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 centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system’s 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 towards building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), unanimously adopted in October 2000, stressed the importance of the equal participation and full involvement of women in all efforts to maintain and promote peace and security. In the years since, seven additional resolutions on WPS have been adopted, creating a robust framework for implementing the WPS agenda and reinforcing global commitments, treaties and conventions on women’s rights, including the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. To deliver these commitments at the national level, the United Nations has encouraged Member States to adopt policies to implement the resolutions and monitor the progress of the WPS agenda, including National Action Plans on WPS (NAPs-WPS).
In Sri Lanka, the Government has committed to advancing the development of a NAP WPS and the State Ministry of Women and Child Development, Pre-schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services is leading its formulation with the technical support of UN Women. Parallelly, UN Women also supports the implementation of the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda through the increased engagement of national and local level government authorities, civil society organisations, women leaders and the development community.
Against this background and with generous support from the Government of Japan, UN Women is seeking to hire a national lead consultant to conduct multi-party dialogues (MPDs) at grassroot level to advocate for gender responsive policies and strategies on WPS, under the project “Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in Sri Lanka”. The MPDs are expected to engage local-level government officials, CSO representatives, religious bodies, media representatives and women leaders in North Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa and Western provinces. 6 MPDs and the accompanied capacity building and follow-up programmmes are scheduled to take place in Anuradhapura, Badulla, Ratnapura, Gampaha, Kalutara and Colombo districts.
Similarly, under the umbrella of WPS and with the generous support of the Multi Party Trust Fund (MPTF), UN Women is also assigning the same national lead consultant to facilitate a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues, capacity building programmes for women community leaders on collective leadership and conflict resolution, as well as a series of village townhalls under the project: “Promoting Women’s Engagement in Waste Management to Prevent Conflict in Sri Lanka” The project will unfold in targeted local authorities and DS divisions within the districts of Puttalam and Mannar:
- Puttalam District (04 local authorities and 4 DS divisions):
- Puttalam Urban Council / Puttalam DS division
- Kalpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha / Kalpitiya DS division
- Chilaw Urban Council / Chilaw DS division
- Arachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha / Arachchikattuwa DS division
2. Mannar District (01 local authority and 1 DS division)
- anattan Pradeshiya Sabha / Mannar Town DS division
This MPTF funded project takes an innovative, integrated approach to peacebuilding, tackling ethno-religious tensions by bringing communities together to provide a sustainable solution for a shared environmental issue – Solid Waste Management (SWM) – with women at the forefront for conflict prevention. The nexus of Environmental Conflicts – Gender – Communal Tensions is unique, and a new area of peacebuilding not yet explored in Sri Lanka.
The project focuses on women’s role within their communities to support conflict prevention Gendered division of household labour results in women being mostly responsible for waste management, hence they play critical roles in responding to environmental degradation at community level. Women’s community engagement results in greater responsiveness to citizens’ needs, often increasing cooperation and delivering more sustainable peace.
Despite high involvement in communities, women remain under-represented in policy and decision-making; their experiences and skills are often overlooked. Thus, any solutions related to waste management, and communal tensions therein, require women’s meaningful participation. Women are uniquely positioned within families/communities to influence motivations that drive individuals to support intolerant ideologies or violence. Their gendered roles in shaping and informing families and communities allow women to support in countering intolerant narratives, mistrust and fear, which converge to exacerbate tensions and promote violence. The project will adopt an integrated approach to achieve its overall objective: building community resilience through women’s engagement in conflict resolution and their participation within community and local governance systems; strengthening community governance systems such as Praja Mandala to better lobby with local authorities; strengthening SWM systems within target divisions, including technical support to local authorities on better managing SWM systems; and supporting different communities to coalesce around the issue of SWM via Praja Mandala - with the goal of improving inter- and intra-community relations.
