Emplois au PNUD - 59138- International Consultant for Coaching and Training

International Consultant for Coaching and Training the Equality Council of Moldova on Application of Non-discrimination Principles in Decision-writing

Lieu :

Chisinau, MOLDOVA

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

10-Sep-2015

Date limite de candidature :

27-Aug-15 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

International Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

September 2015 – October 2016

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Up to 50 working days

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

The Equality Council is a newly established institution tasked with the revision of the individual complaints about discrimination and delivering of decisions on them. Most of the members and lawyers-staff persons of the Council do not have previously dealt with individual complaints and case management. Therefore there is a room for the improvement of the case management on the different stages and speeding up the delivery of decisions. Since the start of its work in September 2013 and up until the middle of September 2014 the Council has received 167 complaints, delivered 48 decisions on 76 complaints and is having a backlog of 45 complaints. In addition to this, the Council is becoming more well-known in the Republic of Moldova and it is expected that more people will address the Council and the amount of complaints will grow. Therefore the Project will support the Council in strengthening its case management also through training and coaching consultancy in legal technics, analysis, argumentation, and Equality Council decision drafting skills.

The overall objective of the project “Supporting National Human Rights Institutions as per International Treaty Bodies and UPR Recommendations” is to contribute to the effective protection and promotion of human rights, equality and non-discrimination in the Republic of Moldova with particular attention to women, minorities, marginalised and vulnerable groups. The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-funded and implemented by the UNDP Moldova and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in cooperation with the Ombudsperson Office and Equality Council.

Devoirs et responsabilités

The scope of the work of the International Consultant will consist in provision of advice, training and coaching of Equality Council members and relevant staff in analysis, and legal argumentation of strategic cases on discrimination.

In order to achieve the objective the International Consultant shall:

Make a thorough analysis of how non-discrimination principles are applied in decisions and separate opinions drafted by the Equality Council;
Identify the needs for improvement of application of non-discrimination principles in decisions drafting processes and legal analysis by the Equality Council;
Draft a concise, clear and practical report on the findings and recommendations on the improvement of application of non-discrimination principles in decisions drafting processes and legal analysis by the Equality Council;
Elaborate a concise, clear and usable guidelines/methodology for the Equality Council on the application of non-discrimination principles in decisions drafting processes and legal analysis by the Equality Council taking best international practice into account;
Elaborate training materials, prepare, organise and lead two 2-day training courses for the Equality Council on the application of the guidelines/methodology;
Provide support and coaching to the relevant Equality Council staff on applying the guidelines/methodology;
Work closely with the Equality Council members and relevant staff for the purposes of the assignment;
Where necessary, hold consultation meetings with relevant actors and stakeholders;
Where relevant, work closely with other Consultants contracted within the project;
Undertake other related tasks for the purposes of the assignment;
Develop and provide regular activity reports and other narrative progress reports as specified in the deliverables for the assignment.

Deliverables:

Draft report (max 10 pages) on the needs for the improvement of application of non-discrimination principles in decisions drafting processes and legal analysis by the Equality Council submitted to UNDP and Equality Council - up to 10 working days;
Training materials elaborated and the first 2-day training course for the Equality Council prepared and delivered - up to 7 working days;
Training materials improved and the second 2-day training course prepared and delivered to the Equality Council - up to 7 working days;
Support and coaching provided to the Equality Council - up to 20 working days;
Activity reports on consultancy undertaken submitted to the UNDP - up to 6 working days.

The deliverables can be amended or specified for the purposes of the assignment. For detailed information, please, refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Organizational Setting

This is a part-time consultancy. The Consultant will work closely and coordinate all deliverables with the management and staff of the Equality Council. The Consultant will work under the direct supervision of the UNDP Moldova Project Manager, as well as in consultation with the OHCHR Human Rights Adviser to the UN Resident Coordinator in Moldova.

The International Consultant will undertake two missions to Moldova:

First mission for 3 days in September 2015 for purposes of discussions of the needs of the Equality Council;
First mission for 5 days in November 2015 for purposes of delivering the first training;
Second mission for 5 days in March 2016 for the purposes of delivering the second training.

