Republic of Moldova

International Consultant for the mid-term review of the parliamentary and electoral assistance provided through 2012-2014 in Moldova

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00588

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	31 Jul 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	25 Aug 2014
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Parliamentary Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	25 days within a period of August – October 2014
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 31 July 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: sergiu.galitchi@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. Important notice The applicant who has the statute of Government Official / Public Servant, prior to appointment will be asked to submit the following documentation: a no-objection letter in respect of the applicant received from the government, and; the applicant is certified in writing by the government to be on official leave without pay for the duration of the Individual Contract. A retired government official is not considered in this case a government official, and as such, may be contracted. This vacancy was placed at: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=48170
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Mr. Sergiu Galitchi.

sergiu.galitchi@undp.org

Background

The “Improving the quality of Moldovan democracy through parliamentary and electoral support” Programme (henceforth referred to as the “Programme”) aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Parliament and Central Electoral Commission, improving their main functions and entrenching gender and human rights considerations in formal political process. In particular, the Programme is improving the legislative, oversight and representation functions of the Parliament, providing a solid basis for the improvement of the electoral process and supporting, when necessary, an inclusive process of constitutional reform. The Programme assists the Parliament to increase the participation of civil society and citizens in policy making and oversight processes. It also builds the capacities of Members of Parliament in budget understanding, development and monitoring of its implementation. At the Central Electoral Commission, the Programme supports the further development of an enabling environment for the delivery of modern and inclusive electoral services. The programme implementation period is four years (2012-2016). The Programme is fully financed by the Government of Sweden.

The programme’s main aims are:

1)     To improve the institutional capacity of the Parliament and Central Electoral Commission to meet European standards of gender and human rights;

2)     To strengthen the legislative and oversight functions of the Parliament;

3)     To establish a well-functioning cross-party women’s caucus in the Parliament;

4)     To foster the quality of the representative role of the Parliament and promote more interaction between Members of Parliament, citizens and civil society;

5)     To promote Child's Rights into parliamentary work;

6)     To improve voter registration process;

7)     To improve the public registration process for Moldovans and support the modernisation of Moldovan electoral processes.

As implementation of the “Improving the quality of Moldovan democracy through parliamentary and electoral support” Programme comes to a mid-point in 2014, an evaluation of its processes and outcomes is imperative.

Scope of work

The overall purpose of the evaluation is to assess the processes and achievements made during the first two years of implementing the Programme with a focus on achievements and constraints of the Programme targets for indicators and outputs as contained in the programme document. This will further allow for drawing conclusions, recommendations and lessons learned that will improve the assistance and expertise provided by the Programme to its main partners, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and the Central Electoral Commission (CEC); adjust its indicators and targets as well as the implementation arrangements.

The expected output for the international consultant’s assignment is to provide a holistic, impartial and trustworthy review of the results achieved by the programme in the period from July 2012 (start of programme implementation) until 30 June 2014, as well as the impact achieved by the programme in that period; assess the effectiveness of UNDP support to the programme; identify and critically analyze the relevance of the programme activities as well as the effectiveness of the implementation modalities. The evaluation will examine whether the activities, outputs and objectives lined out in the programme document have been achieved and provide recommendations on the way forward in the remaining implementation period until July 2016.

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

Requirements for experience

I.    Academic Qualifications:

• Master degree in Law, Public Administration, International development or related fields; Bachelor and at least 8 years of relevant experience will be also acceptable;

II.   Years of experience:

• At least 7 years of work experience in the field of democratic governance, public administration, development, including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation;

• Previous regional work experience in related areas, in transitional or emerging democracies, including Central and Eastern Europe or CIS countries is a strong advantage;

III. Competencies:

• Sound knowledge about results-based management (especially results-oriented monitoring and evaluation);
• Sound knowledge of the Moldovan political/governance systems with a focus on Parliament and elections;
• Knowledge of the assistance to Moldova in the area of democratic Governance and previous experience in the evaluation of the assistance projects;
• Extensive research and analytical skills;
• Excellent writing and oral communication;
• Facilitation and management skills;
• Possess leadership skills and be a team player;
• Availability to work during the indicated /approved period;
• Knowledge of UN system and UNDP;
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of Romanian and/or Russian will be an asset.
• Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, IT tools.

Documents to be included

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

1. Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for the work including past experience in similar Projects (please provide brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item);
2. Financial proposal (in USD, specifying a total requested amount per day, including all related costs, e.g. fees, per diems, travel costs, phone calls etc. );
3. Dully completed and signed P11 Form, personal CV and at least 3 references.

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 travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

 

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In case of unforeseeable travel for the business purpose, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Up to two travel missions are envisaged under this assignment, with a minimum 15 working days in Moldova.

 

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