UN WOMEN Jobs - 71155- One international & one national consultant for pr

One international & one national consultant for programme evaluation-UN Women

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Location :

Beijing with travel to pilot sites in Hunan, Sichuan and Gansu, CHINA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

20-Apr-2017

Application Deadline :

26-Mar-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

April 20th –June 23rd 2017

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

In China, as in other countries, domestic violence (DV) presents a significant risk to the health and well-being of women, as well as undermines the social and economic development of communities and the entire country. DV persists and continues to be treated as a family affair despite provisions in the Marriage Law (revised in 2001) and the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women (amended in 2005), which prohibit DV and explicitly state that violence against women (VAW) is a human rights violation. To support the implementation of these national legislations, 29 provinces have established regulations on the prevention of and response to DV. Moreover, in 2008, the All China’s Women Federation (ACWF) and key government agencies jointly released a national policy document that identifies their roles and responsibilities in addressing DV.

The EVAW Trust Fund supported the UN joint programme “Preventing and Responding to Domestic Violence (DV) in China through a Multi-sectoral Approach” from 2010 to 2012. The expected outcome of this three-year joint programme was to establish an effective DV prevention and response (DPVR) model in three counties and improve relevant DV laws and policies. The external, final evaluation of the programme in 2012 found that the local DPVR models were established and functioning in the three pilot sites in Hunan, Sichuan and Gansu Provinces. The three pilot sites have established preliminary tailored, multi-sectoral cooperation mechanisms at county level, with prevention of DV and response to the multiple needs of DV survivors as top priorities. However, the local DVPR models were still in early stages of development. In particular, the referral mechanism at community level still needed further improvement to ensure services meet the needs of DV survivors. While evaluators observed a moderate increase in DV awareness among the general public, uptake of DV services did not to increase significantly.

The EVAW joint programme highlighted the need for a DV Law that addresses violence against women, children, the elderly and the disabled occurring within the home or within intimate relationships. As this FV Law was already on the National People’s Congress’ (NPC) legislative agenda, it was suggested that more efforts should be made to 1) support the drafting process of the law to incorporate internationally accepted standards and definitions; 2) further develop the multi-sectoral DPVR models in Hunan, Sichuan and Gansu provinces for national scaling-up, based on the pilot model established during the previous EVAW programme.

Programme Description:
Based on the recommendations and lessons learned from the EVAW joint programme, a second phase of the programme “Promote Efforts for National Legislation on Domestic Violence and Upscale the Multi-sector Model in China” was formulated and the programme covers a period of July 14 2014 to July 15 2017. The programme aims to contribute to the DV Law drafting process and further develop the DVPR model in Hunan, Sichuan and Gansu based on the pilot model established during the previous EVAW Joint Programme supported by the EVAW Trust Fund. Following the passing of China’s first DV Law on December 27th 2015 and coming into effect on March 1st 2016, the programme has been working towards the implementation of the law.

Long term objective: Increase the number of women in China that can enjoy their right to a life free from DV.

Overall Goal of the programme is to protect women from DV in China through national legislation and improved and expanded services. The outcome is defined as “Government took measures to better address DV in China by adopting international standards and the multi-sectoral model in the 3 pilot provinces”.

The expected outputs to be achieved during the three years of this programme are as follows:
1. Increased knowledge of international standards and of value of the multi-sectoral prevention and response model implemented under the programme among decision-makers at national level.
2. Enhanced capacity of multi-sectoral service providers and community workers to provide coordinated quality services based on the needs of DV survivors in the pilot sites in Ningxiang County of Hunan Province, Jingyuan County of Gansu Province, and Yilong County of Sichuan Province.
3. Increased willingness among policy makers at provincial level in Hunan, Sichuan and Gansu to replicate multi-sector model throughout the three provinces.

The programme uses the strategy of a rights-based, multi-sectoral approach. Its key activities include advocacy for the DV Law drafting team, capacity building of multi-sector service providers in the pilot sites, male involvement and public advocacy. Community mobilization and individual behavior change activities aim at improving knowledge, attitudes and practices of community members (including men and youth). To respect, protect and fulfill women’s human rights provided under the CEDAW, the programme works to raise women’s awareness of their rights and to conduct advocacy activities targeting policy decision-makers and legislators.

By adopting a rights-based and DV survivors’-centered approach and ensuring survivors’ well-being and safety, the programme continues the work that began in Ningxiang County of Hunan Province, Jingyuan County of Gansu Province, and Yilong County of Sichuan Province, to demonstrate an effective community intervention model through a strengthened multi-sectoral referral mechanism based on the early results produced under the EVAW joint programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

Detailed evaluation arrangement and responsibilities, please download the full TOR though: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1geFGDIN.

Competencies

The evaluation team should consist of one international as team leader and one national consultant as team member to conduct the evaluation process and produce deliverables. The team leader will consult with the national expert on division of labour for specific tasks, but retain the overall responsibility for delivering expected deliverables and evaluation results with the support of the national expert.

An application with both international and national evaluators is highly desirable. Beijing based applications will be prioritized. The evaluation team should clearly detail roles and responsibility, and the number of days each member shall work. CVs of team members have to be attached, with at least 2 references. Sample of previous work should be included, they will be asked for during assessment of proposals. A cover letter confirming availability for the task and the daily consulting rate requested should be included in the application package.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications for an international evaluator serving as the team leader:

At least Master’s Degrees in social sciences, evaluation, development studies, gender studies, law studies, sociology, political science;
Strategic thinking and proven expertise on gender analysis and gender based violence;
At least 10 years’ experience in programme evaluation and proven accomplishment in undertaking evaluations, preferably gender based violence or/and violence against women evaluation including leading evaluations of multi-stakeholder programmes;
Experience in conducing complex evaluations in the development field and with international organizations (at least 8 evaluations of which at least one as team leader);
Knowledge in results-based programming in support of gender based violence, gender justice and human rights;
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills;
Excellent written and spoken English and presentational capacities;
Spoken and presentational capacity in Chinese very strong asset;
Extensive knowledge of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods;
Previous experience of working with the UN, with China experience is a distinct advantage;
Knowledge of the gender based violence in the context of China and preferably previous experience in anti-DV initiatives in China an asset;
Excellent drafting and writing skills to produce and present concise and analytical reports and communicate clearly with evaluation stakeholders;
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills;
Display of integrity, by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards; and
Cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability are required.

Qualifications for a National evaluator serving as team member:

At least Master’s Degrees in social sciences, evaluation, development studies, gender studies, law studies, sociology, political science;
At least 5 year experience in participating in programme evaluations with gender-responsive evaluations is a requirement;
Experience with programmes and/or evaluations on gender based violence, especially domestic violence;
Excellent English and Chinese drafting and writing skills to produce and present concise and analytical reports and communicate clearly with evaluation stakeholders
Excellent understanding and commitment to UN Women’s mandate is a requirement;
Previous experience of working with the UN, with experience working in China is a distinct advantage;
Display of integrity, by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards;
Cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability are required.

Evaluation Ethics

Evaluations in the UN will be conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in both UNEG Norms and Standards for Evaluation in the UN System and by the UNEG ‘Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation’. These documents will be attached to the contract. Evaluators are required to read the Norms and Standards and the guidelines and ensure a strict adherence to it, including establishing protocols to safeguard confidentiality of information obtained during the evaluation. Evaluators are also required to be guided by UN Women’s Handbook on Gender-Responsive Evaluations throughout the process.