Republic of Moldova

National Training Expert Assistant to contribute to the development and organization of a Training of Trainers course aimed at increasing training capacity of the Center for Continuous Electoral Training

Vacancy Number: Pr15/00879

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	23 Mar 2015, 10:00 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	30 Mar 2015
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Electoral Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	10 working days
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 23 March 2015 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. Elena Birau.

Background

UNDP Moldova Democracy Programme/Elections (further referred as Programme) is a multi-year institutional development project that aims to support strategic development of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) with the aim to strengthen the capacity of electoral administration to deliver professional, transparent and efficient electoral processes. Overarching goal of the Programme is to improve the democracy in Moldova through modernization of the electoral processes, through free and fair elections representing the will of the people and which are fully in line with the international standards and best practices.

 Planning and conducting elections is a complex and challenging task that places heavy legislative, political, social and logistical demands on all participants involved in elections. As failure is not an option when it comes to elections, it is essential that people involved in this process possess adequate skills, knowledge and experience to successfully carry out their electoral responsibilities. Since 2008 CEC has been working to improve the design and implementation of training programs for temporary electoral officials.

 To meet increasing need for effective trainings and further certification of electoral officials, in 2011 CEC created the Centre for Continuous Electoral Trainings (CCET). The main goal of the CCET is to provide trainings for various electoral officials, electoral bodies’ staff members, judges, NGOs representatives, electoral observers, mass-media, political parties representatives and voters. 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.

Scope of work

UNDP is looking to hire a national training assistant (assistant) to support the preparation and delivery of a Training of Trainers (ToT) course during which around 120 CCET trainers, to be engaged during 2015 local general elections will be trained.

Under the guidance of two national training experts, the assistant will:

• Contribute to the development of the training course (including agenda, working methods and learning procedures, background materials with a duration of up to 35 hours corresponding to 5 complete days of training (not including the lunch and coffee breaks time);

• Together with the ToT Training Experts prepare handouts for the participants at the training, including case-studies, simulation practice and other relevant materials;

• Together with ToT training experts, co-facilitate the ToT course during 30 March – 3 April 2015;

• Together with ToT training experts develop the skills of the trained trainers in using participative training methods and efficient training tools such as presentations, multimedia and interactive activities;

• Together with ToT training experts elaborate evaluation methodology of participants and participate in the evaluation of the participants;

• Together with ToT training experts assess the performance of participants following the final test at the course end.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualification

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

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience in training and capacity building in elections;
• At least 1 year experience as trainer or formal teacher;

Competencies

• Analytical and drafting skills;
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and present ideas clearly and effectively;
• Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills;
• Computer literacy – competent user of Microsoft Office programs;

Language requirements

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

Documents to be included

Interested individuals are invited to submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• Technical proposal (justification of being suitable for the work, vision and working approach);
• Financial proposal; in (USD, specifying a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days);
• P 11 form, 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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