Historique

Background:

The ESARO Strategic note is built upon the contextual analysis and key regional challenges coupled with the findings and recommendations of reviews, evaluations and lessons learned. Rooted in the Secretary General’s Human Rights Call to Action and building on UN Women’s triple mandate, its convening power and influence, ESARO seeks to refine its comparative advantage as a catalyst for accelerating change through deepening partnerships, co-creating knowledge and gender data, mobilizing resources, and coordinating efforts toward an environment where: 1) women and girls are safe, their voices heard and make informed choices, and 2.) regional entities advance women’s human rights, reduce patriarchal barriers of discrimination and create equal opportunities for women and girls in their diversity. The ESARO strategic note aims to fulfil this vision by focusing on five regional priorities that address different dimensions of change:

1. Sustained engagements with duty-bearers to be more accountable for financing and implementation of gender commitments (systemic change)
2. Enabling safe spaces and convening platforms to coalesce rights holders to hold duty bearers accountable (relational level change)
3. Strengthening partnerships and efforts on evidence-based approaches to transform harmful behaviours and practices that perpetuate gender stereotypes and inequalities (social and cultural change)
4. Making the connection between action and results through gender data, research and analysis (knowledge for change)
5. Advancing GEWE accountability through effective coordination of UN regional mechanisms and platforms (peer influence change)

Objectives of the assignment:

During the development of the Strategic Note, ESARO team established baselines for some of the indicators. The purpose of this assignment is to validate the identified baselines and establish the status where gaps exist.  The objective of the baseline assessment will be to determine quantitatively and qualitatively the current situation in relation to the main outcomes of the Strategic Note.

The baseline assessment will provide the indicator benchmarks on which any changes and progress resulting from ESARO interventions will be measured.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The consultant will report to the ESARO Monitoring and Reporting Specialist and is expected to undertake the following:
• Review the UN Women Global Strategic Plan and the ESARO Strategic Note to get a proper understand on the content.
• Review the ESARO results framework and monitoring and evaluation plan to validate the indicators and proposed data sources then share a data collection plan.
• Undertake literature review and interviews to establish the status and update all the baselines for all outcome level indicators.
• Present findings to UN Women ESARO team in a validation meeting.
• Finalize the results framework with the established baseline data.

Deliverables:

• Presentation of baseline findings in a workshop.
• Revised ESARO results framework with all baselines updated.

Work Schedule:

Compétences

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to monitor and collect research data to assess accuracy, validity, and integrity.
• Ability to observe, monitor, collect, and record data.
• Ability to assess the accuracy, validity, and integrity of the data.
• Coordination of work/Facilitation; ability to assist a group or individuals to accomplish specific goals.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• Master’s degree in in social sciences, development, monitoring and evaluation or equivalent.

Experience:

• At least ten years of experience in carrying out, leading, and coordinating evaluations and/or research.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in spoken and written English is required.

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