Overview
The Disability Policy Analyst will analyze and harmonize Moldovan legislation and regulations on disability determination and classification with EU standards, and recommend digital solutions for streamlining assessment processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and analyze existing Moldovan legislation and regulations on disability determination and classification.
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and overlaps with EU standards.
- Provide technical inputs to align disability determination reforms with Moldova’s EU integration roadmap.
- Assess the extent to which existing disability legislation and determination procedures address gender-specific barriers and discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities.
- Draft proposals for harmonization of disability determination procedures with EU regulations and best practices.
- Support MLSP and CNDDCM in preparing amendments, explanatory notes, and technical justifications for legislative changes.
- Ensure proposed normative and policy frameworks amendments incorporate gender-responsive provisions and protect against discrimination.
- Assess existing disability-related data sources.
- Recommend standards for data governance, metadata, and interoperability in line with EU requirements.
- Prepare data sets for analytical tools and dashboards monitoring disability determination outcomes.
- Ensure disability-related data systems incorporate sex-disaggregated data and intersectional indicators.
- Recommend gender-sensitive indicators for monitoring equitable access to disability benefits and services.
- Provide rapid analyses to inform policy scenarios.
- Cooperate with the UNDP Product Analyst in mapping business process and workflow optimization for disability degree determination.
- Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and risks of exclusion or duplication.
- Propose digital solutions to streamline disability assessment processes.
- Support the design of digital case management modules for disability services.
- Identify potential risks of fraud, manipulation, or conflict of interest within disability determination and reassessment procedures and propose measures to strengthen integrity and transparency.
- Ensure digital solutions are accessible and inclusive.
- Consult with representative organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), civil society, and advocacy groups.
- Promote gender-sensitive, HRBA, and intersectional approaches in disability determination and service provision.
- Develop guidelines and manuals for disability determination procedures aligned with EU standards.
- Train CNDDCM and MLSP staff on updated legislation, digital tools, and data literacy.
- Keep up with best practices globally in social protection analytics / digital governance.
- Ensure consultations include representative organizations of women with disabilities and organizations working on gender equality.
- Support MLSP and CNDDCM in strengthening institutional capacity to integrate gender and disability inclusion into policy development and service delivery.
Required Experience
- Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of experience with institutional frameworks for disability determination and assessment and in analyzing and revising legislation/regulations in the disability or social protection field.
- At least 1 (one) year of progressively responsible experience at the national and/or international level in social protection and/or disability policy, or within governmental institutions.
- At least 1 (one) year of experience with institutional frameworks for disability determination and assessment.
- At least 1 (one) year of expertise in analyzing and revising legislation/regulations in the disability or social protection field.
- Experience contributing to projects, policy development, research, or programmes related to disability inclusion that incorporate gender equality and intersectionality considerations, including knowledge of EU legislation or international good practices.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Law, Public Policy, Social Protection, Disability Studies, Human Rights, or related fields is required; OR
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with an additional 2 (two) years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
