UNDP Jobs - 76448- Consultancy for inclusion of five disadvantaged gr

Consultancy for inclusion of five disadvantaged groups of women and girls: females with disabilities, elderly women, females from LGBT community, and Muslim and indigenous females

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

29-Jan-2018

Application Deadline :

09-Jan-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

30 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

30 working days

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 ‘Leading the Way for Gender Equality’ (LWGE) program (2017-2020) is a new innovative program of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs of Cambodia (MoWA) whose overall objective is “Enabled environment for gender equality, women’s empowerment and feminist leaderships in Cambodia through enhanced capacities of the Gender Machinery.” The LWGE program is supported by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and UNDP -through the Partnership for Gender Equity-Phase IV (PGE IV) project.

The LWGE program relies on the implementation of an innovative approach which is based on four key success factors: 1) Cambodian leadership and ownership; 2) Improved systemic management of MoWA; 3) Feminist methodologies and practices; and 4) New development approach to support MoWA organizational reform.

Bilateral cooperation between MoWA and universities and four selected line ministries (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS); Ministry of Information (MoInf); National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development (NCDD); Ministry of Civil Service (MoCS); and Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA) is envisaged to jointly carry out key outputs/activities for gender equality in their respective sectors.
The LWGE program has a special focus on promoting inclusion of five disadvantaged groups of women and girls across national gender policies and portfolios of pilot ministries. Those groups include: 1) women and girls with disabilities; 2) elderly women; 3) females from LGBT community; 4) Muslim women and girls; and 5) indigenous women and girls. These five groups have a cross-cutting inter-relationship as well (e.g.: elderly women may be both disabled, indigenous and Muslim).

Although MoWA has experience working on inclusion of women and girls with disabilities, MoWA still needs the support of a short-term consultant to build some capacities and understanding on the needs and rights of -especially- the other 4 vulnerable groups. This consultancy will provide critical support to strengthen MoWA for mainstreaming of vulnerable groups of women and girls across policies and partner ministries’ portfolios. Consultancy will also help MoWA to gain understanding about the work of stakeholders and CSOs for inclusion of vulnerable groups in Cambodia and to facilitate further cooperation with them.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultancy falls under Output 5 of the LWGE program, which reads as follows: “Inclusion of vulnerable groups of women and girls in MoWA’s internal work and in activities of pilot line ministries as relevant is improved.”

Under coordination of the MoWA LWGE Programme Coordinator in close collaboration with Technical Coordination Desk, the MoWA Director General for Social Development and relevant MoWA officials, the short-term consultant will help MoWA to incorporate disadvantaged groups in institutional development of MoWA (i.e. integrate other disadvantaged groups at existing MoWA Working Group on Disability), to map existing good practices and entry points for MoWA’s cooperation with line ministries for inclusion of 5 vulnerable groups of women and girls, and to identify activities to be implemented by under the Output 5 for the whole duration (3 years) of the LWGE program (2017-2020). [Note: the MoWA Technical Coordination Desk is a mechanism to upgrade advisory role of mid-level managers of MoWA and improve internal and external coordination of MoWA].

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=43340 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online.

Competencies

Demonstrated commitment to MoWA’s and UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
Sensitivity and adaptability to Cambodian culture;
Highest standards of integrity, gender-sensitivity, age-sensitivity, discretion and loyalty.
Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in and with teams;
Ability to set priorities and manage time effectively

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master degree in social works, women’s studies, gender studies, inclusion of vulnerable groups (i.e. disability, LBT persons, elderly, Muslim and indigenous) or any other relevant field. A combination of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with an additional three years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.

Experience:

Minimum of ten years of relevant experience in advice to governments, public institutions and CSOs for inclusion of disadvantaged groups, preferably in South-East Asia;
Solid experience on gender equality and/or gender mainstreaming for ;nclusion of at least one of the following disadvantaged groups of women and girls: women and girls with disabilities, elderly women, indigenous women and girls, Muslim women and girls, and females from the LGBT community;
Previous working experience in Cambodia and knowledge of Cambodian institutional context is considered a strong asset.

Language Requirement:

Fluent in English language.
Knowledge of Khmer language is an asset.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email procurement.kh@undp.org. While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice.