International Consultant UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard

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UN Women

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Deadline: 18/08/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Duties and Responsibilities
OBJECTIVE:
In order to support the implementation of the gender-responsive Cooperation Framework and ensure better accountability of UNCT towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with UN corporative policy in this area, UNCT-SWAP will be used to assess the status and identify the gaps and corrective actions. Even though the GTG will be actively involved, an established Inter-Agency Team (IAT) which consists of representatives of GTG, other RGs, RCO, UNCG, OMT will be in charge to complete the UNCT-SWAP process in a participatory and timely manner, with the support of the consultant.

To guide and support the Inter-Agency Assessment Team (IAT), the consultant will conduct the following activities within the stipulated timeframes:
1. Background document review, development of inception report defining methodology, process, data collection instruments, timeline (5 working days):
2. Prepare and facilitate a UNCT-SWAP orientation during the UNCT meeting (remote, 1 working day)
3. Initial assessment and data collection mission (in-country, 5 working days)
4. Assistance and support for the IAT to be performed reporting and development of action plan (10 working days)
5. Validation and finalization of SWAP assessment report and action plan (3 working days)

Deliverables:
- Inception report document approved describing how to execute the assignment with a detailed methodology, instruments, time frame.
- UNCT orientation session facilitated including the preparation of relevant materials.
- Completed UNCT-SWAP Gender Scorecards Rating Matrix including relevant documents required for country submission as per the guidelines.
- Final UNCT-SWAP comprehensive assessment report including narrative report and action plan and a summary presentation to the UNCT.
 
Required Skills and Experience

  • Advanced (Masters) degree in social and political sciences, human rights, gender equality and other relevant field of study.
  • At least 5 years of experience in the field of gender mainstreaming in development programmes/projects at national and international levels;
  • At least 3 years’ experience of work on results based management, review and/or evaluation;
  • Experience in gender data collection and analysis, including interviews, survey and focus groups is an asset;
  • Previous experience with the Gender Equality Scorecard, narrative report and follow-up matrix is an asset;
  • English, knowledge of Russian is an asset.

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