Background
Duties and Responsibilities
- Identify the gaps between men and women in legal and policy frameworks within the Democratic Governance sector institutions and in institutional structures relating to programs and human resource.
- Develop gender specific qualitative and quantitative indicators to be incorporated into the overall M&E framework for the Democratic Governance sector strategy that would enable the sector to measure the effectiveness of efforts to create gender equality and ensure implementation of gender related programs against quantifiable results.
Scope of Work
The assignment is nationwide and will involve consultations with all the 19 government institutions plus selected networks of NSAs in the Democratic Governance sector. The assignment has to be finalized within two months.
Specific tasks:
- Mobilize and design agreed tools for assessment processes with the client.
- Conduct the gender needs assessment objectively, professionally and transparently as articulated in the detailed terms of references.
- Summarize and interpret results.
- Develop a gender action plan.
- Regularly report to the client
Team Leader on Gender Mainstreaming - Democratic Governance:
Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN values and ethical standards.
- Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNDP.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Ability to provide high quality technical advice and design/deliver results in set timelines.
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude; .
- Strong analytical and advocacy skills.
- Demonstrates good oral and written communication/presentation skills.
- Demonstrates openness to change, ability to manage complexities and work under pressure.
- Ability to lead a team and coordinate different processes.
- Computer competence in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet applications.
- Excellent reporting and writing skills.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Phd in gender, development studies or other relevant social sciences is preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years work experience in gender mainstreaming preferably in democratic governance reform.
- Experience and familiarity with UNDP policies and programming procedures is an added advantage.
- Excellent communication and networking skills.
- Knowledge of the Malawi political and legal systems
Language:
- Fluency in written and spoken English
During the duration of the assignment, the Team Leader will report to an established reference group. Detailed Terms of References for the assignment need to be requested from UNDP Malawi in advance from:
Procurement Unit
P.O Box 30135, Capital City, Lilongwe Email: procurement.mw@undp.org and from chisomo.kaufulu@undp.org