UN Women’s Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) has recently adopted its new Strategic Note (2022-25). Our vision is to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and the full enjoyment of their human rights in the Arab States, propelling economic prosperity and sustainable development for all. Our goal is to accelerate achievements for the largest possible numbers of women and girls in the region, including the most vulnerable, in the next 4 years. To accomplish this, we work with our partners and offices across 17 countries in the region to implement targeted programmes that support women’s economic empowerment, women’s leadership and participation, women, peace and security, and humanitarian issues, as well as ending violence against women.

Our growing women’s economic empowerment (WEE) portfolio builds on critical results achieved between 2018-21 and capitalizes on existing enablers to advance the number of women in decent employment, and equitable access to employment opportunities and services while addressing foundational concerns related to unpaid care, negative gender stereotypes, and the implementation of legal reforms.

Objective of the Assignment:

Under the supervision of the Deputy Regional Director, the Programme Management and Development Advisor - Women’s Economic Empowerment will lead efforts to finalize the new regional multi-country and multi-disciplinary programme on women’s economic empowerment, including quality assurance of documents and upcoming resource mobilization efforts, support with finalizing SN BWP development for ROAS and support on management and implementation of the JP Work for Women as a technical advisor. 

Under the supervision of the Deputy Regional Director, Programme Management and Development Advisor - Women’s Economic Empowerment will:

• Support in the development of multi-country programme documents on the new regional programme for women's economic empowerment;
• Build and maintain alliances and strategic partnerships for the advancement of the new regional programme on women's   economic empowerment;
• Build and maintain close liaisons with relevant donors and other actors supporting efforts  toward women's economic empowerment;
• Lead resource mobilization efforts for the new regional programme on women's economic empowerment in the region;
• Research and analyze information on bilateral, International Monetary Institutions and private sector partners on possible areas of cooperation;
• Identify promising practices, technical expertise, and strategic opportunities for the new regional programme on women's economic empowerment;
• Lead and finalize SN BWP development for ROAS;
• Provide technical and managerial direction to the women’s economic empowerment team, including the Work4Women Joint Programme with ILO;
• Focus on Care Economy, Green Economy, and Science Technology, and Innovation to advance employment opportunities.  

The Programme Management and Development Advisor - Women’s Economic Empowerment, will be expected to submit the below-listed deliverables, against which remuneration will be processed:

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent knowledge of Women's Economic Empowerment;
• Strong knowledge of the region;
• Excellent networking skills;
• Ability to interact with donors, identify and analyze trends, opportunities, and threats to fundraising;
• Ability to engage with the private sector.

Education:

• Master's degree or equivalent in economics, international development, or international relations is required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in designing and managing programmes in development cooperation,  with a focus on women and the economy;
• Experience in programme, policy analysis, and strategic planning;
• Experience working on resource mobilization is an asset;
• Experience working with the UN is an asset;
• Experience working in the Arab region is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of Arabic and/or French is an asset.

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70% (70 points)

• Criteria 1:  Master's degree or equivalent in economics, international development, or international relations is required (10 points);
• Criteria 2:  7 years progressively responsible experience in designing and managing programmes in development cooperation, with a focus on women and the economy (20 points);
• Criteria 3:  Experience in programme, policy analysis, and strategic planning (10 points);
• Criteria 4:  Experience working on resource mobilization (15 points);
• Criteria 5:  Experience working with the UN (5 points);
• Criteria 6:  Demonstrated knowledge of the Arab Region (5 points);
• Criteria 7: Fluency in English (5 points).

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)

The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

Application:

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and a link to your portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all of them since the online application submission does only permit to upload of one file per application. Incomplete submissions can be a ground for disqualification.

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.

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