UN WOMEN Jobs - 50202- Consultant for Adapting a Toolkit for Coalition Bu

Consultant for Adapting a Toolkit for Coalition Building

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Cairo, EGYPT

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

08-Oct-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

6 weeks.

Languages Required :

Arabic 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

UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, operational since January 1 2011.

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 provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women supports innovative and catalytic programmes, advocacy, and technical assistance related to women’s human rights in countries throughout the world as part of the overall UN development cooperation system.

The purpose of these terms of reference is to recruit an independent Consultant to adapt, translate and test a toolkit for coalition building among non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as part of the overall project “Social, Economic and Legal Empowerment of Egyptian Women.” The toolkit includes information on how to build effective coalitions that enable NGOs to influence policy and decision making with purpose of advancing the women’s rights agenda on the social, political and economic levels. The consultant will look into existing toolkits on coalition building and the formation of strategic alliances and formulate a comprehensive toolkit to be used for training purposes. The consultant is expected to test the toolkit once finalized for final verification. The tool kit should be in the Arabic language.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:

Develop, adapt and translate existing toolkits to fit the current Egyptian context on coalition building and the formation of strategic alliances in the Arabic language;
TOT workshop to validate the toolkit.

Deliverables:

Content of the toolkit designed and shared with UN Women for approval;
Educational toolkit designed, including a soft copy that has: Content and drawings; Original designs and Training tools and materials such as: exercise worksheets, hand outs, storyboards and printed flash cards;
Toolkit cover designed and shared with UN Women;
Layout of the pages for printing prepared;
Fine-tuning and color correction of the learning activities;
High resolution digital copy of the recommended posters created;
A pilot workshop to gather information about the needs of coalitions and social movements for integration in the toolkit conducted;
A testing workshop conducted to present a practical model on how to use the educational kit with the targeted audience, workshop report submitted to UN Women Submit a final report of the testing workshop.

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles

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

Knowledge and Expertise in developing communication awareness tools and publications:

Strong editing and original designing skills;
Strong skills in campaigning, advocacy and creative planning;
Ability to advocate for human rights and women rights;
Ability to communicate clear and concise messages;
Ability to plan and set clear goals and objectives;
Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies;
Ability to work in difficult surroundings and flexibility;
Strong team work abilities.

Management and Leadership

Demonstrates excellent judgment, particularly with regard to being able to prioritize according to importance and urgency;
Highly organized, with particular ability in devising systems to ensure follow up;
Enjoys multi-tasking and managing several projects at one time;
Focuses on impact and result;
Ability to work as a positive and valued member of task teams and demonstrates conflict resolution skills;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view;
Displays High level of discretion.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

An advanced degree in development, human rights, mass communications or related fields.

Experience:

A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the field of development and human rights.

Language Requirements:

Fluency (written and verbal) in English and Arabic required.

Evaluation Criteria:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis:

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Technical Criteria weight; 70%.

Financial Criteria weight; 30%.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70%

Criteria: At least five years of relevant experience in women rights and legislation (Weight: 30%. Maximum obtainable Points: 30);
Criteria: expertise in legal procedures related to coalition building and NGOs (Weight: 30%. Maximum obtainable Points: 30);
Criteria: Relevant education in social science, including gender, law, political science etc. (Weight 5%; maximum obtainable points 5);
Criteria: Excellent written and spoken Arabic. (Weight 5%; maximum obtainable points 5).

Financial: Lowest financial proposal: 30%.

Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combines score (financial and technical). The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

(Lowest Bid Offered*)/(Bid of the Consultant) x 30
*"Lowest Bid Offered" refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in technical evaluation.

Application procedure:

Documents to be included when submitting the proposal:

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Proposal:
To be included as part of the proposal:

A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work;
A brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the work (limit to under 1500 words);
UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment; and
Personal CV.

Financial proposal:

Proposed daily fee.