UNDP Jobs - 46276- Expert in Gender and Climate Change

Expert in Gender and Climate Change

Location :

Manama, BAHRAIN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jun-2014

Application Deadline :

20-May-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

14 Days (Home Based)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The Gender Team of the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) is the institutional anchor of UNDP’s work on gender equality and women’s empowerment. As the UN’s lead development agency, with extensive field presence, UNDP facilitates the integration of gender equality in the work of its Country Offices (CO) through core and non-core fund investments and has initiated and implemented numerous innovative initiatives that support programme county work on gender equality and women’s empowerment. UNDP's work on gender is guided by the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the frameworks provided by the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

In 2010, UNDP launched its flagship initiative the Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative (GEPMI), a capacity development programme which aims to accelerate the achievement of the MDGs by making economic policies and poverty reduction strategies deliver results equitably to women and men, girls and boys. This programme was designed by UNDP to provide policy makers and development practitioners with the skills and knowledge needed to identify and address gender biases in the economic sectors, and effectively plan, implement, monitor and evaluate development policies, strategies, programmes and projects that are responsive to gender equality. To date, GEPMI has been implemented in Africa, Asia and the Pacific and will soon roll out in the Arab States Region.

UNDP Bahrain, the University of Bahrain and UNDP Gender Team have established a partnership to launch and implement all GEPMI projects and programmes in the Arab States.

In spring 2012 UNDP reached an agreement with the University of Bahrain to implement the three components of GEPMI in the Arab States (GEPMI - Arab States). An initial task in implementing GEPMI–Arab States is to revise the modules of the Short Course in order to make them relevant for the Arab States region. Once completed, the revised Short Course can move forward to a Validation Workshop, which will identify the final changes that need to be made to the modules prior to the delivery of the first Training of Trainers Workshop.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will produce a module on gender and climate change, to be used as part of the policy course. The consultant will report to the UNDP office the work plan to develop the Module, and the first draft of the module. Climate change threatens to erode human freedoms and limit choice, and gender inequality intersects with climate risks and vulnerabilities. Women in developing countries have limited access to resources; restricted rights, limited mobility and a muted voice in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable to climate change. The nature of that vulnerability varies widely, but climate change will magnify existing patterns of inequality, including gender inequality. Women play an important role in supporting households and communities to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Across the developing world, women's leadership in natural resource management is well recognized. Identifying the impact of climate change in the overall human development strategies and relevance to the Arab world is significant. The module will link the impact of climate change in the development process and how it affects the Arab world

Key Responsibilities:

Develop a robust module of gender and Climate change;
The module should reflect on the experience in the Arab world;
Acquaint with the regional and global concepts of climate change;
Provide the examples of best practices in climate changes and regional and global agreements;
Identify the policy and legislative obstacles;
Identify modules that promotes strategies and action plans that impacts the climate change;
Identify the impact of climate change in human development and the gender dimension of climate change;
Strengthen the institutional capacities of the mid-level government officials, and practitioners in relations to their awareness of the gender dimensions of climate change;
Respect and promote UNDP visions at all times;
The above responsibilities will be carried out through but not limited to: develop a module that incorporate the development of strategy documents, policy paper, advisory note, methodologies, and other relevant aspects that should be incorporated in the developed module, as well as provision of on-the-job advice to policy makers and recipients of the training.

Deliverables:

Develop a robust module of gender and Climate change;
The module should reflect on the experience in the Arab world highlighting issue of water scarcity and the impact on women and men in the region;
Acquaint with the regional and global concepts of climate change and its gender impact;
Provide the examples of best practices in climate changes and regional and global agreements;
Identify the policy and legislative obstacles and the gender impact;
Identify modules that promotes strategies and action plans that impacts the climate change on men and women in the region;
Identify the impact of climate change in human development and the gender dimension of climate change.

Competencies

Technical Competencies

The consultant should ensure that the modules are developed in the requested time frame;
The consultant should submit an outline, and review relevant literature;
The consultant should keep an update on the flow of the work;
The consultant should perform a professional task and comply with the requirement of the assignment;
Finally the consultant communicates to the UNDP/GEPMI the final draft of the modules according to the timeline and deliverables appeared in the contract.

Functional competencies:

Excellent communication skills,;including
The ability to convey complex concepts and recommendations, in writing, in a clear and persuasive style tailored to match different audiences;
Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.

Corporate Competencies

Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values and ethical standards;
Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

A masters or similar degree in economics, social sciences or gender studies, preferably a PhD; with knowledge on women studies, gender and related fields in conjunction with economics and sociology.

Experience:

More than 10 years relevant work experience in economic and gender issues with a particular demonstrated track record in publishing and teaching;
Knowledge of the UN System, UNDP and UN Women’s priorities and mandates is highly desirable.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken English. Arabic language is desirable.

Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Presentation of Offer:

Proposal:
Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work,
Provide a brief methodology, outline and/or design for the module
Financial proposal
Personal CV including past experience in similar projects/assignments and at least 3 references
Financial Proposal:
Lump sum contracts:

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery and acceptance of the modules as specified in the TOR.

Evaluation:

The proposals would undergo the cumulative analysis, as per the below given table, with 70% weightage to the technical criteria and 30% to the financial aspect.