National Consultant – Election Analysis - Turkish Nationals Only

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Background

I. Organizational Context

UN Women (the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of 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 Türkiye, in line with its global Strategic Plan 2022-2025, UN Women works towards one overarching goal “Women and girls including those at greatest risk of being left behind fully exercise their human rights, enjoy a life free from violence and discrimination, and lead, influence and benefit from sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development towards the advancement of gender equality in Türkiye” and three strategic objectives: 1) Women and girls have improved and equal access to resources, opportunities, and rights, and enjoy a life without violence and discrimination; 2) By 2025, Persons under the Law on Foreigners and International Protection are supported towards self-reliance; 3) By 2025, governance systems are more transparent, accountable, inclusive and rights-based with the participation of civil society, and quality of judicial services is improved.

Towards these goals, UN Women implements programmes and projects that aim to advance gender equality, improve women’s access to opportunities, rights and services in political, social and economic life and combat gender stereotypes, discrimination and violence, as required by international and national legal and policy commitments. UN Women collaborates with numerous partners – central and local level government authorities, civil society organizations, including women’s organizations and platforms, academia, private sector companies, other UN agencies. It commits itself to the Leaving No One Behind principle, by supporting targeted actions to remove the obstacles that marginalized and vulnerable groups of women face in accessing their rights and to promote them as agents of change.

Despite progress made in the past decades, in Turkiye the participation of women in politics and in decision-making in economic and business life, remains low and below global and regional averages. In the previous years, UN Women implemented the project “Gender Equality in Political Leadership and Participation in Turkiye” which worked with the Turkish Grand National Assembly, local administrations, civil society organizations (CSOs) and women leaders to advance gender-responsive

policies and legislation and women’s participation in decision-making processes. UN Women has also increased its partnership base and its engagement with different stakeholders, such as the private sector, media and male champions, in order to achieve larger-scale impact and results.

Building on the achievements and lessons learnt over the previous years, in 2021, UN Women started implementing the project “Advancing gender equality and women’s leadership in political and business life” (Women Lead) with funding from the Embassy of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The project has an overall objective to advance women’s leadership and participation in decision-making in Turkiye by focusing on key stakeholders and actors in the fields of politics and private sector. Two sub-objectives of the project are:

1. Provide support for increasing women’s leadership in political decision-making, establishing a cadre of interested, diverse and capable women to run for political office at local level, increasing solidarity and gender equality awareness among women from different political affiliations and with women from outside government, advancing the national and policy legal framework, strengthening gender-sensitive governance at the local level.
2. Promote women’s leadership and influence in the private sector, strengthen the engagement of men political and corporate leaders in advancing gender equality, work with media current and future professional and media outlets to advance non-stereotypical portrayal of women in media as political and business leaders and to practice gender-sensitive practices internally and externally.

Within the framework of the Women Lead Project, UN Women Türkiye aims to strengthen the capacities of political stakeholders to promote gender balance in decision making. To create an evidence-base for this aim, a post election assessment of 2023 General Elections is planned to be made. Regarding the general elections that is planned to be held on 14 May 2023 an analysis will be conducted on the election taking into account both the pre-election and post-election processes from gender perspective.

Pre-election analysis of the general elections is expected to be conducted to examine the processes of candidacy, nominations by political parties and running a campaign through a gender equality perspective. The main aim for the pre-analysis is to better understand how the candidacy processes affects women’s participation and to analyse the effects of special measures – if any – implemented by political parties that promote women’s candidacy and ranking in the nominations.

In the second phase of the analysis - after the general elections - an analysis of the election results will be made through gender perspective. Using sex-disaggregated data, the analysis will identify areas of opportunity and challenges for women as candidates and political actors. A gap analysis and a set of policy options will be developed to identify new intervention areas to increase women’s participation in politics. A comparative review of previous available election data will be included in the analysis to demonstrate the trends.

