Republic of Moldova

National consultant to develop the software for inputting and processing the data of the households Statistical Survey on Labour Force Migration, Skills and Qualifications

Vacancy Number: Pr12/00201

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	28 Sep 2012, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	05 Oct 2012
Reference to the project:	Strengthening the National Statistical System
Expected Duration of Assignment:	25 working days overall
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button or by email to vacancies-moldova@undp.org, no later than 28 September 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 Instructions on the software (Romanian) Technical Specifications and Guidelines (Romanian) 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, multi-dimensionally disaggregated data of appropriate quality .

According to the Activity Program of the Government of the Republic of Moldova “European Integration: Freedom, Democracy, Welfare” for 2011-2014, under the Chapter c. on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration, the Government has set a series of priorities including (i) enhancing the national migration management system, to provide conditions for legal migration and to improve the social status of migrant workers; and (ii) to facilitate reintegration of returning migrant workers.

The recent Strategic Development Program (SDP) of NBS has been designed to focus on harmonization of the national statistics with international standards an essential part of 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.

Aiming to accomplish the objective no 14 of the NBS’s Strategic Development Plan, the development and implementation of the statistical Survey on households regarding Labour Force Migration has been envisaged in the NBS’s Annual Activity Plan for 2012 (activity no 11).

Scope of work

The scope of work of the national consultant is to develop the software application for inputting and processing the statistical data collected from the Survey on Labour Force Migration, Skills and Competences, as an ad-hoc module to the Labour Force Survey on households.

The software will be installed in the NBS and Territorial Statistical Offices (51 computers) and will allow supervisors to enter the primary data and perform initial data checks at the local level. The application installed in the NBS will allow performing data checks at the aggregated level.

The specific objective of the assignment is to provide the National Bureau of Statistics with the professionally designed software application and the related documentation which is to be applied by the statisticians and economists of the NBS for the inputting, processing of raw data and production/issuing of output indicators/tables on the basis of the Survey on Labour Force Migration, Skills and Competences.

The software application will be designed as an additional module to the computer program used for inputting and processing of Labour Force Survey (LFS) data and should be developed in accordance with the Technical Specifications and Guidelines of LFS soft, which contain the description of overall structure of the program, the basic principles of its functioning, data input and output requirements applied, the feasible operations on data, verification and control modules, etc.

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

Requirements for experience

1. Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in computer science, statistics and/or other areas relevant for the assignment;
• Other formal education relevant for the assignment;

2. Years of experience:

• Minimum of 4 years of proven experience in designing and maintaining of software applications or other relevant professional experience;
• Relevant work experience in designing and/or implementation of software products based on contemporary web technologies;
• Experience in implementation of similar projects for other government institutions/subdivisions;
• Experience in working with international organizations and UN agencies in particular would be an asset;
• Experience in training of adults;

3. Competencies:

• Knowledge and understanding of e-Statistics, ICT issues, as well as best EU practice applied in national statistics activities aimed at efficient integration of data collection, imputation, processing and dissemination;
• Knowledge of the peculiarities of statistical sector (e.g. data collection process, methodologies used in enterprises statistics, etc.) would be an asset;
• Good communication and writing skills;
• Good knowledge of Romanian and Russian (knowledge of English will be an additional asset);

4. Personal Qualities and other requirements:

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

Documents to be included

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

1. Technical Proposal:
• explaining how applicant responds to each of the qualification requirements and why he/she is the most suitable for the work
• describing a short vision on achievement of tasks.
2. Personal information (as a detailed CV or as a Personal History Form /P11) including records on past experience in similar projects/assignments and concrete outputs obtained;
3. Financial proposal (in USD, specifying a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days).

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 will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including all related costs e.g. fees, phone calls etc.) and the number of anticipated working days.

 

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