Background

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. UN Women’s engagement in humanitarian action and DRR is to ensure consistency and sustainability in addressing gender equality concerns across the humanitarian-development nexus. The importance of gender integration in Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is embedded in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, that acknowledges the impact of conflict and disasters on women, recognizing the importance of utilizing women’s contribution and active participation in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and relief and recovery. In addition, gender mainstreaming has also been included in the Sendai Framework for DRR (SFDRR) and was one of the key commitments from the World Humanitarian Summit held in Turkey in 2016. UN Women seeks to achieve inclusive and gender responsive humanitarian responses and resilience building by working with governments, INGOs, other UN agencies as well as CBOs, particularly women led CBOs.

The East and Southern Africa region (ESAR) region is regularly faced with a combination of cyclic natural and human induced disasters that often translate into humanitarian crises such as drought, floods and displacements with severe consequences on the poor particularly women and girls. Currently the Horn of Africa is faced with significant drought affecting over 20 million people, while the Southern regional has been experiencing drought, regular cyclones and flooding affecting the poor communities who rely on rainfed livelihood systems especially those in marginal areas, IDP and refugee camps

Climate related disasters are compounded by conflict affecting several countries in the region with large populations displaced into IDP and refugee camps. Currently, ESAR is host to 67% of refugees on the continent and 20% of the global refugee population, estimated at 4,773,393 refugees, 50% of these are hosted in Kenya, Uganda and Somalia. Of the total number of refugees in the continent, Uganda hosts 31% (1.4 million majority of S. Sudan) of whom at least 82% are women and girls.  COVID 19 has exacerbated the humanitarian situation for women and girls but more so refugees, IDPs women, girls & far-to-reach communities, threatening to erode the gains on women’s empowerment.

Objectives of the Assignment

UN Women funded by the Government of Japan is implementing the Leadership Empowerment Access and Protection (LEAP) Programme titled Prevention of COVID-19 infections among women and girls displaced into IDP and refugee camps in ESAR in Somalia and Uganda. The overall objective of the project is to support women and girls to effectively participate and influence COVID 19 prevention and recovery measures as well build their resilience to future shocks. The main objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support at the Regional Office in monitoring and reporting through capacity development of the Country Offices and implementing partners on results-based monitoring and reporting during implementation of the LEAP programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work:

The national consultant shall support the technical aspects pertaining monitoring and reporting for the LEAP Programme. She/he will provide technical support to UN Women Office for East and Southern Africa and country office in areas of planning, progress tracking and consolidation of reports at the regional level. Additionally, she/he will support capacity building of Country Offices in capturing results, preparation of reports as well as overall project monitoring.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Provide technical support to the humanitarian and DRR team at regional office on monitoring and reporting for the LEAP programme Uganda and Somalia
  2. Support capacity building of country offices [Somali and Uganda] on LEAP project monitoring and assist the preparation of LEAP Programme report with country focal points
  3. Provide technical support in strengthening the M&E capacities of UN Women and its implementing partners to engage in and lead monitoring, reporting and evaluation processes
  4. Support in the consolidation of the semi-annual and final narrative report for the LEAP project

Expected Deliverables:

No.

Key Deliverables

1

Review project (proposal and results framework) documents and reporting guidelines and, in consultation with the programme team, develop an Excel-based tracking tool to monitor and report against programme results.

2

Conduct a training workshop for all country offices with Japan projects

  • Develop a training presentation tailored to the LEAP Programming approach and reporting guidelines
  • Effective and efficient data collection to support results reported on [this aspect can be supported by a national staff/consultant – FGDs and/or phone interviews]  

4

Support Uganda and Somalia in preparation of the semi-annual and annual LEAP Programme reports in adherence to donor guidelines and UN Women standards

5

Support UN Women ESARO Humanitarian team to consolidate the reports from Uganda and Somalia for submission to the donor.  The reports should capture key baselines, key results and impact stories.  

 

Deliverables & Work Schedule:

Deliverables

Timelines

Allocated Percentage

1.  Reporting and monitoring data collection tool  

15th November 2022

30 %

2.  Facilitate 2-day Monitoring & Reporting workshop

30th November 2022 TBC

3.  Semi-annual Report

15th December 2022

40%

4.  Two field visits to Somalia and Uganda for in-person mentoring and reporting

January/February – Somalia

March 2023

5.  Annual Report [Draft]

30th March 2023

30%

 

7 Months

100 %

 

 

Competencies

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

  • Demonstrable ability to produce high quality reports in English within the humanitarian-development-peace nexus programming
  • Demonstrable experience in technical support to implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian action and disaster management programmes
  • In-depth knowledge of gender equality, humanitarian action, conflict and disaster risk management.
  • Ability to develop detailed work plans, and implement the same with a result-based management system
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate, physical, online workshops/learning sessions using a variety of pedagogical approaches.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to foster networks and partnerships.
  • Ability to complete complex assignments in a timely manner and delivery quality results.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Master’s Degree in the field of, Disaster Risk Management, Humanitarian Affairs, Conflict Management, Social Sciences, Gender Equality, Program Management, statistics and/or other social or economic science related to the areas relevant for the assignment.
  • Certification as an M&E professional

Experience:

  • At least 10 years of experience in the development sector preferably in Disaster, Humanitarian, Development, Conflict Prevention and Gender issues.
  • Experience conducting consultative research, data collection and preparing project reports
  • Experience in undertaking research on humanitarian programming initiatives that target women and youth in developing countries
  • Experience in design and delivery of training modules that target diverse audiences.
  • Knowledge of policies and legal frameworks on gender equality, Disaster and Humanitarian crisis.
  • Experience working with international organizations (successful experience in working Experience in communication, documentation and reporting with UN agencies is an asset)

Language skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written English.
  • Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset

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