Background

UN Women, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has been created to accelerate up the process of meeting the needs of women and girls across the world. Since 2014, UN Women Tajikistan, in partnership with the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan (CoES) and UN agencies and partners, has been actively involved in humanitarian work, in particular, disaster risk reduction and management.

In previous years UN Women has supported CoES in gender mainstreaming of its Action Plan on implementation of the Medium-term State Program for the Protection of the Population and Territories from Emergency Situations for 2023–2028. It continued rendering technical support of CoES and stakeholders on the introduction of gender approaches, namely, taking into account such areas as the involvement of women and girls in the work to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian activities, recovery and development after disasters; reducing vulnerability and managing risks to protect women and girls; meeting their needs and protecting their rights in relation to various vulnerabilities and real opportunities. UN Women pays attention to engagement of the specialized groups of population, like people with disabilities, elderly and others, and calls the partners to take disability & inclusion systematically into account in their planning and implementation of activities, including their presence in the decision-making structures.

Currently CoES and development partners jointly implement the Early Warning for All (EW4All) initiative in Tajikistan, and the Medium-term State Programme for the Protection of Population and Territories from Emergency Situations for 2023–2028.

In this regard, UN Women intends to hire a national consultant to provide technical support in the implementation of gender-sensitive activities of the Action Plan for 2023–2025 of the Medium-Term State Program for the Protection of Population and Territories from Emergency Situations for 2023–2028, including conducting a gender analysis of the personnel of specialized government agencies for DRR, measures to increase the capacity of local communities for individual and group work with women, the elderly and disabled people, etc. (GENDER and DRR CONSULTANT).

 

Objectives of the consultancy:

  • At least 50 leaders of target local communities of the 2 regions demonstrate improved knowledge on how to conduct individual work with women, vulnerable groups and people with disabilities on reducing vulnerability to disasters and increasing the capacity of local communities;
  • Decision makers, CoES and development partners have comparative data for better planning interventions highlighting women’s roles in organizational decision making, particularly in disaster risk management, and have better plan policies for adequate women’s representation in disaster risk reduction leadership because they received analyzed information on public service workforce in DRR related agencies.

Duties and Responsibilities

The National Consultant, in close cooperation with the expert group of the National Platform for disaster risk reduction and in consultation with UN women, will:

  1. Develop a module for two 2-day training sessions applying peer-to-peer principle “Reducing vulnerability to disasters and increasing the capacity of local communities, taking into account gender issues and vulnerable groups.”
  2. Provide instructional session to UN Women’s DRR trainers and staff suggested by CoES on how to work with the training module (online or hybrid options are considered).
  3. Participate in two-day training sessions for 50 community leaders in Soghd and Khatlon provinces of Tajikistan as a resource specialist for both trainers and the audience and make an analytical training report.
  4. Conduct a gender analysis of the personnel composition of government agencies involved in DRR management activities at national and local levels, including jamoats.
  5.  Participation in the development of new forms of statistical reporting in the field of emergency situations (Form 1/ChS) with the disaggregation of data by gender, age and disability in partnership with government agencies and development
  6. Prepare a comprehensive report summarizing the findings and recommendations.

Please, note: UN Women will cover training arrangements, i.e., logistics, (hall rent, meal and handouts), travel costs and accommodation for participants as per local market prices.

Competencies

Core Values:

  • Respect for Diversity
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism

Core Competencies:

  • Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
  • Accountability
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Effective Communication
  • Inclusive Collaboration

Please, visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/UN Women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

  • Possesses the ability to work independently, under pressure and meet deadlines;
  • Good knowledge of technical area;
  • Good organizational skills and ability to pay close attention to detail;
  • Experience in providing training for adult audience;
  • Experience in analytics, report writing, and communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Language: Fluent in written and spoken Russian language; knowledge of Tajik language is an asset.

Education: University (diploma) degree in social sciences, ecology, disaster risk management, gender studies, public policy/administration, economy, development studies relevant to this ToR.

Knowledge and professional experience:

  • 5 years of experience of cooperation with the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan (CoES) or close structures in mainstreaming gender through DRR and/or Climate Change programming;
  • 3 years of experience in capacity building of state and non-state partners on gender and inclusion, including Leave No One Behind principle;
  • 3 years of experience in drafting learning materials and/or in adjusting them for different categories of audience, including grass-root level.

 

Application procedure:

The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:

  • Letter of Interest, signed copy should be submitted;
  • Personal History Form (P11 form) with experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment ; signed copy should be submitted.

Candidate should have the ability to quickly produce degree certificates and medical certification (of good health) should they be short-listed in consideration of the consultancy post.