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.

UN Women launched its Regional Office in Cairo following a series of consultations which enabled UN Women to identify many sectors and issues as priority programmes for the next years. As per the Arab States regional strategy, the priority areas of work are (i) expanding women’s leadership and participation; (ii) enhancing women’s economic empowerment; (iii) ending violence against women; and (iv) Institutionalizing gender in Governance with a focus on gender responsive budgeting and planning.  In addition to the above, UN Women also actively participates and contributes to various UN inter-agency processes and collaborates with UN organizations around specific programme areas. 

The scope of work of the women´s leadership trainer will be to support women´s leadership trainings in the region, as they arise, e.g. on lobbying, communication, campaign management, work life balance, public speaking and other political participation and leadership activities related training. The facilitation may include working with other trainers, developing training programmes and delivering the training in English and/or Arabic as needed. Audience for the training will be women running for or already in public office, civil servants seeking managerial positions, and other entities as need might arise.  

Duration of Assignment:  The trainer will be under a retainer contract, with specific training days/modules being negotiated as needs arise.   The retainer assignment will be up to 100 days during the period of 1 April to 31 December 2018.  UN Women does not warrant that the maximum of 100 days will be purchased during the term of agreement.

Provision of Support Services:

• Office space:                   No
• Equipment (laptop etc):    No
• Secretarial/Logistical Services:    No

Duties and Responsibilities

Objectives of the assignment: 

The Trainer is expected to design, execute, report and evaluate up to 10 training in the field of Women Political Participation and Leadership.  In doing this, the consultant will ensure to support knowledge building and sharing for women´s leadership and political participation as well as liaise with regional networks, in-country networks of women leaders as needed.  

Scope of work: 

Under the supervision of Regional Office of Arab States (ROAS) Deputy Regional Director of UN Women, the WPPL trainer is expected to:

• Design Women Political Participation Training Package including: Manuals, Hand-outs, exercise, PowerPoint presentations, etc.;
• Execute up to 10 training.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

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:

• Substantive experience and record of accomplishment in women´s leadership;
• Familiarity with the Arab Region, women's rights organizations and networks in the region and globally;
• Ability to synthesise research and draw conclusion on the related subjects;
• Ability to pay attention to details;
• Excellent presentation skills and people orientation;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
• Good organisational skills;
• Commitment to accomplish work;
• Ability to meet deadlines and responds positively to critical feedback;
• Results and task oriented;
• Ability to complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
• Ability to manage and maintain relationships with different levels of stakeholders effectively and strategically;
• Ability to diplomatically handle sensitive situations with target audiences and cultivate productive relationships;
• Good knowledge of UN Women and the UN system;
• Proven ability to design, implement and facilitate trainings. 

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in political science, social sciences, international relations, law, gender issues, or other development-related fields.

 Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience on developing and implementing leadership training programmes and preferably including Five years field experience in governance and political participation.
• Previous work experience in delivering capacity building trainings on WPPL is required;
• Knowledge of specifics and trends on women’s political participation and leadership in the Arab States region.
• Experience of working with a wide range of partners including international and national civil society organisations, government counterparts, UN organisations and private sector on women’s political participation and leadership;

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English and Arabic, both oral and written, is required; 
• Working knowledge of French an asset. 

Scope of price proposals and shcedule of payments: 

Remuneration – Deliverables:

The Contract is based on deliverables and shall be processed subject to successful delivery of expected results (training).               

Required Presentation of Offer:

The following documents are required to be submitted:

- Updated P11(signed), indicating all relevant past experience, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) professional references (P11 can be downloaded at UN Women web site: http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment)

- Financial proposal, the consultant is expected to provide a daily fee amount as a financial proposal.

Note that the DSA, terminals and round-trip economy fare tickets for the travel requested by UN Women as part of completing this assignment will be compensated separately.

Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer:

Evaluation Criteria:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70%

• Criterion 1: Master’s degree or equivalent in political science, social sciences, international relations, law, gender issues, or other development-related fields (15 points)
• Criterion 2: A minimum of 10 years of experience on developing and implementing leadership training programmes and preferably including 5 years field experience in governance and political participation (20 points)
• Criterion 3: Knowledge of specifics and trends on women’s political participation and leadership in the Arab States region (15 points)
• Criterion 4: Experience of working with a wide range of partners including international and §  national civil society organisations, government counterparts, UN organisations and private sector on women’s political participation and leadership (10 points)
• Criterion 5: Previous work experience in delivering capacity building trainings on WPPL is required (10 points)

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30%:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical); 
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30; 
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered. 

Application:

• 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. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

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.

UN Women is applying fair and transparent selection process that would take into account both the technical qualification of Consultants as well as their price proposals. The contract will be awarded to the candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores.