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Consultant - Gender Responsive Budgeting for Department of Planning-cum-Finance, Government of Jharkhand (Open to Indian Nationals Only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Ranchi; Jharkhand, INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

10-Apr-2018

Application Deadline :

21-Mar-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

April 2018 till March 2019 (22 Working Days Per Month)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

April 2018 till March 2019 (22 Working Days Per Month)

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 and the third gender as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

All human development and human rights issues involve gender dimensions. UN Women globally focuses on key priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board. The six priority areas include increasing women’s leadership and participation in political spaces, ending violence against women, enhancing women’s economic empowerment, engaging in all aspects of women peace and security processes, making gender equality central to national planning and budgeting through Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and advancing gender in intergovernmental processes.

UN Women’s work on GRB involves ensuring that national planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation processes incorporate a gender perspective. UN Women’s GRB programmes at the regional and country level have made significant contribution towards this by building political support, developing technical resources and capacities, generating good practices for improving women's access to services and increasing accountability for Gender Equality and Women’s empowerment (GEWE). At the forefront of global, regional and local advocacy for application of GRB, UN Women has built partnerships with diverse government, inter-governmental and non-governmental partners, to further efforts and demonstrate GRB’s relevance to sustainable development, aid effectiveness, public sector reform and financing for development.

In 2004-05, the report of the expert group of classification of government expenditure became instrumental in laying out the road map for GRB in India. This was followed by the adoption of “Budgeting for Gender Equity” as a mission statement by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India (GoI). In 2005-06, the Ministry of Finance, GoI introduced Gender Budget Statement (GBS) which aimed to reflect the quantum of budgetary allocations for programmes/schemes that substantially benefit women. Another important mechanism institutionalised by the Ministry of Finance was setting up of Gender Budget Cells (GBCs) which serve as focal points for mainstreaming gender through GRB. GBCs have been set up in 57 ministries/departments of the Union Government thus far. The rigour has been replicated in at least 19 states, some of which have produced GBS and set up GBCs.

UN Women’s Multi Country Office (MCO), based in New Delhi, India, and covers four countries of the region, i.e., India, Bhutan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. UN Women India MCO is currently implementing a project with the objective of identifying strategies and operational approaches to strengthen on-going efforts in the area of GRB. Insights generated from this project will enable key stakeholders at the national and regional level to accelerate their efforts to ensure that women’s priorities are adequately reflected in national budgeting processes, and to make concrete changes for adequate resource allocation towards women’s priorities. The project will be implemented in two countries – India and Sri Lanka. Also, given the extent of fiscal federalism in both the countries, the project will focus on sub national levels. More specifically, in India, GRB efforts will focus on two states – Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Jharkhand.

The Government of Jharkhand is one of the most recent state governments that has produced a Gender Budget Statement, starting in 2016-17. It reflects the commitment of the government in ensuring that the budgetary investments benefit men and women, boys and girls.

With the objective of supporting and strengthening the government’s efforts on GRB, UN Women, UNICEF and the Government of Jharkhand will be working together. UN Women is seeking services of an individual who will support the implementation of this partnership in Jharkhand.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance and direct supervision of GRB Programme Analyst, the GRB Consultant will support in strengthening efforts of the Government of Jharkhand on GRB. She/he will work with the teams of UN Women and UNICEF Jharkhand office to ensure that institutional mechanisms on GRB are established and strengthened to produce desired results for advancing GEWE in the State. Specifically, the consultant will support the Department of Planning-cum-Finance in achieving the following results:

Support the Establishment/strengthening of GRB mechanisms within the Department of Planning-cum-Finance.
Work with the Department of Planning-cum-Finance in collaboration with UN Women and UNICEF to design and monitor key GRB strategies for select sectoral/line departments in the state, reporting on GBS.
Support the Department in implementation and tracking of outcomes on GEWE.

Support in enhancing capacities of officials on GRB at the state and local level.
Assist UN Women’s Research consultant in a research study on analysing flagships schemes/programmes through the lens of Dalit women and girls in the state.
Responsible for research and documentation of minutes of meetings, reports, concept papers on GRB in the state, to be commissioned by UN Women, UNICEF and the Department of Planning-cum-Finance.
Any other support to the Department of Planning-cum-Finance.

Deliverable :

A workplan with clear timelines based on understanding of the scope of work and meetings with government and other relevant constituents, including UN Women and UNICEF.
Submission of periodic compilation of minutes of meetings held with the government and any other relevant constituents and progress thereupon.
Documentation of GRB efforts/initiatives of Department of Planning-cum-Finance and sectoral/line departments (reporting on GBS) in the state.
One policy paper/concept note each on GRB efforts/initiatives to advance GEWE in four sectors of the state.
Policy directives/government orders issued to ensure that GRB mechanisms are created or/and refined to ensure that gender concerns are identified and addressed in the budget and planning process.
Relevant IEC material on GRB for the State.

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 organisation 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.

Organisational 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 behaviour 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 a higher-level degree) in Social Sciences- Economics/Social Work /Gender Studies/Public Administration/Policy or related fields.

Experience :

Minimum 5 years of experience at the national/state level working with development projects including hands-on experience of design, implementation and monitoring of projects preferably in the area of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights.
Familiarity with the issues of gender equality in India.Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.

Language :

Excellent analytical and writing skills in English and Hindi.

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 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);
Experience of working in women related projects would be desirable (5 points);
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) required and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages desirable. (5 points).

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

Interview (70 points);
Written Test (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.