Application Deadline : 15 Feb 2013
Starting Date : 1 March 2013 (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) is seeking qualified applicants for the post of International Consultant to Develop a National Study on the Internal Barriers to Foreign Trade in Agrifood Sector and their Implications for Poverty Reduction and Human Development. This is home-based job with 3 travel missions to Moldova. Language required is English and expected duration of assignment is 35 working days during March- May (up to 11 weeks).
Qualifications and Experience :
- Advanced degree in Economics, Social Science or other relevant fields.
- At least 7 years of proven analytical skills and previous experience in policy analysis, development of comprehensive analytical reports in socio-economic field; previous extensive experience in quantitative methods of analysis and econometric modeling the economic impact is required;
- At least 7 years of demonstrated experience in comparative analysis, research, monitoring, assessment/evaluations in trade and promotion of foreign trade;
- Familiarity with the situation of the agrifood sector the region; knowledge of the Moldovan context would be a strong advantage;
- Knowledge of the EU regulations, including institutional, legal and policy frameworks, in the area of foreign trade.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English. Knowledge of Romanian and/or Russian is an advantage.
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
- Cover letter, explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
- A brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work;
- Financial proposal;
- Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references, or dully filled Personal History Form: http://sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_personal_history_form.doc.
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL:
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount. 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 daily fee, 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 Individual Consultant 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.
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/jobdetails/268/
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