Consultant: Knowledge Management and Research Assistant

Contract

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Background

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund), managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW/G). Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives for millions of women and girls around the world. To help achieve this vision, the UN Trust Fund’s mission over the next five years will be to enable CSOs, especially WROs and those representing the most marginalized groups, to play a central role in delivering survivor-centered and demand-driven initiatives and to support their programmes to achieve sustainable impact on ending VAW/G.

One pillar of the UN Trust Fund’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 is to support collaborative and inclusive knowledge production, exchange, and learning. The UN Trust Fund aims to inform the UN system and key partners about the knowledge produced by civil society organizations including practice-based learning on efforts to end VAW/G, as well as knowledge and evaluations funded or co-produced by the UN Trust Fund.

Purpose of this consultancy: Over the next nine months’ the UN Trust Fund will be drafting and publishing a series of UN Trust Fund knowledge products and strategic assessments on VAW/G (in different formats), as well as planning and implementing a series of dissemination activities. The UN Trust Fund is therefore seeking a junior consultant to assist with this task, until completion of the series.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, the assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Assisting the team with knowledge production, through co-creation with partners:

• Assisting with the planning and administration of a series of strategic assessments of the UN Trust Fund’s work to inform our knowledge base and decision-making
• Assisting with desk research, mapping, and identification of civil society partners to be included in the process of knowledge production
• Assisting with the identification, sorting and document management of source information for knowledge production, including extraction and cataloguing of key lessons and results
• Setting up focus-group discussions and/or interviews with civil society organizations involved in the co-creation of knowledge products
• Assisting with the administration and work-planning of knowledge production, including coordination of meetings, minutes, and follow-ups
• Support internal and external review process and workflow, including providing inputs on draft products and sharing for consultation with civil society partners

1. Assisting the team with dissemination of knowledge, through strategic channels:

• Support the production of knowledge products, including summarization and content generation for use on internal and external platforms
• Assisting with the organization and delivery of virtual events, knowledge exchanges and meetings to disseminate and engage with the knowledge produced
• Assisting with the dissemination of knowledge in other audio-visual formats as needed.

1. Assisting with the use of knowledge to ensure it informs decision making:

• Assisting with an evaluation database to track findings, recommendations, and lessons, to inform the UN Trust Fund’s programming
• Assisting with consolidation of knowledge and dissemination across the team to ensure it is used by team members (e.g., through presentations to the team)
• Assisting with data collection and analysis to monitor the UN Trust Fund’s Strategic Plan to inform decision-making
• Support with qualitative data analysis and tracking of knowledge uptake of UN Trust Fund knowledge

1. Assisting the team with any other functions relating to knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation.

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

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations, Social Sciences, Research, Knowledge Management, or related area required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Experience in knowledge management and/or research, preferably within an international organization and in the context of gender programming and/or ending violence against women.
• Knowledge and skills in research project management.
• Strong writing and editing skills, attention to conceptual accuracy and use of proper terminology.
• Experience providing office, administrative and/or logistical support to meetings, consultations, conferences.
• Experience in data collection, monitoring, analysis and design of data collection tools (such as surveys).
• This position requires, and will build on, the following competencies: research skills, attention to detail, capacity to synthesize large amounts of information, creativity, good communication skills, teamwork, planning and organizing, and technological awareness.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of French (oral and written) required
• Working knowledge of Spanish (oral and written) a distinct advantage