The rest of the assignment will be completed home-based for the amount of days specified in the deliverables.

The project will provide the administrative and logistical support in the organisation of the training sessions and a translator/interpreter, as necessary.

Compétences

Knowledge of non-discrimination legislation and international human rights commitments of the Republic of Moldova is an asset;
Effective communication, strong analytical skills including training and coaching skills;
Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations, in particular, respecting differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status;
Responsibility;
Punctuality;
Attention to detail.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Master’s Degree or equivalent (5-year university education) in Law, Public Administration, Human Rights or other relevant field;

Experience:

At least 5 years of proven professional experience in legal research and analysis pertaining to non-discrimination legislation, human rights and equality or other relevant field, including experience in the CEE/CIS region;
Proven experience and knowledge of non-discrimination and equality principles, including research, analysis and drafting analytical reports in the area of equality and non-discrimination;
Knowledge and experience working with National Human Rights Institutions, especially non-discrimination bodies with a similar mandate to Equality Council in Moldova;
Experience/knowledge of drafting decisions processes within a National Human Rights Institution with a complaint mechanism is a strong advantage;

Language:

Fluent knowledge of English for the purposes of the assignment;
Knowledge of Romanian and/or Russian is an asset.

Application Instructions:

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

Cover letter:

Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work, including a list of assignments and/or analytical documents, reports, methodologies, presentations, capacity building activities, or other task related documents the applicant has elaborated or contributed to;
Providing a brief methodology (max. 3 pages) on how they will approach and conduct the work.

Financial proposal as a lump sum in US Dollars, preferably split per each deliverable (which includes the fee, and all travel costs for mission to Moldova). For detailed information on travel requirements, please, refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference;

Personal information (as a detailed CV or as a Personal History Form/P11) including records of past experience in similar projects/assignments and concrete outputs obtained, including names and contact details of 3 reference persons.

Evaluation Criteria

Initially, applicants will be short-listed based on the following minimum qualification criteria:

Master’s Degree or equivalent (5-year university education) in Law, Public Administration, Human Rights or other relevant field;
At least 5 years of proven professional experience in legal research and analysis pertaining to non-discrimination legislation, human rights and equality or other relevant field, including experience in the CEE/CIS region.

The short-listed individual consultants will be further evaluated based on the following methodology:

A two-stage procedure will be used in evaluating the candidates:

Technical evaluation (max 300 points) – 60%;
Financial evaluation (max 200 points) – 40%.

Technical evaluation will be based on a thorough desk review of applications.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% score of the technical evaluation (at least 210 points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Criteria for scoring and maximum points obtainable

Technical Scoring:

Master’s Degree or equivalent (5-year university education) in Law, Public Administration, Human Rights or other relevant field (Master – 20 pts., PhD – 30 pts.);
At least 5 years of proven professional experience in legal research and analysis pertaining to non-discrimination legislation, human rights and equality or other relevant field, including experience in the CEE/CIS region (5 years – 30 pts., 5-7 years - up to 50 pts., more than 7 years – up to 70 points);
Fluent knowledge of English for the purposes of the assignment, knowledge of Romanian and/or Russian is an asset (English – 10 pts, Russian, Romanian – 5 pts each).

Interview:

Proven experience and knowledge of non-discrimination and equality principles, including research, analysis and drafting analytical reports in the area of equality and non-discrimination – up to 50 pts;
Knowledge and experience working with National Human Rights Institutions, especially non-discrimination bodies with a similar mandate to Equality Council in Moldova – up to 50 pts;
Experience/knowledge of drafting decisions processes within a National Human Rights Institution with a complaint mechanism – up to 30 pts;
Knowledge of non-discrimination legislation and international human rights commitments of the Republic of Moldova –up to 20 pts;
Effective communication, strong analytical skills including training and coaching skills – up to 30 pts.

Financial Scoring:

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 200

S – score received on financial evaluation;
Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;
F – financial offer under consideration.

The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical scoring + financial scoring).

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/.