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Consultancy Title: FemNet4GTE Glossary Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station: United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) - NYHQ

Duration: 30 August 2023 to December 26, 2023

Home/ office Based: REMOTE

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is a global partnership for gender equality in and through education. Our mandate is to catalyze and galvanize action locally, nationally, regionally, and global for girls’ education and gender equality in education. The UNGEI Secretariat is governed by UNICEF policies for consultancies. We strive to uphold feminist and anti-racist principles in how we work and offer flexible work arrangements.

UNGEI is the only UN entity dedicated to girls’ education and gender equality in and through education. Through its 23-year history UNGEI has been a strong global, regional, and local advocate for this mandate, leading with partners or influencing global commitments and dialogue (e.g., joint UN messaging on girls’ education through COVID-19, inclusion of gender equality in the 2022 Transforming Education Summit).

The Consultant - Gender Transformative Education Glossary, is crucial to the delivery of an outcome that is part of one of UNGEI’s flagship initiatives, the Global Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education (FemNet4GTE) 2023.

FemNet4GTE will bring together local and global organizations and activists who seek to achieve gender equality in and through education. The UN Girls’ Education Initiative's (UNGEI) goal in developing, curating, and convening this network is to create a strong movement of actors that demand commitment by education leaders to this area of work and provide support to them to fulfil their commitments. In addition to creating a connected group of actors, UNGEI will also execute global in-person gatherings. The first event of its kind was delivered in 2022, and UNGEI is looking to build on the success of the event in 2023 and 2024 by scaling and growing the network and the event in line with our objectives and principles.

Scope of Work:

Under the supervision of the Communications & Advocacy Manager and UNGEI Director, and in close collaboration with UNGEI team, the Consultant - Gender Transformative Education Glossary will work with partners to develop the first phase of work towards a glossary of terms for Gender Transformative Education, in pursuit of our overall aim to mobilise governments, donors and implementing partners to take up gender transformative education in their policies, fundraising and programming.

The glossary will be developed over two years, to launch at FemNet4GTE 2024, with a milestone sharing at FemNet4GTE 2023, which will take place on 2-3 November 2023 in Istanbul. This is a deliverable-based contract over 2023 to reach that first milestone and outline recommended next steps for the glossary delivery in 2024.

The Consultant - Gender Transformative Education Glossary is responsible for:

1. Building out a workplan to deliver the glossary, with a substantial milestone reached by FemNet4GTE 2023 on 2-3 November
2. Landscape analysis on existing glossaries with an analysis of gaps, shared definitions, and inconsistencies
3. Identification of organizations, experts, networks who will input into decisions on terms to be defined and definitions
4. Develop, iterate, and finalize terms that should be included in the glossary
5. Delivering a session and significant milestone relating to the development glossary at FemNet4GTE 2023

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Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

1. Building out a workplan to deliver the glossary, with a substantial milestone reached by FemNet4GTE 2023 on 2-3 November
   1. A detailed workplan for 2023 that shows key milestones and deliverables

15 September 2023

2. Landscape analysis on existing glossaries with an analysis of gaps, shared definitions, and inconsistencies
   1. Compilation of existing glossaries
   2. List of gaps, inconsistencies, shared definitions
   3. 1–3-page analysis of what UNGEI glossary should address

30 September 2023

3. Identification of organizations, experts, networks who will input into decisions on terms to be defined and definitions
   1. List of organizations, networks feminist experts to be consulted (approximately 50-70)
   2. 30-40 meetings (bilateral, multilateral) ensuring diversity of region and organization type

30 September 2023

4. Develop, iterate, and finalize terms that should be included in the glossary

5. 30-40 meetings (bilateral, multilateral) ensuring diversity of region and organization type

6. Draft list of terms
7. Final list of terms

31 October 2023

5. Delivering a session and significant milestone relating to the development glossary at FemNet4GTE 2023
   1. Plan and facilitate a session on the glossary at FemNet4GTE
   2. Undertake an international travel with tentative 4 days for this deliverable to Turkey (Istanbul) from 1-4 November 2023

30 November 2023

6. Reporting and outlining next steps for the glossary following FemNet4GTE 2023, including recommending a format and languages for the glossary delivery in 2024

7. Participate in internal or external debriefing meetings following FemNet4GTE sharing relevant insights and reflections

8. With partners and in response to the session, develop a post-event report and plan for the glossary going forward in 2024, including recommending a format and languages for the glossary delivery in 2024

26 December 2023

International Travel:

1 International Mission; DSA (4 days); and Terminal costs.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in public and/or private sector partnerships, education, communications, marketing, public relations, research, education, international development, or social sciences. Knowledge and experience in gender and/or education is a must.
• Fluency in English mandatory. Knowledge of a second language is a plus.

Work experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in working with international organizations, NGOs, CSOs or in development areas relating to education and/or gender equality

• At least 2 years of experience coordinating networks of partners

• A deep and nuanced understanding of issues related to feminism, gender equality in education and girls’ education is a must

• Excellent and demonstrable research and skills, in particular relating to the field of gender equality and education

• Excellent communications skills, in particular with partners including CSOs, NGOs and activists

• Experience living and/or working in developing countries a significant plus

Competencies:

1. Deep understanding of the feminist and gender transformative education movement
2. Strong facilitator and designer of meetings and sessions
3. Highly organized, with strong administrative skills including in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook

Requirements: (DO NOT EDIT)

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and

• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :
  • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

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UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles 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.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.