Emplois au PNUD - 91504- Consultant for developing a concept for the design

Consultant for developing a concept for the design of Gender in STEM online platform Europe and Central Asia

Lieu :

Home-based

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

25-May-2020

Date limite de candidature :

15-May-20 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

International Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

Estimated 25 May 2020 – 30 July 2020

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Approximately 30 working days

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

UNDP is committed to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment through a diverse range of programming activities, knowledge products, advocacy campaigns and capacity development tools. In the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub (IRH) supports Country Offices to address gender equality in all thematic areas. As part of this work, the IRH Gender Equality Team designs advocacy campaigns, and compiles, analyzes and presents information and messaging on gender equality issues in ways that can meaningfully inform policy design. Such information is also used to help UNDP provide evidence-based advisory services to governments and other partners to advance gender equality in the region. As part of these efforts UNDP is looking at policy and programmimg solutions to scale up countries efforts to ensure a more inclusive pattern of economic growth – a pattern that will provide women and men with equal opportunities to benefit from economic growth and to be able to contribute to it.

Recent research in the Europe and Central Asia region suggests that although young women are doing just as well as young men in scientific disciplines at the tertiary level, fewer women than men tend to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees in university, particularly in engineering and ICT (information, communication, technology) departments. More women need to be encouraged to pursue careers in STEM fields to reduce gender inequalities and to prepare them to benefit from the digital transformation of labour market. Gender perspectives in STEM are also important to overcome gender biases in research and development.

Devoirs et responsabilités

The overall objective of the assignment is to design a concept for the development of an ECA regional online advocacy platform on gender equality in STEM that will present a range of issues in STEM fields, including education, employment opportunities and research, from a gender perspective and exemplify the solution to those.
Specific objectives include the following:

Conduct a brief review of existing region-specific research and literature on the gender equality issues in STEM;
Identify the region- specific gender equality issues in STEM to be addressed in a such platform;
Interview relevant stakeholders (including UNDP offices in the region) to identify gender champions/role models in the STEM fields in the region to be featured in the platform;
Coordinate efforts with key partners including regional organizations (e.g. the Western Balkans Regional Cooperation Council);
Identify other partners to be engaged in the future platform- e.g. private sector and companies, academia, CSOs to be involved in the platform;
Preparation of overall proposal including the technical and substantive features of the platform and its advocacy objectives, and multimedia content;
Identify 3-4 multimedia companies that could be tasked in development of a such platform.

Deliverables and estimated timeline:
Deliverable 1 (10 %) by 5 June 2020:

Review of the existing research and data – This deliverable will be a desk review of existing research, working and issues papers drafted on current situation of the issue that hinder women’s advancement in the STEM fields in the Europe and Central Asia region. This would include review of existing research on gender equality in STEM, engagement tools and platform and data sets.

Deliverable 2 (30 %) by 15 June 2020:

Identify and present a list of gender equality champions and role models in STEM fields from different countries of the ECIS region of (up to six role models) in addition, suggest and design a multimedia form and content for presenting their stories;
Identify and present a list of the region- specific gender equality issues (up to four issues) in STEM and related solutions to be advocated for in the platform - present the multimedia form and content;
Identify list of partners from the region -CSO, regional organizations, private sector, academia etc) to be engaged and featured in the platform
Coordinate engagement with the existing regional the partners and UNDP offices and colleagues

Deliverable 3 (40 %) by 30 June 2020:

Present and discuss the draft outline of the platform – 10-page (maximum) including description of the technical and features of the platform, Innovative and engaging functionalities and specific substantive multimedia content for each suggested feature and/or section. The outline will include a list of gender equality champions in the STEM field from different countries in the region, suggest the samples of multimedia content and form for substantive content on gender issues in STEM, as well as key advocacy messages on issues to be addressed by in the platform.
Present and integrate feedback from UNDP units and relevant partners.

Deliverable 4 (20 %) by 15 July 2020:

Final proposal for the design of the platform – 20-page (maximum) including the revised outline, detailed description of the technical and features of the platform, Innovative and engaging functionalities and specific substantive multimedia content for each suggested feature and/or section. The outline will include agreed list of gender equality champions in the STEM field from different countries in the region (at least one per country), suggest the multimedia content and form for substantive content on agreed gender issues in STEM, as well as list of agreed advocacy messages to be addressed by in the platform.
Finally, the proposal will include the list of other partners to be engaged in the platform with contact details as well as the rationale for the selection of the specific multimedia company and their contact details.

Each deliverable as stated above is required to be delivered to UNDP IRH Gender Equality Team Leader in satisfactory quality and in a timely manner. Each deliverable and change in the methodology, research objective have to be discussed and accepted by UNDP IRH Gender Equality Team Leader.

Copyright
All information and products produced by contractor under this project will remain property of the UNDP.

