National Consultant (Chinese National Only)

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” (WEA, 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 WEA programme in the region.

One of the key components of the WEA Programme is to encourage private sector companies to sign and implement Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), an initiative between UN Women and UN Global Compact to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. As of May 2021, 254 companies have committed to promoting gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community by signing the WEPs in mainland China.

The UN Women Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards was launched in 2020, hosted by WEA and presenting a unique opportunity for individuals and companies to get recognized and make their efforts to advance gender equality visible amongst their customers, employees and partners and inspire others to take action. Building on the success of the 1st WEPs awards, the 2021 WEPs awards application will be open on 31 May.

Based on the results achieved under WEA and other projects in WEPs promotion, UN Women China plans to officially launch the WEPs Network in China by the end of 2021, with the function of enhancing knowledge sharing, capacity development, experience exchange, good practice recognition, etc.

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 organization of the 2nd WEPs awards and supports with the development of a concept note for the WEPs network.

Scope of work

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

1. Support the preparation and promotion for the 2nd WEPs Awards. The detailed work includes but not limited to the following:

   1. Translate the WEPs awards materials from English to Chinese and vice-versa;
   2. Support the organization of the WEPs Awards Information Sharing session;
   3. Support the due diligence process of the WEPs Awards;
   4. Support the collection and archive of application materials;
   5. Coordinate with local and regional communication staff to provide relevant information for media and social media;

   6. Support the organization of the WEPs awarding ceremony.

   7. Support development of one concept note for the WEPs network

   The consultant is expected to support the draft of the concept note about the design of the WEPs network, by working closely with the WEA team.

The consultant is also expected to support other tasks relevant to the WEPs or other components of the WEA Programme when required.

The consultant’s work is expected to span from 10June 2021 to 20 December 2021. The consultant will work from home, with some working arrangement in the UN Women China office as needed.

Expected Deliverables

Deliverables

Date expected

A summary report of the support provided for the WEPs awards information session and the translation of the WEPs Awards related materials

By 30 August 2021

A copy of the developed one concept note of WEPs network

By 10 October 2021

A summary report of other support provided for the 2nd WEPs Award, including and but not limited to list of WEPs appliants, applicants due diligence results, communications with candicates, organization of the awarding ceremony and others

By 10 December 2021

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
• Strong ability in writing in both English and Chinese

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Experience and skills

• Master’s degree in social science, gender, development, economics, business management, or other relevant fields is required; Bachelor’d degree plus 2 additional years of working experiences in the same fields also acceptable.
• Minimum one year experience in gender issues is required;
• Proven experience in writing programme documents/research reports/proposals is preferred

Submission of application

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application (consolidated as ONE attachment) online, no later than 3 June 2021. Kindly note the system will only allow one attachment, please combine below listed submission package into one.

The Submission package includes:

• CV
• Education certificate
• Personal History Form (P11 which can be downloaded from
• https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/-/media/field office eseasia/docs/misc/2012/p_11_form_unwomen.doc?la=en&vs=4602
• 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 no less than 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

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.