UN WOMEN Jobs - 69091- Consultant –Gender Responsive Budgeting (Open to I

Consultant –Gender Responsive Budgeting (Open to Indian nationals only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Jaipur, Rajasthan, INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Nov-2016

Application Deadline :

23-Oct-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

One Year (20 working days per month)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

One Year (20 working days per month)

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, 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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. The UN Women Multi-Country Office (UNW MCO) in India also covers Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

In India, Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) has been recognized as an effective tool for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) adopted the mission statement of ‘Budgeting for Gender Equity’ in 2004-05 for universalizing GRB both at the Centre and the States and developed a strategic framework of activities to implement this mission.

Since 2005-06, the Union Government has taken a slew of measures to institutionalise GRB in the country. Production of Gender Budget Statement and constitution of Gender Budget Cells have been key institutional mechanisms for operationalizing GRB at the level of ministries/departments. Akin to the union government, several states have also adopted GRB. As many as 19 states have adopted GRB in some form or the other.

The Government of Rajasthan is committed to address gender inequality. The State Government has made significant progress with respect to several gender development indicators. However, there are some issues that persist. The Government of Rajasthan initiated the process of implementing GRB in 2005-06 by identifying six key departments—health, education, agriculture, women and child development, registration and stamps and social welfare. A study was commissioned to analyse these departments from the GRB perspective and provide necessary recommendations to facilitate the process of GRB in them. The research also aimed to establish gender sensitive monitoring and evaluation framework within these departments. This exercise was replicated in six other departments namely Tribal Area Development, Rural Development, Local Self Government, Industries, Cooperative, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture & Forest in 2006-07. The recommendations were shared with the concerned Departments for taking necessary steps. In 2008, the government announced its intention to implement the GRB strategy in the state. An important development was the constitution of a high level committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary on 28th August 2009. A gender cell was also created in the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) in 2009 to act as the nodal agency for GRB. This led to the formal introduction of the Gender Budget Statement (GBS) in the state that attempted to quantify the funds meant to flow to women and girls. The first GBS was published along with the state budget in 2012-13. In 2012, the circular delineating the guidelines for furnishing information in the GBS was issued by the Department of Finance under the signature of the Chief Secretary.

Given the gains achieved thus far, it is important to further strengthen the efforts at the state level. The Directorate of Women’s Empowerment and UN Women will work together to achieve this objective. For this purpose, a consultant will placed in the Gender Cell of the Directorate who will support the government in coordinating this effort.

Duties and Responsibilities

UN Women is seeking the services of a Consultant to be based at the Directorate of Women Empowerment, Government of Rajasthan. The following are the specific terms of reference for the Consultant:

Implementation of the key findings of the impact assessment of GRB: The year 2015-16 marked ten years of GRB in Rajasthan. The State Government of Rajasthan is among the few states which put in place the institutional mechanisms critical to implementation of GRB. Further, the state initiated the work on GRB with a thorough analysis of departments. The state government is undertaking a study to assess the extent to which these initiatives have led to achievement of positive gender equality outcomes. The consultant will be required to support the impact evaluation study as well as take forward the learnings that emerge from the assessment.
Capacity building: The consultant will work with the nodal agency for developing a capacity development plan on GRB in the state. The consultant will also coordinate the logistic of the workshops as well as prepare the workshop reports.
Influencing sectoral policies and programmes: The consultant will work with sectoral departments (atleast 2-3 sectoral departments as decided by the DWCD) with the objective of enhancing the gender responsiveness of their planning, budgeting and accountability mechanisms. This will entail conducting and supporting research focusing on select schemes of the departments.
Monitoring & Evaluation: The consultant will be required to collect data from departments to monitor progress on gender related issues. S/he will also study and prepare a format for collecting sex disaggregated data for relevant programmes/schemes.
Development of communications material: Based on the evidence generated as well as to build capacities of officials, the consultant will be required to develop relevant communications material such as a web portal on GRB, media articles/press releases/web articles etc.
Coordination: The consultant will be responsible for coordinating GRB work across departments. S/he will prepare minutes of all meetings, workshops etc. that are held by the government on GRB and provide logistic support for all the meetings/trainings etc.

Deliverables:

Individual workplan;
Approved roadmap on GRB;
Capacity development plan for the officials;
Data monitoring format to analyse implementation of schemes from a gender lens;
Document comprising the analysis of schemes/programmes of departments (as decided in consultation with DWCD) from a gender lens;
Minutes of the meetings;
Communications materials.

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.

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 behaviour 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.

Functional Competencies:

Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Minimum Masters degree in gender studies, social sciences or relevant field.

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of experience of working on gender issues;
Prior experience of working with governments is desirable;
Excellent communication and writing skills.

Language:

Knowledge of excellent written and spoken Hindi and English is mandatory.

Application:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (5 points);
Working knowledge and experience of working on Gender Issues (5 points);
Working knowledge and use of computers and its programmes / applications. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages (5 points).

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

Interview;
Written Test.

Note:

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.