UN WOMEN Jobs - 68705- Consultant – Developing A Training Module on “Gend

Consultant – Developing A Training Module on “Gender Responsive Governance Leading to Improved Participation of Women in Local Governments

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Thimpu, BHUTAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

20-Oct-2016

Application Deadline :

10-Oct-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

October 2016 to January 2017 (55 working days)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

October 2016 to January 2017 (55 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

This programme aims at enhancing the capacities of governance institutions to leverage opportunities to women and girls through legislation, policies and programmes which are gender friendly and finally ensure better outcomes for women in terms of their access to rights and entitlements. In fact, there is a causal relationship between variables which is linear in so far as making governance institutions effective which, in turn, pursue with gender sensitive policies, programmes and allocations and expenditures that ultimately benefits women and girls.

Besides, promoting good governance especially gender responsive governance requires effective capacity building of stakeholders at all levels with a relevant training module that enables sustainable development of capacities of functionaries which is substantive. In this context, the UN Women needs to develop training modules pertaining to the gender responsive governance and related issues which would cover the training needs of elected representatives and local government functionaries in enhancing the quality of delivery systems.

In the process of decentralization in Bhutan, local governments are the important players in managing local development and providing a lot of services to the people at the local government level. During the preparation of 11thFive Year Plan, the local governments in Bhutan were asked to mainstream the cross cutting issues such as gender, environment, climate change, disaster risk reduction and poverty. As per the Bhutan Gender Equality Diagnostic of selected sectors, it states that the local governments requested for more awareness and advocacy activities at the local level on gender equality issues and strategies. Further, the support for capacity building on gender and other related issues at the local level were also felt necessary to mainstream gender into the process of preparing the local plans and programs at their level.

Duties and Responsibilities

UN Women is seeking services of a consultant to revise the existing TOT manual on Gender Responsive Governance Leading to Improved Participation of Women in Local Governments.

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

Review existing training modules on gender mainstreaming developed by UN Women/development agencies in Bhutan. This step will be crucial for ensuring that there is no unnecessary duplication of content available;
Conduct a needs assessment of LG officials and other stakeholders through field visits and online survey;

Revise the exiting modules/develop additional content to:

Reflect areas identified through the needs assessment;
Context specific, through illustrations, case studies, practical examples, data;
Domain specific – local level planning, budgeting, M&E in Bhutan;
Design criteria for selection of master trainers as well as a monitoring template to monitor quality of trainings conducted by master trainers;
Functionally test the ToT module (3 days) with 50-60 nos;
Finalise ToT;
Conduct 1 orientation ToT for 50-60 No of officials ( 5 day duration);
Conduct 1 refresher ToT for the same set of officials ( 3 day duration);
The Consultant will be required to revise the existing manual to make it more Bhutan specific with an individual work plan;
Conduct pre and post capacity assessment of the officials;
Conduct a pilot TOT training to test the manual developed.

Deliverables:

Work plan;
Needs assessment questionnaire and selection criteria for master trainers;
Functionally test ToT module;
Agenda and content for the orientation workshop;
Pre and post analysis of the orientation workshop;
Agenda and content for the refresher workshop;
Pre and post analysis of the refresher workshop;
Monitoring template;
Trainers Report with recommendations;
Final ToT module after incorporating comments from UN Women.

Payment Schedule:

Submission of workplan - 20%;
Submission of draft report - 30%;
Submission of final report - 50%.

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

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.

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:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

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.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Functional Competencies:

Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Postgraduate in law, social sciences, gender, human rights and/or public policy related to women’s rights and/or gender and intercultural studies.

Experience:

Minimum 10 years of relevant specialized experience on gender equality and human rights;
Experience in conducting trainings on Gender Responsive Governance Leading to Improved Participation of Women in Local Governments;
Experience in gathering and systematizing data, evaluation of public policies and analysis of gender indicators.

Language:

Excellent spoken, analytical and writing skills in English.

Application:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (5 points);
Working knowledge and experience of writing on Gender Issues (5 points);
Working knowledge and use of computers and its programmes / applications. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages (5 points).

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

Interview (70 points);
Proof of writing samples (30 points).

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.