Background

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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.

One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. It is expressed in targets and indicators of SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) and SDG 8 (Promote inclusive and sustainable development, decent work, and employment for all). Progress toward it depends not only on the adoption of a set of public policies by governments, but also on the existence of an enabling environment and active engagement of the corporate sector. This is also relevant to the achievement of SDG 1 (Poverty Reduction), SDG 10 (Reduced inequalities) and SDG 17 (Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development).

The Gender Park, established in 2013, is an initiative of the Government of Kerala to strengthen gender equality in the state. Headquartered in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, with its main campus at Calicut (Kozhikode), the Gender Park drives policy, research, economic and social initiatives that work for a just and equal society. The Gender Park is the first space of its kind in the world and aims to become a premier convergence point for gender-related activities in the region.

UN Women has partnered  with the in the Gender Park initiative, building on previous collaborative efforts forged during the International Conference on Gender Equality I in 2015. Gender Park will function as a South Asian hub for all gender-related activities covering countries such as Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka providing an avenue for sharing knowledge and experiences.

Objectives of the Assignment

UN Women seeks the services of a genderconsultant to provide technical expertise and draft a Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business policy framework informed by an analysis of existing global policy frameworks.

Under the guidance and supervision of the CEO, Gender Park andCountry Programme Manager - WEA, UN WOMEN, the Technical Consultant will undertake the following key tasks and other responsibilities as may be assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities

Technical advisory and support to Gender Park on: 

  • Conceptualizing and operationalizing its Gender Data Centre;
  • Undertake desk review and policy analysis for conceptualizing Gender Data Centre;
  • Identify and coordinate  with relevant stakeholders and lead consultative processes to conceptualizing and operationalizing Gender Data Centre;
  • Undertake desk review and policy analysis for conceptualizing Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business policy framework;
  • Identify and coordinate  with relevant stakeholders and lead consultative processes to conceptualizing Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business policy framework;
  • Lead meetings with relevant stakeholders for expert advice/guidance for above;
  • Preparation of monthly performance reports;
  • Any other tasks assigned by Supervisors from time to time.

Deliverables:

  • Develop and submit concept note and operationalization plan for Gender Data Centre.
  • Develop and submit the Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business policy framework.
  • Technical support to the Gender Park  on mainstreaming gender in their ongoing programmatic and policy initiatives.
  • Identify areas of collaboration around UN Women’sprogrammes on promoting women’s entrepreneurship and develop a work plan for UN Women’s collaboration with Gender Park.
  • Periodical reporting.
  • All the information related to the assignment.

Competencies

Core Values/Guiding Principles

Integrity:

  • Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism:

  • Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

  • Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies

Ethics and Values:

  • Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

  • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

  • Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Work in teams:

  • Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

  • Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

  • Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behaviour towards others.

Conflict Management:

  • Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

  • Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

  • Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

  • Ability to perform a broad range of specialized activities aimed at effective and efficient functioning of the Programme unit including logistical support;
  • Ability to provide input to business process re-engineering, elaboration and implementation of new data management systems;
  • Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats, using appropriate IT functionality;
  • Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
  • Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints;
  • Ability to establish, build and sustain effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client's perspective; anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly;
  • Ability to administer and execute financial processes and transactions;
  • Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Master’s degree in social sciences, women’s rights, international studies, gender and development, law or any other related discipline.

Experience:

  • 8 years of professional experience, preferably with the government or civil society sector on promoting women’s social entrepreneurship;
  • Substantial and demonstrated understanding/experience of working with gender data and data systems.
  • Experience of Government functioning;
  • Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills;
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) required and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages desirable.

Language:

  • Fluency in English and Hindi.
  • Fluency and working knowledge of Malayalam is preferred.  

APPLICATION

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org.

Application:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

  • All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from  http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs;
  • Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
  • Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
  • Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria: 

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

  • Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
  • Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (10 points);
  • Working knowledge and experience of working with National /State Government (5 points);

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

  • Interview - 80 Points
  • Written Test - 20 Points

Please Note:

• For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 65 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.

• Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.

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.