International Consultant, Humanitarian Action, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

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 for women 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, the 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.

Based on UN legislative mandates and the UNW Strategic Plan, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is tasked with providing strategic programme development, policy / technical advisory services and quality assurance support to Multi Country Offices and Country Offices. It undertakes or coordinates regional research and data analysis; advises on norms, policies and strategies for achieving the internationally and regionally agreed goals related to gender equality and women’s empowerment issues. It acts as a knowledge hub at the regional level, collecting evidence on progress and emerging issues and sharing knowledge on innovative approaches and lessons learned in implementation.

In this context, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific seeks to hire an international consultant to support programme development and knowledge management for the humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) portfolios.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision and guidance of the Regional Advisor, Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction, the Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Coordinator will undertake the following tasks:

• Support the development of UN Women programming relating to preparedness and response for humanitarian emergencies, climate-induced disasters and/or COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region, including providing dedicated research support, drafting of concept notes, project proposals and briefs;
• Support UN Women MCOs/COs/PPOs in documenting humanitarian action and/or DRR-CCA project implementation challenges, strategies adopted to overcome the barriers, in the COVID-19 context, including determination of field level implementation challenges, risk mitigation measures and alternative strategies to continue implementation, as well as documentation of good practices and lessons learned;
• Provide targeted technical support and remote/virtual capacity strengthening sessions/trainings/webinars on ad-hoc basis to UN Women MCOs/COs/PPOs and partners for the implementation of programmes relating to gender-responsive humanitarian action and/or DRR-CCA in the Asia-Pacific region;
• Provide technical leadership in the development of gender-responsive disaster preparedness and response plans for UN Women MCOs/COs/PPOs as requested by national governments;
• Provide technical inputs to workplan
• Provide strategic input to development of Asia Pacific Strategic Note in line with UN Women’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and Humanitarian Response Strategy.

Expected Deliverables

In consultation with the Regional Advisor, Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction, and respective UN Women MCOs/COs/PPOs, the Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Consultant will submit monthly reports on:

• Technical inputs into concept notes, proposals, background briefs, and/or gender-responsive preparedness and response plans;
• Development of key knowledge products such as gender alerts, think pieces and analytical papers (as needed);
• Briefs capturing lessons learned, good practices, and challenges related to implementation of gender-responsive humanitarian action and/or DRR-CCA projects;
• Reports on technical advisory and capacity strengthening support provided to UN Women MCOs/COs/PPOs and partners;
• Training packages for the implementation of programmes relating to gender-responsive DRR, prevention, preparedness and resilience building;
• Technical inputs into UN Women’s workplans.
• Technical support to and delegated representation in IASC Humanitarian regional working groups as well as support to advancing UN Women committed actions in the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group.

*Payment will be made upon submission of monthly reports on the last date of each month and approval of the Regional Advisor, Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction

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

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Functional Competencies:

• Strong programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Strong knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports in order to inform management and strategic decision-making
• Strong analytical skills
• Good knowledge of UN programme management systems

Required Skills and Experience

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in gender studies, human rights, international affairs, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, humanitarian action, social science, public policy, and/or any relevant field directly related to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Minimum five years of progressively responsible, relevant work experience at national or international level in design, planning, implementation and/or monitoring of development, humanitarian or disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation projects relating to gender equality;
• Technical experience in gender-responsive humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction and/or climate change adaptation, with demonstrated experience coordinating with governments and civil society;
• Experience writing project proposals, donor reports, and policy briefs;
• Experience working in the UN System, in particular UN Women is an asset;
• Working experience in Asia-Pacific is strongly desirable;
• Knowledge of online communications platforms an advantage;
• Excellent command of written English, knowledge of other languages spoken in the Asia-Pacific region is an asset.

Contract period and work location

The consultant will be home-based, with the ability to maintain working hours compatible with Bangkok. The contract period is April to August 2022.

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 gender studies, human rights, international affairs, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, humanitarian action, social science, public policy, and/or any relevant field directly related to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;

• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

  20%

Experience and skills

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible, relevant work experience at national or international level in design, planning, implementation and/or monitoring of development, humanitarian or disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation projects relating to gender equality;
• Technical experience in gender-responsive humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction and/or climate change adaptation, with demonstrated experience coordinating with governments and civil society;
• Experience writing project proposals, donor reports, and policy briefs;
• Experience working in the UN System, in particular UN Women is an asset;
• Working experience in Asia-Pacific is strongly desirable; and

• Knowledge of online communications platforms an advantage.

  60%

Language and report writing skills

• Excellent command of written English, knowledge of other languages spoken in the Asia-Pacific region is an asset.

  20 %

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.

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.

Submission of application

Interest candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org with -cc to Duanglutai.khomson@unwomen.org, not later than 16 March 2022, 23:59 Bangkok time.

Submission package includes:

• Letter of Motivation
• Personal History Form(P11)
• 2x writing samples, preferably in areas relating to gender, humanitarian action, or disaster risk reduction.
• Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify the daily professional fee in USD

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) 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.

Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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.

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.)