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National consultant to develop a tracking system for UN Women ESARO publications usage

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Nairobi, KENYA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

03-May-2016

Application Deadline :

25-Apr-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

12 Working Days

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UN Women covers 22 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR), however, UN Women has country offices in only 13 countries namely: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa (Multi Country Office), South Sudan, Sudan Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The Multi Country Office covers Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) countries namely: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. The Office in Ethiopia is both a Country Office for Ethiopia and a Liaison Office to African Union and Economic Commission for Africa. The Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) in Nairobi provides oversight to all the ESAR countries.

The country offices have programmatic responsibilities in their respective countries. The country offices develop Strategic Notes (similar to country programmes for other agencies) which articulate UN Women’s programmatic and management results to support national priorities on gender. The Strategic Notes are aligned with UNDAF both in terms of results and periodicity. The UN Women Country Offices are also responsible for partnership with a wide range of partners including various Government ministries and departments, Non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, donors, development partners, academia, and others.

The work across the Eastern and Southern Africa Region portfolio may be summarised as follows:

Strengthening the adoption, implementation and monitoring of legal frameworks, political party platforms and election bodies in support of women’s increased participation in decision making at the national and local level, including ensuring increase in women as voters;
Promotion of economic empowerment and security of excluded women, including women home-based workers, Migrant Women Workers, domestic workers, rural women, and women market vendors;
Legislative reforms including monitoring, to combat VAW and girls at the national and provincial level; and Support to implementation of legal frameworks, including support to the global Critical Services Initiative; Safe Cities programme; and direct support in the provision of services for women escaping violence;
Women’s engagement in DRR, peace, mediation, and reconstructions efforts; and strengthening access to and gender responsiveness of relief, recovery and disaster risk management at national and provincial levels;
Strengthen gender responsive budgeting and planning processes at all levels, including improved monitoring, including supporting the monitoring of the impact of policies on women and men; supporting implementation of the CEDAW; and
Strengthening the adoption and implementation of global norms, policies and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment through action by Governments and other stakeholders at all levels.

Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Knowledge Management Specialist of the UN Women ESARO, the consultant will develop a tracking system for ESARO knowledge products usage. The consultant shall propose ways of implementing the system and availing it to the general publics who use UN Women knowledge products at ESARO. This shall be linked to country offices as well with the help of a Knowledge Management and Research Specialist based at ESARO.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant shall develop a system for tracking usage of ESARO knowledge products to be accessible online to various publics;
The consultant will finalize and improve the system based on feedback from the knowledge management unit;
Where applicable, the text will adhere to UN Women branding standards for language and presentation;
The consultant will test and pretest the system and assure its workability;
Conduct a survey targeting diverse audiences with support from the KMR specialist and report on the status of usage of knowledge products by UN Women ESARO;
Participate and if necessary facilitate a UN Women ESARO meeting to validate the findings of the survey which shall target diverse publics of UN Women in ESARO;
Make a PowerPoint presentation of the survey results and share a finalized report based on feedback by UN Women.

Output:

Key outputs for the consultancy are:

System of tracking knowledge products availed and produced by UNW omen ESARO;
Survey report on usage of knowledge products by diverse audiences in UN Women;
A power point presentation summarizing the report.

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Work in teams:

Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

Good Team player;
Ability to be flexible and respond to changes to text as part of the review and feedback process;
Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate and work with diverse people at regional and country office level;
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure;
Promotes knowledge management and a learning environment through leadership and personal example;
Outstanding networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

A master’s degree in research, monitoring and evaluation, statistics or related field.

Experience:

At least 5-7 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, research, knowledge management, statistical analysis preferably for international development organizations;
Demonstrated experience in research and use of statistical packages;
Understanding of UN, including development issue.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English is required;
Working knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.