UNDP Jobs - 36062- Adviser and Mentor to assist the Central Electoral

Adviser and Mentor to assist the Central Electoral Commission in the field of information technology and voter registration

Location :

Chisinau, MOLDOVA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Apr-2013

Application Deadline :

20-Mar-13 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

66 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UNDP has provided electoral support to Moldova since 2008. Since 2012, this support is now provided through the UNDP Moldova Democracy Programme, with the support of Sweden. In cooperation with other international partners, we support the CEC to:

improve the institutional environment for electoral management bodies to aid the delivery of inclusive and modern electoral processes;
improve the public registration process for Moldovans and support the modernization of Moldovan electoral processes; and
embed gender and human rights concerns in formal political processes.

Voter registration has been identified as a area of vulnerability and concern in the Moldovan electoral process for many years. The CEC has commenced more systematic analysis of the lists compiled by local public administration. The most recent compilation, in March 2012, revealed an unacceptably low level of list quality in terms of both accuracy and completeness. In its Strategic Plan, the CEC has set two linked objectives that relate to the improvement of voter registration and the further elaboration and implementation of SIAS (State Automated Integrated System Elections) in this field.

The SIAS has recently been the subject of an IT performance audit by the Moldovan Court of Accounts (the supreme audit institution), and the project has agreed to assist the CEC in responding to the conclusions and recommendations of this audit.

The Democracy Programme has agreed to support the CEC in its efforts to meet these objectives, and to build the capacity of its staff to manage these tasks in the longer term.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Project will contract a Consultant to advise the Central Electoral Commission on the development of a roadmap to guide implementation of its strategic plan objectives relating to voter registration, including the use of SIAS in voter registration and in responding to the report of the Court of Accounts.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference, published at the UNDP Moldova website (indicated below).

Competencies

Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills, as well as the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders and to present ideas clearly and effectively;
Excellent analytical and writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

University degree or equivalent preferably in the field of Management, Political Science, International Relations, Law, or other related fields;

Years of experience:

Minimum (seven) 7 years of experience in developing policy and legal frameworks for voter registration;
Experience in the formulation of technical specifications for voter registration or analogous software;
Experience/participation in carrying out policy or strategy development for established electoral management bodies from Central and East European region;
Experience in working with civil registries in connection with voter registration;
Experience working with other public institutions on behalf of electoral management bodies;

Languages:

Proficiency in English.

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

Proposal: Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
Brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work;
Financial proposal;
Duly completed and signed P11 as well as 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 will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel costs, per diems, communication expenditures, fees, per diems, travel costs, phone calls etc.).

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.

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 and the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice published at the UNDP Moldova website, Jobs Section: http://www.undp.md/jobs/jobdetails/290/

To submit your application online, please follow the steps below:

Download, complete and sign P11 form;
Merge all documents which are part of your proposal into one single file; Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment;
Click "Apply Now" button, fill in necessary information on the first page and then click "Submit Application";
Upload your document (single file);
You will receive an automatic response to your email confirming the receipt of your application by the system.

FC: 30000