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UN Women: Group of 3 national consultants to support the public authorities to adjust, finalize and propose for approval of draft law on the psychological activity in the Republic of Moldova (last stage).

Vacancy Number: Pr22/02566

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	30 Aug 2022, 11:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	05 Sep 2022, 11:59 (GMT+2:00)
Starting date:	12 Sep 2022
Reference to the project:
Expected Duration of Assignment:	4 months
Supporting Documents: Annex I. Price Proposal Guideline Annex II - Price Proposal Submission TOR_3 National Consultants to support the public authorities to adjust the draft law on the psychological activity in RM UN Women P11 Form

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. 

Given the situation in the Republic of Moldova, when there is no specific legislative framework regulating and harmonizing psychological activity, the parliamentary standing Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family has started in past years the elaboration of a draft law on the performance of psychological activity. During 2020, the parliamentary standing committee for social protection, health and family has worked to develop a comprehensive and aligned to the international standards legal framework which will, on one hand, consolidate the efforts made by the psychologists and, on the other hand, will ensure that the specialized psychological services available to those in need, including women and girls survivors of gender-based violence, are efficient and systemic. In this context, UN Women supported the process based on a request from the Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family, through a national consultant who provided expertise in evaluating and finalizing the draft law on psychological activity in the Republic of Moldova.

Considering the stage of the draft law, the Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family with its new members and president intends to organize several public consultations to define the draft law and seek final views from professionals and organizations in the field to be integrated in the draft law and further support the process of the finalization of the development and final approval of the above mentioned. In this context, the Committee has requested UN Women to support the process further based on the previous conducted work.

Scope of work

The main objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support to the parliamentary standing Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family in process of finalizing the development of the draft law and organizing public consultations related to the draft law subject for further submission for approval.

The activity of the group of national consultants will consist of providing technical assistance (legal, specialized expertise in the area of the activity of psychologist’s trough both academia and practitioners), guidance, facilitation, and regular exchange of knowledge and expertise where necessary with the parliamentary standing committee.

More specifically, the group of national consultants will be responsible for the following tasks, each consultant contributing to the joint deliverable:

• Contribute to the desk research on international experience regarding good practices in the reglementation of the psychological activity previously conducted;
• Development the outline of the draft law and consulting with parliamentary standing Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family;
• Prepare the draft law based on the desk research and recommendations and the consultancy provided in the past;
• Prepare and conduct presentation of the draft law at the public consultations, working groups and provide inputs, intervention where needed;
• Final report, with lessons learnt.

Requirements for experience

Education:

1. Master’s degree in psychology or law and/or other related areas relevant for this assignment;
2. Additional trainings in one of the areas relevant for the assignment would be an asset.

Experience:    

3. At least (3) three years of experience in the field of psychology;
4. At least three (3) years of experience of proven collaboration with public authorities in the elaboration and/or review of relevant legal, policy initiatives
5. At least one (1) year of proven experience in the field of preventing gender-based violence and promoting gender equality would be an asset;
6. At least  one (1) year of experience as a team/group leader/manager in undertaking similar assignments;
7. Experience with development organizations, including donors and stakeholders would be an asset.

Language Requirements:

8. Fluency in written and oral Romanian. Working language of English is required.

Documents to be included

Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications with the following documents:

1. Dully completed UN Women Personal History Form (P11 form) as attachment UN Women Personal History Form

2. Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.

3. Filled in and signed Financial proposal (Annex II)