Duties and Responsibilities
DUTIIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision and guidance of the UN Women Programme Analyst, Sri Lanka the national consultant (rapporteur) is expected to undertake the following tasks, in collaboration with the national lead consultant and two national assistant consultants. The national consultant (rapporteur) will remain accountable for the timely submission of the deliverables as per the timeline given below. The consultant’s duties and responsibilities have been defined against each project as follows:
- Japan-funded project
1 | Develop a documentation strategy indicating the methodology of documenting the sequence of programmes, including dialogues and follow-up assessment workshops The consultant – in consultation with UN Women, the lead consultant and the assistant consultant – is expected submit a documentation strategy for rapporteuring the sequence of dialogues and follow-up assessment workshops The documentation strategy can be considered as a working document, to be adapted and further developed as the programmes unfold. |
2 | Document 6 MPDs (2-day residential workshop/ 4 half-day online workshops) at each project location
The consultant is expected to take detailed notes on the proceedings and feedback received from the dialogues. |
3 | Document 6 follow-up assessment workshops (1-day residential workshop/ 2 half-day online workshop) at each project location subsequent to the multi-party dialogues
The consultant is expected to take detailed notes on the proceedings and feedback received from the workshops. |
4 | Prepare and finalise a consolidated reports for each MPD based on the detailed notes and documentation of the MPDs and the follow-up assessment workshops. The consultant – in consultation with UN Women, the lead consultant and the assistant consultant – is expected to compile 6 reports. |
5 | Prepare and finalise the final report condensing all programmes at each project location. The consultant – in consultation with UN Women, the lead consultant and the assistant consultant – is expected to compile one final report condensing all programmes and their sequence including key findings, action points, recommendations, best practices, solutions, implementation plans and way forward. |
- MPTF-funded project:
No. | Duties and Responsibilities |
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1. | Develop a documentation strategy indicating the methodology of documenting the sequence of programmes, including dialogues and capacity building programmes.
The consultant – in consultation with UN Women, the lead consultant and the assistant consultant – is expected submit a documentation strategy for rapporteuring the sequence of dialogues and capacity building programmes. The documentation strategy can be considered as a working document, to be adapted and further developed as the programmes unfold.
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2. | Document 05 one-day local-level multi-stakeholder dialogues convening cross-party elected officials, public officials, women community leaders, CSOs, women activists, religious leaders and media representatives to identify common issues (including SWM) and solutions.
Puttalam: 04 local authorities (01 dialogue into 04 LAs) 04 one-day dialogues = 04 days (01 day per LA) OR 08 half-day online dialogues = 04 days (02 half-days per LA) Mannar: 01 local authority (01 dialogue into 01 LA) 01 one-day dialogue = 01 day (01 day per LA) OR 02 half-day online dialogue = 01 day (02 half-days per LA) The consultant is expected to take detailed notes on key action points, recommendations, solutions and implementation plans. |
3. | Document 05 two-day dialogues for women community leaders to identify perceptions of collective leadership, peacebuilding and non-violent conflict resolution.
Puttalam: 04 local authorities (01 dialogue into 05 LAs) 04 two-day dialogues = 08 days (02 days per LA) OR 16 half-day online dialogues = 08 days (04 half-days per LA) Mannar: 01 local authority (01 dialogue into 01 LA) 01 two-day dialogue = 02 days (02 days per LA) OR 04 half-day online dialogues = 02 days (04 half-days per LA) The consultant is expected to take detailed notes on the proceedings and feedback received from the dialogues. The documented findings will be utilised by UN Women and the national lead consultant when developing a strategy and training materials to conduct the capacity building programmes. |
4. | Document 05 three-day capacity building programmes for women community leaders as follows:
04 three-day dialogues = 12 days (03 days per LA) OR 24 half-day dialogues = 12 days (06 half-days per LA)
01 three-day dialogue = 03 days (03 days per LA) OR 06 half-day dialogues = 03 days (06 half days per LA) The consultant is expected to take detailed notes on the proceedings and feedback received from the participants. |
5. | Document 02 district-wise townhall symposiums bringing together all project beneficiaries and stakeholders across the target project locations.
The consultant is expected to take detailed notes on the proceedings and feedback received from the participants. |
5. | Prepare and finalise consolidated overall reports as follows (four overall reports in total):
The consultant – in consultation with UN Women, the lead consultant and the assistant consultant – is expected to compile four reports based on the detailed notes and documentation of the dialogues and capacity building programmes |
6. | Prepare and finalise consolidated report condensing all programmes (as per deliverable 5). The consultant – in consultation with UN Women, the lead consultant and the assistant consultant – is expected to compile one final report condensing all programmes and their sequence including key findings, action points, recommendations, best practices, solutions, implementation plans and way forward. |
*Considering restrictions to mobility (in light of Covid-19) at the time of implementation, there is a possibility for the sessions to be conducted online. Options for both offline and online sessions have been provided.
