UNDP Jobs - 90159- International Consultant

International Consultant - To support awareness campaigns on women’s human rights and their role in peace processes in 9 regions and provide training sessions in 9 regions.

Location :

Bissau, GUINEA-BISSAU

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

02-Mar-2020

Application Deadline :

24-Feb-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

30 days

Languages Required :

English French Portuguese

Expected Duration of Assignment :

6 weeks

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

The Constitution of Guinea-Bissau introduced the basics of democracy, notably the consecration of the people as the holders of sovereignty, the Rule of Law as an affirmation of the primacy of legality, the separation of powers, the respect for Human Rights, the participation of citizens, and the multi-party system. In practice, despite these principles, the country has been in a vicious cycle of political instability since its independence.

Notwithstanding, aware of the current situation on the country and its failure in providing justice peace and security - to preserve democracy -, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has embarked in a justice reform process. To strategically strengthen the Rule of Law to reduce the destructive impact of these challenges in Guinea-Bissau, the national authorities have drawn up a National Program for the Reform of Justice (2015-2019), focusing on a strategy aimed at the in-depth transformation of the justice sector.

The National Gender Equality and Equity Policy 2012-2015 (PNIEG I) was drafted, but for several reasons, namely the political context, its implementation was not effective. Nevertheless, through the revision of this document, the second Plan (PNIEG II) was drafted in 2017 with the goal of systematically integrate women’s rights and gender equality in all national policies, strategies, projects and development programs, developed in the country.

Guinea-Bissau has also approved a National Action Plan for the Implementation of the 1325 Security Council Resolution to ensure the integration of a gender dimension in political, justice, military, security, and development cooperation activities, to achieve the resolution’s recommendations. The objective is to implement approaches to peace and security founded on cooperation, dialogue and respect for fundamental Human Rights, in particular the principles of equality and equity between men and women to guarantee peace, security, and sustainable development in the country.

Despite this apparently favorable scenario, it is nonetheless true that, women are still disproportionally affected by gender discrimination and face many barriers to their participation in political, peace and security processes in Guinea-Bissau. Moreover, women’s rights are still not sufficiently assured in the Bissau-Guinean justice system; and crimes related towards them are rarely made public despite the implementation of recent laws against Female Genital Mutilation and Domestic Violence.

There is, therefore, an urgent need to assess the necessity to update with a gender sensitive lens the national legal framework and prevent gender-based discrimination and violence towards women in the Bissau-Guinean society.

Objective of the assignment

Build awareness and strengthen women’s knowledge on their human rights and roles/importance for peace and security consolidation through trainings and Media campaigns.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UNDP’s Representative Resident, the technical supervision of the Chief Technical Adviser for the Justice Reform and the Coordinator of the “Placing Women at the center of Justice Reform in Guinea-Bissau” Project, and in coordination with the project partners UNIOGBIS Gender Unit and UN Women, the consultant will in collaboration with a national consultant to perform the following tasks:

Develop tools for awareness raising campaign
Support the identification of the NGOs that will carry out the awareness raising campaign
Train NGOs on how to use the awareness raising tools
Map out existing services, develop a referral pathway and share with the organizations that will execute the awareness raising program Develop TOR for award of Micro grants to CSOs

Deliverables

A strategy for awareness raising campaign on women’s human rights and their role in peace processes;
Organize a training workshop on the use of awareness raising tools and how to organize awareness campaign;
Develop and produce communication messages for awareness raising with relevant stakeholders including Media Organs;
A training manual on GBV and conflict management for CSOs;

Duration of the assignment

The assignment must be conducted within 6 weeks – 30 working days, from the day the contract is signed.

Competencies

Excellent research, analysis and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically;
Strong analytical and communication skills including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products with;
Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs;
Strong capacity to communicate clearly and quickly;
Strong inter-personal and liaison skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in law, political science, social studies, gender studies, peace and conflict studies or related fields;

Experience:

Proven at least 8 years of experience in the field of law, rule of law development or policy issues relating to law;
Sound knowledge of human rights and access to justice;
Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into analysis and documents;
Demonstrated analytical capacity, through written work;
Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural teams;
Knowledge of Guinea-Bissau general country context is strongly desirable;

Language:

Proficiency in spoken and written Portuguese. In the absent of this the consultant can indicate how this can be overcome.
Proficiency in English, French and/or Guinea-Bissau Crioulo, constitutes a strong advantage.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION:

Required documents:

A cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for this assignment;
A brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the tasks, describing the tools and workplan proposed for this assignment;
A financial proposal;
A personal CV including past experiences in similar projects and at least 3 professional references.

Lump sum contracts: The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the ToR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

Travel: All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the Individual Consultant wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Evaluation: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:

Cumulative analysis

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;
Technical Criteria weight – 70 points;
Financial Criteria weight – 30 points.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70 points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Evaluation criteria:

Education background - 10 points;
Experience as defined in the ToR - 20 points;
Competences as defined in the ToR - 10 points;
Understating of the ToR - 15 points;
Methodology and overall approach - 25 points;

Overall quality of the proposal (comprehensiveness, structure, language and clarity) - 20 points.