Background

UNDP Moldova Democracy Programme/Elections (hereinafter referred to as “Programme”) is a multi-year institutional development programme that aims to support the institutional consolidation of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova (CEC) as well as the modernization of the Moldovan electoral process towards:
  • Improving the capacity of the CEC to meet European gender and human rights standards;
  • Improving the institutional environment for electoral management bodies that can deliver inclusive and modern electoral processes;
  • Improving the electoral and population registration process in the Republic of Moldova.
The CEC is a permanent and independent state body managing the electoral process in Moldova, directly involved in the planning and organization of the External Voting (EV) process.
BRIDGE is a key component of UNDP electoral assistance worldwide and an important element of the Moldovan CEC staff development. Moldovan BRIDGE programme included 11 thematic workshops on various modules nas well as two BRIDGE Train the Facilitator (TfF) workshops (one in 2009 and one in 2013).

Duties and Responsibilities

The current year is an electoral year for Moldova with regular parliamentary elections expected at the end of 2014. In an effort to strengthen capacities of the CEC and other stakeholders the Programme intends to organize and deliver a five day workshop on External Voting (EV) module, to train newly recruited staff of the CEC, relevant Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Diaspora Agency representatives, as well as other stakeholders. For this purpose a team of two BRIDGE accredited facilitators will be established.

UNDP wishes to contract one BRIDGE co-facilitator (hereinafter referred to as co-facilitator) who under the overall guidance of the lead BRIDGE facilitator will participate in the preparation/customization of workshop materials and facilitation of EV workshop in Moldova.

Competencies

  • Good communication skills;
  • Ability to analyse, plan, manage diversity of views and adapt to different cultural environments;
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills and creativity/resourcefulness;
  • Excellent facilitation and presentation abilities;
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a team.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications: 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Law, Public Administration, International development or related fields;
  • Accredited BRIDGE facilitator.
Experience: 
 
  • Professional experience in electoral management area (minimum 3 years);
  • Previous facilitation of at least 2 BRIDGE modules to members and staff of established electoral management bodies;
  • Previous facilitation of BRIDGE module on External Voting will be considered a strong asset;
  • Experience working on electoral issues in Eastern Europe/CIS. 
Language:
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English and Romanian languages.
Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
  • Proposal explaining why they are the most suitable candidate for the work including past experience in similar Projects (please provide brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item);
  • Financial proposal;
  • Duly completed and signed P11 Form, personal CV and at least 3 references.
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). 

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

Timeframe for the work of the Co facilitator is tentatively planned through March and April 2014. Consultancy will involve 11 days of work, 8 of which shall be conducted in Moldova in the period 2-11 April 2014 (inclusive). Please note that weekends shall not be reserved for working.
 
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.

Note: 

For complete information about this vacancy, including detailed tasks and responsibilities, full and detailed description of the evaluation procedure which will be applied, as well as the UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract, please refer to the Terms of Reference, the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice published at the UNDP Moldova website, Jobs Section: http://www.undp.md/jobs/current_jobs..