The analysis report will be shared with relevant stakeholders to address gaps in opportunity for women’s political participation in preparation for the next electoral cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities

II. Functions

Under the direct supervision Women Lead Programme Specialist, the National Consultant will undertake the following tasks:

1. Conduct a pre-election analysis

• Review the temporary special measures the political parties implement for women nominees for candidacy and candidates,
• Review the available lists of political parties for nominees for candidacy,
• Review the lists of the political parties for candidates,
• Compare this data with the data of the 2018 General Elections (depending on the availability of data),

1. Conduct post-election analysis

• Review the list of elected MPs,
• Analyse the impact of the special measures political parties implement on women’s candidacy and being elected,
• Compare this data with the data of the 2018 General Elections (depending on the availability of data),

1. Develop a combined 2023 General Elections Analysis Report

• Review the previous reports developed on election analysis,
• Conduct a gender based profiling study for elected women and men in terms of age, education status, experience in politics, the elected terms etc. to identify and compare certain trends,
• Combine the pre-election and post election analysis of 2023 General Elections,
• Identify areas of opportunities and challenges for women’s participation into politics based on the conducted analysis,
• Propose set of policy options to identify intervention areas to increase women’s participation in politics.

1. Present the 2023 General Elections Analysis Report

• Prepare a presentation on the findings and results of the 2023 General Elections Analysis Report,
• Present the findings and results of the 2023 in meetings to the target groups of Women Lead Project,
• Report on the results of the meetings.

III. Deliverables and Payment Schedule

Duration of the assignment is from 22 May 2023 – 31 December 2023****. The Consultant is expected to spend up to 25 working days on a non - consecutive basis throughout the assignment. The consultant will use his/her own equipment.

Activities/Tasks

Output (Deliverable)

Estimated Monthly Working days assigned (indicative)

Tentative Deadlines

- Conduct a pre-election analysis

- Conduct post-election analysis

- Identify areas of opportunities and challenges for women’s participation into politics based on the conducted analysis

- Propose set of policy options to identify intervention areas to increase women’s participation in politics

Report on the Analysis of 2023 General Elections from Gender Perspective

20 days

18 July 2023

• Prepare a presentation on the findings and results of the 2023 General Elections Analysis Report,
• Present the findings and results of the 2023 in meetings to the target groups of Women Lead Project,
• Report on the results of the meetings.

Meeting Reports

5 days

6 December 2023

Total

25 w/d

The mentioned number of working days has been estimated as being sufficient/feasible for the envisaged volume of work to be completed successfully and is proposed as a guideline for the duration of assignment. It cannot and shall not be used as criteria for completion of work/assignment. The provision of envisaged deliverables approved by the UN Women Programme Specialist shall be the only criteria for national consultants’ work being completed and eligible for payment/s.

National Consultants shall be paid upon successful completion of the deliverables in one installment as per the above table. Payment shall be affected only if the deliverables are submitted to and approved by the Project Coordinator.

Without submission and approval of the deliverables, Consultants shall not receive any payment even if they invest time for this assignment.

During assignment’s related missions, the National Consultants may use the facilities of the office (i.e. internet access, printing, copying, local phone calls, etc.). However, s/he is expected to use his/her own personal computer. All the payments to the Consultant will be processed in Turkish Lira.

Travel:

This is a homed based assignment with no travel need is foreseen. However, if there emerges any travel need, UN Women Turkey Office will organize the logistics of the travel and the Consultants will be paid daily substance allowance and terminal fee as per the figures set by UN Women HQ and UN ICSC. The taxi fees for attending the meetings are under the responsibility of the Consultant. All the payments to the Consultants including payment for travels will be processed in Turkish Lira.

Mandatory Courses:

The Consultant shall complete all the mandatory and further required UN courses, training and modules on time. Their certificates shall be submitted to the Hiring Manager during the contract preparation process. Please note that the required training courses could vary based on contract content and duration, the nature of the work and inclusion of travel. Hence, the Consultant is obliged to follow the instructions of his/her Hiring Manager upon which training modules to complete and when to complete them.

IV. Key Performance Indicators

• Timeliness, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered,
• Willingness to shares knowledge and experience,
• Demonstration of excellent written and oral communication skills and communicating sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies,
• Ability to perform a variety of standard specialized and non-specialized tasks and work processes that are fully documented, researched, recorded and reported,
• Ability to review a variety of data, identify and adjust discrepancies, identify and resolve operational problems,
• Uses Information Technology effectively as a tool and resource,
• Adherence to UN Women standards and rules.

Competencies

V. Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and proactively solve problem;
• Capacity to plan, priorities and deliver tasks on times;
• Capacity to engage with stakeholders to receive inputs for analysis and reporting;
• Ability to research, analyze, compare and present complex information.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

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.)

