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UN Women - National Consultant on Women’s Access to Justice in Uganda

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Kampala, UGANDA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Aug-2014

Application Deadline :

25-Jul-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

4 Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

4 Months

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

Access to justice for women is a critical component of UN Women’s work globally and at national level. UN Women’s progress report, In Pursuit of Justice (2012) presents evidence of factors that enable and hinder women’s access to justice. An important observation of the report is that financial allocation to justice for women and girls is limited. It finds that although strengthening the rule of law has been a major priority for governments for several decades, components on women’s access have been less visible. The report therefore recommends a significant scaling up of investments in women’s access to justice to support the implementation of legal commitments in this field.

The assignment under contemplation therefore, seeks to provide an analysis of the factors that facilitate and inhibit access to justice for women in Uganda, with a view to providing entry points for Government of Uganda (in particular the Judiciary), UN Women and other actors on priorities for funding in order to improve access to justice for women in Uganda. The consultant will work with and feed into work of the lead consultant who is undertaking the review of financing for access to justice for women. The findings from this review will inform the priority recommendations for funding by Government and development partners in Uganda. Additionally, the consultant will work closely with and inform the consultancy on development of the bench briefs for the judiciary, aimed at enhancing gender responsiveness of the judiciary.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative, the consultant will be responsible for the following:

Activity 1. Undertake a review of the state party reports to the Committees on CEDAW, the UPR and the UN Committee on ESCR as well as corresponding Concluding Observations and Recommendations in specific relation to women’s access to justice;
Activity 2. Review the National Gender Policy, the Beijing +20 report, the JLOS Gender Policy and Strategy as well as the JLOS SIP III for barriers to women’s access to justice and dwell on the recommendations for improving accessing access to justice for women, and other relevant national and international documents on Uganda’s commitment to women rights, gender equality and empowerment of women;
Activity 3. Make specific inputs to the UN Women contribution to the UNCT reports on the implementation of CEDAW and the ICESCR in Uganda;
Activity 4. Make specific inputs/ recommendations on the women’s access to justice priorities for purposes of informing the concurrent research on financing for women’s access to justice. The consultant will closely cooperate and coordinate with the GRB consultant;
Activity 5: Support the country office in developing funding raising program proposals to strengthen women’s access to justice, through identified priority actions. This will be done through preparations and engagements with JOLS and other relevant ministries, departments, agencies in Government, CSOs in particular women human rights defenders and relevant development partners;
Activity 6: Support the country office and the UN Convergence Group on Gender Equality and Empowerment to write gender briefs for the different sectors priorities of the National Development Plan II;
Activity 7: As Gender and Human Rights Expert support the writing team for the National Development Plan II, with focus on ensuring that the identified gender priorities are fully integrated and budgeted in each sector project and in the overall final NDP II document;
Activity 8: Participate in and provide technical inputs including serving as a facilitator and making presentations in UN Women workshops and forums, as requested by the Deputy Representative;
Activity 9: Work closely with and inform the consultancy on the development of the bench briefs for the judiciary, aimed at enhancing gender responsiveness of the judiciary.

Competencies

Core Values:

Integrity.

Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;

Professionalism

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity.

Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Work in teams:

Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

Substantive knowledge and understanding of gender equality issues and more broadly, human rights issues and women’s rights in particular;
Technical expertise in women’s access to justice issues; strong leadership and advocacy skills;
Knowledge management – support documentation of lessons learnt and development of advocacy briefs;
Ability to undertake policy research and prepare qualitative and quantitative studies, utilizing statistical methodologies, knowledge of database applications for statistical analysis;
Excellent knowledge of gender issues and women’s empowerment issues in Uganda;
Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
Excellent facilitation, writing and presentation skills;
Establish, build and sustain effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client’s perspective; anticipating client needs and addressing them promptly;
Model and promote transparency, honesty and openness;
Lead and work with teams effectively, demonstrating emotional intelligence and good judgment. Good mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills;
Demonstrate understanding of client’s perspective.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Minimum of Master's degree or equivalent in Law, Gender Studies, International Relations, Development studies or other related disciplines;
A combined gender and legal background will be an asset.

Experience:

A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in programme work and policy analysis at a national or international level with specific focus on women’s human rights, gender equality and empowerment of women;
Experience in gender, international law, human rights law, legal practice or legal research and analysis from a gender perspective, with extensive knowledge of the Ugandan legal systems;
Experience in working UN, international organizations and/or research and training institutions, with specific emphasis on women’s human rights;
Demonstrated hands-on experience in developing policy briefs, knowledge products and advocacy materials and tools in the field of women’s human rights;
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management system;
Extensive experience as a researcher on gender and women’s rights, in particular access to justice;
Demonstrated experience in the use of law and human rights-based approaches to address development issues/ challenges in advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women;
Strong experience with strategic planning for policy and programme interventions on women’s access to justice;
Strong background in developing proposals on advancing women’s human rights;
Experience with UN work highly desirable.

Language Requirements:

Excellent skills in English , both oral and written, are required;
Knowledge of one or more local language is highly desirable.

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Technical Criteria: 70 points;
Financial Criteria: 30 points.

Technical Criteria – Maximum 70 points

Criteria A: Relevance of Education – 15 points;
Criteria B: Special skill (excellent communications, professionalism) Language, etc. - 5 Points;
Criteria C: Relevance of experience in conducting similar assignment – 25 points.
Criteria D: Description of Approach/ Methodology to complete the assignment– 25 points.

The assignment will be undertaken from August-December 2014. The consultant will be paid on deliverables as follows:

20% on submission of:

an approved inception report detailing methodology, sources and work plan
draft report containing recommendations for key actions and indicators for enhancing women’s access to justice in Uganda, (estimated time 31^st August 2014).

20% on:

presentation of draft report to a selected audience and;
submission of final report fully incorporating feedback from audience (estimated time 30^th October 2014).

20% on:

submission of funding proposals/briefs and successful facilitation of funding engagements/ discussions /workshops with identified funding partners (estimated time 30^th September 2014).

20% on:

submission of gender briefs for the different sectors to the NDP II writing team; complete with analysis, evidence, justification, strategies, budget and indicators (estimated time August 2014).

20% on:

successfully representing UNW on the NDP II writing team and integrating the gender issues in the final NDP II( estimated time Sept 2014).

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

Duly completed Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availabilityusing the template provided by UNDP (Annex II); http://www.ug.undp.org/content/uganda/en/home/operations/procurement.html;
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and, telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Technical proposal:

Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment;
A methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.

Financial proposal

Indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex II): http://www.ug.undp.org/content/uganda/en/home/operations/procurement.html.