EXPECTED DELIVERABLES
Japan-funded project
No. | Tasks & Deliverables | Target dates |
1 | Working documentation strategy Deliverable:
Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women | 30 March 2021 |
2 | Attend, take detailed notes and produce reports incorporating key findings, action points, recommendations, best practices, solutions, implementation plans of the MPDs and follow-up assessment workshops held in the following project locations;
Deliverables:
Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women | 7 days after completion all programmes in Sept/Oct 2021.
(Event schedule to be provided)
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3 | Prepare and submit final consolidated report condensing key findings, action points, recommendations, best practices, solutions, implementation plans related to all the programmes Deliverable:
Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women. | 7 days after completion all programmes in November 2021.
(Event schedule to be provided)
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| MPTF-funded project | ||
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No. | Tasks & Deliverables | Target dates |
1. | Working documentation strategy Deliverable:
Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women | 22 January 2021 |
2. | Attend, take detailed notes and produce reports incorporating key findings, action points, recommendations, best practices, solutions, implementation plans of the following programmes:
Deliverables:
Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women | 07 days following the completion of each event, during the period of January - May 2021
(Event schedule to be provided)
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3. | Prepare and submit final consolidated report condensing key findings, action points, recommendations, best practices, solutions, implementation plans of all programmes. Deliverable:
Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women. | 7 days after completion all programmes in May 2021.
(Event schedule to be provided)
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Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the United Nations' values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN and UN Women;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Ability and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work.
Required Skills and Experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Completion of secondary education is required. Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Social Sciences is advantageous.
- 2-3 years of demonstrable previous experience in being a rapporteur for similar events;
- Familiarity with key issues relating to gender equality, women’s empowerment, governance and peacebuilding;
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and draft reports and knowledge products;
- Proficiency in English AND Sinhala/Tamil is mandatory.
CONTRACT PERIOD:
The consultancy is expected to be started in January 2021 and continue until November 2021. The national consultant (rapporteur) is expected to visit the project locations to undertake the project activities, if travel is not restricted by national health authorities or UN Women due to the COVID 19 health emergency. In such cases, the cost of most economic and direct travel on mission must be pre-approved by Programme Analyst of UN Women Sri Lanka and will be reimbursed following UN Women travel guidelines. Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) and travel costs in compliant with UN Women Travel Guideline will be reimbursed to the consultant at actual amount upon submission of receipts and travel stubs.
EVALUATION
Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.
- Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
- Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]
A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.
Technical qualification evaluation criteria:
The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
Technical Evaluation Criteria | Obtainable Score |
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A) Education
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20% |
B) Experience and skills
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70% |
C) Language skills
| 10% |
Total Obtainable Score | 100% |
Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:
- Only candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated for the financial proposal submitted.
- The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
- The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
Interest candidates are encouraged to submit their application through the UN Women website as well an electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org and copy to lihini.ratwatte@unwomen.org not later than 04th January 2021, COB.
The submission package includes:
- Updated CV
- Personal History Form (P11). The P11 form can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
- Technical proposal: Writing sample
- Financial proposal as per the template below
Japan-funded project
Items | Amount (LKR) |
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Lump Sum fee (equivalent to daily fee x no. of days) Number of days refers to actual days that the consultant works in order to produce deliverables as required by the ToR, NOT the number of days covering the whole period of consultancy. | |
Working documentation strategy Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women |
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6 finalised report with Annexes Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women. |
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1 Final report consolidated report with annexes Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women. |
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Travel, Communications and Miscellaneous expenses |
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Total Financial Proposal |
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MPTF-funded project:
Items | Amount (LKR) |
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Lump Sum fee (equivalent to daily fee x no. of days) Number of days refers to actual days that the consultant works in order to produce deliverables as required by the ToR, NOT the number of days covering the whole period of consultancy. | |
Working documentation strategy Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women |
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Four finalised overall reports with Annexes Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women. |
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One final consolidated report with Annexes Note: Deliverable should be finalised in line with the feedback given by UN Women. |
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Travel, Communications and Miscellaneous expenses |
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Total Financial Proposal |
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PAYMENTS:
Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. Payments will be based on the number of days worked in correlation to the completion of each stated deliverable within the indicated timeframes. Payments will be made upon submission of deliverables with an approval of the National Programme Analyst at UN Women Sri Lanka.