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.  

The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) have embarked on a new, global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) - The Spotlight Initiative.  The Initiative is so named as it brings focused attention to this issue, moving it into the spotlight and placing it at the centre of efforts to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Complementing the Spotlight country programmes in six Caribbean countries[1], the Regional Spotlight Programme will support and catalyse regional approaches that will cascade to the national levels, for the development of standardised approaches to essential services; prevention programming; and data collection and analysis. It will expand the influence of the women’s movement to participate in, influence and monitor the implementation of regional strategies; and it will provide resources for regional, national and community-based organisations to scale up their work and to innovate evidence-based prevention programming. All of this will be done based on intersectional analyses to ensure a focus on those under-served or marginalised because of discrimination and social exclusion.

The regional programme will maximize investment, and contribute to the scale, sustainability, visibility, lessons learnt and replication of programming throughout the region. It will address specific regional barriers/challenges/bottlenecks that inhibit progress on the prevention of and response to violence against women and girls. In particular, the regional programme will support CARICOM and OECS as the two intergovernmental frameworks leading functional cooperation in the region.

UN Women is the Technical Lead for the Regional Spotlight Initiative and also leads the pillar on Data and Research (Pillar 5). Key knowledge products of the Spotlight initiative include undertaking research on the economic costs of violence against women and girls, the results of which are intended to inform policy and service-delivery.

[1] Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Duties and Responsibilities

Objectives of the assignment

UN Women is seeking to contract a Statistical Editor to undertake the following:

• Thoroughly review the data, inclusive of annexes, in two reports on the Economic Costs of Violence against Women and Girls for Grenada and Guyana.
• Thoroughly review the data inclusive of annexes, in three reports on the Economic Costs of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace for Jamaica, Grenada and Guyana respectively.
• Further to the above, identify and make any needed corrections in the six reports.

N.B.: A professional content editor will be responsible, after the statistical editor has completed duties, for content editing and proofreading the reports.

Scope of Work

The Statistical Editor, with overall guidance by the UN Women Representative, and with day-to-day supervision from the UN Women Deputy Representative will undertake the duties necessary to fulfil the abovementioned objectives.

Deliverables:

• Guyana Report Economic Costs of Violence against Women and Girls:
  • Initial Report review by 14 December 2022
  • Final Report Review by 9 January 2023
• Grenada Report Economic Costs of Violence against Women and Girls:
  • Initial Report review by 20 January 2023
  • Final Report Review by 24 February 2023
• Jamaica Report – Economic Costs of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace:
  • Initial Report Review by 3 March 2023
  • Final Report Review by 31 March 2023
• Guyana Report – Economic Costs of Violence against Women and Girls
  • Initial Report Review by 7 April 2023
  • Final Report Review by 28 April 2023
• Guyana Report – Economic Costs of Violence against Women and Girls
  • Initial Report Review by 5 May 2023
  • Final Report Review by 31 May 2023

Reporting Requirements:

The Consultant will work under the overall supervision of the UN Women MCO-Caribbean Representative, with direct reporting to UN Women Deputy Representative.

Competencies

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:  https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Strong statistical analysis and social research and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills including the conveying complex concepts and recommendations, in a clear and persuasive style tailored to match different audiences.
• Ability to interact independently as part of a team.
• Ability to multi-task and operate effectively in stressful situations.

Required Skills and Experience

The consultant should meet the following criteria:

Education:

• A Master’s Degree in any of the following areas: Economics, Social Sciences, Statistics, Public Health, Gender and Development

Experience:

• At least seven years direct experience as a statistical editor of reports with data from large household surveys and/or quantitative datasets.
• At least five years conducting socioeconomic research and analysis on any of the following areas: poverty, sexual and reproductive health, public health, violence against women and children.
• At least five years’ direct experience analysing micro-datasets from large household surveys.
• Experience working on gender-related issues is an asset
• Experience working in small island developing states of CARICOM or the Pacific is an asset, but not required.

Languages:

• Fluency in written and oral English is required.

Location and Duration:

• The consultancy will be home-based (no travel is required).
• The consultant will be engaged for a maximum of 40 working days during the period 15 November 2022 – 30 June 2023.

Remuneration:

• The consultancy fee will be negotiated before contracting. Each payment will be based on a predefined and formal agreement between UN Women and the consultant and will be disbursed based on satisfactory completion of agreed deliverables.  

• The remuneration for this contract type is an all-inclusive fee, the organization will not be liable for additional cost or benefits.? Hence, it is the responsibility of the consultant to take out adequate medical insurance for the duration of the contract and it is recommendable that the policy includes coverage for COVID-19 related illness. ??The medical coverage should be international when the contract requires missions or international assignment. 

• If selected for this vacant post, proof of medical coverage should be presented within the first two months of the contract. 

Hardware, Software, and Communication:

• The consultant must be equipped with a fully functional laptop, which must comfortably run Office 365 programs, using operating systems Microsoft Windows 10/11, or Mac OS X 10.11 or upward. The consultant must be reasonably accessible by email and telephone (preferably mobile). The use of reliable, internet-based (Skype or equivalent) is required. 

References:

• Minimum of three client references that include the name of the contact person, title and contact information.

Other:

• Interviews may be conducted with the shortlisted applicants.

• The consultant contracted will be required to sign a statement of confidentiality and freedom from any conflict of interest with potential future contractors with respect to the TORs and work that they will be delivering.

Documents to be submitted:

• 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;  Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
• Please group all documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows one document to be uploaded. 

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