Capacity Development on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)

Consultant Human Rights

Overview

Develop and deliver a training course on a gender-responsive working environment.

You have:

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Development Studies, Gender Studies, or Statistics or related fields.
• Or Bachelor’s degree in same fields but with 7 years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in capacity development and training.
• Extensive experience in delivering training and capacity development interventions in the area of gender development.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Fluency in spoken and written Arabic.

Contract

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Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women will work 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.

Guided by the UN standards of conduct and obligations of the UN Staff Rules and Regulations, as well as the UN Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, and Respect for Diversity, UN Women promotes a safe working environment where all personnel adhere to the highest standards of behavior and conduct themselves in a professional and disciplined manner at all times.? The Charter of the United Nations sets high standards for the Organization to ensure awareness and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse and therefore safeguarding a workplace free of any form of discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, and abuse of authority where staff, partners, beneficiaries are all treated with dignity and respect and are aware of their role and responsibilities. UN Women has placed a strong emphasis on the prohibition of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), which goes against UN ethics, and consequently constitutes a major human right, violation, and crime in the UN. UN-Women has an obligation in creating and maintaining an environment that has Zero-Tolerance for SEA and guarantees equal rights and opportunities to all, taking all the appropriate administrative and/or disciplinary actions to prevent and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse and maintaining a culture of employment based on respect, equal opportunities and free from harassment.

In addition, UN Women recognizes the various key international instruments on equality in the workplace such as The Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, 1979); The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and its follow up recommendations (2000, 2005, 2010); The Commonwealth Plan on Action on Gender Equality; The United Nations Declaration on Violence Against Women (DEVAW, 1993); The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), which addresses the fundamental right of non-discrimination at work promoting equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation, with a view to eliminating discrimination.

Under the Women’s Leadership, Empowerment, Access, and Protection (LEAP) and Safe Cities programmes, UN women have been working with the objective of providing essential services to those affected by conflict as well as making public spaces safer for women and girls, to improve the quality of life for women and their entire families and communities through the creation of safe neighborhoods and communities.

Objective of the Assignment:

UN Women seeks to recruit a national consultant to develop and deliver a training course virtually to 20 CSO representatives on a “gender-responsive working environment”. The course should include definitions of sexual exploitation and abuse as per international standards on gender equality at work, its impact on victims/survivors, response mechanism, and the penalty for committing sexual exploitation and abuse per Egyptian law.

The training should be delivered to 20 representatives from up to 10 community-based organizations and NGOs in Greater Cairo and Alexandria, and Damietta.

The consultant is expected to research and adapt existing materials from various credible sources, provide the contextualization of the training material reflecting the Egyptian context, develop, and deliver course content, including quizzes and graphics, illustrating the importance of ensuring a safe working environment free of all forms of harassment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Country Representative, the national consultant will:

• Conduct a desk review of available literature on the topic of sexual exploitation and abuse in the workplace.
• Map relevant high-resolution images and graphics that are suitable to the course material.
• Review and analyze the relevant articles within the Egyptian Civil Service Law and Labor Law and their executive regulations in the context of women’s rights in the workplace.
• Research and compile relevant international standards on gender equality at work, including the (a) Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, (b) Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Authority, and (c) Ethics and Integrity at the UN, and ILO most updated decent employment standards and checklists.
• Develop an inception report with a detailed outline.
• Draft and develop the training content in line with the approved outline and in a visually appealing format.
• Submit full training content, including training presentations balancing between theoretical content and practical applications.
• Deliver virtual training workshop for a total of around 20 representatives from 10 CBOs and NGOs.
• Submit training report, including the main findings of participants’ assessment.

Deliverables

Timelines

Submit an inception report including the detailed outline for UN Women review (5 days)

21 November 2021

Develop and submit the training material and presentation after receiving UN Women comments (10 days)

22 Nov to 5 December 2021

Deliver virtual training workshop for around 20 representatives from 10 CBOs and NGOs (2 days)

7-12 December 2021

Submit final training report for the training conducted including the training material and the participants’ assessments (3 days)

13-20 December 2021

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: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Functional Competencies

• Training and Facilitation Skills: Demonstrated ability in delivering training and facilitating workshops including online platforms;
• Subject Matter Expertise: Expertise in developing educational content and training courses on gender;
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing knowledge;
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication, presentation, research, and writing skills.
• Ability to pragmatically apply in-depth knowledge and experience of issues and practices in the fields of gender equality;
• Strong communications skills, and experience in presenting evidence and ideas for policy and programme stakeholders;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive and constructive attitude;
• Substantive knowledge of gender stereotypes and biases in training and learning approaches;
• Experience in working in a multicultural and web-based environment;

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Development Studies, Gender Studies, or Statistics or related fields, Or Bachelor’s degree in same fields but with 7 years of relevant professional experience with international organizations or government entities.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, (or 7 years of professional experience in case of a bachelor’s degree), in the field related to the development of training curricula, modules, manuals, and capacity development training material, with experience working with government, NGOs, or Community-based Organizations.
• Extensive experience in delivering training/ capacity development interventions in the area of gender development.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic.

Work Arrangements and Remuneration****:

• The candidate will need to use his/her own laptop throughout the duration of the assignment.
• The selected candidate will be remuneration based on a lumpsum package in line with UN Women regulations and the identified list of deliverables mentioned in this Terms of Reference.
• Upon recruitment, the candidate will be provided with an orientation and induction package. UN Women will provide relevant materials related to the assignment when needed.

Evaluation Criteria:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

The Consultant will be responsible for any travel expenses associated with undertaking this assignment.

Technical Weight Criteria: 70% (70 points)

• Criteria 1 (10): Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Development Studies, Gender Studies, or Statistics or related fields, or bachelor’s degree in same fields but with 7 years of relevant professional experience with international organizations or government entities.
• Criteria 2 (40): Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, (or 7 years of professional experience in case of a bachelor’s degree), in the field related to training, development of training curricula, modules and manuals, and capacity development with experience in working with government ministries and international development organizations.
• Criteria 3 (10): Extensive experience in delivering training/ capacity development interventions in the area of gender development.
• Criteria 4 (10): Fluency in spoken and written Arabic and English.

Financial Weight Criteria: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)

The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;

• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

• The financial offer should be inclusive of all related costs, including accommodation and transportation, in case of field visits to Alexandria and Damietta.

Application:

interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to a portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment; applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
• Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all of them since the online application submission does only permit uploading one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

****Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.** Make sure that you provide a valid email address for future communications**.

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