Antecedentes
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) supports UN member states in implementing international standards for achieving gender equality and cooperates with governments and civil society in the development of laws, policies, programs, and services necessary to effectively implement these standards. The organization's actions are also aimed at implementing the global Development Agenda for the period up to 2030 - the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the benefit of women and girls, as well as promoting their equal participation in all aspects of life.
In 2017, the European Union began to plan a comprehensive support for public sector reform in Afghanistan. The same year, the project aimed at increasing the participation of women in economic and public life through education and empowerment. Launched in 2021, the second phase of the project represents an expansion of an ongoing Phase I cooperation programme.
Given the expertise in women’s economic empowerment, UN Women has been tasked to organize extra-curriculum activities for Afghan women-students in the form of winter/summer school trainings to enhance educational potential of Afghan women, raise their awareness about gender equality, women’s rights and leadership and provide them with practical tools, that will help them in their future professional and personal development.
Based on the preferences and suggestions of the Afghan women-students, the next winter school will be held in an offline format and designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of new cohort of Afghan women-students in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment, women’s political leadership, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, women, peace and security, enhanced employment opportunities, business planning, project management, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and personal development.
Timeframe and Location
The winter school training is expected to be held in-person according to the following schedule:
Location | Date |
Almaty, Kazakhstan | 11-15 January (two simultaneous schools for 50 women students) |
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 17-21 January (for 25 women students) |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 6-10 February (for 25 women students) |
In this regard, UN Women is seeking professional and experienced trainers/ experts with proven expertise and experience to develop and deliver training sessions during the winter school for Afghan Women students in Central Asia.
Depending on the COVID-19 situation in hosting countries and state regulations, in-person event can be switched to a virtual event
Deberes y responsabilidades
Under the supervision of UN Women Project Manager, the International Expert/Trainer is expected to deliver training sessions in a participatory manner and in a way that will enable Afghan Women students to learn practical skills in gender equality and women’s empowerment. The International Expert/Trainer is expected to undertake the following specific tasks:
The International Expert/Trainer is expected to work home based with travels to 1) Almaty, Kazakhstan; 2) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 3) Tashkent, Uzbekistan to deliver in-person training sessions. All deliverables must be certified and approved by UN Women. |
Competencias
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
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Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Education:
Experience:
Languages:
Technical evaluation criterion:
Only candidates with a minimum of 490 points will be eligible for financial evaluation. |
Financial assessment:
The evaluation of the submitted financial proposals will be made based on the following formula:
C low / C x 300, where
C is the price of the evaluated offer; and
C low - this is the lowest price of all evaluated offers among the corresponding offers;
300 is the maximum financial point you can get.
The winner is the candidate who scores the highest score on the total score (according to the results of the technical assessment + financial assessment). The maximum possible score for the technical evaluation is 700 and 300 for the financial proposal.
Candidate selection:
The contract will be offered to the candidate with the highest score in the cumulative evaluation.
Application Process:
All documents should be sent including:
- CV/ UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment);
- Financial proposal of consultancy fees in USD. Please prepare separate financial proposal for travel expenses for each training location. UN Women will cover travel expenses only within UN rates and limits
- Cover letter: A summarized description of the intended areas of contribution (can be seen above), and a brief methodology of the planned sessions must be attached to the application.
Only candidates who have passed the preliminary selection will be informed and invited to the next recruitment stage.
Platform admin - jobs.undp.org only accepts one attachment, so you need to prepare all required documents, scan them as one PDF document and attach them to your online application.
* Each candidate must submit a consolidated financial proposal that includes all of the candidate's expenses required to complete the assigned tasks, including communication costs, travel expenses for the task, etc.
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