,,Extended 15.04.19″ Call for Expressions of Interest for Irrigation and water harvesting Infrastructure Development Consultant position

Country: Republic of Moldova

Terms for employment: fixed-term employment contract

Project: RRP (IFAD VII) ASAP grant

PP:C1.4/1.1.2.7

Procurement no.: 18/19 PRR

Republic of Moldova and International Fund for Agriculture Development have signed Financing Agreements for implementation of InclusiveRural Economic and Climate Resilience Programme (IRECR) and Rural Resilience Project (RRP).

Both projects provide finance for construction of road infrastructure, irrigation systems, water supply lines, pumping stations andwater harvesting reservoirs.

The Irrigation and water harvesting Infrastructure Development Consultant will work under the direct supervision of CPIU-IFAD Infrastructure Development Specialist and will be responsible for implementation infrastructure development activities related to irrigation, water supply, construction of infrastructure for harvesting water for irrigation, which are the key component within IFAD projects in Moldova.

The CPIU-IFAD will recruit a full-time national consultant engineer, hydrologist, with a strong background engineering in water supplies for cities or irrigated farms, with experience interpreting hydrologic data and performing analyses for determining possible water supplies, controlling river flooding, construction of ponds and water harvesting reservoirs.

Detailed Terms of Reference including the main duties, responsibilities, required skills, the experience of the Consultant and the form for the Letter of Expression of Interest, can be downloaded:

Term of Reference

Letter of Expression of Interest

The CPIU-IFAD invites eligible Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the 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 are the following:

1. General qualification – 30 points:

2. Specific experience in the field for vacant position – 50 points:

3. Language skills -10 points

4. Computer management skills, soft applications – 10 points

The consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection-based on consultants’ qualifications (CQS) method. Assessment of the candidates will be conducted against evaluation criteria, based on information provided in the application documents. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to submit Technical and Financial offers.

The finalist will be offered a fixed-term employment contract based on 40-hour weekly work programme and concluded in line with national labor legislation.
Interested candidates must deliver a detailed Curriculum vitae in English, Letter for Expressions of Interest and at least three (3) professional reference to: office@ucipifad.mdprocurement@ucipifad.md before 15 Mar., 15 April  2019 at 16.00 P.M.

Consolidated Programme Implementation Unit (CPIU-IFAD)

Attn: Nadejda Russu, Procurement specialist, of.  1303,  bd. Stefan cel Mare și Sfînt, 162,

Chisinau,  MD-2004,  Republic  of  Moldova