Background

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. The UN Women Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) is located in Barbados, covering the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean.

UN Women Multi-Country Office – Caribbean, through its project office in Jamaica, is working in partnership with  PAHO/WHO Jamaica, in  supporting the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus to address issues of Safety and Sexual Health, as it relates to gender equality and prevention of  sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS.  The Mona campus is the largest of the three main campuses that make up the University of the West Indies in the Caribbean.  Its student body is comprised of young people from the CARICOM community as well as international students.  It represents a significant investment in capacity building of educated and skilled human resources for the development of the Caribbean region.  The UWI Campus, Office of the Deputy Principal, has requested the support from UN Women and PAHO/WHO Jamaica Office, to support response to violence on campus, significant among these are gender based violence, and the implications for sexual health and general well-being. Patterns of violence on campus, primarily against female students, continue to be a concern for students, faculty, and the UWI leadership.

Understanding that the issues of safety and sexual health are strongly linked, the University Security and Health Services of UWI/Mona Campus have emphasized the need for an institutional response to enable improved safety and sexual health on the campus. In this context low condom use among the student body, where issues of access persist, and women’s challenge to negotiating safe sex,  as well as lack of adequate knowledge among the student body of:  the risk of sexually transmitted infections, methods of prevention, and the importance of  prompt treatment of infection, is a cause for concern. There is an urgent need to have a robust and sustained institutional response to enabling an environment that is free of sexual violence and the attendant risk of HIV and STI infections among the student body.   

The UWI Office of Deputy Principal seeks to gain a stronger understanding of the above issues and how they impact students on campus, and how the various services and entities on campus are responding.  There is a need to identify and pull all these sources of information together in a situation analysis, in order that recommendations on an informed response, (inclusive of identification of information gaps), may be made to the University.  This will form the bases of a plan for a sustained institutional response to ensuring safety and sexual health on the UWI Mona Campus.

This consultancy will enable the development of a situation analysis on safety and sexual health (emphasis on HIV/AIDS) on the UWI Mona Campus.   

This final document, inclusive of recommendations, will be stakeholder informed and validated.  It will form the basis for the UWI institutional investment in a campus environment that is safe and promotes sexual health including the prevention of HIV.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women MCO - Caribbean Representative and the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative the consultant will be contracted to complete the following:

Prepare a consultancy work plan and timeline, in coordination with UWI, UN Women and PAHO/WHO.

Liaise with UWI partners, UN Women, PAHO/WHO Jamaica Office to do the following:

• Identify the sources of information on the related issues on Mona Campus;
• Identify specific stakeholders to be interviewed;
• Outline the key research question for the Key Informant interviews;
• Request and confirm that the Office of the Deputy Principal inform key stakeholder partners on campus of the development of the situation analysis and request their participation and facilitation of the consultancy;
• Provide weekly email updates to UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI partners on the progress made, identify challenges and request support as needed.

Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews:

• Collect in soft and or hard copy key documents on the issues outline above. Some will come from key stakeholder, others will be identified by UN Women and PAHO/WHO and consultant’s search;
• Provide a bibliography of all documents reviewed;
• Develop instrument for key informant interviews, submit to UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI partners for comments and finalization;
• Execute interviews. Findings to be included in situation analysis.

Draft Final Situation Analysis Report:

• Based on the above, propose an Annotated Outline of a Situation Analysis, including page length per section, ensuring a concise and manageable analysis is put forward. Upon the agreement of partners on the proposed outline, the consultant will then;
• Develop draft of situation analysis for review by UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI for comments;
• Adjust final draft to incorporate feedback from the UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI;
• Submit Final Situation Analysis to UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI for stakeholders’ review and validation.

Facilitate Stakeholders’ Consultation and Final Situation Analysis:

• In collaboration with UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI facilitate the organization of a stakeholders 2 day consultation;
• Present findings of situation analysis at the consultation;
• Capture stakeholder responses, feedback and recommendations;
• Add stakeholder responses and recommendations to the situation analysis to finalize the document;
• Submit this final Situation Analysis with stakeholder contribution to UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI for final comments and feedback;
• Finalize document as per feedback and submit to UN Women, PAHO/WHO and UWI.

Competencies

Core 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 organization 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:

• Masters in Social Science, political science, gender and development, or public health.

Experience:

• At least five (5) years’ experience in situation analysis and planning;
• Demonstrated knowledge of sexual and reproductive health issues, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS;
• Understanding of sexual and reproductive health issues, especially HIV/AIDS, in the Caribbean;
• Demonstrable research experience in gender and sexual health (at least 5 years);
• Demonstrable research experience in gender based violence or sexual safety (at least 5 years).

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.

Deliverables:

Specific activities and deliverables:

• Consultancy Work Plan;
• Bibliography of documents for desk review and list of information sources for interviews;
• Draft Key informant  interview instrument;
• Final Key informant interview instrument;
• Annotated Proposed Outline of Situation Analysis;
• Draft Situation Analysis Report based upon agreed Outline;
• Final Draft Situation Analysis Report for Stakeholder review and consultation;
• Presentation of key findings of Situation Analysis to be delivered at Stakeholder consultation;
• Draft Revised Situation Analysis Report (with input from stakeholders’ consultation) and Recommendations from stakeholders’ consultation;
• Final Situation Analysis and Recommendations.

Remuneration:

The consultancy 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.

Timeframes and Institutional Arrangements

The consultant will be engaged for an estimated 25 working days from 21 September 2015 until 31 January 2016. The consultancy will be based in Jamaica.

Evaluation Procedure

The evaluation will follow the subsequent procedure:

Stage 1: Preliminary examination

Prior to the detailed evaluation of each offer UN Women will undertake a preliminary examination of the offers in order to  determine whether the offers meet the administrative requirements.  UN Women may reject any offer during the preliminary examination which does not comply with the requirements set out in this solicitation document, without further consultation with the bidder.

Offers will not be considered for further evaluation in cases where:

• They are incomplete (i.e. does not include all required data and/or documents as specified);
• The validity of the offer is not in accordance with the requirements;
• The technical and financial documents have not been submitted;
• If the bidder does not accept the correction of arithmetical error;
• Offers which are incomplete frivolous, clearly not compatible, or contain material deviations from or reservations to the terms of the contract, may in UN Women´s absolute discretion, be rejected or excluded from further consideration at any time during the evaluation, including after preliminary evaluation.

Stage 2: Technical Evaluation

The candidates must possess minimum qualification criteria to be eligible for further technical evaluation (see Annex 1). Technical evaluation will be as follows:

• Masters in Social Science, political science, gender and development, or public health (10 points);
• Experience in  situation analysis and planning (20 points);
• Demonstrated knowledge of sexual and reproductive health issues, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS (30 points);
• Understanding of sexual and reproductive health issues, especially HIV/AIDS, in the Caribbean (10 points).

Maximum total technical score amounts to 70 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 49 points out of maximum 70 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Stage 3: Financial Evaluation

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 30;

S – score received on financial evaluation;

Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;

F – financial offer under consideration;

The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical score + financial score).

How To Apply:

A complete application consists of:

• Detailed curriculum vitae including a description of main achievements;
• Dully filled Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment;
• Financial Proposals (in USD) - 1 proposal identifying Lump sum financial proposal/offer, aggregated including fee per day and a calculation of total fee by assessing how many days each deliverable will take to complete;
• A sample of previous research-based report or publication.

Only Short listed candidates will be contacted.

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The consultant contracted will be required to sign a statement of confidentiality and freedom from any conflict of interest with potential future contractors with respect to the TORs and work that they will be delivering.