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. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It also provides coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women Palestine Office, in line with the State of Palestine commitment to fight Violence Against Women (VAW) as set in the National Strategy to Combat VAW, approved by the Palestinian Cabinet in January 2011, executes, since 2008, a project for the establishment and institutionalization of the first specialized anti-violence centre in Palestine, the Mehwar Centre, addressing VAW through a holistic and human rights-based approach. At the end of the last funding cycle supported by the Government of Italy, and thanks to additional funds received from the Government of Iceland in 2013, UN Women is committed to support the Ministry of Social Affairs with developing and implementing a long-term, sustainable funding strategy for the Mehwar Centre, aiming, at the same time, to support the operation and capacity development of another anti-violence shelter managed by a local NGO in Nablus, with the ultimate goal to homogenize sheltering services standards upon the Mehwar model.

Within the above mentioned policy framework, and within the specific framework of the MDG-Gender Joint Programme implemented by the UN Palestine Country Team between 2009 and 2012, UN Women also supported the establishment of the first anti-violence centre in the Gaza Strip (Hayat Centre) and now wishes to extend its support with raising further financial resources so as to consolidate the shelter’s operation and capacity, and to develop its policies and procedures based on the experience of Mehwar.

During 2013 UN Women developed a fund-raising plan for the implementation of most viable model / mechanism for financial sustainability of Mehwar Centre, Nablus and Gaza shelters, while taking into account issues of sustainability, social responsibility and diversification of funding sources, also valuing the support of the Government of Palestine, when feasible. The plan was drafted in full consultation with the shelters staff, adopting a capacity-building modality. The intention is to ensure that these services receive sustainable funding and are complemented by UN Women interventions related to women’s leadership and economic empowerment, both in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of UN Women Palestine Special Representative and the National Programme Coordinator, the International Consultant (IC) for resource mobilization related to UN Women’s work in support of women’s protection services, as well as leadership and economic empowerment interventions, will undertake the following tasks, duties and responsibilities:

Programme Support:

  • Ensure full familiarization with the UN Women Strategic Note and Annual Work Plan (2014-2016), the UNDAF (2014-2016), the National Development Plan (2014-2016) and the related national priorities and plans for gender equality and women’s empowerment;
  • Ensure full familiarization with existing and planned UN Women programmes in the fields of protection and women’s human rights; economic empowerment; and women’s leadership and participation;
  • Support the UN Women programme teams to review and optimize proposed programmes and interventions related to women’s protection and women’s human rights;
  • Provide, after consultation process, indication of viable options and realistic time-frames for the establishment of the most feasible models/mechanisms for support to women’s protection services and related UN Women interventions;     
  • Gather and adapt relevant background information/materials to be presented during donor briefings/meetings;
  • Work closely with UN Women staff on increasing visibility about the work of UN Women’s work in Palestine, as well as the work of organizations dealing with and providing services related to women’s protection.

Partnership Consultation:

  • Identify, in consultation with partners, feasible models/mechanisms for creating sustainable mechanisms for financial sustainability of women’s protection services;
  • Identify potential partners for direct support to women’s protection services and/or related UN Women interventions;
  • Identify and pursue, in consultation with key UN Women staff, opportunities with private sector actors for the financial sustainability of women’s protection services;
  • Explore opportunities for south-south cooperation and similar technical cooperation opportunities;
  • Report back to UN Women on the outcomes of all partnership consultations.

Resource Mobilization:

  • Take concrete steps for establishing a donor consortium for Mehwar Centre and, possibly, for Nablus and Gaza shelters, as well; 
  • Identify new funding sources, also considering local government bodies abroad and private donors/foundations, as well as the Palestinian private sector;
  • Establish, in full coordination with key UN Women staff, contacts with key donors presenting the related work of UN Women Office in Palestine;
  • Provide constant briefing to the UN Women, on identified donors’ interest related to the scope of work of this ToR and required follow-up actions;
  • Report verbally and in writing on assignment results, with contact details and a follow-up plan to submit to UN Women at the end of the assignment;  
  • Draft compiling project proposals and concept notes in key areas of UN Women work, as per donor requirements;
  • Review and update UN Women Transitional Partnership and Resource Mobilization Strategy and provide concrete recommendations related to the support to women’s protection services and linkages with other areas of UN Women’s work;
  • Draft an Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Women Partnership and Resource Mobilization Strategy, directly linked to the UN Women Strategic Note and Annual Work Plan (2014-2016).
Deliverables:
  • Detailed work plan on the fund raising actions;
  • Report on the implementation of fund raising actions for the Standardization of Sheltering Services in Palestine;
  • Draft the action plans for UN Women Transitional Partnership and Resource Mobilization Strategies;
  • Final draft of the action plans for UN Women Transitional Partnership and Resource Mobilization Strategies.

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity:
  • Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:
  • Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
  • Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity. 
Core Competencies:
Ethics and Values:
  • Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity.
Organizational Awareness:
  • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
Developing and Empowering People/Coaching and Mentoring:
  • Initiative-taking; coaching and mentoring ability.
Working in Teams:
  • Acting as a team player and facilitating team work.
Communicating Information and Ideas:
  • Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively.
Self-management and Emotional intelligence:
  • Creating synergies through self-control.
Conflict Management/Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:
  • Managing conflict.
Knowledge Sharing/ Continuous Learning:
  • Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of other.
    Functional Competencies:
    • Substantial previous experience in design and development of gender-sensitive training manual, curricula and material within the legal sector;
    • Demonstrated experience in developing and managing capacity development programmes for professionals within the Justice/ legal sector;
    • Understanding and experience of legal Sector Reform, including in the context of conflict and post conflict situation;
    • Sound understanding of issues related to development in crisis and post-crisis situations;
    • Demonstrated strong, coordination and facilitation skills;
    • Strong communication skills in English (oral and written);
    • Results oriented, flexible and problem solving skills.

    Required Skills and Experience

    Education:
    • B.A. Political Science, Marketing, Communications, International Relations or related field.
    Experience:
    • Minimum 5 years of job experience in fund-raising and in donors relations;
    • Minimum 9 years of experience may substitute university degree;
    • Proven expertise/experience in communications and donors’ relations. Previous experience with the United Nations and/or other international organizations is considered an asset;
    • Familiarity with the Palestinian context is considered as asset.
     Language Requirements:
    • Fluency in spoken and written English;
    • Arabic will be considered an asset.