UN WOMEN Jobs - 66584- National Consultant / Trainer on Programme Budgeti

National Consultant / Trainer on Programme Budgeting for Local Governments

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Tbilisi, GEORGIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

20-Jun-2016

Application Deadline :

16-Jun-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

10 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

10 working days in the period of 20 June – 30 August, 2016.

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 has been working on mainstreaming gender into local planning and budgeting processes since 2013 in selected municipalities of: Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Imereti and Samegrelo regions of Georgia. These regions have been targeted because there is a high concentration of IDPs and conflict affected citizens as well as of citizens belonging to ethnic minorities.

UN Women has applied Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) as a tool and entry point for dialogue between local government and women’s groups willing to advocate for the reflection of their needs and priorities in local budgets/programmes. For the capacity development in GRB, five extensive trainings to support local stakeholders in using GRB tools within the context of local plans and budgets were conducted by UN Women:

In July 2013 two GRB trainings for the target local governments as well as Tbilisi City Hall (by an international expert) took place. The participants acquired knowledge on basic concepts, such as the importance of gender analysis, local planning, budgeting, and audit processes, and identified potential entry points and opportunities for GRB. The international trainer provided UN Women with a set of recommendations for strategic interventions towards the sustainable introduction of GRB, which have been effectively followed up by UN Women.

In September 2014, UN Women conducted two GRB trainings: one for staff of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs and the other for local government staff (both trainings were conducted by an international expert). The participants were mid-level managers, senior specialists from several agencies, officials from ministerial departments and regional representatives responsible for the Public Healthcare Services Programme. As a result, participants identified several programmes for initial GRB analysis and prepared action plan for the integration of GRB in the work of the local governments.

Some 18 local government representatives, members of gender budgeting working groups in Gori, Zugdidi, Marneuli, Tetritskharo and Sachkhere municipalities, have received two and a half days GRB training in May 2015. The training taught the methods and tools for gender mainstreaming while developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating local-level budgets and relevant municipal programmes. A national expert in GRB and a national expert in gender facilitated the training.

All five-target municipalities showed interest in applying GRB as a tool for mainstreaming gender into local programmes and budgets: UN Women helped to officially establish five local GRB Working Groups in Sachkhere, Zugdidi, Gori, Tetritskaro and Marneuli municipalities. These working groups, which also include representatives of self-governing bodies, institutionalized the GRB process at the local level. As a result, the analysis of the local 2015 municipal budgets showed that between 17% and 32.6% of total allocations were earmarked for financing of preschool education and kindergartens, shelters for homeless people and assistance to impoverished segments of population, municipal support to survivors of domestic violence, and to elderly and disabled. In parallel to the GRB working groups in the same municipalities there were established GRB community committees (uniting grassroots UDO, conflict affected and ethnic minority women) for advocacy purposes and their informed engagement with the GRB working groups stabled at the local governments’ level.

UN Women plans to continue capacity development interventions of the representatives of targeted municipalities. After conducting consultations with the partners and assessing their training needs, UN Women decided to organize a training in Programme Budgeting / Performance-based Budgeting in general, with the focus on Gender Responsive Budgeting.

Georgia has committed to shift from a traditional line-based budgeting to programme budgeting in 2012 based on the new approach and methodology elaborated by the Ministry of Finance. According to the new budget code all budget organizations are obliged to shift to programme budgeting. The shift to the programme budget is very new for the local governments; it is a long-term process and will take 3-4 years. This reform gave good entry points for the introduction of GRB and UN Women plans to continue its engagement with local governments along these lines.

The training will be attended by maximum 25 participants – members of officially established GRB working groups as well as heads of community GRB committees. The national consultant / trainer will be assisted by a national GRB expert who is the staff of Un Women Responsible Party - local NGO Taso Foundation who will serve as a resource person in GRB.

