UN WOMEN Jobs - 71385- Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation

Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation –Women’s Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Energy Programme (Open to Indian Nationals Only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New Delhi, INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Apr-2017

Application Deadline :

29-Mar-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 April 2017 to 31 May 2017 (20 working days spread over 2 months)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

1 April 2017 to 31 May 2017 (20 working days spread over 2 months)

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

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.

Within the overall context of its Strategic Plan, UN Women launched a Global Programme on Women’s Sustainable Energy, Entrepreneurship, and Access with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) in six countries. Other five countries are Bolivia, Indonesia, Morocco, Myanmar and Senegal.

The Women’s Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Energy (WESE) Programme is in line with the Government of India’s national priorities and international commitments towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically on Gender Equality (SDG5) and Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7) as well as the United Nations Framework on Climate Change.

The objective of the Programme is to identify and remove fundamental gender-specific barriers facing women entrepreneurs, women’s productive use of sustainable energy, and women’s involvement and leadership in gender-sensitive energy policy-making.

In India, the Programme will be implemented in partnership with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in select states of Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

The Programme focusses on:

Building leadership and entrepreneurial skills of women in non-gender stereotypical domains using access to energy;
Enhancing access to sustainable energy for women through energy entrepreneurship;
Mainstreaming gender in energy discourse and policies.

The expected outcomes for the five year Programme are:

Energy planning and policy development is gender inclusive, participatory and responsive;
Skills, information and social norms barriers are removed and equal opportunities are created for women’s decent employment in the sustainable energy sector;
Access to finance for sustainable energy is increased for women;
Women’s productive use of sustainable energy is promoted and time dedicated to unpaid care and domestic work is reduced.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will have the following responsibilities:

Provide M&E support to the ongoing studies/ assessments as part of preparatory phase of the WESE Programme;
Coordinate with WESE Programme unit on scheduled monitoring visits and ensuring the monitoring mission reports are in place;
Design and conduct trainings for the WESE Programme team on monitoring, evaluation and reporting as and when required;
Facilitate and support the donor reporting process in coordination with the WESE Programme unit;
Maintain and meet the deadline for online platforms for donor reporting and donor relations management;
Support monitoring of the financial expenditure as per the M&E Annual work plan for effective financial delivery and any other work assigned by the unit lead;
Identifying prospective partnerships for WESE Programme;
Developing a strategy of engagement with the identified partners;
Undertake a mapping of donor landscape;
Supporting the Partnerships and WESE Programme team in organizing meetings and consultation with key partners and relevant stakeholders. Provide coordination and logistical support for events such as workshops and trainings.

Deliverables:

Monthly work plan;
Monthly Report;
Monitoring Mission Report;
M&E Inputs to the study/assessment/donor reports;
List of prospective partnership;
Donor landscape mapping;
Partnership strategy document.

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

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

Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

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

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Work in teams:

Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Functional Competencies:

Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree or equivalent in International Relations, Political Science, Economics or related Social Sciences.

Experience Requirements:

Minimum requirements:

Minimum of five years’ experience of working on development projects;
At least five years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, particularly in the context of governance and/or rural development projects;
Knowledge of and experienced in project cycle management and well versed in logical frameworks;
Previous experience with M&E for International Agencies including the UN System is desirable.

Desired skills and experience:

Concept clarity on project planning and monitoring, including logical frameworks and indicators;
Excellent analytical skills and prior experience of both quantitative and qualitative data analyses;
Working knowledge of gender and sex disaggregated statistics would be an asset;
Experience in using statistical package such as SPSS/STATA;
Good writing skills and the ability to explain technical terms in a non-technical language;
Previous exposure to gender related projects, qualitative and quantitative data analysis and M&E assignments.

Language:

Fluency in English and working knowledge of the language of the duty station.

Application:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (5 points);
Working knowledge and experience of writing on Monitoring & Evaluation project management and research (5 points);
Experience in using statistical package such as SPSS/STATA. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages (5 points).

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

Interview (70 points);
Proof of writing samples (30 points).

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.