Republic of Moldova

National Consultant to mainstream gender dimension into sector decentralization strategies in the field of health, and water and sanitation (UN Women/Joint Integrated Local Development Programme)

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00412

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	11 Nov 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	14 Nov 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	18 Nov 2013
Reference to the project:	Joint Integrated Local Development Programme
Expected Duration of Assignment:	18 days within 1 month
Submission Instructions: Technical proposal and financial proposal should be submitted on-line no later than 11 November 2013. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail veaceslav.balan@unwomen.org. Please notice that this address is for information requests only, please do not send or copy your application package to this address. UN Women staff will respond in writing or 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 consultants.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Terms of Reference RO Individual Consultant Procurement Notice On-line Application Form En/Ro/Ru UN Women General Conditions of Individual Contract UN Women Personal History Form (P11)

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. The Programme’s objective is also to assist in building the capacity of LPAs to plan, implement and monitor their strategic plans and improve local public service delivery, engaging women and men from local community groups, including most vulnerable. The program is applying Human Rights Based Approach, Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment as guiding conceptual approaches and instruments to its activities 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. With adoption of the National Decentralisation Strategy in April 2012, a comprehensive framework for decentralization in the country has been created. Within the new phase, the JILDP aims at providing central and local public authorities with technical support in the implementation of this strategy. One important area of such support is related to the elaboration of sector-specific decentralization strategies and to designing of practical arrangements to implement the strategies.

Working groups on decentralization in various areas of public policy were created under the Parity Commission on decentralization. The line ministries provide a Secretariat to the Working groups to ensure coordination of activities of working groups as well as consistency between the developed decentralization policies and the governmental priorities.

During the previous phase of the program the first drafts of two sector decentralization strategies were developed with the support of JILDP – one in the area of education and one in the area of social assistance. During the new phase of the program, the program aims at supporting the development of two more sector strategies: a) in the area of healthcare and b) in the area of water and sanitation. This support will be provided via national consultants hired by JILDP for each of the two areas to work in close collaboration as a team with the gender-mainstreaming consultant hired under the current ToR.

Scope of work

Under the direct supervision and guidance of JILDP / UN Women Program Analyst and in close collaboration with the designated staff of the line ministries, the relevant Working Groups, and the JILDP staff, the national consultant will ensure the gender mainstreaming into the developed products and development processes, through close interaction and coordination with the working groups/line ministries and JILDP, with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the gender sensitive sector decentralization strategies are drafted, discussed, adjusted, debated, finalized, and submitted for approval to the Government.

Requirements for experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• At least University degree in Gender Equality, Human Rights, Development Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Law, Healthcare, Water & Sanitation or other relevant field;

II. Years of Experience:

• At least 1 year of proven experience in gender mainstreaming and/or human rights mainstreaming work in the policy development context;
• Previous experience in development assistance or related work for an international and/or donor organization, preferably a UN entity, is an advantage;

III. Functional Competencies:

• Understanding of Moldovan development context, specifically with regard to public administration / decentralization reforms, and knowledge of the current situation and issues;
• Sound understanding of human rights and gender equality concepts/approach to development, knowledge of major human rights and gender equality issues, particularly in the field of healthcare, water and sanitation, particularly in the local development context;

IV. Language and other skills:

• Fluency in both written and oral Romanian is a must. Knowledge of English is an advantage, working knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Russian, and Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset;
• Advanced communication, presentation and advocacy skills, particularly with regard to difficult or challenging human rights and gender equality issues, is a great advantage.

Documents to be included

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

• Letter of Intent with 1-2 pages brief technical proposal on the relevant qualifications, previous experiences, vision and the proposed working approach;
• Duly filled Personal History Form (PHF11)/CV, including records on past experience in similar projects/assignments and specific outputs obtained;
• Financial proposal (in MDL) – specifying a lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days. The financial offer should include all costs related to completion of the task under the current Terms of Reference.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall be structured around the specific tasks and key deliverables described in the Terms of Reference. Interested individual 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 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.

 

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