International Consultant on Gender Mainstreaming

Consultant Human Rights

Overview

Support gender mainstreaming in Georgia through technical assistance and capacity building

You have:

• At least Master's degree in Gender, Public Administration, Sociology or similar fields.
• At least five (5) years of experience in working on mainstreaming gender in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes.
• At least three (3) years of work experience in implementing gender impact assessments.
• At least 3 years of experience in providing capacity development trainings on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessments to various stakeholders.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Previous professional experience working with national and local governments on gender mainstreaming.
• Previous professional experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations.
• Familiarity with Georgian context is an asset.

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. UN Women in Georgia supports state and non-state partners towards the achievement of substantive gender equality. In line with international and national commitments, UN Women works on the levels of policies and legislation, institutions and grassroots, in order to achieve transformative results for increased gender equality and greater protection of the rights of women and girls.

Within the framework of the Good Governance for Gender Equality in Georgia (GG4GEG), UN Women in cooperation with the Government of Norway works jointly with the Government of Georgia and non-state partners towards the overarching goal of strengthening governance systems for gender equality in Georgia. To this end, UN Women provides technical support to the Government of Georgia to meet their targets under the nationalized Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) particularly SDG 5 to ensure that gender equality and gender mainstreaming are institutionalized at national and local levels and that national and local level capacities for gender mainstreaming are developed and sustained.

Gender mainstreaming in governance and national planning at all levels is an essential for achieving gender equality and better policy making. When institutions, policies and programs fully integrate gender considerations into their work they produce better and more equitable policies for men and women, therefore contributing to the good governance. Furthermore, evidence shows that although stand-alone equality policies are crucial for achieving gender equality, they are insufficient. Strategic planning for gender equality requires a dual approach – mainstreaming gender in the design, implementation and evaluation of all public policies and actions in parallel to adopting targeted stand-alone programmes to eliminate gender discrimination and enable progress in specific areas. Responsibility to mainstream gender in all governmental policies and programmes in enshrined under various international instruments, including the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), SDGs and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) et al. BPfA, calls on the national governments to, inter alia, “ensure mainstreaming of a gender perspective in all policy-making processes,“ and further calls on the national machineries for the advancement of women to „support governmentwide mainstreaming of a gender-equality perspective in all policy areas.“

Georgia has undergone significant progress in implementing its international commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). Despite progress, notably with regards to developing stand-alone laws and action plans on GEWE, significant shortcomings remain: gender mainstreaming commitments under the BPfA have not been translated into national frameworks and gender analysis is not being integrated in the policy making cycle. Institutionalizing gender mainstreaming in governmental policies and developing gender mainstreaming capacity of national actors is the next logical and necessary step to advance GEWE agenda in Georgia.

Under the Good Governance for Gender Equality in Georgia (GG4GEG), UN Women plans to provide technical assistance to the Government of Georgia (GoG) in acting upon its international commitments on gender mainstreaming. In this regard, UN Women will support the GoG in developing gender mainstreaming tools and will further provide state and non-state actors with capacity development trainings on gender mainstreaming, with special focus on integrating gender analysis and gender impact assessments (GIA) in the policy making processes. In this connection, UN Women is seeking to contract international consultant on gender mainstreaming. Under the overall coordination from UN Women, the international consultant will deliver on the tasks described below.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the UN Women GG4GEG Programme Analyst, selected consultant will be responsible for the implementation of the following tasks:

• To conduct desk review of relevant studies, assessments, reports, policy papers/strategies and action plans vis-à-vis Georgia’s international and national commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming
• To develop guidelines/instructions on integrating gender analysis in the policy cycle (entailing detailed instructions and relevant checklists designed in line with the internationally established standards, best practices and tools) aligned with GoG’s existing framework on developing, monitoring and evaluating policy documents
• To develop training materials and conduct online and face-to-face capacity development trainings, including trainings on gender mainstreaming, gender analysis and gender impact assessments for a wide range of stakeholders including the representatives of GoG, civil society organizations and academia
• Provide couching and mentoring to UN Women team and UN Women national consultants on using different gender mainstreaming tools, including the gender impact assessments
• To provide lead support in conducting gender impact assessments (GIA) to GoG policy documents identified by UN Women

