The purpose of this contract is to recruit a communications consultant to draft and design profiles featuring the efforts of the seven companies recognized as Winners of the 2022 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards.

Background

A core focus of the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) unit is accelerating gender-inclusive business practice by mobilizing companies to commit to and implement the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Launched in 2010 by UN Women and the UN Global Compact in 2010, the WEPs are a set of 7 principles that support companies to take a gender-sensitive approach throughout their value chain starting with corporate leadership and looking across the wider value chain from workplace, marketplace and community.

Aiming to showcase the best practices of these companies and mobilize further action, UN Women launched the first-ever Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards in 2020 under the WeEmpowerAsia porgramme. WeEmpowerAsia is a UN Women programmed funded by the EU aiming to increase the number of women who participate and lead in businesses in the Asia-Pacific. The programme works with companies in Asia and in the EU to translate these seven principles into concrete actions within the businesses, while encouraging them to work together and share their ‘WEPs journey’ across countries and regions. To date, nearly 6,500 companies have signed the WEPs globally, and in the Asia-Pacific over 1,700 have committed.

As the only regional awards initiative recognizing private sector action for gender equality aligned to the WEPs, the Awards offer a unique opportunity for organizations to showcase their work in a diverse range of areas relevant to women’s empowerment. The WEPs Awards is open to private sector organizations in any Asia-Pacific, with national processes and ceremonies taking place in the 7 WEA programme countries head of the culminating Regional Ceremony. Over the past two awards cycles, more than 1,000 applications have been received from 500+ corporates, SMEs, and entrepreneurs across 20 countries. With the successful partnership in 2021 with Investing in Women (IW), the 2022 Awards is co-organized with the continued support of the Australian Government (DFAT) as part of UN Women’s and DFATs broader strategic partnership in Asia-Pacific.

UN Women 2022 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards Awardee Profiles

As a follow up to the Regional Ceremony, UN Women is seeking a consultant to produce (draft and design) seven Awardee profiles that showcase the top winning initiatives and provide insight as to how businesses across the region implement the WEPs to advance gender equality. See one of the 2021 Awardee profiles as reference here.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work

The selected service provider is expected to liaise with UN Women to provide the following services:

Review company applications and supporting documents to draft a compelling 3-page profile, noting areas where additional data or details needs to be to present a complete picture of the initiative.
Compile and choose relevant photographs (provided by Awardees) to be included in the profile.
Prepare profiles into designed pdfs, using guidelines and existing design template provided by UN Women.
Conduct final edits as requested by companies and UN Women to deliver final product to be published.

Copyrights:

UN Women has non-exclusive world rights in perpetuity;
UN Women should be permitted to use footages and images in all countries without a time limit;
Before the consultant moves any files on the wire or uploads them to an online Image Database as essay, she/she should contact UN Women to obtain consent;
UN Women can provide the finished and raw materials to other UN organizations or the media at no cost, as is the practice.

Deliverables and Timeframe

The selected service provider is expected to provide the following deliverables and timeframe.

Deliverable

Timeline

1.Drafted text and suggested pictures of first 4 profiles

1 February 2023

2.Drafted text and suggested pictures of remaining 3 profiles and revision of initial 4 profiles based on review by companies

15 February 2023

3.Designed drafts of 7 profiles (incorporating revisions of final 3 after company review and utilizing 2022 WEPs Awards branding)

1 March 2023

4.Final profiles to be uploaded (based on review and clearance by companies)

31 March 2023

*Payment will be made in one instalment upon completion of all deliverables.

Competencies

Core Values and Competencies

In addition to aforementioned requirements and qualifications, it is important that the intern shares the core values and core competencies of the organization.

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:

UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf (unwomen.org)

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications of the individual:

Master’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, international relations, social science, or relevant fields or Bachelor’s degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
Minimum 2 years of experience working in graphic designs and writing/editing in English;
Minimum 2 years of experience using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and/or Illustrator; Familiarity with other graphic design programs is an asset;
Experience producing graphic designs and writing on the topic of women’s empowerment or gender equality is an asset;
Knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment topics is an advantage
Previous experience working with UN Women an advantage
Fluency in and excellent written command of English

Submission Package

Submission packages include :

P11 including past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs.
Sample of previous work taken in English

Please group the required document into one (1) single PDF document.

Submission of Application

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit an electronic application to the UNDP job board at https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm or submit their application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org with dollaporn.intrroong@unwomen.org in copy, not later than December 21st, 2022 at 23:59 Bangkok time.

Evaluation Method and Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on cumulative analysis.

Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [100%]

Technical qualification evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Technical Evaluation Criteria

Obtainable

Score

Education and certification

Master’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, international relations, social science, or relevant fields or Bachelor’s degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.

10 %

Experience

Minimum 2 years of experience working in graphic designs and writing/editing in English;
Minimum 2 years of experience using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and/or Illustrator; Familiarity with other graphic design programs is an asset;
Experience producing graphic designs and writing on the topic of women’s empowerment or gender equality is an asset;
Knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment topics is an advantage
Previous experience working with UN Women an advantage

60 %

Language skills

Fluency in and excellent written command of English

30 %

Total Obtainable Score

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.

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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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