Republic of Moldova

Two National Training Experts to develop and carry out a Training of Trainers course aimed at increasing training capacity of the Center for Continuous Electoral Training

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00655

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	07 Oct 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	13 Oct 2014
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Electoral Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	10 days
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 07 October, 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: beatricia.revenco@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.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Ms. Beatricia Revenco.

beatricia.revenco@undp.org

Background

The Center for Continuous Electoral Training (CCET) was established by the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova in 2011, with its operations launched in 2013. The CCET mission is to create a favorable climate for insuring a correct and fair organization of unfolding elections in the Republic of Moldova promoting international standards and best practices in election management.

The goal of the CCET is to establish a professional training center in Moldova with the capacity to design, implement and conduct training, teaching, and research for various electoral stakeholders.

The Electoral Code of Moldova requires that members of electoral councils and bureaus appointed under the Electoral Code must have, from the 2013 elections onwards, an appropriate certificate of competency from the CCET. The next Parliamentary are planned for 30 November 2014 and the CCET must train and certify around 20,000 people.

The CCET main focus now is to create a pool of trainers capable of providing a professional training for the potential electoral staff. A series of trainings of trainers have been organized over the last year, starting with July-August 2013. However, due to large number of people CCET has to train before parliamentary Elections 2014, there is a need to train more trainers. Therefore, the CCET will organize three more ToTs will are scheduled for October, 2014.

The CCET in collaboration with the UNDP and with funding provided by the Government of Norway is looking to hire Trainers of Trainers. The TOT trainers will train about 100 trainers which will be employed to conduct countrywide trainings and certification of individuals with different background as potential electoral officials appointed by the local public administration and parliamentary political parties.

Scope of work

The Project will contract two National Training Experts to develop and carry out a Training for Trainers course aimed at increasing training capacity of the Center for Continuous Electoral Training.

The National Training Experts will elaborate the agenda and methodology of ToT training, co-facilitate Training of Trainers workshop to introduce a training methodology to the newly recruited trainers, develop the skills of the trainers in the use of participative training methods, and the efficient use of training tools such as presentations, multimedia and interactive activities, and elaborate evaluation methodology of participants and participate in the evaluation of the participants. 

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualification

• Relevant University Degree in Political Science, International Relations or related discipline (Masters degree – an advantage).

• Formal teacher training qualifications. BRIDGE accreditation is an advantage;

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in training and capacity building in elections;
• Demonstrated experience in designing training programs for electoral officials with different background;
• Proven previous experience in the area of training and capacity building in Moldova highly desirable;

Competencies

• Strong analytical and drafting skills.
• Ability to analyse, plan, communicate effectively with stakeholders and present ideas clearly and effectively.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
• Ability to enter new environments, adapt quickly and produce immediate results.
• Computer literacy - competent user of Microsoft Office programs.

Language requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Romanian. Knowledge of Russian would be an asset.  

Documents to be included

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

• Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
• Technical proposal to include brief  training course with the description of the content and training techniques; (by days and hours);
• Financial proposal; in (USD, specifying a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days); 
• Personal CV including past experience in similar projects 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 shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fee, taxes, 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 the case of unforeseeable travel, 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.

 

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