International Consultant – Decent Work and Care Policy Expert

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Background

Title

International Consultant – Decent Work and Care Policy Expert

Duty Station

Home based/Remote

Duration of Assignment

8 November 2022 – 30 June 2023

Type of Contract

Special Service Agreement (SSA)

Payment

Lumpsum based (upon submission of approved deliverables)

Contract Supervision

WEE Regional Programme Lead

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.

UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) migration and women’s economic empowerment programme works to protect and promote the rights of women in the region’s economies and labour markets as well as working to provide decent work and sustainable development for all women, including women migrant workers.

Domestic and care work is essential to people’s life. It is a cornerstone of economic growth considering it is the work that is done before any other work can be done. Domestic and care work includes both paid and unpaid labour involving cleaning, cooking, washing and ironing, taking care of family members, including children, the elderly, those who are ill or have disabilities. Domestic and care work disproportionately falls on women, often unpaid and often done by especially migrant workers for cheap wages. However, despite their essential contributions the socio-economic functioning and growth, domestic and care workers are undervalued and the sector often underregulated. This results in limited or zero protection for them. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the high dependence of many economies on domestic and care workers. The pandemic has brought a new sense of urgency to ensure provision of social protection, employment benefits and other support for workers in this economic sector. This also requires specific policies, programming and legislation and importantly coordinated efforts among stakeholders.

However, the supply and demand gap in the domestic and care work market is opening spaces for new players to step in to provide solutions. Work done by UN Women as part of the WeEmpowerAsia programme and UN Women Care Accelerator programme to address the burden of unpaid care work has found that market-based solutions through for example care entrepreneurship are emerging to address the lack of accessible, affordable, and quality domestic and care services in the region.

This requires partnerships with different entities to increase knowledge, capacity, and resource to address the issues domestic and care workers face in order to transform the care economy towards gender equality and inclusive and sustainable development.

It also requires forging partnerships to fill the existing data gaps in the care economy to provide evidence-based policy and programme recommendations to governments and other actors, including the private sector. Therefore, UN Women is participating in the Global Action Research Programme: Transforming the Care Economy through Impact businesses and Investment (TCEII), which aims to help transform the care economy through impact investing. The programme is co-funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Soros Economic Development Fund.

As part of TCEII’s implementation in Asia, UN Women and Value for Women have joined forces to undertake research with an overarching result to advance an evidence-based understanding of digital labour platforms in the private care sector in selected countries in Asia, and ultimately to provide actionable recommendations to care enterprises, particularly those leveraging digital platforms, to access markets and finance, and grow as sustainable and gender-inclusive businesses, while promoting decent work opportunities. This overall research aim is completed with the need to give voice to digital care platform workers to better understand their perspectives vis-à-vis their own participation to the care economy, the benefits/challenges digital care labor platforms have regarding their income opportunities and the protection of their labour rights.

Key overarching research questions are:

  1. What is the role of care entrepreneurial ecosystem actors (with focus on digital labor platforms) in creating an enabling environment for decent work in the care sector? What factors enable the actual achievement of the decent work agenda in the care sector?
  2. (How) can digital care labor platforms support care workers to improve work opportunities, offering decent work opportunities in the care sector? Can digital care platforms promote gender equality? What are the risks and opportunities?
  3. How can digital care labor platforms build viable, competitive business models that can grow and scale while also being inclusive (providing decent working opportunities for care workers)? What are the barriers and opportunities?

The UN Women part of the research consists of 3 parts:

  1. Quantitative survey conducted through UN Women’s Gender Statistics team and rolled-out to care workers from the network for 4 care digital labor platforms in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. This will be complemented by a quantitative survey deployed to the customers of the same platform
  2. Qualitative research conducted by an independent research organization with care workers of the surveyed digital labor platforms
  3. Data and Policy analysis: Analyzing existing labor market, digital platform and care related policy frameworks in the 4 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand) regarding the quantitative and qualitative data and facilitate stakeholder consultations to draft policy and practices recommendations for governments, businesses, entrepreneurs and other ecosystem players.

To support this research, UN Women is seeking for an international consultant to lead part 3 in strong collaboration with the other two research elements. UN Women is looking for a short-term consultant with long-standing working policy experience in ASEAN in the areas of labour markets, decent work, social protection including informal and formal economy, new emerging digital platform economy with and with experience in care economy related policies. Preferably, the consultant does have a strong understanding of gender-related issues in the above-mentioned areas.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work/Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to UN Women’s Regional WEE Program Lead, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

  • Develop a comprehensive workplan and policy and literature review approach (including identifying relevant policy frameworks, standards and identified publications)
  • Conduct an existing literature review and policy analysis mapping existing international standards and policies and the level of current implementation, identify gaps and opportunities to advance decent work opportunities in the four countries

[Policy areas to review include but not exclusive to: labor market policies (Decent work policies, digital labor platforms, care related policies, social protection and migration related specific policies etc.)]

