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UN Women: Local Consultant- A Trainer on Gender-responsive Statistics (Open to Nepali Nationals Only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Kathmandu, NEPAL

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

02-May-2016

Application Deadline :

20-Apr-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

30 days spread over one and half months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of national priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with government, civil society and other relevant actors.

The Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment Joint Programme (RWEE JP) is a five-year joint programme of UN Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP which has been globally implemented in selected countries. In Nepal, the RWEE JP was designed, in close consultation with the Government of Nepal (GoN), to support the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) in piloting the implementation of the Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) in three districts (Sindhuli, Sarlahi and Rautahat) of Central Development Region. UN Women as a lead agency, played crucial role in the JP development along with other participating UN agencies.

The programme is in line with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and its follow up processes, which reaffirm the role of rural women in sustainable development and climate change. The programme also takes forward the commitments of the Istanbul Plan of Action (IPoA) – which the GoN played a leading role in developing – that calls for focused intervention on agriculture development with increased investments. The programme is in line with the GoN’s Development Cooperation Policy 2014 and its vision to build a self-reliant economy through effective mobilization of development cooperation, and to help transform Nepal into a prosperous and democratic country. The JP is also aligned with the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2013-2017 for Nepal, under which outcomes 1, 2 and 3 commit the country to supporting: 1) improved access to basic, essential social services and programmes in an equitable manner, 2) improved access to economic opportunities and adequate social protection and ensuring self-confidence, and 3) respect and dignity of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

A key focus of the JP is on capacity development of duty bearers and rights holders (individual, collective and institutional) in rural women’s economic empowerment agenda, carried out through trainings, orientations, coaching, awareness campaigns, mobilizing men and boys on rural women’s economic empowerment issues. As the programme is adopting an integrated approach on rural women’s economic empowerment, capacity development trainings provided by the JP partners will focus on a comprehensive range of areas from leadership skills, livelihood opportunities and nutrition and food security.

Women are the most important agents in the enhancement of agricultural and rural development in Nepal. And yet they face greater constraints than their male counterparts in gaining access to public services, social protection, employment opportunities, information, innovations and local national markets and institutions, balancing unpaid care work, and taking up leadership positions. The intersection between gender, caste, ethnicity and spatial inequalities mean that Dalit, Janjati/Adivasi, Madhesi, and geographically isolated women face even greater hardship. It has been reported in number of studies that there is need to conduct gender research and analysis in a wide range of policy areas to support in gender responsive policy formulation, implementation and social change in the country.

In order to rectify these challenges as well as uphold the GoN’s political commitment to mainstream a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) approach across sectors, the MoAD has given emphasis on the integration of GESI throughout the ADS implementation processes, including planning and monitoring. For this purpose, the MoAD has seen it essential to develop a well-articulated GESI strategy for the ADS and recognized UN Women to take a lead in developing the GESI strategy.

Justification:

To support the implementation of the national policy further, the ADS final report, Output 1.5, clearly outlined the importance of evidence-based GESI responsive policies and programming in the agriculture sector. The ADS has also mentioned the CBS in several places to generate sources of data for the implementation of the ADS. In this context, the role of the CBS has been identified as crucial to generate GESI responsive statistics which will serve as a crucial foundation of the evidence-based planning, decision-making and progress monitoring for the effective implementation of the ADS. The statistical information will help in highlighting the key trends and issues that will ultimately contribute to evidence-based policy advocacy for the economic empowerment of rural women. In this regard, it is essential to develop the capacity of the CBS on gender-responsive statistics which will help them to coordinate closely with the MoAD which is the lead agency for the implementation of the ADS. This initiative will, therefore, lay a foundation for generating gender responsive statistics contributing to the implementation of the 20 years ADS. In this context, UN Women is in the process of recruiting a National Consultant/Trainer to provide training to the Gender and Social Statistics Section, Economic Division and Planning and Human Resource Management Division of the CBS on GESI responsive statistics, as GESI responsive statistics are expected to be collected and utilized mainly in these divisions. This initiative will also include the officials from the statistics sections of the MoAD and Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) to create strong linkages between gender and agriculture related agenda which will contribute to the implementation of the ADS.

http://un.org.np/sites/default/files/UNDAF_2013-2017.pdf

Agriculture Development Strategy-Final Report, prepared for Government of Nepal, June 2013.

