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.

UN Women is mandated by the UN Security Council to lead on UN system-wide coordination on Women, Peace and Security, and to this end, UN Women has been working with governments, UN partners and civil society through the region to support women’s participation and influence at all levels of decision-making to prevent and resolve conflict and to address issues of extremism. Women across divides play a crucial role in mobilizing actors for inclusive peacebuilding through collective action and mediation at the formal and informal levels. Supporting them in mobilizing support and enhancing their voices can contribute to resuming and continuing peace dialogue in a more inclusive way.

UN Women Libya has strengthened its presence in Libya, responding to the complex governance, humanitarian, development and security challenges through its triple mandate. UN Women’s Libya’s premise is that peacebuilding efforts, including political dialogues, conflict resolution and humanitarian efforts will be more effective and have higher chances of success if they are inclusive, responding to gendered experiences, needs, capacities and interests the Libyan women across their diversities. Alongside supporting Women’s participation in peace processes on all levels, the programme is also working to strengthen women’s political participation, gender responsive economic recovery and coordinating gender mainstreaming within the UN in Libya. The program also looks at the integration of women’s needs into the current humanitarian response, and aims to ensure their full participation in the humanitarian consultations and processes, UN Women in partnership with OCHA carried out a Gender in Humanitarian Action Training to strengthen gender perspectives in the current response. UN Women Libya – in partnership with cochairs UNSMIL and UNFPA, chairs the Gender Working Group allowing for increased coordination and the development of new partnerships. UN Women Libya works closely with the UN Country Team, as well as civil society (including through capacity-building support to grass-roots CSOs), higher education institutions and government counterparts. The program is aligned with the UN Strategic Framework for Libya 2019 - 2020, UN Women Global Strategic Plan (2018-2022) as well as the international conventions on women and human rights such as the Convention on Ending all forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action.

Objective of the Assignment:

Reporting to the dual Country Representative for Libya and Tunisia, a consultant is required to support the expanding programme presence of UN Women in Libya. The consultant will be based in Tunisia and will provide support to the Representative and the Libya program team in the implementation of the programme in Libya to enhance women’s participation in political and peace processes, as well as women’s engagement in the humanitarian response, ensuring the successful achievement of UN Women programmatic objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities

1.     Support the projects’ planning, implementation and reporting:

• Prepare complete documentation necessary for signing Project Cooperation Agreements (PCAs) with implementing partners, and contracts with individual and other service providers;
• Provide support to the formulation and management of programmes;
• Provide support in the preparation of programme work plans, budgets, and proposals on programme implementation arrangements;
• Support the Libya Programme team in drafting projects’ reports in accordance to the projects’ reporting modalities;
• Organize inputs collection for the projects’ annual, semi-annual reports and UN Women quarterly monitoring reports.

2.     Provide technical and logistical support to the organization of events:

• Provide support in organizing workshops, events, campaigns and trainings;
• Provide support in organizing travel arrangements of participants and programme team to workshops, events, campaigns and trainings;
• Provide support in the administrative activities related to hiring and recruitment;
• Provide support in organizing informal focus group discussions and meetings with partners.

3.     Provide support to coordination efforts:

• Assist with coordination efforts related to the Gender Working Group, including note-taking, editing Minutes of the Meeting and booking meeting venues;
• Coordinate and provide summaries of Humanitarian update reports and other related updates to share with UN Women Libya Programme Team.

4.     Provide support to resource mobilization:

• Support in the editing and drafting of Concept Notes and proposals;
• Contribute to the development of technical documents for Libya programme including fact checking and literature review;
• Support in compiling donor profiles;
• Identify sources, and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches and position papers, in collaboration with the Programme team;

5.     Support to advocacy and knowledge building:

• Provide input, analysis and research in related thematic areas relevant for the successful implementation of UN Women’s projects in Libya;
• Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, talking points;
• Assist in the organizing, compiling and processing of information from donors, partners, programme team;
• Systematize UN Women Libya Programme filing system.

Deliverables and Timelines:

Monthly progress reports on the project progress and the activities carried out to support in the implementation of the programme in Libya to enhance women’s participation in political and sustainable peace processes: Every month.

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: https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills;
• Excellent organization and planning skills and high attention to detail;
• Excellent command of oral and written English;
• Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation;
• Good knowledge of drafting strategic documents and resource mobilization;
• Good analytical and report writing skills;
• Knowledge of UN programme management systems.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• High school Diploma in combination with two additional years of experience.

Experience:

• 2 year of experience at the national or international level in supporting the implementation of development projects / programmes;
• Experience in the United Nations systems is an asset;
• Experience and knowledge of gender/women issues;
• Experience in the region is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in spoken and written English is required;
• Fluency in spoken and written Arabic is required;
• Knowledge of French is an asset.

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% (70 points)

• High School Diploma, (10 points);
• At least 2 years of experience at the national or international level in supporting the implementation of development projects / programmes, (10 points);
• Experience in the United Nations systems, (10 points);
• Experience and knowledge of gender/women issues, (15 points);
• Experience in the region, (15 points);
• Fluency in both spoken and written English and Arabic; (10 points).

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)

The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• 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 by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

Application:

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.
• The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all them, since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

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.