Republic of Moldova

Short Term Local Expert on developing the procedures for accreditation according with ISO 17025 standards for laboratory method for detection and identification of Salmonella

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00703

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	31 Oct 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	03 Nov 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	05 Nov 2014
Reference to the project:	EU High Level Policy Advice Mission to Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	5 November 2014 - 30 January 2015 (40 working days)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button no later than 31 October 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: administrator@euhlpam.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

Background

The EU High Level Policy Advisory Mission (EU HLPAM) is a project financed by the European Union and implemented by the UNDP.  The objective of the project is to support the Government to implement its EU-integration related reform Agenda and in particular to assist the government in developing the capacities required for the implementation of the Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, as well as the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan. Specifically, the project aims at strengthening the policy-making, strategic planning and policy management capacities of selected line Ministries and State Agencies involved in the implementation of the Association Agreement and Visa Liberalization and at enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge and awareness of EU policies, legislation and regulations in sectors strategic to the implementation of the Association Agreement including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, and to the implementation of visa liberalization. EUHLPAM beneficiaries include: the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration; Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bureau for Migration and Asylum, Prosecutor General Office, National Anti-Corruption Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environment, Customs Service, Main State Tax Inspectorate, National Food Safety Agency.

Scope of work

According to the Strategy for Food Safety for period 2011-2015 approved by Government Decision no 747/2011 one of the priorities of NFSA is to open the export of poultry meat and eggs to the European Union. In order to implement the National Control Programs for Salmonellosis approved in August 2014 and submitted for approval to the European Commission it is necessary to perform laboratory tests in accordance with ISO standard 17025. In the present those laboratory tests are performed in other country (Romania), even if the Central Laboratory has the analytical capacity to perform those tests.

This project is important for strengthening the institutional capacities of the NFSA, in accordance with provisions of the Law 50/2013, which transpose into national legislation the EC Regulation 882/2004, allowing to NFSA to use his own laboratories for the implementation of National Control Programs for Salmonellosis.

The project is seeking to engage the services of a short term local expert on developing the procedures for accreditation according with ISO 17025 standards for laboratory method for detection and identification of Salmonella.

The activities foreseen to be performed in this project are not included in any other project financed by development partners.

Requirements for experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• A Masters’ Degree in agriculture, agronomy, food safety, laboratory management, public administration, economics or similar. A Bachelor’s Degree in the same areas combined with 6 years of experience in the sector will serve in lieu of a Master’s Degree

 

II. Years of experience:

• Preferably 7 years of professional experience
• At least 5 years of professional experience linked to the policy advice and/or capacity building in the food safety and/or laboratory administration and/or testing.
• Proven experience of working with implementation of ISO 17025 Standard in the public and/or private sector

 III. Competencies:

•  Previous training experience in the areas related to the assignment

• Proven report writing skills
• Computer literacy
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Fluency in Romanian language

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 and providing a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work

2.            Financial proposal;

3.            Personal CV including past experience in similar assignments, the duly filled Personal History Form (P11) and at least 3 names for a reference check.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

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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