CBS was established in 1959 under Statistics Act, 2015 BS as the central agency for the collection, consolidation, processing, analysis, publication and dissemination of statistics. It is under the National Planning Commission Secretariat (NPCS) of Nepal and serves as a national statistical organization of Government of Nepal. It generates timely and reliable socio-economic statistics mainly through the operation of censuses and surveys. The main objective of setting up CBS is to avail data to NPCS and other Government agencies for the formulation of national plans, policies and also produces national account estimates to measure the economic growth of the country. For more information please visit at: http://www.cbs.gov.np/

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall objective of the assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the relevant sections and divisions of the CBS to generate GESI responsive statistics contributing to the implementation of the ADS through provision of capacity development training on gender-responsive statistics to selected staff members.

Scope of Work and Specific Tasks

The selected consultant (the Consultant) will prepare and conduct a 6-day training sessions in Kathmandu, inviting a total of around 15-20 staff from the CBS Central Office and from the statistics sections of the MoAD and MoWCSW.

The Consultant will also develop a set of training materials on gender-responsive statistics. Specific tasks and responsibilities of the Consultant are as follows:

Manual development of the training

The Consultant will develop the manual for the training. However, before developing the manual for the training, the Consultant will conduct a comprehensive desk review of the relevant documents/resource materials for the training. The manual will incorporate, but not limited, to the following contents:

Substantive equality and human rights based approach as outlined in normative frameworks on women’s rights including CEDAW, its Optional Protocol and Concluding Observations; national gender equality commitments in Nepal; national legislations and mechanisms for women’s empowerment and gender equality, Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS).

Gender responsive statistics:

Concept;
Modality, tools and methodology;
Data collection;
Processing;
Analysis;
Follow up actions to be taken by the CBS to generate GESI responsive statistics contributing to the implementation of the ADS in close coordination with the MoAD and MoWCSW.

The Consultant will provide the relevant resource binder of the training to the staff members during the training. He/she will finalize the training manual in close coordination between UN Women and the CBS. The Consultant will also distribute training materials (duplication/printing) and stationaries to participants.

Provision of the training

The Consultant will deliver a 6-day training sessions in Kathmandu. There will be around 15-20 government staff members to attend the training. At the end of the training, staff members of the CBS will also develop an action plan with the list of activities as a follow –up commitment with the support of the Consultant.

Pre and post-training status assessment

The Consultant will conduct the pre and post-training assessments. While the pre-training assessment will be administered right before the training, the same questionnaire will be administered right after the training. The assessments will focus on knowledge and understanding of the staff members before and after the training. The questionnaires will be finalized in consultation with the CBS and UN Women.

Expected Deliverables:

A work plan with clear timelines and specific tools and techniques in English;
A training concept note with a clear outline of training in English;
Training manual as per the contents defined under the section 4 (including tools, suggested training plan and curricula on gender-responsive statistics in Nepali);
Process report (with analysis) of the training in English (results of the pre and post-training assessments shall be attached as Annex).

Methodology

The Consultant will develop the manual, provide training to the staff members of the relevant sections and divisions of the CBS (including staff members of the statistic sections of the MoAD and MoWCSW) and prepare the process report of the training. He/she also coordinates with the CBS and UN Women for the finalization of the manual.

The Consultant will determine the specific design and methods for the development of the training manual.

Duration of Assignment

The time required for the consultancy is 30 days spread over one and half months (May-June 2016).

A detailed time frame with schedule is given below:

A work plan with clear timelines and specific tools and techniques and a training concept note with a clear outline of training in English (7 days);
Training manual as per the contents defined under the section 5 (including tools, suggested training plans and curricula on gender-responsive statistics in Nepali) and delivery of training (21 days);
Process report (with analysis) of the training in English (results of the pre and post-training assessments shall be attached as Annex) (2 days).

