International Consultant for Report Editing

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.

Embracing high tech and innovation, new economy, manifested in the transformation and upgrading of traditional economic activities and the rise of emerging economic activities, is acting as one of the strong driving powers of economic development. Driven by next generation of information technologies – including big data, artificial intelligence and cloud computing – the new economy is growing fast. UN Women, working with the National School of Development of Peking University, and the Institution of New Economic Development (INED) jointly conducted a Research on gender equality and new economy, to better understand the situation of women in new economy, their challenges and their needs, as well as how to promote women‘s futher participation and development in the new economy.

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK AND SPECIFIC TASKS

UN Women is hiring an international consultant to edit and finalize the research report on gender equality and new economy. The main responsibilities will include:

1) The international consultant is expected to prepare a list of comments and suggestions about how to furtner improve the draft report, to be agreed by UN Women

2) Based on the comments and suggestions, the international consultant is expected to edit and finalize the research report (English version), including revising and poblishing from both the content and language perspective.

Deliverables and Timelines

Deliverables

Timelines

A list of comments and suggestions about how to further improve the draft report, with agreed by UN Women

30 November 2022

The finalized research report (English version)

20 December 2022

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

Functional Competencies:

• Proficiency in computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.);
• Ability to work independently under tight deadline

Required Skills and Experience

Experience and required qualifications

• Minimum educational requirement: Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in research in economic, social or related fields.
• Proven expertise in gender equality, high quality research reports on gender related issues are highly preferred
• Proficiency in english writing is required, knowledge of Chinese is highly preferred
• Prior experience working with the UN is preferred.

Selection and evaluation criteria

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 utilized 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 80% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

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Criteria

Point

1

Minimum educational requirement: Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, or a related field.

20

2

At least 10 years of experience in research in economic, social or related fields.

20

3

Proven expertise in gender equality, high quality research reports on gender related issues are highly preferred

20

4

Proficiency in english writing is required, knowledge of Chinese is highly preferred

20

5

Prior experience working with the UN is preferred.

20

Total

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.

Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

• Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
• The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
• The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

How to apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application (consolidated as ONE attachment) online, no later than 16 November 2022. Kindly note the system will only allow one attachment, please combine below listed submission package into one.

The Submission package includes:

• Motivation letter
• Education certificate
• Two samples of relevant publications (attachment or web link)
• Personal History Form (P11 which can be downloaded from
  • https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc
• Financial Proposal: the financial proposal shall specify a lump sum amount breaking down the professional fee for each deliverable and all related costs (if any). Please see the financial proposal template as below:

Items

Amount USD

Deliverable 1

Deliverable 2

Total Financial Proposal

Payments

Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. Payments will not be based on the number of days worked but on the completion of each stated deliverable within the indicated timeframes on satisfactory completion of task.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

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.)