Republic of Moldova

National Consultant to provide administrative assistance in the daily running of Rezina SYSLAB Center

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00488

Location:	Rezina, Moldova
Application Deadline:	19 Mar 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	25 Mar 2014, 17:00 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	30 Mar 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	31 Mar 2014
Reference to the project:	Innovative Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Employment
Expected Duration of Assignment:	March- September 2014 (full-time in Rezina office), with possibility of extension up until 2015
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted on-line by pressing the “Apply on-line” link, no later than 19 March, 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: dumitru.vasilescu@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.   Government Officials or Employees are civil servants of UN Member States.  As such, if they will be engaged by UNDP under an Individual Contract which they will be signing in their individual capacity, the following conditions must be met prior to the award of contract: A “No-objection” letter in respect of the individual is received from the Government employing him/her, and; The individual must provide an official documentation from his/her employer formally certifying his or her status as being on “official leave without pay” for the duration of the IC. The above requirements are also applicable to Government-owned and controlled enterprises and well as other semi/partially or fully owned Government entities, whether or not the Government ownership is of majority or minority status. A separated and retired government official or employee shall not be considered a government official or employee within the context of this Policy, and as such, may be engaged without having to meet the conditions above, provided he/she will ensure and confirm that the national laws governing his/her retirement is observed and complied.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Mr. Dumitru Vasilescu.

Background

The development of human capital is viewed as a prerequisite for an inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Moreover, it is increasingly seen at the cornerstone for both advanced and emerging economies seeking to speed up economic development and address the challenges posed by the global economic crisis.

From the development perspective, the labor plays critical role for Moldova’s socio-economic modernization, as it is one of the few resources available in the country. However, long hailed as a country with abundant labor resources, Moldova has increasingly found that labor (mostly as quality, but also quantity) has become its major development constraint, with Moldova’s labor endowment suffering considerably in the last two decades. The prospects for the quantity of labor force available in the future are not necessarily brighter given continuous outward migration and dire demographic outlook.

This loss in the labor force was only partly offset by the improvements in the labor productivity, which remained the lowest in the CEE and Western CIS region. Capital and skill endowments are amongst chief determinants of the labor productivity. In their turn, the skill endowment is largely dependent not only on the quality of the country’s education system, but also on training programs provided by various institutions.

The Innovative Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Employment Project was designed to establish career centers in four most important regions of Moldova with the goal to train and assist qualified unemployed and graduates in obtaining relevant employment in Moldova, preventing brain-waste, as well as brain-drain, and supporting economic growth of the country. One training center was established in Chisinau and three centers will be established in the regions of Moldova.

For the training Centre to be established in Rezina, a Coordinator of the Centre, a carrier advisor and an assistant will be recruited.  

For detailed information about the focus of the SYSLAB Project, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Scope of work

The Office Assistant of the SYSLAB Centre in Rezina, in close cooperation with Coordinator of the SYSLAB Rezina Center, will ensure the provision of development services and products of the highest quality and standards to national counterparts and clients, applying HRBA and GE approaches. More specifically, he/she will be responsible for the achieving and implementing the following:

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Secondary education is required. University Degree in economics, international relations, public administration or other related field would be an advantage.

Experience:

• 1 to 2 years of experience in administrative work, personnel administration, international relations, organizational development and entrepreneurship, or other substantive area is preferred, but not mandatory.
• Previous experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, consulting company, local NGO, academia, or LPA.

Competencies and Skills:

• Strong communication and teamwork skills;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems is necessary.
• Fluency in both oral and written English, Romanian and Russian is a must.

Documents to be included

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

1. Cover letter, explaining why he/she is the most suitable for the work;
2. Financial proposal;
3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references, or dully filled Personal History Form (P11).

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables. Payments to the Individual Consultant are made in equal installments, monthly, based on the submission and approval of the time sheets (monthly) and quarterly activity reports. The Consultant is required to be present at work Monday- Friday, from 8:30 to 17:30. 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 monthly fee and number of anticipated working days/month, taxes, mobile phone calls, etc.).

Travel to Chisinau SYSLAB Centre is envisaged under this consultancy, which will be agreed with the Project Manager in advance and covered by the project.

 

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