  • Overlay and cross-analyze quantitative, qualitative data with policy analysis
  • Collaborate and provide inputs into qualitative research to gather further information to inform policy recommendations
  • Conduct min. 7-10 key Informant Interviews (KIIs) to inform draft policy recommendations
  • Co-Organize 1-2- consultation session (s) with policy makers, key exerts, stakeholders in the four countries and/or the ASEAN region to align on the drafted action and policy recommendations
  • Draft consolidated research report including the fully analysed quantitative and qualitative data report

CONTRACT PERIOD AND WORK LOCATION

The period of this consultancy is from 8 November 2022 to 30 June 2023; the consultant is home-based/works remotely.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

The consultant will work under the direct supervision of WEE Regional Programme Lead, ROAP, to achieve the following deliverables:

No

Deliverables

Target Completion

Dates

1

  • Proposal of Workplan and Methodology

15th November 2022

2

  • Draft Rapid policy assessment and literature review report

    • Identified gaps and opportunities
    • Draft background analysis
  • Identified supporting qualitative research questions inputs to qualitative KIIs/FGD guide

1st December 2022

3

  • 2nd Draft Report contextualized with quantitative research findings

15th December 2022

4

  • Draft report analyzes quantitative and qualitative data results (analysis provided by UN Women Data Team) in conjunction with policy/literature review

30th January 2023

5

  • Finalized report for consultation including qualitative and quantitative results cross-analyzed with policy assessment and literature review
  • Guiding presentation for consultation
  • Feedback form drafted with

28th February 2023

6

  • Final Feedback and Consultation Report
  • Final Draft Report including consultation feedback

31st March 2023

7

  • Final Peer Review Comments of consolidated report

31st May 2023

Competencies

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

  • Strong overall knowledge of on women’s economic empowerment and/or gender-economics
  • Profound research and analysis expertise in labor market policies and employment legislation and regulation (Decent work and employment policies/legislation, digital labor platforms, care related policies, social protection and migration related specific policies etc.)]
  • Ability to synthesize different data and produce analytical reports to provide policy guidance
  • Strong knowledge on care economy, social protection policies and programming
  • Strong writing and communications skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Good interpersonal communication skills

Required Skills and Experience

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master’s degree in International Relations, Public Administration, Public Policy, Economics, Communications, or other related field or Bachelor’s degree plus 2 additional years of experience;
  • Minimum 7 years of professional work experience in intergovernmental organizations, international organizations, or other non-profit/development sector;
  • Minimum 7 years’ experience working in the field of women’s empowerment and/or labour market policy, legislation and regulation and advocacy
  • Experience working in the care economy is a strong asset
  • Demonstrated experience with stakeholder engagement including both private and public organizations.
  • Minimum 4 years’ experience working in Asia preferably in ASEAN geographies
  • Experience working with the private sector is an asset
  • Experience with the UN system, especially UN Women, is an asset.
  • Fluency (written and spoken) in English and another ASEAN language is an asset

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION

Interest candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to UNDP website: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm or UN

Women website: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs or to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org with dollaporn.intrroong@unwomen.org in copy, no later than 27th October 2022, COB.

  • Letter of Interest containing the statement on candidate’s experience in line with the scope of work and requirements.
  • P11 including past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs.
  • Writing sample – policy analysis and/or brief and/or analytical paper on one of the above mentioned thematic policy areas (1 piece in English).

  • Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify a lump sum total amount breaking down the daily professional fee, proposed number of working days and travel-related cost. Please see the financial proposal template below:

No

Items

Amount (USD)

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

1

  • Proposal of Workplan and Methodology

2

  • Draft Rapid policy assessment and literature review report

    • Identified gaps and opportunities
    • Draft background analysis
  • Identified supporting qualitative research questions inputs to qualitative KIIs/FGD guide

3

  • 2nd Draft Report contextualized with quantitative research findings

4

  • Draft report analyzes quantitative and qualitative data results (analysis provided by UN Women Data Team) in conjunction with policy/literature review

5

  • Finalized report for consultation including qualitative and quantitative results cross-analyzed with policy assessment and literature review
  • Guiding presentation for consultation
  • Feedback form drafted with

6

  • Final Feedback and Consultation Report
  • Final Draft Report including consultation feedback

7

  • Final Peer Review Comments of consolidated report

Others (please provide details as applicable)

Total Financial Proposal (USD)

EVALUATION

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 utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

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

  • Master’s degree in International Relations, Public Administration, Public Policy, Economics, Communications, or other related field or Bachelor’s degree plus 2 additional years of experience;

10 %

Experience

  • Minimum 7 years of professional work experience in intergovernmental organizations, international organizations, or other non-profit/development sector;
  • Minimum 7 years’ experience working in the field of women’s empowerment and/or labour market policy and advocacy
  • Experience working in the care economy is a strong asset
  • Demonstrated experience with stakeholder engagement including both private and public organizations.
  • Minimum 4 years’ experience working in Asia preferably in ASEAN geographies
  • Experience working with the private sector is an asset
  • Experience with the UN system, especially UN Women, is an asset.

70 %

Language skills

  • Excellent command of written in English

10 %

Interview

  • Communication and language skills: Fluency (spoken) in English and another ASEAN language is an asset

10%

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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