Contract Supervision

The Consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist/Unit Head of EE Unit of UN Women.

Schedule of Payments:

A work plan with clear timelines and specific tools and techniques and a training concept note with a clear outline of training in English (10% of the total budget)- Within one week after signing of the contract (first week of May);
Training manual as per the contents defined under the section 4 (including tools, suggested training plans and curricula on gender-responsive statistics in Nepali) and delivery of trainings (50% of the total budget)- Within three weeks of signing of the contract (third week of May);
Process report (with analysis) of the training in English (results of the pre and post-training assessments shall be attached as Annex) (40% of the total budget)- Last week of May.

*The exact deadline of the submission will be confirmed upon the commencement of the contract

UN Women defines ‘capacity development’ in its global strategy as follows: Capacity development is the process of enhancing, improving and unleashing capacity. In the context of UNIFEM (now UN Women)’s mandate and its SP 2008-2013, capacity development is aimed at ensuring the development and inclusion of gender equality commitments in normative frameworks and the implementation of those commitments at national, regional and global levels. UNIFEM (now UN Women) seeks to develop the capacity of its key partners and constituencies, e.g., government institutions like national women’s machineries, key ministries, policy and service delivery institutions, women’s groups/networks and other gender equality advocates. UN Women is adopting the interrelated yet distinct concepts of individual competencies, collective capabilities and system capacity. Individual competencies refer to knowledge, skills, mindsets, attitudes and motivations. Collective capabilities refer to the abilities of a group, organization or an institution to commit or engage, carry out tasks, build relationship and legitimacy, learn and adopt and find balance among the different pressures on a group, organization or an institution to engage strategically. System capacity is the overall ability of a system to create public value. It emerges overtime out of the interactions between individual competencies, collective capabilities and dynamic external context (e.g. political, social, economic and cultural) in which an institution is embedded.

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

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

Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:

Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Functional Competencies:

Proven ability to write reports, briefs and concept notes;
Proven ability to coordinate with Nepal government ministries;
Ability to multi task, work on many concepts at once, and work in a team;
Excellent communication skills and intercultural sensitivity.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in development studies, gender and development or any other related fields.

Experience:

Minimum 6-8 years of experience on developing manual and delivering trainings to government officials;
Minimum 5 years of proven experience and demonstrated knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, including women’s economic empowerment;
Minimum 3 years of work experience of working with the CBS on gender responsive statistics would be an asset;
Good knowledge of computer applications especially Microsoft Office applications such as word and excel together with good presentation skills.

Language:

Excellent command of written and oral English and Nepali.

Application Procedure:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents:

Expression of interest containing earliest starting date;
UN Women P11 form (blank form can be downloaded from: http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment/);
Samples of manuals and training packages which were developed by the applicant. Incase manuals and training packages were developed by a team, please clearly indicate exactly which part the applicant was directly in charge;
A lump-sum financial proposal including consultant fees, travel and other relevant costs.

Note:

The system will only allow one attachment. If you can not fit all the documents in one attachment, please send the documents of samples of manuals and training packages to email id jobs.np@unwomen.org. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Evaluation Process

The candidates will be evaluated according to qualification and technical review.

Technical evaluation criteria (including minimum qualifications):

Criteria: Master’s Degree in development studies, gender and development or any other related fields; (20%);
Criteria: A Minimum 6-8 years of experience on developing manual and delivering trainings to the government officials (40%)
Criteria: Minimum 5 years of proven experience and demonstrated knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, including women’s economic empowerment;
(30%);
Criteria: Minimum 3 years of work experience of with the CBS on gender responsive statistics(10%).

Maximum total technical score amounts to 100 points. Only candidates who have passed over the mandatory criteria and have accumulated at least 70 points under the technical evaluation will be considered for financial review.

Criteria

Technical Evaluation – documents based (70%).
Financial Evaluation (30%);

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 30

S - Score received on financial evaluation; Fmin - the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round; F - financial offer under the consideration.

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply. UN Women applies fair and transparent selection process that would take into account the competencies/skills of the applicants.

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.