UN WOMEN Jobs - 56498- Governance Editing and Graphic Design Consultant

Governance Editing and Graphic Design Consultant

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Home- based

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

15-Jun-2015

Application Deadline :

28-May-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

15 June - 31 December 2015

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 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the international women’s right treaty. Its sets the standard in international law for achieving gender equality – both normatively, and also more practically, in terms of setting out the concrete steps governments need to take to eliminate discrimination against women in their countries. CEDAW has achieved near universal endorsement, with 187 UN member states ratifying – the only states that have still failed to ratify being the United States, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Palau, and Tonga. Over the last 30 years CEDAW has increasingly been used by governments and civil society organisations (CSOs) for integrated into national constitutions, laws and policies to meet the international standards. Through this process CEDAW’s provisions have become fully actionable and began to make real changes in women’s lives.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) covers a full range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. Opened for signature in 1989, it came into force on the 2nd September 1990. It is the most quickly and widely ratified Convention of all time.

All independent Caribbean countries have committed themselves to implement CEDAW and CRC. Although the situation is somewhat different for the British overseas territories such as Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands, which have had CEDAW extended to them. The Netherlands signed CEDAW in 1991 and this automatically extended the Convention to Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles (Curacao, Saba, St. Barts, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten).

Many Caribbean countries have experienced challenges in timely CEDAW reporting. In addition there is not up-to-date information on how CEDAW has been used in legislation, legal reform and/or prosecution.

UN Women has a long history in the Caribbean supporting CEDAW advocacy, monitoring and implementation. UN Women published the CEDAW Made Easy booklet in 2004, and recently supported the development of a CEDAW/CRC Reporting and Implementation Toolkit.

UN Women has also provided significant support to the implementation of CEDAW Article 7 to promote women’s participation in political and public life. UN Women has supported the completion of a study on women’s political participation in the Caribbean and would like to develop communications tools to highlight the importance of women’s political participation and representation in the region.

In order to raise awareness and advocacy efforts among the general public and key political stakeholders to promote CEDAW and CRC as tools to guide implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Women intends to strengthen its partnership for gender equality and women’s empowerment with mass media, national and local government, civil society and other development partners. The UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean therefore seeks to contract a Graphic Designer and Communications consultant to help the office meet its growing need for quality design services. The successful consultant will provide technical support to the programme and communication teams in development and improvement of the design, branding and layout of concise, clear and educational advocacy materials produced by UN Women. These materials should be produced to allow for online use, upload to websites as well as for printing.

Duties and Responsibilities

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.

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Deputy Representative and the direct supervision of the Communications Analyst, the consultant will be contracted to support UN Women’s work by completing the following activities.

Specific activities and deliverables:

Update CEDAW Made Easy Booklet adding Roadmap

Update design and artwork in collaboration with programme team – estimated 5 days by December 30

Develop At least 5 User-Friendly Accessible CEDAW-CRC Products (e.g. infographics, flyers, cartoons, comics)

Review CEDAW CRC toolkit and develop at least 5 products that can be used online and in print if needed – estimated 15 days by September 30

Develop Product that shows the links between CEDAW, CRCs SDGs and the Samoa Pathway. (e.g. infographic)

Review CEDAW and CRC toolkit SDGs and the Samoa Pathway to develop Tool identifying links – estimated 2 days by August 30.

Develop at least 2 fact sheets with artwork from the results of perception survey on women and leadership.

Work closely with programme team to develop at least 2 fact sheets/tools on the UN Women perception survey results – estimated 5 days by December 30.

Develop design and layout for advocacy briefs on gender equality and climate change for political actors

Work with programme team to develop advocacy briefs (no more than 10 pages) on gender equality and climate change (UN Women has a design template for briefs) – estimated 10 days by November 30.

Competencies

Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity and Fairness:

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. Conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

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

Core Competencies:

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 behaviour towards others;

Conflict management:

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

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Post-graduate studies in communications, publishing, gender and development, international relations and/or graphic design.

Required Experience:

A minimum of five years of progressively responsible and relevant experience in the field of editing, publication development, layout and design.
Strong theoretical and practical background in graphic design, including the use of design software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash, etc.
Show a clear and mature style of design, demonstrating an understanding of the communication requirements of a UN agency.
Proven experience of graphic production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes (offset and digital) and colour management;
Good understanding of new and evolving technologies and digital platforms;
Knowledge of standard software packages, including MS Office– MS Access–MS Visio –Adobe Acrobat; and
Working experience in communications for development or behavioural change is desirable.

Language:

Fluency in English is required.

Timeframes and Institutional Arrangements:

The consultant will be engaged for a maximum of 40 working days from 15 June 2015 – 31 December 2015. The consultancy will be home-based.

Hardware, software, and communication:

The consultant must be equipped with a portable computers (laptops). The consultant must be reasonably accessible by email and telephone (preferably mobile). The use of reliable, internet-based communication (Skype or equivalent) is required.

Payment:

The fee will be negotiated before contracting. Each payment will be based on a predefined and formal agreement between UN Women and the consultant and will be disbursed based on satisfactory completion of agreed deliverables.

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

The completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
Detailed curriculum vitae including a description of main achievements;
Portfolio with at least 3 examples of previous work;
A financial proposal quoted in United States dollars (US$) indicating daily rates and preferred fee structure based on deliverables.

Applications should be submitted by email to the attention of Sharon Carter-Burke, UN Women (sharon.carter-burke@unwomen.org) by 28 May 2015.