National consultant expert in practices for gender equality in the world of work

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 Jordan Country Office supports the Government of Jordan to implement global norms and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment; promotes women’s economic empowerment; and implements a resilience and empowerment model for Syrian refugee women and vulnerable Jordanian women. The country office is implementing its Strategic Note for the period 2018-2022 and is prioritizing coherence and interlinkages across its projects and programmes under these three pillars. This requires effective implementation, monitoring and reporting on progress and results and coordination with key stakeholders in government, civil society, the private sector, and the international community.

At the policy level, UN Women has assisted the government in mainstreaming gender in its policies and the budgetary allocations for activities promoting gender equality. At the institutional level, UN Women has led upstream initiatives helping increase women’s political participation and representation in parliament and municipal governments as well as downstream ones increasing access to life-saving protection services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors. At the social and individual level, there have been many successes in skills development, entrepreneurship training and employment, helping women earn an income, rise out of poverty, and challenge patriarchal norms.

Such initiatives have shown strong results; however, significant challenges remain. Despite high levels of education and achievement amongst women, major constraints remain on their productive participation in the economy. Intertwined barriers hinder women’s labour force participation, such as lack of decent work opportunities, provision of childcare, reliable transportation, social and employment mediation services such as access to training, and GBV redressal and prevention. In addition, there is an abundance of deeply rooted harmful social norms which continue to hinder women’s full socio-economic empowerment. Violence and harassment in the world of work albeit under-reported are knowingly widespread and undermine equality in work, with a negative impact on victim’s career progression and working conditions that can potentially drive individuals out of the labour market. Likewise, women face significant vertical gender-based segregation as they are concentrated in entry and mid-level jobs and few reach decision-making positions. When looking at women in senior management positions, Jordan’s

numbers are among the lowest in the world, even in comparison to other countries in the Middle East. For private shareholding companies, women members constitute only 9.1% of senior management roles, and

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 Jordan Country Office supports the Government of Jordan to implement global norms and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment; promotes women’s economic empowerment; and implements a resilience and empowerment model for Syrian refugee women and vulnerable Jordanian women. The country office is implementing its Strategic Note for the period 2018-2022 and is prioritizing coherence and interlinkages across its projects and programmes under these three pillars. This requires effective implementation, monitoring and reporting on progress and results and coordination with key stakeholders in government, civil society, the private sector, and the international community.

At the policy level, UN Women has assisted the government in mainstreaming gender in its policies and the budgetary allocations for activities promoting gender equality. At the institutional level, UN Women has led upstream initiatives helping increase women’s political participation and representation in parliament and municipal governments as well as downstream ones increasing access to life-saving protection services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors. At the social and individual level, there have been many successes in skills development, entrepreneurship training and employment, helping women earn an income, rise out of poverty, and challenge patriarchal norms.

Such initiatives have shown strong results; however, significant challenges remain. Despite high levels of education and achievement amongst women, major constraints remain on their productive participation in the economy. Intertwined barriers hinder women’s labour force participation, such as lack of decent work opportunities, provision of childcare, reliable transportation, social and employment mediation services such as access to training, and GBV redressal and prevention. In addition, there is an abundance of deeply rooted harmful social norms which continue to hinder women’s full socio-economic empowerment. Violence and harassment in the world of work albeit under-reported are knowingly widespread and undermine equality in work, with a negative impact on victim’s career progression and working conditions that can potentially drive individuals out of the labour market. Likewise, women face significant vertical gender-based segregation as they are concentrated in entry and mid-level jobs and few reach decision-making positions. When looking at women in senior management positions, Jordan’s

numbers are among the lowest in the world, even in comparison to other countries in the Middle East. For private shareholding companies, women members constitute only 9.1% of senior management roles, and

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Programme Management Specialist and direct oversight of the Programme Analyst, the consultant will design, plan and carry out advocacy efforts on gender equality and women's empowerment practices in the private sector, with a focus on women in leadership and decision-making positions and internal procedures to prevent and combat violence and harassment in the world of work.

