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Re-advertisement -National Consultant to support in the development of UN Women Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction Programme

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Nairobi (Off-site), KENYA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

03-Feb-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

40 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

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality that was established in 2011 to accelerate the attainment of the rights of women globally. UN Women supports women’s equal participation in all aspects of life by working with UN Member States to develop and apply global standards and frameworks for achieving gender equality, and supports national governments and the civil society to design and develop laws, policies, programmes and services needed to implement these standards.

In 2012, UN Women established a Humanitarian Unit anchored within the Women, Peace and Security pillar that works to consolidate and support humanitarian work, including DRR- disaster risk reduction, preparedness, risk prevention and mitigation, at the global, regional and national levels. UN Women’s engagement in humanitarian action and DRR is to ensure consistency and sustainability in addressing gender equality concerns across the humanitarian-development continuum.

Kenya faces a wide range of natural and human-induced hazards such as, drought, floods, landslides, collapsing infrastructure, human and animal disease, urban and forest fires that impact negatively on her development agenda and reduces the full realization of the benefits anticipated from Vision 2030. Kenya is also to thousands of refugees and suffers often from internal displacement. The magnitude, frequency, and impacts have become more severe aggravated by climate change and human-induced factors such as insecurity, environmental degradation, population pressure, urbanization and others. Annually, it is estimated that 1.5 to 2 million Kenyans are affected by these disasters.

Disasters and emergencies affect and impact on women, men, boys and girls differently. However, research has shown that consequent disaster losses can be substantially reduced if all men, women, boys and girls are aware of their responsibilities and are involved in developing and implementing measures that can reduce the risks. The importance of gender integration in DRR/DRM is embedded in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, the ground breaking resolution that acknowledges the impact of conflict and disasters on women, recognizing the importance of utilizing women’s contribution and active participation in conflict prevention, peace-building and also relief and recovery and DRR/DRM. UN Women works government, humanitarian and disaster risk reduction stakeholders to achieve Resolution 1325 and to ensure that women, men, boys and girls have equal responsibilities to manage disaster risks, to respond and recover from emergencies.

Kenya has made significant strides in Disaster Risk management (DRM). The constitution of Kenya (2010) integrates articles that support DRM down to the county government level and offers in it an opportunity to propagate DRR activities down to the communities. The country has developed a draft DRM policy which is in the process of enactment. The creation of DRR institutions such as National Disaster Operations Centre (NDOC), National Drought management authority (NDMA), National disaster management unit (NDMU, the Parliamentary Caucus, and the National Platform for DRR are evidence of initiatives undertaken by the government. The county governments have gone further to develop County Integrated Development Plans (CIDP) that have integrated some elements of disaster risk management and peace and security while others have gone further to develop disaster management related policies. Overall, the country had made efforts to create an enabling environment for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SF DRR 2015-2030).

Duties and Responsibilities

UN Women’s Humanitarian and DRR work in Kenya seeks to advance and support the government’s efforts and priorities identified within MTP II in the area of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action. The objective of UN Women work is to ensure that Peace, security and humanitarian action are shaped by women’s leadership and participation in alignment with the Political Pillar of Vision 2030, and to Medium Term Plan 2 under: (i) National Value and Ethics, and (ii) Ending Drought Emergencies, Irrigation and Food Security. The objective are also aligned to UN Women’s Global and Regional strategies that seeks to support strategies and interventions that present a systematic shift in the decision-making structures, and the prioritization of the needs of women and girls in peace processes, humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction.

To achieve its objectives, UN Women focuses its efforts in providing technical support to Government and CSOs to enhance gender responsive programming in humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction as well as vulnerable women and girls living in insecure and fragile environments. It also provides leadership in the coordination of gender mainstreaming across the UN agencies. To support evidence based programming, UN Women carries out action research and shares knowledge of good practices and lessons learnt, supports policy and advocacy work in partnership with the UN system, women leaders, women organizations, CSOs, Kenya Red Cross Society, various Ministries of government and regional bodies.

