UNDP Jobs - 92260- National Consultant

National Consultant - Gender Specialist

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jul-2020

Application Deadline :

02-Jul-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

40 days (from July to November 2020)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

40 days (from July to November 2020)

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 Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) created the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) in 2000 with the role to coordinate and administer all demining and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance activities and assistance to mine victims in the Cambodia as per Royal Decree No.160.

A multi-donors funded Clearing for Results project (Phase I: 2006-2010, Phase II: 2011-2016, Phase III: 2016-2019, and Phase IV: 2020-2025) implemented by CMAA has been working to strengthen the national capacity to manage the mine action sector effectively and to respond to different needs and concerns of affected populations. In Phase III, the Gender Mainstreaming in Mine Action Plan (GMAP 2018-2022) was developed by Technical Reference Group-Gender (TRG-Gender), chaired by CMAA and consisting of representatives from CMAA, line ministries and institutions, and national and international operators. The plan was officially launched in March 2018. It links to the National Mine Action Strategy (NMAS) and sets out goals aiming to ensure that men and women participate, contribute and benefit from mine action and that their needs and concerns are addressed through researches, planning and prioritization for clearance, victim assistance and mine risk education activities. CMAA’s internal gender group was established with members from different CMAA’s department.

In Phase IV, the project will continue to support CMAA efforts on gender mainstreaming based on the Geneva International Centre for Human Development (GICHD) Gender and Diversity Baseline Assessment in 2019 as well as the CMAA Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan (GMAP) 2018-2022. The project is therefore looking for a national Gender Specialist to support capacity development initiatives of the CMAA gender teamand other relevant field officers and to review and update GMAP.

Duties and Responsibilities

The National Consultant - Gender Specialist will deliver the following:

1) Inception report with detailed methodology and work plan laying out the steps for updating the GMAP until 2025, work plan training materials and preparing the ToRs
2) Submission of field mission report after completion of mission to 5 provinces to meet withcommunities, operators, , QM teams and MAPU staffs
3) Submission of ToRs of gender team and ToR of 18 individual staff.
4) Submission of the revised/updated log frame of GMAP till 2025 (include initial submission and submission of the revised version after feedback from CMAA and UNDP)
5) Submission of revision of GMAP 2021-2025
6) Submission of the training work plan
7) Conduct the Gender Mainstreaming in Mine Action training sessions to enhance its capacity on each responsibility of CMAA gender team
8) Submission of final report which includes progress of GMAP 2018-2022 and reflection on capacity development and recommendations for improvement.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=66997 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documetns to be submitted in the offer through online

Competencies

Good understanding of RGC and Cambodia’s mine action programme;
Excellent organizational skills with attention to details;
Excellent interpersonal, coordination and planning skills, and ability to work in a team;
Excellent oral, written, communication and reporting skills in English;
Computer literate (MS Office package)

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Gender Studies, social science, sociology, international development or other related fields.

Years of experience:

At least 5 years of work experience in gender mainstreaming, gender equality, and women’s empowerment in Cambodia and/or Asia-Pacific region;
Experience in managing development programme, in particular humanitarian and post-conflict programme;
Solid understanding of de-mining sector and gender issues in mine-action;
Working experience in mainstreaming gender equality into Mine Action sector structures and programmes is desirable;
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in designing and implementing gender mainstreaming capacity-building tools and trainings;
Ability to work efficiently and responsively within a multicultural environment and in a diverse team;
Strong commitment to gender equality, human rights and respect for diversity;
Previous relevant work experience with United Nations or other multilateral/bilateral development assistance agencies

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer
UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.
Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.
Interested individual offeror must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
1. Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work
2. Technical proposal outlined approaches and methodologies to deliver the tasks outlined in the ToR if applicable
3. Financial proposal
4. Personal CV including experience in similar projects, list of publication written by Candidate and at least 3 references.
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