, coaching and skills transfer to the civil service on a permanent basis. Also, the involvement of officials of the beneficiary institutions in monitoring process of the consultants will facilitate direct interchange of knowledge and will ensure closer cooperation between officials of the Ministry and the experts engaged. The Government Program “European Integration: Freedom, Democracy and Welfare" (2011-2014) envisages that the educational system of the country needs to be brought in line with the EU standards and requirements alongside three main pillars: pre-university education; higher education and research; and induction and continuous training of civil servants. In line with these strategic objectives, the Ministry of Education (MoE), the central authority of public administration charged with the development and implementation of the state policy in education, has the mission of developing and promoting the state policy in education in line with the international standards of social and economic development, developing education strategies, ensuring continuous modernization and alignment with the European education system, and providing access to education, research and professional development for all citizens of the Republic of Moldova. Acknowledging the complexity of the envisaged reforms, as well as the countrywide coverage of the proposed changes, the MoE has requested the support of two experienced national communication experts to assist the MoE in its effort of promoting the education reform at pre-school, elementary, secondary, upper secondary and tertiary levels in line with its Communication Strategy and Action Plan. Objective of the assignment: The main objective of this consultancy assignment is to strengthen professional and institutional capacities of the MoE in the area of communication and public relations with media institutions, civil society and other external stakeholders, with the ultimate aim of improving public knowledge and awareness about the on-going and planned reforms, as well as of ensuring a better transparency of the MoE policy decision making processes through a better consultation with and accountability towards citizens and civil society. The assignment will also contribute to the promotion of a positive image of the MoE through an appropriate reflection of the on-going activities and reforms, as well as to an increased visibility of the MoE policy results and initiatives. Scope of work
The activity of the National Consultants will consist in providing technical assistance, guidance and day-to-day transfer of knowledge to the MoE staff, in order to strengthen its communication skills, tools and systems to better reflect the structural reform changes initiated by the Ministry. The Consultants will also assist in developing a better public relations system of the MoE, based on sustainable cooperation and dialogue with the media organizations, civil society, the private sector, local authorities, and other social partners and beneficiary groups. It is also foreseen that the Consultants will contribute to changing the overall communication culture in the MoE, promoting the concept of a ‘real’ press officer, who is authorized to speak on behalf of the Minister and the Deputy Ministers. In order to achieve these proposed objectives, the National Consultants will be responsible for (individual responsibilities and deliverables will be divided between the two consultants):
Requirements for experience
I. Academic Qualifications:
II. Years of experience:
III. Competencies:
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 the work requirements (please provide brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item); 2. Financial proposal; 3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and contact details (phone number and e-mail address) for at least 3 references. 4. Examples of past written work (e.g. press-releases, communication plans, strategies etc). Financial proposal
The financial proposal shall in USD and specify a total amount per month (including fees, taxes, mobile phone costs etc). 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 will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount.
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