UN WOMEN Jobs - 105295- Consultant - Programme Manager

Consultant - Programme Manager - Ending Violence Against Women (Open to Indian Nationals Only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New Delhi, INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Apr-2022

Application Deadline :

20-Mar-22 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

120 Days (spread over April to August 2022)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

120 Days (spread over April to August 2022)

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, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

As the UN agency with the mandate to work on gender equality, UN Women is responsible for leading and coordinating United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world and at the country level. UN Women is also expected to provide strong and coherent leadership in support of countries’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society, the nodal government agency, private sector, and other relevant actors.

Preliminary findings from a study on socio economic impacts of COVID 19 on women and girls in India reveal that the pandemic has resulted in exacerbating the already existing gendered nature of unpaid work at home. While both urban and rural respondents suffered an income drop resulting in livelihood uncertainty especially among the marginalised sections, women and girls given the informality of their labour are disproportionately impacted.

Additionally, the pandemic has strained even the most advanced health systems in the world. In Asia and the Pacific, 60 per cent of women report facing more barriers to seeing a doctor as a result of the pandemic. Given the prevalent socio-cultural norms, unequal power relations in intimate partner relationships, early evidence indicates an adverse gender impact including unwanted pregnancies.

While rates of all other crimes have gone down during the COVID-19 lockdown period, crimes against women have continued to be reported, including domestic violence. As per the latest National Crime Records Bureau data, Assam continues to report the highest rate of crime against women. In Assam, 32 percent (National Family Health Survey 5, 2019-20) of ever-married women in the age 18-49 years have ever experienced spousal violence, which is close to the global data of 1 in 3 women experiencing intimate partner violence. Women and girls who experience gender-based violence struggle to access healthcare and essential support services owing to restrictions on movement, closed clinics, and fear of contracting coronavirus.

The most marginalized women and girls may be excluded from critical, life-saving measures. Of particular concern to the COVID-19 pandemic are at-risk populations in vulnerable settings such as migrant women, women with disabilities, and rural women which are already underserved by services, and where information and strategies such as testing, handwashing, self-isolation and quarantine will be particularly difficult –if not impossible -due to lack of space, resources and services.

There is a critical need for targeted approaches to reach all social groups with COVID-19 prevention information and health services, as well as other critical essential services information (considering gender, age, disability, culturally aware approaches education, indigenous languages, LBTIQI identity, and migration status).

UN Women is currently implementing a programme to forge and strengthen multi-sectoral partnerships in Assam, India (Tea) to effectively respond to the COVID-19 and pandemic through targeted interventions to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and enhance women workers’ health, wellness, and safety in the tea sector, by focusing on the following Outcome and Outputs 1, 2 and 3 to generate best practices and lessons learned to inform a gender-responsive COVID-19 recovery:

Outcome: Locally owned women’s health, wellness and safety solutions identified and implemented

Output 1: Capacity of partners enhanced on women’s health and wellbeing and on measures to respond to escalating risks related to VAWG during COVID 19.

Output 2: Multi-stakeholder partnership platforms strengthened to identify and implement women’s health, wellness and safety solutions.

Output 3: Local data available on the impact of COVID 19 on women and girls in the tea sector in selected intervention areas in Assam.

Theory of Change (TOC): IF:

Leaders in the range of sector (workers in tea/government/producers/managers and other civil society groups including women health workers) have increased access to information to enable women and girls’ fullest role in COVID-19 response, with a priority focus on women’s health, wellness and safety.
Women have increased access to health care and other essential services in the tea sector in Assam.
Important synergies are strengthened with other producer initiatives to improve the safety, health and wellbeing of women and girls as part of ensuring sustainability of agricultural value chains in India.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance and direct supervision of UN Women Programme Specialist the consultant will have the following specific terms of reference (ToR).

Provide technical support in the development and implementation of an integrated strategy for the delivery of technical assistance, policy advocacy and programme support. The strategy should reflect the response and recovery of COVID-19;
Work closely with Programme Specialist and the EVAW Unit to manage the project delivery on time;
Support in the delivery and monitoring of activities aligned to the Programme Framework;
Draft annual workplans and progress and financial reports under the Programme Framework and as per internal UN Women processes;
Facilitate outreach and media campaigns for the project;
Review project implementation and expenditure of the project;
Document good practices and updates from the programme, for website and quarterly reporting and donor reporting;
Coordinate and monitor the work of the partners, and trainers for the project;
Build and facilitate strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders;
Ensure effective communication and coordination with implementing partners in Assam for community level mobilization;
Draft and work in accordance with the resource mobilization strategy;
Track and report on mobilized resources;
Research best practices and pose new, more effective ways of doing things;
Build and support the development of knowledge resources on gender-based violence: prevention and response including but not limited to resource kits/tool kits, information booklets; technology enabled interactive audio-visual tools and posts on social media for a multi-stakeholder audience;
Maintain a record of meetings and official communication;
Provide policy advice and technical support to Government functionaries and stakeholders related to Assam tea sector;
Build an online repository of knowledge resources and meeting records;
Any other task assigned by the Programme Specialist and Representative /Deputy Representative about overall programmatic functions.

Expected Deliverables:

Workplan for the assignment.
Timely and effective delivery of the project.
Coordination between key stakeholders ensured.
Strategic partnerships created.
Results based monitoring system in place.
Knowledge building and knowledge sharing facilitated.
Communications and knowledge products for the project in place.
Interim and final donor reports for the project.

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:

Master’s Degree in Social Sciences/ Social Work /Gender Studies/Public Administration/Policy/law or related fields.

Experience:

5 years of professional experience with programming, especially project design, implementation, management, and evaluation
Programming experience on human rights and violence against women would be an asset
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages
Experience in handling of web-based management systems.
Experience in high level documentation and reporting skills desirable.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and Hindi is required.
Knowledge of Assamese is an asset.

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://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
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 (10 points).
Working knowledge and experience of working on Women’s Economic Empowerment and EVAW projects/programmes (5 points).

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

Interviews – 80 Points
Writing Samples Evaluation - 20 Points

Please Note:

For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 65 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.
Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.
Contract will be issued initially for 120 days. It will be extended subject to availability of time and funds.

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.