Request for expressions of interest: National Consultant on Climate Change Resilience

Number 38/21 PRR
Category ASAP
Release date 18 may 2021 10:00
Closing Date 04 jun 2021 10:00

Country: Republic of Moldova

Terms for employment: 1st July 2021-30th September 2023

Project: RRP (IFAD VII)

Procurement no.: 38/21 PRR

Republic of Moldova and International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) signed Financing Agreements for implementation of Rural Resilience Project. Projects are implemented by the public institution Consolidated Programme Implementation Unit (CPIU IFAD), set by the Government of Moldova Decision.

The projects will provide investments and technical assistance to agriculture producers for adaptation Conservation Agriculture principles in the production systems and ecosystem restoration practices to increase the resilience of the Moldovan agro-landscapes and rural communities.

The CPIU IFAD will recruit a full-time Climate Change Resilience national consultant, with a strong background in farm management and/or agriculture development with a focus on environmental protection, sustainable management of natural resources, and climate change to undertake the duties of project activities implementation.

Detailed Terms of Reference including the main duties and responsibilities as well as required skills and experience of the Consultant can be downloaded from HERE

 The CPIU IFAD invites eligible Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the consulting services. Interested candidates should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The key criteria for shortlisting evaluation (see details in TOR) are the following:

1 General qualification – 20 points:

2 Specific experience in the field for vacant position – 30 points:

3 Language skills -5 points:

4 Computer management skills – 5 points

5 Competencies (through the interview) – 40 points

The consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection procedure, (ICS procedure under IFAD Procurement Handbook 2020). Assessment of the candidates will be conducted against evaluation criteria, based on information provided in the application documents.

Interested candidates are invited to deliver a detailed Curriculum vitae in English, Letter for Expressions of Interest (free form), and Self-declaration of liability, as per the form attached to: office@ucipifad.md, procurement@ucipifad.md before 04 June 2021 at 10:00.

Qualified candidates will be called for the interview and will be informed about the next stage of the selection process (regular face-to-face interview rounds are conducted usually in the CPIU IFAD Office, but interviews may be also be conducted remotely).

Consolidated Programme Implementation Unit (CPIU IFAD)

Attn: Procurement office, of. 1303, bd. Stefan cel Mare și Sfînt, 162,

Chisinau, MD-2004, Republic of Moldova