Republic of Moldova

National Consultant on Roma inclusion to complement the team of two community facilitators

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00336

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	14 Jun 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	01 Jul 2013
Reference to the project:	UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:	up to 105 days over a 28 months period
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Terms of Reference RO Individual Consultant Procurement Notice General Terms and Conditions On-line Application Form En/Ro/Ru UN Women P11 Form

Background

Since 2010 the Government of Moldova (State Chancellery) in partnership with the UNDP and UN Women has been implementing the “Joint Integrated Local Development Programme” (JILDP), funded by the Government of Sweden, and lately by the Government of Denmark. The JILDP was designed to support the Government in improving the policy and legal framework as mandated by the National Decentralization Strategy to ensure local autonomy, availability of resources, and more effective local management for better and equitable service provision, as well as to improving the capacity of Local Public Authorities (LPAs) to deliver efficient, equitable and accessible local public services, to facilitate sustainable development and foster social inclusion. It also assists in building the capacity of LPAs to plan, implement and monitor their strategic plans, with active engagement of  women and men from local community groups, including most vulnerable, and improve local public service delivery The programme is applying Human Rights Based Approach, Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment as guiding conceptual approaches and instruments to its work and interventions, seeking to ensure positive and measurable change in the areas of human rights, gender equality and social inclusion.

Starting with 2013, a new phase of JILDP is being implemented with the financial support from the Danish Government. The interventions at the local level (30 target localities) will aim at developing models of operational local governments - ‘champions of change’ - by providing support to implement changes in the operation and structure of local governments in line with the changes brought by the National Decentralization Strategy. JILDP will assist LPAs in improving their capacity and operations, will support target communities and local authorities in establishing / development of quality and equitable public services to achieve sustainable human-centred and gender-responsive economic and social development in the main areas affected by the Decentralization strategy.

In order to efficiently implement the designed systems and procedures, the Programme will work to consolidate the LPA’s capacities in the above-mentioned areas along three dimensions: i) improvement of individual professional capacities through training of municipal officials and local administration staff in cooperation with the Academy of Public Administration and Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM); ii) strengthening of institutional capacity, through the introduction of improved methods and organizational arrangements for delivery of quality services and managing municipal public resources and iii) building-up systemic capacity for effective inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) and intergovernmental relations between local and central level authorities and administration. Within the JILDP UN Women plays a key role in ensuring gender mainstreaming of the policy and planning documents developed with Programme’s support at central and local levels, and in facilitating women’s empowerment.   

To facilitate effective implementation of the above-mentioned interventions in the 30 target localities UN Women’s JILDP will hire 5 national consultants (community facilitators) to perform community facilitation in the field, as per their specific ToR. There will be 5 teams altogether and each team will comprise of two consultants, one hired by UNDP, with a specific task to focus on capacity building of duty-bearers (LPAs), and one hired by UN Women, assigned to focus on community mobilization and empowerment of rights-holders, both experts working in the same community to achieve common results.

Under the current ToR to facilitate the inclusion of Roma women and men into the interventions in the localities with sizeable Roma population (of the 30 target localities), JILDP is seeking a Roma inclusion consultant to complement the teams of two community facilitators in each location.

Scope of work

Under direct supervision and guidance of UN Women JILDP Programme Analyst and in close collaboration with the JILDP programme staff, the national consultant on Roma inclusion will work in a team with two community facilitators, assigned to lead the capacity building process and will assist them in facilitating the process of: a) community mobilization and empowerment of women and vulnerable groups in the JILDP target localities, as per the Community Mobilization for Empowerment Guide methodology to strengthen local governance and improve the quality and accessibility of public service delivery, b) to develop and empower the target communities in terms of their pro-active engagement in  local decision-making and local development, and c) to advance the human rights and gender equality situation of rural women and vulnerable groups, with special focus on empowerment and inclusion of Roma women and men in the process.

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

Requirements for experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• At least University degree in Development Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Law, Social Protection / Assistance, or other relevant fields

II. Years of Experience:

• At least university degree in Development Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Law, Social Protection / Assistance, or other relevant fields
• At least 2 years of proven experience of field work on Roma inclusion and/or community development work in localities populated by Roma

• Previous experience in development assistance or related work for an international and/or donor organization,      preferably a UN entity

III. Functional Competencies:

• Understanding of Moldovan development context, specifically with regard to Central Public Administration and Local Public Administration / decentralization reforms

• Understanding of human rights and gender equality concepts / approach to development, knowledge of major      Roma-sensitive human rights and gender equality concerns, particularly at the local level;

IV. Language and other skills:

• Romanian and Russian languages are mandatory. Working knowledge of English and/or Romani is an advantage

• Advanced communication, presentation and advocacy skills, particularly with regard to difficult or challenging      Roma-sensitive human rights / gender equality issues

Documents to be included

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

• Duly filled Personal History Form (PHF11)/CV;
• Letter of Interest (justifying compliance with the qualification requirements);
• Financial proposal

 

Disclaimer In case of discrepancies between the text published on the website and the contents of the supporting documents, the provisions, instructions and conditions included in the supporting documents (published as Adobe Portable Document Format files) shall prevail. In case of discrepancies between the English version and the Romanian and/or Russian versions of text, documents or other content published on this webpage, the English version shall prevail.

Notice UNDP, as a matter of practice, does not charge any application, processing or training fee at any stage of the recruitment process. If you have any questions as to vacancy announcements you may have received, please refer to this website. UNDP is currently aware of fictitious vacancy announcements that are being circulated through the internet, the purpose of which is to get people to register for a training and send in a fee. If you believe that you have received such a notice, please forward it, and any other related information you have received, to scamalert@undp.org. Since logos, emblems, names and addresses can be easily copied or reproduced, you are advised to take particular care in applying for vacancies, including undertaking all appropriate measures to protect against the unauthorised use of any personal information you may have provided as a result of the scam.