Republic of Moldova

Two (2) national consultants to conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) on social and economic rights for rural women in selected districts of the Republic of Moldova.

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00372

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	16 Sep 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	01 Oct 2013
Reference to the project:	UN Women WEE Programme
Expected Duration of Assignment:	up to 3 months with an estimated total number of working days up to 30 for each of the consultant.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice General Terms and Conditions UN Women P11 Form

Background

UN Women with financial support of the Government of Sweden implements a four-year development programme on women’s economic empowerment. The Programme is aimed at addressing the needs of the rural and sub-urban population, especially poor women in exercising their social and economic rights through increasing access to quality information and services in employment and social protection areas. This is being achieved through improving local services, building capacity of the relevant institutions as well as improving policy and legislation based on the gaps identified through their practical application on the ground. The programme is designed to be fulfilled in line with the Government’s priorities set for 2009-2013 as well as the Reforms launched by the State in the areas of labour market and social protection.

The Programme’s Development Objective is to make women in rural and sub-urban areas of Moldova informed, empowered and able to enjoy their social and economic rights. For that purpose, the Programme is striving towards achieving three interrelated outcomes as follows:

Outcome 1: Rate of Employed and Economically active women increased in target rural and sub-urban areas practicing their social and economic rights;

Outcome 2: Key policy, service delivery and media institutions in Moldova have increased resources, structures, procedures, incentives and capacities to implement policies at the local level that promote and protect women’s human rights to access to employment and social protection;

Outcome 3: Labour and Social Protection laws/by-laws and policies/plans promote women’s employability.

To support realization of the set outcomes the programme works at three levels of intervention: regional/local, policy and institutional levels. At the local level the programme is focusing on creating a joint platform for women in rural and sub-urban areas in the form of Joint Information and Services Bureaus which bring together various public and private service providers in the areas of employment, social protection and related areas in one location and provision of services in a coordinated manner. It is expected that such a model will facilitate open access and use of existing opportunities by women in the most effective way leading to the improvement of the quality of life and thus fulfillment of women’s human rights. At the policy level, the programme supports the review of laws and policies to promote women’s employability and eliminate the barriers and bottlenecks that impede women to exercise their rights in the area of employment and social protection. At the institutional level the programme aims at supporting and fostering the capacities of gender equality mechanism to effectively address issues on women’s human rights to employment and social protection. In addition, the programme envisages supporting capacity building initiatives for national institutions with competencies in the area of employment and social protection to increase their institutional and intellectual capacity to promote policies and practices that take into consideration women’s human rights issues. 

Scope of work

Under the overall supervision and guidance from WEE Chief Technical Advisor and in close collaboration with WEE Programme Analyst and National Consultants on JISB replication, the selected national consultants will carry out eight ToTs on social and economic rights of women for rural women activists, including community mobilizers in selected districts covered by the WEE programme. 

Requirements for experience

Education:

-         Advanced degree in legal, economic, or social sciences, or similar field, or equivalent working experience in the sector;

Experience:

-         At least 3 years of proven experience in organizing, facilitating and conducting seminars, trainings and round tables with state institutions/agencies/organizations, especially on women’s human rights and gender related issues;

-         At least 3 years of working with  international organizations and donors;

Functional Competencies:

-         Knowledge of women’s human rights issues in Moldova;

Language and other skills:

-         Fluency in verbal & written Romanian and Russian. Knowledge of English is an asset;

Documents to be included

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

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall be structured around the specific tasks and key deliverables described in the Terms of Reference. Interested consultants must specify a total lump sum amount for each task and deliverable, which are to be completed by the deadlines specified in the ToR Payments shall be made based on delivery of the services specified in the ToR  and in the ToR and in accordance with the procedures described in the Remuneration section of the ToR.  In order to assist UN Women Moldova Programme in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days.

 

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