Antecedentes

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 UN Women Training Centre (TC) in Santo Domingo is dedicated to supporting the UN and other stakeholders to realize commitments to gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s rights through transformative training and learning. The gender capacity-development programmes range from basic and introductory levels to specialized and advanced levels for diverse audiences with different backgrounds. In terms of capacity-development strategies and techniques, the TC will make maximum use of on-line training techniques, paying special attention to e-learning courses and an active learning approach.

Toward this end the Training Centre will launch the UN Women Training Centre Virtual Campus in July 2014.

The Virtual Campus is an online learning platform that allows interactive, experiential, innovative and collaborative learning on gender equality and women’s empowerment. It is the foundation upon which the UN Women Training Centre can effectively function by  hosting training courses, products and tools in addition to enhancing the availability, accessibility, outreach and usage of training resources on UN Women priority areas. The eLearning Platform/Virtual Campus also supports monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on results of the Training Centre and facilitates coordination with partners globally and regionally to ensure quality and effectiveness of the Training Centre’s training services and products.

To manage all of these functions, the Training Centre has developed principles and guidelines for Training for Gender Equality (TfGE).

The objective of this consultancy is to assist in the final phases of design and development of the Virtual Campus, and ensure the smooth and correct functioning of online courses within the framework of the Training Centre TfGE principles and guidelines.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Under the supervision of the Training Programme Coordinator, the consultant  is expected to:

Support the development, implementation and evaluation of Training for Gender Equality (TfGE) Courses and Manuals through the Training Centre eLearning platform/Virtual Campus, including:

• Supporting the development, packaging and implementation of online training courses and materials, including application of new technologies to the development of online courses and materials in collaboration with UN Women staff and webmasters;
• Providing, upon request, pedagogical and technical assistance to on-line tutors under the supervision of the course manager;
• Providing pedagogical and technical assistance to participants by helping them to select appropriate learning paths among the existing options and responding to requests (on occasion by liaising with UN Women Staff, tutors and IT specialists);
• Supporting implementation of online learning activities such as preparing online discussions and coordinating and hosting webinars;
• Monitoring trainees’ participation and tutors’ activity on the platform and report on the online activities to the course manager and tutor, as needed;
• Applying Training Centre Quality Assurance mechanisms to course development and implementation as needed.
• Implementing TC Evaluation tools and processes; following up and maintaining the Training Centre Evaluation Database and supporting the development of course evaluation reports as necessary;
• Creating and uploading new learning and institutional content to the eLearning platform/virtual campus, including courses modules, materials, etc.;
• Contributing to the Training for Gender Equality Community of Practice , as needed,  by creating and uploading content, hosting on line activities and facilitating online discussions; and contributing substantially to virtual dialogues and online discussions on TfGE. Supporting technical and content coherence between TfGE CoP and Virtual Campus. Contributing to other knowledge networks as needed;
• Providing ad-hoc translations from/into English and Spanish.

Competencias

Core Values and Guiding Principles

Integrity:

• Demonstrate the values of United Nations and UN Women, act without consideration of personal gain, resist undue political pressure in decision-making, no abuse of power or authority, stand by decisions in the organization’s interest, and take action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behavior.

Professionalism:

• Show pride in work and achievements, demonstrate professional competence and mastery of subject matter, conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments and achieving results, motivated by professional rather than personal concerns, show persistence when faced with challenges, and remain calm in stressful situations.

Respect for Diversity:

• Work effectively with people from all backgrounds, treat all people with dignity and respect, treat men and women equally, show respect for and understand diverse opinions by examining own biases and behaviors to avoid stereotypical responses, and do not discriminate against any individual or group.

Core Competencies

Ethics and Values:

• Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

• Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication.

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:

• Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.

Working in Teams:

• Building and promoting effective teams.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

• Creating an emotionally intelligent organization.

Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

• Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

• Fair and transparent decision-making; calculated risk-taking.

Client Orientation:

• Monitor ongoing developments inside and outside the client's environment to keep them informed and anticipate problems;
• Meet timeline for delivery of products or services to clients.

Planning and Organizing:

• Ability to plan own work and manage conflicting priorities;
• Ability to develop clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies;
• Identifies priority activities and assignments and adjusts priorities as required.

Technological Awareness:

• Keep abreast of available technology, and apply it appropriately in the work of the Centre;
• Experience in working in a multicultural and web-based environment;
• Fluency in office software, email, and web-based applications;
• Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat;
• Good knowledge of Learning Management System (LMS) and Contents Management System (CMS);

Functional Competencies

• Excellent writing skills;
• Receptiveness to feedback and flexibility for incorporating revisions;
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
• Ability to work remotely.
  

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

• Masters or equivalent in Education, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Communications or other related field.

Experience:

• Minimum three years of experience in the design and management of e-Learning materials and courses, management of eLearning and knowledge platforms, and developing or assisting in the delivery of on-line distance learning courses;
• Relevant experience in gender and development is required;
• Experience in training for gender equality is highly desirable;
• Experience with UN System is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Working proficiency in English and Spanish is required;
• Knowledge of French is an asset.