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National Consultant on communications.

Vacancy Number: Pr15/01136

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	20 Oct 2015, 10:00 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	26 Oct 2015
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Parliamentary Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	120 working days within 12 months assignment
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 20 October 2015 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

Ms. Elena Birau.

Background

UNDP Moldova Programme “Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Electoral and Parliamentary Support” (further referred to as “Programme”) is a multi-year institutional development project that aims to support the institutional consolidation of the Moldovan Parliament and Moldovan Central Electoral Commission (CEC) towards their increased transparency, accountability and efficiency.

As regards Parliamentary component, the Programme is focusing on improving of the legislative, oversight and representation functions of the Parliament. The Programme also assists the Parliament to increase the participation of civil society and citizens in policy making and oversight processes. It also builds the capacities of Members of Parliament in budget understanding, development and monitoring of its implementation.

In relation to the Electoral support, the overarching goal of the electoral component of the Programme is improvement of the democratic and governance processes in the Republic of Moldova through organization and conduct of democratic elections, conducted in line with best international standards and practices, fully representing the will of Moldovan people. Among the Programme objectives is to support the CEC and the electoral administration at regional and local levels to deliver inclusive and professional elections, gender and human rights mainstreamed. 

Scope of work

The expected output for the national consultant’s assignment is to ensure visibility of the Programme and manage all aspects of awareness raising and communication, in full compliance with the applicable UNDP visibility guidelines and rules, including through implementation of the Programme’s communication strategy, development and dissemination of information, promotion materials and handouts working with programme’s beneficiaries to ensure synergy in communication about the achieved results of the Programme.

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in Public Relations, Communication, Journalism or other relevant field.

 Experience and knowledge:

• At least 3 years of working experience in working with the media, developing and implementing media/communications, visibility and awareness raising campaigns;
• At least 2 years of work experience in drafting communication and awareness raising materials, writing articles, press releases, interviews and other communication products;
• Experience in similar positions in an UNDP and/or EU-funded project or other international organisation is an advantage;
• Experience in communication with different categories of people, including public officials, mass media and NGO representatives is an asset;

 Competencies:

• Knowledge of the government institutions, NGOs and donors working in the area, mass-media outlets and PR agencies;
• Knowledge of human rights issues, including torture issues
• Excellent written communication skills, with analytic capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for the preparation of analytical documents;
• Capacity to build strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and to respond positively to feedback;
• Fluency in Romanian, Russian and English languages.

 Personal qualities:

• 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.

 The UNDP Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.

Documents to be included

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

1. Proposal:

• Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work including past experience in similar assignments;
• Providing a brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item and a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable);

1. Financial proposal (in USD), specifying a fee per day and total requested amount including all related costs, e.g. fees, per diems, travel costs, phone calls etc.;
2. Duly filled in and signed Personal History Form (P11) and at least 3 names for a reference check.

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.