UNDP Jobs - 53339- Consultant, Knowledge and Information Management:

Consultant, Knowledge and Information Management: Gender equality and women’s empowerment

Location :

Istanbul Regional Hub, with possible travel to Country Offices in the region

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

27-Feb-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Estimated February – September 2015

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Approximately 140 working days

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

UNDP is committed to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, as outlined in its Gender Equality Strategy (2014-2017), through a diverse range of programming activities and knowledge products and capacity development tools. In the Europe and CIS region, UNDP compiles, analyzes and presents development issues from a gender perspective in a way that can meaningfully inform policy design. Such information is also used to help UNDP provide evidence-based advisory services to advance gender equality in the region.

In this context, the Regional Gender Team in the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States has been exploring the use of innovative knowledge tools such as data visualisation to highlight the challenges to gender equality in the different sub-regions. The goal is to compile and analyse the experiences and results of UNDP work at the country level to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment and maximize the public understanding of UNDP contributions to gender equality at regional and national levels and its impact on human development in the region.

The UNDP Regional Gender Team plans to hire a consultant to prepare knowledge and information materials documenting the results of UNDP’s efforts to advance gender equality in all its thematic areas of work in the region. Working under the supervision of the Regional Gender Team Leader, and in close collaboration with the Communications and the KM team, the consultant will work full time in the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub and be responsible for the following tasks:

Duties and Responsibilities

Collect Country Office experiences and results in programmes for gender equality and present them in accessible format for internal and external audiences (three per month);
Design engaging online content (UNDP website, social media) (two per month);
Support Country Offices in designing content highlighting their programme results in gender equality and better linked to the RBEC’s strategic advocacy goals;
Design and produce a regional report on UNDP initiatives and results to promote gender equality;
Conduct desk reviews and contact Country Offices for information to design fact sheets, presentations, on specific development thematic areas related with gender equality (Review relevant website pages of Country Offices and advise Country Offices on areas for improvement;
Update the content on the relevant pages of the UNDP regional centre website – gender equality and women’s empowerment section;
Support the Gender Team in key initiatives and events as needed;
Conduct targeted research and data collection on gender equality development related issues;
Support in designing and organizing regional learning activities.

Key deliverables

In collaboration with Country Offices design programming profiles highlighting systemic approaches towards addressing gender equality (10 profiles designed);
Design thematic fact sheets highlighting gender equality and women’s rights issues on thematic areas such as governance, peacebuilding, corruption, environment and energy, social inclusion. (10 fact sheets designed);
Draft a regional report on UNDP initiatives and results in gender equality (on report drafted);
Support Country Offices in designing engaging online content (20 information pieces designed);
Design presentations on specific gender equality issues (10 presentations designed);
Learning activities such as webinars designed and organized (five learning events);
Overall support to activities of the gender team.

Please note that the exact content and timing for each deliverable will be agreed upon with the gender team at the beginning of each month. Payments will be made on monthly basis upon approved timesheet submission providing details on time spent on respective deliverables, their timely execution, and acceptance by the Gender Team advisor.

Competencies

Corporate competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Creativity and innovative thinking in responding to challenges and formulating solutions;
Treats all people fairly without favouritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Functional competencies:

Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in a team;
Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations;
Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities;
Excellent public speaking and presentation skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in gender studies, social or political science, or related discipline.

Experience:

At least three years of experience in research, data collection and analysis, report drafting and ability to write communicative materials;
Proven knowledge of the challenges related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in the ECIS region;
Familiarity with UNDP’s policies on gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Familiarity with UNDP’s programming work in general, Excellent skills in online tools, including social media applications and Web 2.0.

Language skills:

Excellent writing, editing, and oral communications skills in English;
Basic knowledge of Russian is an asset.

Evaluation of Applicants:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal.
The contract will be awarded 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.

Only those candidates who obtained at least 70% of points in each step of the process technical (P11 desk reviews and interviews) will be considered for financial proposal evaluation.

Technical Criteria (70% of total evaluation; maximum 35 points):

A: Demonstrated experience in research and drafting reports on the development programming results – max points: 10;
B: Demonstrated experience in writing communicative content – max points: 10;
C: knowledge of the challenges related gender equality and women’s empowerment in the ECIS region – max points: 5;
D: Familiarity with UNDP’s programmatic work – max points: 5;
E: Interview (communication and analytical skills) – max points: 5.

Financial Criteria (30% of total evaluation; maximum 15 points):

Application procedures:

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online on this website. The application should contain:

Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position and a link to examples of your work: reports, blogs, stories, presentations. Please add the links to “Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application.
Filled P11 form including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/hrforms/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc ); please upload the P11 instead of your CV.
Financial Proposal* - Specifying a total lump sum amount for the task specified in this announcement. Please note that travel costs related to missions will be paid separately as per UNDP rules and regulations and shall not be included in the Financial Proposal.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials. Group all your documents into one single file to upload because the system allows only one attachment.

*Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance, vaccination and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services...).
Payments will be made by monthly basis only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org
General terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://on.undp.org/t7fJs

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.
Only successful candidates will be notified about the outcome or status of the selection process.