Given the dynamic nature of the humanitarian situation, the refugee factor and in preparation for the 2017 elections, UN Women’s Peace & Security, Humanitarian action and DRR unit seeks to hire an expert to support the development of a programme document that will guide its work for the next 2 years.

It is expected that the selected consultant will prepare a comprehensive programme that clearly identifies UN Women’s priority and focus areas for 2017 and 2018.

Specific tasks and responsibility:

Under the overall supervision of the Humanitarian and DRR Specialist, the Consultant will be expected to undertake the following tasks:

Review UN Women’s strategic documents including the Kenya Strategic Note, Global Humanitarian Strategy, DRR and Humanitarian flagships programmes to identify priority focus areas;
Review of global frameworks including but not limited to Sendai Framework for DRR, WHS outcomes, UNSCR 1325, CEDAW, Beijing Platform for Action, SDGs among others;
Consult with key institutions within government national and county that are addressing humanitarian and disaster risk reduction work, including the Gender Machinery;
Review of UNDAF specifically SRA 4 that focuses on community resilience, DRR and humanitarian issues; review the strategies and Prodocs of other UN agencies working in this area for alignment;
Consult with humanitarian partners within the UN System, donors, INGOs, Kenya Red Cross among others to collect their views on gender mainstreaming;
Consult with Council of Governors (CoG) and visit some select (4) counties to collect their views on gender mainstreaming in this sector;
Consult with other relevant stakeholders including, but not limited to Kenya Humanitarian Private Partnership Team, academia and Humanitarian Academy;
Visit one of the refugee camps to collect views from humanitarian stakeholders supporting refugees;
Collate views, observations and recommendations from the key stakeholders with a focus on existing challenges and opportunities for gender mainstreaming;
Develop a SWOT analysis summarizing the views of all the key stakeholders;
Work with UN Women to come up with a two (2) year programme document that clearly identifies areas of focus and priority interventions for UN Women.

Usage of findings:

The finding will be used to develop UN Women’s humanitarian and DRR programme.

Deliverables:

TOR execution work plan with clear data collection tools;
A summary report comprising of key observations, strengths, weakness, threats and opportunities with regards to gender mainstreaming in humanitarian and DRR in Kenya;
A draft HDRR Programme document to be submitted to UN Women for review and comments;
A final programme document to be submitted to UN Women (between 15-20 pages) ;
The final output of the assignment specifically addressing the following issues, among others;
- Analysis of Kenya’s disaster and humanitarian context;
- The nexus between gender, humanitarian and disasters;
- Key challenges and opportunities hindering or supporting gender mainstreaming;
- Proposed strategies to address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities;
- Key priority areas (between 3-5 max) of programming or intervention for UN Women to focus on during the next two years;
- Result and Resources Framework;
- Potential partnerships and networks to support implementation.

Methodology:

The assignment will be conducted through:

Desk review of relevant documents;
Face to face interviews with relevant government, UN agencies, INGOs, CBOs, development partners, KRC to get theirs views and recommendations on how to strengthen gender mainstreaming;
Interviews with gender machinery and KEWOPA to get the views on how to strengthen gender in this sector;
Interviews with county technical officers and other relevant county officials to collect their views on how to strengthen gender mainstreaming in their humanitarian and DRR strategies;
Any other methodology deemed by the Consultant as appropriate for the task objectives.

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.

Development and Innovation:

Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

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 behavior 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.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

Mature judgment and initiative;
Ability to think out-of-the-box;
Ability to present complex issues in simple and clear manner;
Cultural, gender, religion and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Ability to work under pressure and deliver high quality results on time;
Initiative and independence.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in in social sciences, gender and development, Disaster risk reduction and humanitarian studies, or similar.

Experience:

At least 8-9 years of relevant professional field experience;
Must demonstrate extensive knowledge of DRR and Humanitarian work as well as women participation in DRR and Humanitarian work;
Research experience;
Previous experience in programme design and programme management;
Full computer literacy;
Working experience with UN system is desirable.

Language:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Kiswahili.

Note:

Applicants who have applied for this vacancy announcement before do not need to re-apply;
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 group 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.