UN WOMEN Jobs - 60866- International Consultant

International Consultant – Gender Responsive Budgeting, Bhutan

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Home-based with Travel to Bhutan, BHUTAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Nov-2015

Application Deadline :

18-Oct-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Four Months – November 2015 to February 2016 (20 working days)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Four Months – November 2015 to February 2016 (20 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

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. The UN Women Multi-Country Office (UNW MCO) in India also covers Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

The last two decades have witnessed significant progress in commitments on gender equality (GE) and women’s empowerment (WE). In South Asia too, a number of laws and policies aimed at advancement of GE/WE have been adopted in recent years. However, indicators reveal a different picture as critical gender gaps continue to exist across many sectors in all countries of South Asia. Establishing effective mechanisms that are adequately resourced and implementing strategic interventions that take into account gender concerns are issues that have been repeatedly raised by advocates to address these gaps. In this context, national governments have recognized the importance of gender responsive budgeting (GRB) as a tool for incorporating a gender perspective in planning and budgeting processes.

Although in comparison to several countries across the globe, Bhutan is at a nascent stage with respect to its engagement with GRB, there have been several positive developments at the institutional as well as at policy level that have facilitated implementation of gender responsive planning and budgeting in the country. These developments also serve as critical entry points to strengthening the ongoing efforts of the Government on GRPB. Establishment of the National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) in 2004 as an autonomous organisation functioning as a facilitator in the Government’s effort towards gender mainstreaming; designation of Gender Focal Points (GFPs) in all ministries/ departments; and constitution of a GRPB Working Group chaired by the Director of the DNB – have all been important institutional level changes. In addition, the RGoB and UN Women jointly developed a Strategic Framework for Gender Mainstreaming and GRPB in Bhutan which lays down the institutional arrangements and strategies for operationalising GRPB in the country.

Last year, UN Women with support of the Asian Development Bank, undertook a detailed study on GRB analysis of three sectors – Agriculture, Education and Health. The objective was to generate evidence on sectoral application of GRB and also to build capacities of officials of these sectors on how they could make their policies and programmes more gender responsive. Therefore following the completion of GRB analysis of three sectors, based on the evidence collected, three capacity building workshops were held for the respective sectoral officials. Taking this work forward, the RGoB and UN Women and have now decided to expand the analysis to the employment sector.

Duties and Responsibilities

UN Women is seeking services of a consultant to conduct the GRB analysis of the employment sector and also build capacities of officials of the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources on how they could employ GRB as a tool to make their schemes more gender responsive.

The following key components of work are envisaged for the Consultant:

The Consultant will be required to prepare an individual work plan;
Design the research methodology to conduct GRB analysis of the employment sector;
Prepare the report that captures the gender budget analysis conducted for the sector;
Based on the evidence collected, conduct capacity building workshop for the officials of the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, Government of Bhutan;
Conduct pre and post capacity assessment of the officials.

Expected Outputs:

Individual work plan;
Methodology to conduct gender budget analysis of the employment sector;
Report on GRB analysis of employment sector;
Agenda and content for the workshop;
Pre and post analysis of the workshop.

Competencies

Excellent communication and written skills;
Strong analytical skills;
Working knowledge of the following computer applications: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree or an advanced degree in Gender Studies or related field.

Experience:

7 years experience and proven training skills and knowledge of application of GRB in different countries. Knowledge about GRB processes in Bhutan will be an advantage;
Experience of working with governments

Language:

Excellent analytical and writing skills in English.