Monitoring and reporting requirements
The Contractor will work under the supervision of UNDP IRH Gender Equality Team Leader and in close coordination with the focal points at UNDP Country Offices and relevant IRH units.
The Contractor shall comply with the system of monitoring, evaluation and quality control, implemented by the UNDP. All necessary information, reports, statistics, electronic and paper version of the reports should be prepared and submitted for clearance by UNDP within the agreed period of time.
The Contractor has to consult with UNDP on all the steps of the process and proceed to next step only upon obtaining an approval on the accomplished step. The Contractor should arrange its activities based on the principle of constructive co-operation. It is mandatory to take into account all proposals of UNDP.
After the pilot test of the questionnaire, the Contractor shall provide UNDP IRH with a report on the quality of the piloted questionnaire identifying misleading questions and any other problems experienced during the pilot data collection exercise submitted to the Project.
After the completion of all activities, the Contractor is to submit to the UNDP IRH the Final Report, containing a brief description of the work performed and the deliverables. Final Report should also contain information related to the overall organization and execution of the survey, data entry and on organization of the output files highlighting any notable difficulties, challenges and deviations from the original plan, and any other notable occurrences.

UNDP requirements for Analytical Reports
It is mandatory for the report structure to include: a cover page, table of contents, glossary of terms, introduction, executive summary, text of the report, conclusion, recommendations, annexes. Annexes should be duly numbered, all tables should contain references to sources and be numbered, as well as there should be references to them in the text of the report.
The report should contain a bibliography and list of web-resources, if relevant. The final report should take into account UNDP analytical standards and standards for writing reports. The report format (layout, text borders, format of charts and tables, format of titles, subtitles and main text, etc.) should provide for a convenient reading of the document and be in line with basic requirements to design (aesthetics) of such kind of documents. The Report should be logical and understandable and have a limited number of specialized terms. The Report should also have a clear structure and be broken into sections (subsections).
The survey shall be carried out objectively without consideration of interests of any parties. All points of view related to the events and processes shall be provided and compared.
All reports and results are to be submitted to the UNDP in electronic form (*.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx, and *.pdf, SPSS output files or other formats accepted by UNDP).

Management arrangements
The Contractor will work under the supervision of UNDP IRH Gender Equality Team Leader and in close coordination with the focal points at UNDP Country Offices and relevant IRH units.
The Contractor should ensure the reference to the UNDP.
The implementation of services will be monitored in accordance with the working plan, but UNDP IRH reserves the right to request information about the current state of progress at any stage. The final decision on the evaluation of the work delivered by the Contractor will be made by the UNDP IRH Gender Equality Team Leader.

Compétences

Ethics & Values:

Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity;
Demonstrates and promotes the highest standard of integrity, impartiality, fairness and incorruptibility in all matters affecting his/her work and status.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Delivers verbal/written information in a timely, clear, organized and easily understood manner;
Excellent oral and written skills to develop knowledge products in specified areas.

Self-Management & Emotional Intelligence:

Creating synergies through self-control tolerates conditions of stress, uncertainty or ambiguity and continues to maintain a positive outlook and to work productively.

Functional Competencies:

Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities;
Strong intercultural skills and communication;
Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines;
Ability to work independently.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Master’s degree in social or political science, International Relations, Economics, Media Relations, Development, Journalism, communications, public relations or related field.
Academic background and research experiences in gender equality and women’s empowerment is considered a strong asset.

Experience:

At least four years of experience in communications and research, journalism, public relations or related fields ;
Experience in writing reports and briefs on development issues, particularly gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Working experience and/ or proven knowledge of challenges related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in STEM fields globally and/ or in the Europe and Central Asia region would be an asset;
Experience with engaging different stakeholders in the STEM fields would be an asset,
Experience with designing content for or/ and online tools, including social media as and Web 2.0.

Language skills:

Excellent writing, editing, and oral communications skills in English

Evaluation of Applicants

Applicants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposals. The award of the contract should be made to the applicant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical (P11 desk reviews and interviews) and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Only candidates who receive min 70% of points in desk review (Criteria A- C) will be considered for interview. Only candidates who receive min 70% of points in technical evaluation (Criteria A-E) will be considered for the financial evaluation.

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 35 points:

Criteria A – (desk review) - At least five years of experience in communications and research, online advocacy, public relations or related fields; – max. 8 points;
Criteria B – (desk review) Proven experience in writing reports and briefs on development issues, particularly gender equality and women’s empowerment (submitted samples);– max. 8 points;
Criteria C (desk review) – Experience with designing multimedia content for online tools, including social media as and Web 2.0. – max. 7 points.
Criteria D – (interview) Proven knowledge of issues and challenges related to women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in STEM fields globally and/ or in the Europe and Central Asia region would be an asset; – max. 6 points;
Criteria E – (interview) – Experience with engaging different stakeholders in the STEM fields would be an asset, – max. 6 points;

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 15 points

Application procedures
The application submission is a two-step process. Failing to comply with the submission process may result in disqualifying the applications.

Step 1: Interested candidates must include the following documents when submitting the applications (Please group all your documents into a single PDF attachment as the system only allows one document to be uploaded).

Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application
Filled P11 form or CV including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from: http://www.eurasia.undp.org/content/dam/rbec/docs/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc)
Sample report(s) and/ or links to online content authored/coauthored by the candidate that is relevant to this assignment (sample(s) can be submitted as .pdf together with other attachments.

Step 2: Submission of Financial Proposal. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and requested to provide a financial offer.

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