The consultant will work in close cooperation with the Private Sector Engagement Specialist and

coordination with the Women’s Economic Empowerment Analyst. Activities to be undertaken by the consultant will include:

• Develop workplan, with detailed implementation plan and timeline for consultations, to be submitted to UN Women team for approval;
• Design and roll out in partnership with UN Women Communication Unit an advocacy campaign to

promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work, focused on women's

Competencies

leadership and internal procedures to prevent and combat violence and harassment in the world of work. The campaign will be rolled out nationwide and must target the private sector. The advocacy campaign should be designed in consultation with, but not limited to, ILO, the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), the Ministry of Labour (MoL), employer’s and employee’s representatives, and at least 4 civil society organizations working on such issues. It must be designed in accordance with UN’s terms on gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace, UN’s material on the importance and impact of women’s representation in decision making positions and leadership, the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), and ILO’s Convention 190. Finally, the advocacy campaign should include testimonies/success stories from male and female role models, activists and influencers quotes and participation;

• Conduct 2 webinars targeting private sector and WEPs signatories on WEP’s Principle 1: High-level Corporate Leadership and Principle 3: Employee, Health, Wellbeing and Safety and their adoption of the code of conduct to prevent and combat violence and harassment in the world of work;
• Work with UN Women Private Sector Specialist in securing at least 10 WEPs signatories to adopt ILO and MOL COC and internal procedures to prevent and combat violence and harassment in the world of work and to promote women in leadership and decision-making positions;
• Establish and convene an evaluation committee to select the companies that will be recognized based on their practices on gender equality in the World of Work. The committee should include ILO, MOL, JNCW, employer and employees’ representatives, and 2 CSOs. Their participation contingent upon their approval;
• Organize and conduct an event to recognize identified companies and oversee its implementation in partnership with UN Women Team. The event’s logistics related to the venue will be covered by UN Women ;

Deliverables

Timelines

1.

• Work plan submitted to UN Women team;

15 working days upon

singing the contract

2.

• Advocacy campaign on policies to combat violence and harassment in the world of work and promoting women’s representation in decision making positions designed and rolled out with UN Women approval and in collaboration with identified stakeholders;
• At least 10 WEPs signatories adopted internal procedures to prevent and combat violence and harassment in the world of work and to promote women in leadership and decision-making positions submitted;

70 working days

3.

• 2 webinars targeting the private sector and WEPs signatories on WEP’s Principle 1: High-level Corporate Leadership and Principle 3: Employee, Health, Wellbeing and Safety with referring to ILO C190 conducted. One in 3rd month and second in 5th month of consultancy

15 working days

4.

• Recognized companies selected per the developed

40 working days

selection criteria by the established committee for this purpose.

• Event to recognize companies that adopted internal procedures to prevent and combat violence and harassment in the world of work and to promote

women in leadership and decision-making positions conducted in partnership with UN Women

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

Functional Competencies

• Demonstrated knowledge of gender equality and climate interventions;
• Excellent written skills;
• Experience in conducting similar mapping exercise;

Fluency in English and Arabic.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social science, gender studies, communications, Journalism or other related fields. Bachelor’s degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying

experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.

Experience

• At least five years of experience in the field of labour rights and relations and/or violence and harassment in the world of work;
• Experience in designing and developing similar advocacy

mechanisms on women’s economic empowerment and/or against violence and harassment against women especially in the world of work, experience in development communication, journalism, and marketing.

• Sounding understanding of women’s rights, gender equality, and

violence and harassment against women in the world of work

Language Requirements

Excellent written skills in English and Arabic is required

Evaluation Criteria

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70% (70 points)

• Education: 10 points
• Experience and skills: 50 points
• Language: 10 points

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)

The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the

technical evaluation.

Application

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all them, since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.