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National Consultant - IT specialist to review the Parliament of Moldova information management system maintenance.

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00335

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	10 Jun 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	25 Jun 2013
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Parliamentary Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	6 months
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 10 June 2013. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: sergiu.galitchi@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

Mr. Sergiu Galitchi.

Background

In 2011, in the framework of UNDP Project, a national IT consultant has developed the Report on Needs Assessment of the Parliament ICT system. Based on the report’s findings and recommendations, the Parliament of Moldova developed the ICT Strategy 2011-2015. In July, 2011 the Parliament of Moldova Standing Bureau approved the ICT Strategy.

The Parliament of Moldova ICT Strategy contains for 2013 a range of activities necessary to implement further development of Parliament information management system. The existing information system offers the document workflow for legislative process and serves as data base for the official web site. The mentioned informational system is based on multiple software products and solutions, including Microsoft based and custom developed solutions. However, parliament’s information system has multiply gaps, is underperforming and needs assistance of a software engineer who would provide specific expertise and advice on how to manage the whole range of required services and maintenance tasks within the framework of the ICT Strategy 2011-2015.

In this regards UNDP Democracy programme is seeking to hire a part-time qualified professional for a period up to six months, who will analyse parliament’s information management system and advice on how to improve it.

Scope of work

The activity of the IT specialist will consist in providing technical assistance and expertise in order to improve the Parliament of Moldova information management system maintenance in order to ensure continuous and efficient operation of the systems and services involved in the functioning of parliament’s information management system.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

I.     Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in the field of Information Engineering (Automation and Computer Science, Informatics, Information Technology);

II.   Years of experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in working with software engineer/software developer, using  the above-named technologies;
• In-depth knowledge of Windows Server, MS SQL, SharePoint, ASP.NET, C#, VB.Net, DNN, WCF, HTML, CSS, XML;
• Knowledge of T-SQL query language;

III.  Competencies:

• Ability to use the following tools: Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Profiler,  NUnit UI, SharePoint Designer;
• MCTS Certifications: Sharepoint 2010, Application Development (70-573), Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (70-515), Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Database Development (70-433);
• Availability to work with UNDP and Parliament during the indicated/approved period;
• Proficiency in Romanian and Russian. Working knowledge of English (intermediate level/technical vocabulary).

Documents to be included

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

1. Financial proposal in USD;

2. Personal CV or Personal History Form (P11) up to date.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall be aggregated (“aggregated financial offer” is the total sum of all financial claims of the candidate for accomplishment of the task). Payment will be disbursed in six instalments upon submission and approval of deliverables and certification by the Project Manager that the services have been satisfactorily performed.

Travel

No travels are envisaged under present assignment.

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.