International Expert to Support Confidence Building Initiatives in the Areas of Business and Local Development - Chisinau, Moldova and Study Trips to Cyprus*

Education:

Bachelor's degree in international relations, conflict resolution, political science, economics or a related discipline.

Experience:

At least 5 years of proven practical experience and/or senior advisory role in confidence building projects, conflict resolution or conflict analysis;Proven experience and familiarity with the Cyprus peace process;Proven familiarity with the Moldovan-Transnistrian setting; knowledge and in-depth understanding of the working environment, its sensitivities, economic and political challenges, ability to build solid ground for joint work between the two sides are strongly desirable;Proven international expertise in negotiation processes, peace building, mediation, etc.;In-depth understanding of the issues related to confidence building in the field of economy, business local development;

Language:

Fluency in Englisn;Knowledge of Russian language is a strong advantage.

Application procedure:

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

Proposal:

Letter of Interest explaining why he/she is the most suitable for the work;Provide a brief methodology on how he/she will approach and conduct the work.

Financial proposal;

Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and the contact details of at least 3 reference persons.

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 fee per day, travel costs, per diem, visa costs (if required), etc.). Please see below the recommended structure of the financial offer.

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. Expected travel during the assignment period includes at least 2 trips to the Duty Station (two preparatory meetings in Chisinau, two de-briefing meetings in Chisinau) and one trip to Cyprus per each of the thematic groups involved (2 trips in total). 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 SCBM Programme Manager and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Recommended Structure of the Financial Offer:

Consultancy fee per day;Travel costs: roundtrip to Chisinau; roundtrip to Cyprus;Daily allowance for Chisinau/Cyprus;Visa costs (if required);Other (please specify if relevant).

Note:
For complete information about this vacancy, including detailed tasks and responsibilities, full and detailed description of the evaluation procedure which will be applied, as well as the UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract, please refer to the Terms of Reference and the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice published at the UNDP Moldova website, Jobs Section: http://www.undp.md/jobs/current_jobs.

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