UN WOMEN Jobs - 102781- Consultant - Development of Guidance Note on Manag

Consultant - Development of Guidance Note on Managing Direct Funding to Strategic Notes

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Home Based

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

22-Nov-2021

Application Deadline :

12-Nov-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Max. 25 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’s work is guided by the Strategic Plan that outlines strategic direction, objectives and approaches to support efforts to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The Strategic Plan supports implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and contributes to the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

UN-Women Programme at country, multi-country, and regional levels, is referred to as a Strategic Note (SN). The Strategic Note articulates UN-Women’s contribution to achieving national priorities, goals and results set out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), or equivalent, and UN-Women’s Strategic Plan (SP), with an indication of the resources needed to achieve such results. It includes information on the context, lessons learned, proposed programme including the corresponding Theory-of-Change, partnerships and coordination, sustainability strategy, programme management and operations, monitoring, knowledge management and evaluation, resource mobilization, communication and advocacy, as well as risks management.

Strategic Note has been used to mobilize non-core resources for its implementation, a modality that yields numerous benefits including management for long-term impact; catalytic effect that supports country programme’s growth through timely seed investments and leveraging of additional resources; synergies created through planning and implementation at the country programme level; flexibility in investment and prioritization that is critical in current fast-paced environment; efficiency gains achieved through lower management and implementation costs; capacity building and knowledge management as well as partnership building through creating strategic partnerships.

Programme Support Management Unit (PSMU) has initiated research of critical components in managing direct funding to SNs and it now seeks to recruit a consultant to engage with various work streams involved in the process (i.e. Political Analysis and Programme Development, Resource Mobilization, Partnerships, Finance, Budgets, Human Resources etc.) and build on lessons learned and best practices to develop a comprehensive guidance note in line with UN-Women’s Policy, Procedure and Guidance Framework (PPG) requirements and standards. UN-Women would in particular like to draw on lessons learned from the 10-year of successful implementation of the Strategic Partnership Framework (SPF), pioneering programme modality where resources are flexibly and strategically earmarked at the results level of the Strategic Plan for greater impact, and that was used as a model for later mobilizing and earmarking resources directly against Strategic Notes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work and expected output

Under the overall purview of the PSMU Chief, the consultant will:

Undertake desk analysis of related internal evaluation and audit reports
Research and document best practices of similar programming modalities (i.e. resource mobilization and implementation against the country programme document) in other UN Agencies
Research and document lessons learned and best practices in SP/SN direct funding programmes in UN-Women
Research overarching programming policies in UN Women under which the guidance note will be hosted to ensure conformity
Consult with work streams critical in the implementation of the direct SN funding
Develop the guidance note on how to use Strategic Note for strategic mobilization and partnership building and how to manage implementation, monitoring and reporting under this modality
Prepare submission to the PPG

Deliverables

Guidance Note on Managing Direct Funding to Strategic Notes
Submission to PPG prepared

Duration and duty station for the assignment

Maximum of 25 workdays with following detailed estimates:

20 workdays – research and consultation with the PSMU and other work streams
5 workdays – draft and submit the package to the PPG

Competencies

In depth knowledge of development issues and United Nations functioning with UN-Women experience considered as an advantage

Strong knowledge of relevant UN system organizational policies and procedures

Good knowledge of partnership building and donor relations

Excellent writing and presentation skills in English

Positive attitude and problem-solving skills

Result-oriented and able to respect deadlines

Good organizational skills and ability to work and coordinate with numerous stakeholders

Ethics and Values:

Teamwork
Knowledge sharing
High integrity and ethics

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s in law, international relations, business, public administration or related field

Experience:

15 years of legal experience in the UN system

Experience in the design and development of policies and procedures

Strong communications skills, both written and oral

Experience with working and coordinating with various organizational departments

Language:

Excellent speaking and written English