Background
UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, is a strong advocate and advocate for women and girls globally. UN Women assists UN Member States in setting international norms and standards for achieving gender equality, collaborates with governments and civil society in developing laws, policies, programs and services necessary to implement these standards. UN Women actively promotes the equal participation of women in all spheres of life, focusing on five priority areas of action: strengthening women's leadership and participation in society; elimination of violence against women; involvement of women in solving the whole range of issues of ensuring peace and security; empowering women in the economy; ensuring the central role of gender equality in national development planning and budgeting processes. UN Women also coordinates work to promote gender equality throughout the UN system.
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Duties and Responsibilities
The tasks of the national consultant include the following: 2. Collection, processing and analysis of information from state bodies on the implementation of the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Concluding Observations of the Committee following the consideration of the 5th Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan), statistical data from the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms, the Committee on Legal statistics and special records of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the past reporting period (2019-2021) and other analytical information and data related to existing or emerging obstacles in Kazakhstan to the exercise and exercise by women of their rights and fundamental freedoms in civil, political, economic, social, cultural or any other sphere on an equal footing with men, as well as information on the measures envisaged to overcome these obstacles; 3. Conducting consultations with stakeholders, including government agencies, the civil sector for coordination and development of a common vision. 4. Preparation of an analytical report on the implementation by Kazakhstan of the provisions of the CEDAW, as well as the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee, its submission to the Ministry of Information and Social Development and the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 5. Assistance in the creation of an interdepartmental working group under the authorized body and participation in its work on the preparation of the draft 6th Periodic Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the implementation of CEDAW. 6. Development of recommendations on further measures of the state for the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee, submitted following the consideration of the 5th Report of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The national consultant is expected to work from home and conduct necessary consultations with UN Women and partners. All results must be submitted to and approved by the National Commission and UN Women |
Competencies
Core Values: Core Competencies: |
• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: |
Required Skills and Experience
The consultant selection process will be based on the following criteria: Work experience: Knowledge of languages:
Criteria for technical evaluation:
Only candidates with a minimum of 490 points will be eligible for financial evaluation. Financial assessment: The evaluation of the submitted financial proposals will be made on the basis of the following formula: B = T + Clow / C x 300 where T is the overall technical point awarded to the evaluation of the proposal (only those proposals that pass 70% of the technical evaluation); C is the price of the evaluated offer; and C is the lowest price of all evaluated proposals among the relevant proposals; 300 is the maximum financial point you can get. The winner is the candidate who scores the highest score on the total score (according to the results of the technical assessment + financial assessment). Candidate selection: The contract will be offered to the candidate with the highest score in the cumulative evaluation. Package of documents for consideration
Please note that the admin-jobs.undp.org platform only accepts one attachment, so you need to prepare all required documents, scan them as one PDF document and attach them to the online application. * Each candidate must submit a consolidated financial proposal that includes all of the candidate's expenses required to complete the assigned tasks, including communication costs, travel expenses for the task, etc. TOR IN RUSSIAN IS AVAILABLE HERE: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/GFxS/XRkcFDFYQ At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, hires, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational needs. If you require any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information with your application. UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is inconsistent with the goals and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of power and discrimination. All selected candidates will be required to adhere to UN-Women's policies |