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National Consultant to strengthen effective participation of Romani Women in Elections Republic of Moldova 2014 – 2015.

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00700

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	05 Nov 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	11 Nov 2014, 13:30 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	18 Nov 2014
Reference to the project:	UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:	November 2014- October 2015
Submission Instructions: Technical proposal and financial proposal should be submitted on-line no later than 5 November, 2014, 23:59 local time. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: elena.ratoi@unwomen.org . Please notice that this address is for information requests only, please do not send or copy your application package to this address. UN Women staff will respond in writing or 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 consultants.
Supporting Documents: Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UN Women Terms of Reference UN Women Conditions of Service Consultants

Background

Roma represent one of the most vulnerable groups in the Republic of Moldova.  Roma face discrimination and multiple barriers to social inclusion, employment, education, health care and other services. There is a high degree of intolerance and hostility towards Roma held by the majority population. Romani women encounter multiple discrimination - as Roma, as women and in many cases also as persons belonging to a low socio-economic class. Romani women experience greater risks of social exclusion and poverty than men of their community and women from the ethnic majority. This lack of equality is seen in violence against women, access to employment, education, decision making positions and social services. Romani women rarely benefit from reproductive health services that are available at the community level, and often are not even aware about the availability of such services.  In 2014, UN agencies in the Republic of Moldova published a comprehensive study on the situation of Romani women in Moldova: http://www.un.md/docsandpub/

In 2011 the Government of the Republic of Moldova approved the Action Plan to Support Roma Ethnic Group in the Republic of Moldova for 2011-2015, which was elaborated with a support of the UN family in Moldova. The plan includes inter alia a set of actions to address the needs of Roma women in such areas as employment, education, health care, social inclusion, participation in decision making, etc.   In October 2013, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed concern inter alia at the fact that there is not currently a single Romani woman in any position of elected authority anywhere, at any level in the Republic of Moldova. In December 2013, a network of Romani women and girls was constituted, to aim at strengthening the rights of Romani women and girls in practice in the Republic of Moldova.

Scope of work

The overall objective of this consultancy is to build the capacity of Romani women community organizations, Romani women’s groups and Romani women in the communities to identify their needs and priorities in programs supported localities.

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

Requirements for experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• University Degree in Law, International Law, Human Rights, social, economic or political studies or other relevant field. Advanced degree is an advantage;

II. Years of experience:

• At least 2 years of practical work with human rights, women’s, minority and Roma rights;

• Previous experience in gender equality, women's and minority rights and empowerment;

• Proven knowledge of regional and relevant international best practices and experiences on minority rights and empowerment (to be assessed based on submitted information);
• Proven experience in mobilizing excluded minority communities for participation and inclusion;
• Advanced knowledge and skills of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; (to be assessed based on submitted application)

III. Competencies:

• Demonstrated understanding of the electoral system of the Republic of Moldova, to a level possible from available public information;
• Demonstrated competence in conducting individual interviews with affected groups according to standard human rights documentation methodologies preferred;

• Previous work experience with an international organization, especially with an UN Agency, with a special focus on respectful of differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status will be an asset.

 IV. Language skills:

• Excellent command of the following languages: Romanian, Russian, English.  Fluency in Romani is an advantage.

• Competence in one or more of the other minority languages relevant for Moldova, including Gagauz, Ukrainian, Bulgarian or other languages is an asset

Documents to be included

• Duly filled Personal History Form (PHF11)/CV including records on past experience in similar projects/assignments and specific outputs obtained;

• Letter of Interest with justification of being the most suitable for the work, vision and working approach;

• Sample of report/policy paper or any other similar working paper produced;

• Financial proposal (in MDL) - specifying an all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs as per template provided in TOR.

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, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).