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International Consultant on Gender-Responsive Public Procurement

UN WomenChisinau, MoldovaRemote
Category | Grade:Professional | CONDeadline:3 Aug 2026Job ID:35602Posted on:20 Jul 2026
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Overview

The consultant helps Moldova’s Ministry of Finance embed gender equality in public procurement by revising policy, designing evaluation methods and implementation guides, facilitating validation, training contracting authorities, establishing monitoring tools and improving supplier readiness.

Department: Women’s Economic Empowerment and Resilience

Languages

Required: English

Desired: Romanian

Job Areas

  1. Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
  2. Gender Equality & Sexual Violence

Minimum Experience

5 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Review procurement law and recommend gender-responsive amendments
  • Design evaluation criteria, weighting and scoring methods
  • Develop guides, model specifications and contract clauses
  • Facilitate stakeholder consultations and resolve comments
  • Deliver training-of-trainers sessions and workshops
  • Develop monitoring indicators and reporting templates
  • Prepare supplier guidance and awareness materials

Requirements

  • Master degree in a relevant field or bachelor degree with four additional years of experience
  • At least five years of public procurement experience including gender-responsive procurement
  • Experience strengthening public authority capacities and processes
  • Fluency in English

Skills

Gender-responsive procurementLegislative reviewProcurement methodology designStakeholder facilitationTraining design and deliveryMonitoring framework design

Additional info

  • No travel is envisaged
  • Deliverables must be provided electronically in English