Junior National Consultant (Chinese National Only)

Consultant

Overview

Assist with promoting WEPs and coordinating research on gender equality.

You have:

• Master’s degree in social science, gender, development, economics, or business management is required.
• Minimum one year experience in gender issues, especially women’s economic empowerment is an asset.
• Prior experience in project implementation is preferred.
• Strong ability in writing in both English and Chinese.
• Prior experience working for the UN agencies is a plus.

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.

In China, UN Women provides technical and financial assistance to innovative programmes and strategies for gender equality and women's empowerment. Economic Empowerment is one of key thematic areas that UN Women China team has been focusing on.

In March 2019, UN Women in partnership with the European Union launched the regional programme “Promoting Economic Empowerment of Women at Work in Asia – WeEmpower Asia” (2019-2022), to contribute to the economic empowerment of women, recognizing them as beneficiaries and partners of growth and development, by increasing commitment of private companies to gender equality and women´s empowerment and strengthening companies’ capacities to implement these commitments. China is one of seven countries of implementing the WeEmpower Asia program in the region.

One of key components of the WeEmpower Asia programme is to encourage private sector companies to sign and implement Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). As of January 2021, 194 WEPs signatories from mainland China have committed to promote gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community.

To enhance the WEPs implementation at enterprise level, a full package of training materials have been developed by the WEA regional programme team. Therefore, it is necessary to localize the training materials toconduct the trainings in China.

Building on the success of the 1st WEPs award last year, the WEA China team will hold the 2nd WEPs award to support WEPs promotion in private sectors in 2021 and showcase the best practices from the WEPs signagtories.

Another key component of this programme is to build an enabling business environment for women’s economic empowerment in the workplace and in the marketplace. WEA China team plan to conduct a research on gender equality and thedevelopment of new economy to provide evidence-based policy recommendations.

Duties and Responsibilities

Objectives of the Assignment

Based on the above-mentioned demands, UN Women China Office will hire a junior national consultant to assist with facilitating WEPs promotion and implementation, WEPs award organzation, and the coordination of the research ongender equality and the development of new economy.

Scope of work

Under the supervision of the Programme Manager, the consultant will work in close collaboration with the WEA team of the UN Women China office and its partners as necessary on the following key tasks:

1. Support the coordination with 2020 WEPs award winners and invite them to advocate for gender equality;

2. Coordinate the localization of the WEPs training materials, including coordination with translators and proofreading the translated materials;

3. Support the coordination with the research partners for the research on gender equality and the development of new economy;

4. Support the organization of the 2nd WEPs award, including localizing the WEPs award communications package, disseminating the award information to companies through social media and other channels, answering any questions applicants may have, and coordinating with the WEPs award judge members;

5. Support collecting and editing good cases about WEPsimplementation.

The Consultant’s work is expected to span from 15 March 2021 to 10 March 2022. The consultant will work at UN Women China office.

Expected Deliverables

Deliverables

Date expected

A summary report including posters/ social media messages about WEPs award winners promoting gender equality

By 15 April 2021

The Chinese version of the training materials

By 30 June 2021

The research report and a summary of the coordination work the consultant has done, including comments collection from reviewers and brief meeting notes for group discussions, etc.

By 15 September 2021

A summary report of the coordination work the consultant has done for the 2nd WEPs Award, including judge briefing notes, candidates submission documents, etc.

By 30 November 2021

A compilation of good cases of WEPs implementation

By 1 March 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:

http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Strong ability in communication with various partners

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Experience and skills

• Master’s degree in social science, gender, development, economics, or business management is required;
• Minimum one year experience in gender issues, especially women’s economic empowerment is an asset;
• Prior experience in project implementation is preferred;
• Strong ability in writing in both English and Chinese
• Prior experience working for the UN agencies is a plus.

Submission of application

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit an electronic application online and send an email to tingting.li@unwomen.org, not later than 12 Feb. 2021.

The Submission package includes:

• CV
• Education certificate
• Personal History Form (P11 which can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
• Motivation letter, including previous working experience or knowledge on gender equality and women’s empowerment
• One English writing sample on gender related topic (either scientific article or activity report about 1000 words)
• 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 CNY

1. Lump Sum fee

   Deliverable 1

   Deliverable 2

   Deliverable 3

   Deliverable 4

   Deliverable 5

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.

Annex: Women’s Empowerment Principles and related policies

WEPs by principle

Related policies/ policy frameworks

(Not exhaustive)

Principle 1: Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality

• Corporate gender equality action plan
• Gender-sensitive corporate culture

Principle 2: Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and non-discrimination

• Fair remuneration policy
• Equal pay policies
• Living wages (minimum wage floors)
• Non-discrimination and equal opportunity in recruitment, retention, promotion
• Flexible work arrangements
• Childcare and dependent care
• Paid parental leave
• Gender balance on non-executive boards, executives and senior management positions
• Gender balance in workforce
• Work-life balance initiatives

Principle 3: Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers

• Safe working conditions
• Safety and protection from violence and harassment at work
• Zero tolerance for labor and sexual exploitation
• Domestic Violence for Employees Policy
• Support Programmes for domestic violence survivors
• Health care provisions for workers
• Health, safety and hygiene needs of women at work and while commuting to work

Principle 4: Promote education, training and professional development for women

• Gender-responsive training, skills development programmes and continuous education
• Women’s training to facilitate their jobs in male-dominated departments/ sectors
• Networking, mentoring and sponsorship for women

Principle 5: Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women

• Gender-responsive procurement
• Supplier diversity programme including with women SMEs
• Gender-sensitive solutions to credit and lending barriers
• Policy regarding unethical practices and respect of the dignity of women in all marketing and other company outreach materials
• Zero tolerance of human trafficking and labour and sexual exploitation in the supply chain

Principle 6: Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy

• Representation of community in consultation
• Promotion and engagement with women’s leadership and organizations in communities
• Gender equality in corporate social responsibility activities (philanthropy, partnership, grants)
• Products and services to serve and not discriminate against women and girls in local communities

Principle 7: Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality

• Sex-disaggregated data and targets
• Monitoring and evaluation, including independent gender audit
• Public reporting
• Incentives and accountability mechanisms

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