Deliverables

1. Progress Report 1 – covering duties, responsibilities and a number of working days pre-agreed with the UN Women Governance Programme Analyst (25 working days) submitted to UN Women by 30 March 2021;
2. Progress Report 2 – covering duties, responsibilities and a number of working days pre-agreed with the UN Women Governance Programme Analyst (20 working days) submitted to UN Women by 30 June 2021;
3. Progress Report 3 – covering duties, responsibilities and a number of working days pre-agreed with the UN Women Governance Programme Analyst (20 working days) submitted to UN Women by 30 September 2021;
4. Progress Report 4 – covering duties, responsibilities and a number of working days pre-agreed with the UN Women Governance Programme Analyst (25 working days) submitted to UN Women by 05 December 2021;
5. Progress Report 5 – covering duties, responsibilities and a number of working days pre-agreed with the UN Women Governance Programme Analyst (10 working days) submitted to UN Women by 01 April 2022;

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/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• At least Master’s degree in Gender, Public Administration, Sociology or similar fields.

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience in working on mainstreaming gender in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes;
• At least three (3) years of work experience in implementing gender impact assessments;
• At least 3 years of experience in providing capacity development trainings on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessments to various stakeholders, including representatives of national and local governments, CSOs etc.;
• Previous professional experience working with national and local governments on gender mainstreaming is a strong asset.
• Previous professional experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations is an asset.
• Familiarity with Georgian context is an asset.

Language:

• Excellent command of written and spoken English

Evaluation Procedure

The candidates will be evaluated in three stages: according to minimum qualification criteria; technical and financial evaluation.

The candidates must possess following minimum qualification criteria to be eligible for further technical evaluation:

• At least Master’s degree in Gender, Public Administration, Sociology or similar fields.
• At least five (5) years of experience in working on mainstreaming gender in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes;
• At least three (3) years of work experience in implementing gender impact assessments;
• At least three (3) years of experience in providing capacity development trainings on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessments to various stakeholders, including representatives of national and local governments, CSOs etc.;

The candidates will be evaluated in three stages: according to minimum qualification criteria followed by technical and financial evaluation.

Technical evaluation criteria (including minimum qualifications):

• At least Master’s degree in Gender, Public Administration, Sociology or similar fields (max 70 points);
• At least five (5) years of experience in working on mainstreaming gender in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes (max 70 points);
• At least three (3) years of work experience in implementing gender impact assessments; (max 70 points)
• At least three (3) years of experience in providing capacity development trainings on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessments (max 70 points)
• Previous professional experience working with national and local governments on gender mainstreaming is a strong asset (20)
• Previous professional experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations is an asset. (20)
• Familiarity with Georgian context is an asset (30)

Maximum total technical score amounts to 350 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 245 points out of maximum 350 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 150

S – score received on financial evaluation;

Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;

F – financial offer under consideration.

The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical scoring + financial scoring).

Management arrangements:

The contractor will report to and work under direct supervision of the UN Women GG4GEG Programme Analyst and overall guidance of the UN Women Deputy Country Representative in Georgia.

Financial arrangements:

Payment will be disbursed upon submission and approval of deliverables and certification by UN Women Governance Programme Analyst that the services have been satisfactorily performed.

The payment per deliverable shall be calculated per number of working days captured in the progress reports/deliverables.

• Application submission package:
• Duly filled in Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=558
• CV including examples of the previous work.
• Financial Proposal - lump sum proposal/offer* in USD (including breakdown of this lump sum amount indicating all necessary costs to complete this assignment).

* The applicants are required to submit an aggregated financial offer: “aggregated financial offer” is the total sum of all financial claims of the candidate for accomplishment of all tasks spelled out in this ToR. Travel costs (ticket, DSA etc.) should not be included and will be paid for separately by UN Women.

How to Submit the Application:

• Download and complete the UN Women Personal History Form (P11)- https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=558
• Merge your UN Women Personal History Form (P11), CV and the Financial Proposal into a single file. The system does not allow for more than one attachment to be uploaded.
• Click on the Job Title (job vacancy announcement).
• Click 'Apply Now' button, fill in necessary information on the first page, and then click 'Submit Application;'
• Upload your application/single file as indicated above with the merged documents (underlined above).
• You will receive an automatic response to your email confirming receipt of your application by the system.

Notes:

• UN Women retains the right to contact references directly. Due to the large numbers of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.
• Applications without the financial offer will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
• The individual consultants should take the mandatory learning security course prior to commencement of assignment– details will follow before the issuance of contract.

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