Required Skills and Experience

VI. Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Masters degree in social sciences, political science or gender studies is required.
• Phd in social sciences, political science or gender studies is an asset.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in the field of research, preparing reports and publications in the field of women’s political participation is required,
• Experience in preparing reports and publications analysing women status in elections (local or general) is a strong asset,
• Experience working at multi-stakeholder projects is an asset,
• Previous experience with the United Nations or similar organisations in this or a related field would be considered an asset.

Language Requirement

• Fluency in English and Turkish is required.

VII. Application Procedure:

The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:

• Cover letter to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
• P11 including past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment
• Financial proposal (with breakdown of fee on a per day basis. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount. Financial proposal to be sent via e-mail to [email protected] indicating the name of the position applied in the subject line of the e-mail no later than the application deadline. Please see Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template and Annex II: Price Proposal Submission Form.

When applying; the Cover Letter, CV and the signed P11 Form should be merged into one (1) single PDF document since the system will allow only to upload maximum one document. Therefore, please combine these forms and documents into one (1) single PDF document and upload them to the system.

As for the Financial Proposal, please send it separately via e-mail to [email protected] indicating the name of the position applied in the subject line of the e-mail. Since it is to be submitted separately via e-mail, the Financial Proposal should not be uploaded to the system or be included in the merged PDF which shall consist of the applicant’s Cover Letter, CV and Signed P11 Form. Please make sure not to include the Financial Proposal in the merged PDF document.

Candidates should have the ability to quickly submit degree certificates , medical certification and any other requested documentshould they be short-listed in consideration of the consultancy post.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.

VIII. Evaluation of Applicants

Candidates will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal. Contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer receives the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria. Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.

Total points

Max. Points

Technical Evaluation (70%)

70

• Masters degree in social sciences, political science or gender studies is required. Phd in the aforementioned fields is an asset.

(Master’s degree 5 points, Phd 10 points)

10

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in the field of research, preparing reports and publications in the field of women’s political empowerment is required, (7 years – 15 points, for 7-9 years – 20 points, 9+ years 25 points)

25

• Experience in preparing reports and publications analysing women status in elections (local or general) is a strong asset, (0: without experience 15:Demonstrated experience)

15

• Experience working at multi-stakeholder projects is an asset, (0: without experience 10:Demonstrated experience)

10

Previous experience with the United Nations or similar organisations in this or a related field would be considered an asset.

5

Fluency in English and Turkish is required.

5

Financial Evaluation (30%)

30

TOTAL

100

The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion. A suggested formula is as follows:

p = 30 (µ/z)

Using the following values:

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

An interview/practical test may also be used for the selection of best candidates.

Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template

The prospective Individual Consultant should take the following explanations into account during submission of his/her price proposal.

1.Daily fee

The daily price proposal should indicate a "lump sum amount" which is "all-inclusive"; All costs (professional fees, communications, consumables during field related missions, etc.) that could possibly be incurred by the Contractor needs to be factored into the proposed price.

UN Women will not withhold any amount of the payments for tax and/or social security related payments. UN Women shall have no liability for taxes, duties or other similar charges payable by the Individual Contractor in respect of any amounts paid to the Individual Contractor under this Contract, and the Contractor acknowledges that UN Women will not issue any statements of earnings to the Individual contractor in respect of any such payments.

2.Travel costs

UN Women Türkiye Office will cover the organization and the costs of the consultant’s travel as per UN Women’s rules and regulations. UN Women will not cover transportation cost within duty station including the taxi costs.

3.Currency of the price proposal

The applicants are requested to submit their price proposals in TRY

Annex II: Price Proposal Submission Form

To: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Ref: National Consultant(s) for Providing Technical Support to “Implementing Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Türkiye” Project

Dear Madam/Sir,

I, the undersigned, offer to provide professional consulting services to UN Women within the scope of the referred Assignment.

Having examined, understood and agreed to the Terms of Reference and its annexes,

the receipt of which are hereby duly acknowledged, I, the undersigned, offer to deliver professional services, in conformity with the Terms of Reference.

Based in the deliverables and estimated working days summarized in the ToR, my maximum total price proposal for the assignment is given below:

Costs

TRY

Daily Fee, all inclusive

Total Fee for the Assignment (75 working days)

I confirm that my financial proposal will remain unchanged. I also confirm that the price that I quote is gross, and is inclusive of all legal expenses, including but not limited to social security, income tax, pension, etc., which shall be required applicable laws.

I agree that my proposal shall remain binding upon me for 90 days.

I understand that you are not bound to accept any proposal you may receive.

[Signature]

Date:

Name:

Address:

Telephone/Fax:

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