Background
The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, South-South and Triangular cooperation initiatives, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.
The Consultant, Gender, Economic Empowerment based in New York will be responsible for contributing programmatic support, substantive advice and technical expertise and knowledge to the thematic area of Gender, Economic Empowerment. S/he has technical knowledge in the areas of poverty reduction, livelihoods, social protection, post-crisis/conflict economic recovery.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the UNDP Gender Team Director or her designate, the Consultant will be required to deliver the following duties:
Knowledge production
- Coordinate and supervise policy research on gender and economic empowerment, including, but not limited to, post-crisis economic recovery and infectious diseases.
Programmatic and Advisory services:
- Support the development of a gender and social protection line of work in collaboration with Regional gender teams;
- Provide inputs for advisory services on gender and economic empowerment to gender team, BPPS units, Country offices, and other corporate units as needed through a mission in country or virtually (emails, webinars, trainings, etc.);
- Provide inputs for corporate briefings, talking points and speeches as needed;
- Provide inputs for corporate work on mainstreaming gender into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
- Support for mainstreaming gender in UNDP’s Ebola recovery strategy by supporting gender advisors in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, providing substantive inputs and participating in meetings as necessary.
Expected Deliverables
The following deliverables will be expected:
- Finalized drafts of knowledge products on infectious diseases and economic empowerment and gender and economic empowerment in post-crisis recovery settings;
- Effective programmatic and advisory services on gender and economic empowerment provided.
Travel
If consultant is required to travel for a specific purpose, UNDP will arrange and cover the cost of the official travel in accordance to UNDP rules and procedures by providing tickets, travel allowances – daily subsistence allowance and terminal expenses.
Competencies
Functional Competencies:
- Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking, and expertise in global gender equality and economic empowerment strategies;
- Proven capacity to produce high quality qualitative research and ability to absorb, analyze and synthesize large amounts of complex information within tight deadlines;
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to work with people of different cultural, ethnic and religious background, different gender, and diverse political views.
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrated integrity by upholding the United Nations' values and ethical standards; treats all people fairly;
- Appreciate differences in values and learning from cultural diversity;
- Promotes UNDP vision, mission and strategic goals;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age-based sensitivity and adaptability;
- Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UNDP in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Masters degree in a gender equality and development discipline (women’s studies, economics, public policy, social policy).
Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of comprehensive knowledge in gender and development, economic empowerment, poverty reduction, social protection or related fields;
- Proven research and writing skills in relevant topics;
- Experience with UNDP and strong understanding of the UNDP, operations and structures, particularly those related to gender equality and women’s empowerment and field experience.
Language:
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Ability to speak other UN language highly desirable
Application submission process:
Applicants must submit their application through this online system using the following steps:
Step 1) Click “Apply Now” button and fill in the necessary information on the first page.
You must:
- Explain why you are the most suitable candidate for the work (300 words maximum online);
- Provide names, titles and contact details (telephone and email) of 3 references in the field provided for mandatory questions below. UNDP retains the right to contact references directly;
Step 2) Upload your CV or Personal History (P11) Form and then “Submit Application.” Please note only one document can be uploaded (scan all your documents into one single PDF file to attach). If only a CV is provided, UNDP may request the P11 Form at a later date. A completed P11 Form will be required at the time a consultant signs an Individual Contract (IC) or his/her employer (if employed) signs a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA) for work associated with this assignment.
UN Personal History form (UN P11) can be downloaded from here http://sas.undp.org/documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc
Step 3) Submission of Financial Proposal
Shortlisted applicants will be requested to submit all-inclusive lump sum daily fee in US Dollars for this consultancy.
Step 4) Submission of writing sample
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to submit a short single-authored writing sample
Evaluation of Applicants
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:
Technical Evaluation
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the Cumulative Analysis methodology [weighted scoring method], where the award of the contract will 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 technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Technical Criteria weight: 70%.
Financial Criteria weight: 30%.UNDP applies a fair and transparent selection process that would take into account both the technical qualification of Individual Consultants as well as their price proposals. The contract will be awarded to the candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores.
The following criteria will be used in the Technical Evaluation:
Technical evaluation criteria will be rated with a score (totaling a maximum of 70 points).
- Criteria A: Proven experience of policy work in gender and development, economic empowerment, poverty reduction, social protection or related fields (30 points);
- Criteria B: Proven research and writing skills in relevant topics (25 points);
- Criteria C: Experience with UNDP operations and structures, particularly those related to gender equality and women’s empowerment and field experience (15 points).
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 (70%) points on the technical criteria will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Financial Proposal (30%)
The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal: p = y (µ/z) where:
p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated
y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal (30 points)
µ = price of the lowest priced proposal
z = price of the proposal being evaluated
Annexes and References:
Individual Consultant’s General Terms and Conditions are provided here: