CGF - GEWE and CEDAW Training Center Mapping Consultant-national consultant (Chinese National only)

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination and violence 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 China Office in Beijing supports and carries out work on (i) enhancing women's economic empowerment; (ii) ending violence against women; and (iii) innovative work to address gender issues in China. In addition to the above, UN Women also actively participates and contributes to various UN inter-agency processes and collaborates with UN organizations around specific programme areas.

The China Gender Fund (CGF) the programme designed in UN Women China Office to address all those emerging trends affecting the promotion of gender equality in China, gather data about these trends, and communicate them to duty bearers, so that the duty bearers can take actions to reduce gender-based discrimination. In the past few years, the CGF has addressed a wide variety of newly emerged gender issues in China: Gender and Climate Change, LGBTI rights, Gender and Migration, Gender Equality and Philanthropy, and Gender Equality and AI, etc. The CGF will continue to identify and address these types of gender issues as they emerge. The CGF supports innovative projects that: encourage gender advocates to promote and disseminate information and materials across a broad range of media; increase gender awareness and capacity of policy makers; support and raise awareness of successful local pilots; promote dialogue between women’s movements, policy makers, and UN and donors; and support targeted research, data collection, and analysis on the newly emerging gender issues to influence policy and strengthen advocacy efforts.

The CGF provides technical support for grantees such as RBM, CEDAW and advocacy to equip partners with capacity to achieve their goals. To bring larger impact on technical assistance on gender equality and women’s empowerment and CEDAW, UN Women plans to establish a GEWE and CEDAW Training Center to provide training to NGOs and individuals beyond CGF partners. Since many training centers in China are only open for government officials, such as the training center under every ministry. For NGOs and individuals who are interested in gender equality and CEDAW and want to be equipped with knowledge and capacity to advocate for gender equality, there is no place in China for them. Through the CGF, UN Women will establish a national Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and CEDAW (GEWE and CEDAW) training center within an existing education facility, to equip the training center with teachers and curriculum, to satisfy the needs for CSOs and individuals, for a better advocacy on gender equality and women’s rights.

For the GEWE and CEDAW Training Center, a mapping will be conducted of learning centres nationally, to determine an appropriate location for the learning hub. An assessment framework will be developed to identify an existing facility and/or a training centre with the capacity to provide knowledge and skills development support on a number of key gender equality issues. The selected facility will develop a curriculum on GEWE, informed by the CEDAW, and on how to conduct effective policy advocacy for impact and change. In order to share learnings across grantees, provinces and the country, trainings of trainers will be conducted to support the roll-out of the learnings among local stakeholders i.e. government officials, public and private service providers and other relevant stakeholders, and cross learning. These trainings will be is complemented by a training on advocacy, i.e. tools and resources to support the planning of advocacy activities, the use of data and evidence for advocacy, and the leveraging of social and mass media platforms.

Based on the purpose mentioned above, UN Women China office is seeking to recruit a short-term consultant for the above duration, whose duties are as articulated below. Under the guidance and supervision of the CGF programme officer of UN Women China, the consultant will help do the mapping.

The consultant promotes a client-oriented approach consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. The consultant works in close collaboration with the CGF and relevant parties to exchange information and ensure consistent service delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

Under the overall guidance of CGF Programme Officer of UN Women China, the consultant is responsible for the following:

• Develop an assessment framework to identify an existing facility and/or a training centre with the capacity to provide knowledge and skills development support on several key gender equality issues.
• Conduct a mapping of learning centres nationally, including government owned training centers, and centers affiliated to universities in China.
• Do an in-depth analysis of all the training centers mapped including their strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities of developing GEWE and CEDAW related curriculum.
• Propose two appropriate training centers for UN Women to consider for final selection.
• Compile a full report for the mapping, analysis, and proposal.

Deliverables and Timeline

Area o****f Work

Deliverable

Timeline****[1]****

Develop an assessment framework to identify an existing facility and/or a training centre with the capacity to provide knowledge and skills development support on several key gender equality issues.

Paper and power point presentation of the assessment framework in Chinese

9 August 2022

Conduct a mapping of learning centres nationally, including government owned training centers, and centers affiliated to universities in China. Do an in-depth analysis of all the training centers mapped including their strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities of developing GEWE and CEDAW related curriculum.

Power Point presentation in Chinese of the results of the in-depth analysis of the mapping

25 August 2022

Propose two appropriate training centers for UN Women to consider for final selection, and compile a full report for the mapping, analysis, and proposal.

Full mapping report in Chinese

7 September 2022

Manage the translation of the report into English

Full mapping report in English

20 September 2022

[1] Timeline may be adjusted based on the progress of UN Women China Strategic Note development.

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:

• Able to work independently and under strict deadlines is necessary
• Be capable of effectively using MS Word and Excel.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills and Qualifications

• A master’s degree in the field of international development, gender studies, or development related areas with at least 5 years of experience in gender equality and other development programming. Or Bachelor's degree in those fields with 7 years of the above-mentioned work experience.
• Proven experiences in training, CEDAW, and Advocacy.
• Proven experience in developing good experience and impact models for projects in development field.
• Proven experiences on the development issues especially gender issues in China
• Proven experiences on China’ policy and legal system.
• Demonstrated abilities and track record writing high quality Chinese reports and programme documents.
• Proficiency in Chinese and English.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.

• Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
• Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview.

No.

Criteria

Point

1

Education

• A master’s degree in the field of international development, gender studies, or development related areas with at least 5 years of experience in gender equality and other development programming. Or Bachelor's degree in those fields with 7 years of the above-mentioned work experience.

25

2

Experience and skills

• Proven experiences in training, CEDAW, and Advocacy.
• Proven experience in developing good experience and impact models for projects in development field.
• Proven experiences on the development issues especially gender issues in China
• Proven experiences on China’ policy and legal system.

50

3

Language and report writing skills

• Demonstrated abilities and track record writing high quality Chinese reports and programme documents.
• Proficiency in Chinese and English.

25

Total****100Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

• Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
• The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
• The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

How to apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application (consolidated as ONE attachment) online, no later than 25 July 2022. Kindly note the system will only allow one attachment, please combine below-listed submission package into one. if applicants have problem with online system, you can also send your application and other supporting documents to [email protected], with copy china.hr@unwomen.org .

The Submission package includes:

• Motivation letter
• Education certificate
• List of trainings and written sample of manuals developed (Chinese) including information of key partners, training materials
• Personal History Form (P11 which can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc
• Financial Proposal (in below template) specifying a total lump sum amount, breaking down the daily professional fee and proposed number of working days

Items

Amount (CNY)

Lump Sum fee (equivalent to daily fee x no. of days)

Number of days refers to actual days that the consultant works in order to produce deliverables as required by the ToR, NOT the number of days covering the whole period of consultancy.

Deliverable 1 Paper and power point presentation of the assessment framework in Chinese

Deliverable 2 Power Point presentation in Chinese of the results of the in-depth analysis of the mapping

Deliverable 3 Full mapping report in Chinese with two clearly ranked proposed training centers

Deliverable 4 Full mapping report in English

Total

Payments

Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. Payments will not be based on the number of days worked but on the completion of each stated deliverable within the indicated timeframes on satisfactory completion of task.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic. credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

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