International Consultant for the UN Moldova Cooperation Framework 2028–2032

Designs and facilitates the process for Moldova’s UN Cooperation Framework 2028–2032. The consultant leads strategic prioritisation, theory-of-change and results-framework development, coordinates consultation with government and partners, and drafts the final framework aligned with the 2030 Agenda and EU accession.

Department: Resident Coordinator Office in Moldova

• Conduct the desk review and produce an inception methodology and workplan
• Elicit and analyse UN Country Team inputs for strategic priorities
• Facilitate consultations with government, development partners, civil society, academia, youth, media and business
• Develop the Cooperation Framework theory of change and results matrix
• Quality-assure inputs from UN leadership, results groups and specialist teams
• Draft the full Cooperation Framework, implementation arrangements and annexes
• Align the framework with Moldova’s EU accession priorities and the 2030 Agenda
• Integrate stakeholder feedback and secure approval from UN and government governance bodies

• Advanced university degree in international development, economics, social sciences or a related field
• At least ten years of professional experience in international-development initiatives with development organisations
• Systems-thinking expertise and qualitative and quantitative analytical capability
• Evidence from at least three initiatives of identifying beneficiary needs and matching appropriate solutions
• Experience using mixed methods for complex analysis
• Knowledge of UN reform, country-level strategic programming and the 2030 Agenda
• At least two assignments preparing strategic, programming or similar analytical documents
• Understanding of the regional development and political context and EU accession
• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Consultancy runs from September 2026 to May 2027
• Assignment includes in-country missions during strategic prioritisation
• Final framework is expected to be endorsed by the Government of Moldova by May 2027