Duties and Responsibilities

In more specific terms, the national consultant / trainer is expected to perform the following tasks:

To prepare and submit to UN Women a training module for a three-day intensive training in Programme Budgeting tailored to the needs of representatives of the local government in Georgia;
To conduct the three-day intensive, practical training in Programme Budgeting (by using interactive training methods) together with a national expert in GRB on key principles and application of Programme Budgeting for the representatives of regional municipalities of Zugdidi, Sachkhere, Gori and Tetritskharo in order for them to better understand the essence and principles of Programme Budgeting, key definitions and principles of how to design and implement Programme Budgeting in the local context;
To develop questionnaires to undertake pre and post-training trainings needs’ assessments of participants and document findings of the assessments;
To provide participants with the tools, guidelines and opportunity to work on designing Programme Budget practically in small group work;
To prepare and submit a final report with recommendations for further capacity development and monitoring of results of trainings.

Key Deliverables and Timeframe:

Prepared and submitted detailed training agenda, methodology and training materials in Georgian agreed with UN Women Programme Analyst based on the previous training experiences and materials— 30 June, 2016 (4 working days);
Conducted pre and post capacity assessment of the participants on their knowledge and understanding on the principles of Programme Budgeting – 30 July, 2016 (1 working day);
Conducted three-day intensive training on key principles and application of Programme Budgeting for the representatives of local governments– 30 July, 2016 (3 working days);
Written and submitted final report in English highlighting training process, achieved results and final recommendations on how to follow up initiated work in long-term - 30 August, 2016 (2 working days)

Competencies

Corporate:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Is familiar with UN system.

Technical/Functional:

Proficiency in IT skills demonstrated;
Proficiency in English;
Proficiency in academic writing and reporting demonstrated;
Knowledge and understanding of UN administrative procedures and functions will be an asset;
profound knowledge of results based management and human rights-based programming

Behavioral:

Excellent interpersonal and strong communication skills;
Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment demonstrated;
Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to meet deadlines;
Ability to work as a member of a team;
Ability to approach work with energy, commitment and a positive, constructive attitude;
Resourceful in finding solutions.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

Advanced University degree in Economics, Finance or other related field.

Experience:

At least five years of professional experience of working on budgeting issues, programme budgeting; experience of working on Gender Responsive Budgeting will be an asset;
Demonstrated experience of planning and conducting trainings and workshops in programme budgeting for multiple governmental and civil society stakeholders (list of trainings, consultations facilitated); experience of working with the local governments will be an asset;
Sound writing skills with demonstrated ability to describe the training methodology, approaches, ability to plan and undertake a training in Programme Budgeting in line with the given timeframe (reference to relevant papers, training materials developed has to be provided).

Language requirements:

Fluency in Georgian and English.

Evaluation procedure:

The candidates will be evaluated against the following technical and financial criteria:

Advanced University degree in Economics, Finance or other related field (max 40 points);
At least five years of professional experience of working on budgeting issues, programme budgeting, experience of working on Gender Responsive Budgeting will be an asset (max 90 points);
Demonstrated experience of planning and conducting trainings and workshops in programme budgeting for multiple governmental and civil society stakeholders (list of trainings, consultations facilitated); experience of working with the local governments will be an asset (max 90 points);
Sound writing skills with demonstrated ability to describe the training methodology, approaches, ability to plan and undertake a training in Programme Budgeting in line with the given timeframe (reference to relevant papers, training materials developed has to be provided) (max 90 points);
Fluency in Georgian and English) (max 50 points).

Maximum total technical score amounts to 350 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 245 points out of maximum 350 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 150.

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 scoring + financial scoring).

Management Arrangements:

The national consultant will work under the direct supervision of UN Women Programme Analyst.

Financial arrangements:

Payment will be disbursed upon submission and approval of deliverables and certification by UN Women Programme Analyst that all services have been satisfactorily performed.

Application procedure:

CV and dully filled P11 form that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment;
Concept on training methodology in English
Financial Proposal - lump sum proposal/offer* in GEL (including breakdown of this lump sum amount indicating all necessary costs to complete this mission: total remuneration and breakdown by months ( travel expenses, per diems, tickets, lodging and terminal expenses, if applicable).

The applicants are required to submit an aggregated financial offer (“aggregated financial offer” is the total sum of all financial claims of the candidate for accomplishment of all tasks spelled out in this ToR).

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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