Background
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) supports UN member states in implementing international standards for achieving gender equality and cooperates with governments and civil society in the development of laws, policies, programs, and services necessary to effectively implement these standards. The organization's actions are also aimed at implementing the global Development Agenda for the period up to 2030 - the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the benefit of women and girls, as well as promoting their equal participation in all aspects of life. In 2017, the European Union began to plan a comprehensive support for public sector reform in Afghanistan. The same year, the project aimed at increasing the participation of women in economic and public life through education and empowerment. Following the first phase of the project in 2021, 50 Afghan women entered the higher and professional education to be completed by 2025. The project is being implemented in cooperation with the EU, UNDP, and UN Women Kazakhstan. Given the expertise in women’s economic empowerment, UN Women has been tasked to organize extra curriculum activities for Afghan women-students in the form of winter/summer school trainings to enhance educational potential of Afghan women, raise their awareness about gender equality, women’s rights and leadership and provide them with practical tools, that will help them in their future professional and personal development. In early 2023, the winter school programme was conducted in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan for 86 Afghan women students and was dedicated to the themes of gender equality and women empowerrment, human rights, SDGs and peacebuilding, women peace and security, women leadership and career development, networking, and self-confidence. |
Based on the preferences and suggestions of the Afghan women-students, the summer school will be held in an offline format and designed to further enhance and deepen their capabilities, knowledge, and skills in gender equality, women’s empowerment and leadership, personal development, and employability. Timeframe and Location
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Duties and Responsibilities
The International Expert/Trainer is expected to undertake the following specific tasks: • In consultation with UN Women and facilitators analyse the needs assessment survey to tailor the planned curriculum. • Develop customized training sessions in English to enhance the knowledge and skills of Afghan women-students in the following areas: - Gender equality and women’s empowerment - Leadership development for women - Effective communication and negotiation skills - Interpersonal and presentation skills - Collaboration and networking - Public speaking - Resume Writing and Interviewing Skills |
- Personal development and career plan The International Expert/Trainer is expected to work home based with travels to 1) Kazakhstan; 2) Kyrgyzstan; 3) Uzbekistan to deliver in-person training sessions.
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Competencies
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Required Skills and Experience
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Financial assessment: The evaluation of the submitted financial proposals will be made based on the following formula: C low / C x 300, where: C is the price of the evaluated offer; and C low - this is the lowest price of all evaluated offers among the corresponding offers. 300 is the maximum financial point you can get. The winner is the candidate who scores the highest score on the total score (according to the results of the technical assessment + financial assessment). The maximum possible score for the technical evaluation is 700 and 300 for the financial proposal. Candidate selection: The contract will be offered to the candidate with the highest score in the cumulative evaluation. Application Process: All documents should be sent including:
Only candidates who have passed the preliminary selection will be informed and invited to the next recruitment stage. Platform admin - jobs.undp.org only accepts one attachment, so you need to prepare all required documents, scan them as one PDF document and attach them to your online application. * Each candidate must submit a consolidated financial proposal that includes all of the candidate's expenses required to complete the assigned tasks, including communication costs, travel expenses for the task, etc. 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. 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. |