Field Monitoring Support Consultant Gaza

Contract

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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 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women plays an innovative and catalytic role in the State of Palestine since its inception in 1997. UN Women Palestine Office focuses its activities on one overarching goal, namely, to support the implementation at the national level of existing international commitments to advance gender equality in line with the national priorities. In support of this goal, and thoroughly taking into consideration the specificities of the Palestinian context, UN Women concentrates its efforts and interventions toward the realization of following strategic goals: Mainstreaming gender in governance, peace and security; Supporting women's economic security and rights; and Promoting women’s rights and protection against violence.

UN Women is committed to ensuring equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of humanitarian action (HA). UN Women’s work in humanitarian action is guided by global norms and standards. As an emerging crisis, the COVID-19 crisis is expected to affect women, girls, boys and men differently. As a result, their needs and interests will differ, as do their resources, capacities and coping strategies. Women are often the first responders to a crisis, and they play a central role in the survival and resilience of families and communities. Understanding how the crisis has a gendered impact on the population is key to ensuring that the response of humanitarian partners guarantee the protection of all members of the affected population and contribute to addressing the needs and priorities of women, men, girls, and boys equitably and effectively.

UN Women in Palestine has worked in partnership with key national partners to further the Women, Peace and Security commitments (WPS) in Palestine. UN Women’s programmes on WPS are guided by a series of commitments to women’s rights. These include UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and seven supporting UN Security Council Resolutions—1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122 and 2242. Other key reference points are the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). In Palestine, they are guided by the National Policy Agenda (NPA) 2017-2022; the Cross-Sectoral National Gender Strategy (2017 – 2022); the Palestine UNDAF; the Humanitarian Response Strategy (2018-2020); and Palestine National Action Plan (NAP) for the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 (2017-2019).

In the framework of UN Women’s WPS and humanitarian portfolio and informed by its Monitoring and Evaluation system, UN Women plans to recruit a Field Monitoring Support Consultant Gaza to support implementing M&E plans of UN Women’s WPS and Humanitarian Projects in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The main objective of the assignment is to support in the routine collection and analysis of information to track progress against the approved plans and to provide systematic, consistent and reliable information about actual progress, measured against the planned results, indicators, and activities described in the Annual Work Plan.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of UN Women Special Representative and the direct supervision of the UN Women Programme Manager in Gaza, the Field Monitoring Support Consultant – Gaza will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Work closely with projects team to collect information to feed into projects monitoring efforts against projects’ Monitoring & Evaluation Plans, including the selection of indicators, effectiveness of data collection methods, and frequency in line with the Country Office Annual Work Plan.
• Work closely with projects team to design quantitative and qualitative data collection tools, test them and apply them in line with Country Office methods and tools.
• Work closely with projects team to develop data tracking tools, in line with Country Office requirements, to be used by projects team and responsible parties.
• Work closely with projects team to develop monitoring activity plan.
• Implement monitoring activity plan to track progress against approved plans, including but not limited to, interviews, focus groups session, direct observations, field visits, case studies, stories, and other monitoring activities as indicated in the Monitoring and Evaluation Plans.
• Facilitate lessons learned and best practices workshops to capture qualitative impact of the project subject areas includes recommendations to improve future performance on projects.
• Support responsible parties in developing tracking tools in line with Country Office M&E reporting requirements.
• Conduct partners meetings and field visits (if needed and applicable) to ensure compliance with reporting requirements including but not limited to tracking tools for activities and beneficiaries.
• Support in reviewing responsible parties progress reports and in providing support and advice to improve their reporting.
• Support projects team in developing Donor Reports.
• Regular meetings projects team for sharing the progress, challenges, way forward and relevant experiences from the field.

The assignment is expected to start on 1 April 2021 and to be finalized by 31 October 2021.

Deliverables:

• Monthly update reports with supporting documents on key deliverables, duties and responsibilities as listed above will be used to process payments.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity.
• Integrity.
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

• Awarness 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:

• The consultant should have good understanding of gender mainstreaming with humanitarian context of Gaza.
• The consultant should have an excellent understanding of measuring impact of humanitarian program on lives of impacted people.
• The consultant should have an excellent skills and knowledge on data collection and analysis.
• The consultant should have good understanding of GBV preventive and responsive

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• First level university degree in management, business administration, social sciences or related fields

Experience:

• At least 3 years' experience in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in monitoring and evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Minimum of one year of professional experience in women’s empowerment and gender equality programming.
• Experience working with the UN is an asset.

Language Requierements:

• Professional knowledge of English, and fluency in Arabic

This SSA modality is governed by UN Women General Terms and Conditions. UN Women will only be able to respond to applicants who meet the minimum requirements.

Candidates should clearly indicate how they meet the above-mentioned criteria in their applications.

The following documents should be submitted as part of the application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials:

• P11 including experience in similar assignments; the P11 form can be downloaded at https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment, a signed copy should be submitted;
• Letter of Interest containing the statement on candidate’s experience and qualification against required qualification, experience, and competencies; and
• Sample of previous work including examples of monitoring activity reports.

Note: Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Please upload as one attachment of the documents as mentioned above online through this website.

Candidates should have the ability to quickly submit degree certificates and medical certification (of good health).

Evaluation of applicants:

Candidates will be evaluated using a technical analysis method taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications mentioned above, writing sample and interview. The passing score of the technical evaluation is a minimum score of 70/100.

Technical Evaluation (100%) – max. 100 points:

• First level university degree in management, business administration, social sciences or related fields. (max 10)
• At least 3 years' experience in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages (max 20)
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in monitoring and evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact and data collection and analysis methodologies. (max 20)
• Minimum of one year of professional experience in women’s empowerment and gender equality programming. (max 10)
• A sample of previous monitoring activities’ reports or other monitoring exercises (15 max)
• Results of a short interview (25 max)

Financial Evaluation:

The assignment has a predetermined financial rate/offer. The consultant will work on a part-time basis and will be paid on monthly basis upon the submission of a monthly report.