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Consultant to provide IT software and hardware related services to UNDP Moldova and UN Agencies.

Vacancy Number: Pr20/01980

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	04 Mar 2020, 16:00 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	12 Mar 2020, 16:00 (GMT+2:00)
Starting date:	16 Mar 2020
Reference to the project:	United Nations Development Programme Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice OFFEROR’S LETTER TO UNDP CONFIRMING INTEREST AND AVAILABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR (IC) ASSIGNMENT UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in some 170 countries and territories, including the Republic of Moldova, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.

UNDP helps countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP programme in Moldova is guided by the Country Programme Document and the United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development 2018-2022, fully aligned with national priorities and the country’s commitment to pursue the European vector and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNDP Moldova overarching goal is to promote sustainable and inclusive growth by combining support to governance and policy reforms, and climate change with targeted assistance to the country’s most vulnerable communities

In order to support UNDP and UN Agencies’ needs, as well as the needs of their projects and partners operations, the UN Agencies in the Republic of Moldova are procuring fairly a large volume of ITC services, and have decided to join efforts for entering into an IC with qualified IT consultant to provide ITC and software development/maintenance Services.

UNDP Moldova has been selected to organize and conduct the process for identifying qualified IT consultant on behalf of the following UN Agencies in Moldova: IMF, WHO, IOM, UNHCR, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNICEF, UN Women, OHCHR, EBRD. UNDP Moldova, on behalf of the UN Agencies listed above, envisages entering into an IC with qualified IT expert for an initial period of one year, with possibility for extension.

Scope of work

The scope of the work includes provision of consultancy services on ITC related issues and software development/maintenance. The main responsibility of the Individual Consultant (IC) is to provide UNDP and UN Agencies with consultancy services while improving the IT infrastructure, which shall include but will not be limited to: Hardware, Network, Software, Database, IT Training and IT Capacity Development activities.

Specific expectations from the IC will be articulated in the service requests to be made by UNDP and UN Agencies during the course of the contract.

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

Requirements for experience

 Academic Qualifications

• Secondary education
• Additional certification in ICT related fields is an asset

 Years of experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant working experience in the areas of end-users support, support to management of hardware and software platforms, relevant office equipment, knowledge of Windows-based packages/applications, office software and other generic applications, network administration with experience in computer networking - TCP/IP, routing, switching, knowledge of the design, implementation and maintenance of information and telecommunications systems and services or other relevant areas;
• Experience with Microsoft Server or another network operating system would be an asset;
• Working experience with any enterprise class Cisco network equipment support and configuration would be a strong asset.

 Competencies:

• Great ability to identify solutions and troubleshooting for computer software/hardware and systems in general;
• Ability to work and communicate in a team environment with good problem solving and organizational skills;
• Working knowledge of English, fluency in Romanian and Russian languages;

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.

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:

 Proposal:

• Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
• Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable);

 Financial proposal;

 Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.

Financial proposal

• Contracts based on daily fee 

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.