REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – LOCAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS OFFICER

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Project Preparation Advance for Modernization of Government Services in the Republic of Moldova Project

Project ID No. P148537

Reference No.: 08/4.2/IC/EGC

From 2006 to 2013, Moldova modernized its civil service legislation and administrative processes under the Central Public Administration Reform (CPAR), supported by the Bank's administered CPAR MDTF. However, additional efforts are needed to transform Moldova public administration and bring it closer to the EU standards as planned under the action plan for implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU, signed in 2014.

Governance is identified as a cross-cutting issue and interventions are planned to improve the business enabling environment, enhance public administration reform and quality of public service delivery. The Government has requested the World Bank’s assistance for a PAR operation, planned for delivery commencing in FY17 to 2021, called Modernization of Government Services Project (MGSP).

The e-Government Center seeks to engage an experienced local consultant on the position of Infrastructure Operations Officer (IOO) to support the eGC in provision of the operation and security of the owned governmental centralized platforms under the current agenda.

The e-Government Center now invites individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions) and meet the following qualification requirements: 

·  University degree in areas such as computer sciences, engineering, telecommunications or related;

·  Minimum 15 years of experience in IT area;

·  Minimum 10 years of IT Service Management, data center, server, and storage management, virtualization, networking, systems management, and/or project management;

· Excellent understanding and experience applying of internationally recognized ITSM standards and best practices (e.g. ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000 or COBIT);

·  Excellent understanding of internationally recognized IT security standards (e.g. ISO 27001);

·  Minimum 2 years of experience in a leadership role;

·  Ability to effectively communicate and write in English and Romanian. Communication in Russian is an advantage;

·  Certifications in IT service management, virtualization technologies and information security will be considered a plus for this position;

Time Frame: This is a full-time assignment to be performed during the period September – December 15, 2017 (Project Preparation) and could be extended subsequently under Modernization of Government Services in the Republic of Moldova Project subject to the consultant’s satisfactory performance.

Interested qualified candidates should submit their expressions of interest/CVs with the mark “Infrastructure Operations Officer” by August 23, 2017 to the address below:

E-Government Center of the Republic of Moldova

Attn: Eugeniu Ursu, Executive Director

MD-2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,

42, A. Puskin str, buildings B and G,

Phone: (+373 22) 820-021

Mobile phone: (+373 79) 886-655

e-mail:  procurements@egov.md [6]