Background

The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) unit in the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and Pacific by providing support on programme coordination, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the programme “Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region”, under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls. The consultant will support visibility for the achievements of the programme and issues of EVAW in UN Women communications, drawing upon programme knowledge and through connecting offices.

UN Women 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.

 Assignment Background:

Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region

Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is part of the Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls, a global, multi-year initiative between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN). Safe and Fair is implemented through a partnership between the ILO and UN Women (in collaboration with UNODC) with the overriding objective of ensuring that labour migration is safe and fair for all women in the ASEAN region.

Safe and Fair works in close cooperation with governments and social partners to achieve three inter-linking specific objectives: (1) Women migrant workers are better protected by gender- sensitive labour migration governance frameworks; (2) Women migrant workers are less vulnerable to violence and trafficking and benefit from coordinated responsive quality services; and (3) Data, knowledge and attitudes on the rights and contributions of women migrant workers are improved. The programme strategy mainstreams three cross-cutting topics: women’s voice and agency; rights-based approach; and broad engagement of stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work: Ensure quality reporting on the progress and results of the Safe and Fair Programme and the entire EVAW unit, provide support to the regional programme implementation and contribute to the communications initiatives on EVAW

Programme Coordination

• Contribute to implementation of Safe and Fair programme and gather inputs and coordinate with country offices for the preparation of workplans, progress reports etc.
• Conduct regular analysis of programme activities to inform programming
• Coordinate and document programme coordination meetings
• Coordinate relationships with implementing partners to support the implementation, identify issues and suggest solutions including capacity building needs for staff and partners.
• Track and coordinate submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports and provide technical inputs for revision/clearance.
• Maintain records of all Safe and Fair files and related documents on Shared Drive.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Support the development and monitoring of  annual work plans  for the regional component of the programme
• Engage with programme countries to collect the Safe and Fair Programme monitoring data, twice a year
• Organize capacity building sessions on result-oriented reporting to Safe and Fair national staff
• Provide technical support to Safe and Fair Programme Country Offices to ensure the quality of the programme reporting;
• Analyze the monitoring data collected from Safe and Fair Programme Country Offices and use them for reporting;
• Ensure adequate documentation of results, lessons learned and promising practices from the programme
• Draft monthly, quarterly and annual reports on EVAW ROAP initiatives and SAF initiatives to contribute to the UN Women internal systems, the Safe and Fair Programme and the global Spotlight Initiative reporting mechanisms
• Coordinate with the Safe and Fair M&E and Research Technical Officer and the Safe and Fair Communication officer on data collection and reporting of the programme
• Support in coordinating and enduring adequate documentation and analysis for endline survey and final evaluation of the programme

Programme communication and visibility

• Contribute to the drafting of briefs, publications, presentations, talking points, minutes and other materials on the Safe and Fair Programme,
• Liaise with the relevant communications company on the designing, implementation, production and organization of programme events and organizing outreach initiatives throughout the year,  including for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign
• Contribute to producing publications, presentations and other creative communication materials to increase the visibility of the programme and feature EVAW issues strategically in UN Women and media communications
• Draft stories and creative communications to capture the impact of the EVAW issues, including the Safe and Fair programme
• Liaise with Spotlight focal points in Asia and Pacific and support the identification of lessons learnt, achievements and experiences to be shared across the different programmes
• Coordinate with focal points of UNiTE, the GBV Action Coalition, Spotlight, the Generation Equality Forums and ROAP communications team to increase the visibility of Safe and Fair by drafting and supporting the development of creative communications materials for internal and external audiences.

Supervision

The consultant will be supervised by the EVAW Programme Specialist of the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Competencies

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

Functional Competencies:

• Good analytical skills
• Good knowledge of violence against women

Required Skills and Experience

Eligibility criteria

• Master’s degree in the field of international development, gender studies, social science, public policy, or other related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• At least 2 years of relevant experience at the national and international levels in programme coordination and monitoring and evaluation of programmes, with focus on promotion of gender equality and ending violence against women. Work experience in ASEAN region is an advantage.
• Experience in coordination with international organizations and other stakeholders is required; preferably in ASEAN region.
• Experience in regional programme coordination is an asset;
• Experience in data compilation, analysis and preparing high quality reports is required.
• Previous experience of working in the UN system is an asset.
• Experience in data compilation, analysis and preparing high quality reports is required.
• Proficiency in English and writing skill are required.

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.

•          Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]

•          Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of

the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated. Technical qualification evaluation criteria: The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100.

Technical qualification evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individuals is evaluated based on the following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Submission of application

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org with -cc to somjai.noohuang@unwomen.org with the email subject “Reporting and Programme Coordination Consultant” no later than 15th April 2023, COB.

Submission package includes:

•          Personal History Form (P11 which can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about- us/jobs)

•          Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify deliverable fees breaking down into the professional fee per deliverable and travel related cost (i.e. round-trip airfare from consultant original country to the field locations, and visa fees).

  •        The sample of written work.

**Please note, you can only submit 1 file in the UNDP application system. If you submit your application through the UNDP application system, please create one file with all the required documents. Applicants with the incomplete submission will not be considered. **

 In the event that the consultant needs to travel related to this assignment, UN Women will bear the costs of requested travel expenses.

Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.  

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.  

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.  All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)