National Consultant on Gender Statistics

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; empowerment of women; and achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The Government of Albania has made national and international commitments to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in many different socio-economic aspects. Several international conventions and platforms, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Beijing Platform for Action, demonstrate Albania’s commitment to the realization of women’s rights and the achievement of gender equality.

UN Women Albania Strategic Note (SN) 2022-2026 aims to ensure that “All Women and girls enjoy and exercise their human rights in a gender equal society and meaningfully contribute to Albania’s sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development and EU integration”. To achieve such result, across its interventions, UN Women Albania addresses key thematic areas in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022 – 2026, specifically Outcome C1: By 2026, governance is more transparent and accountable, enabling people and especially vulnerable groups, to enjoy quality, inclusive services, enhanced rule of law and access to justice in line with Albania’s human rights commitments; and Outcome C2: By 2026, gender responsive governance strengthens equality and non-discrimination, promotes women’s empowerment and human rights, and reduces violence against women and children.

Over the past years, UN Women in Albania has provided support to national and local stakeholders in strengthening democratic governance and advancing women’s rights through initiatives aimed at mainstreaming gender in policy planning and budgeting. UN Women is implementing a regional programme with participation of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Serbia, and North Macedonia on “Transformative Financing for Gender Equality towards more Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Western Balkans” (2020-2024) funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida). In Albania, the project supports the Government to institutionalize GRB across sectoral policies and programs with the aim of progressively advancing national and international Gender Equality and women’s empowerment commitments. One of the key components of the programme is focused on improving the capacities of budgets users at central and local level on the collection and use of disaggregated data and gender statistics.

In addition, UN Women is implementing jointly with UNDP, UNICEF and UNFPA, the UN Joint Programme “Leave No One Behind 2”. With the aim of empowering vulnerable women to have equal access to public services that support their social rights, social inclusion, and well-being, in the context of the project, UN Women will provide support for improved collection of disaggregated data and use of gender statistics at local level to inform development and implementation of policies, plans and programmes on social protection and inclusion at the local level, improved monitoring and accountability of LGUs on service delivery and access by women and men, boys and girls in their diversity, including the most vulnerable. As such, UN Women plans to provide technical assistance to support relevant statistical institutions/offices and LGUs in strengthening capacities for improved data collection including through piloting digitalization of disaggregated data at the local level.

In this framework, UN Women Albania is seeking to recruit a National Consultant to provide technical support in coordination with INSTAT as well as knowledge and capacity development services to central and local level institutions on disaggregated data collection, gender indicators and their use with the purpose of strengthening their capacities in the area of gender statistics and SDGs monitoring.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the UN Women Albania Program Manager on National Planning and Budgeting and in coordination with INSTAT, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MHSP) and other relevant partners, the consultant will perform the following tasks:

Under GRB

• Prepare and deliver tailored training on gender statistics and disaggregated data for budget users of line ministries and target municipalities on programme budgeting, GRB and M&E across sectors to develop/implement more gender responsive sector/cross-sectoral policies and legislation;
• Facilitate institutional collaboration between budget users and statistics office on gender data needs;
• Extend technical assistance to Ministry of Health and Social Protection and National Gender Equality Mechanism (NGEM) , more specifically gender equality employees at central and local level, to be able to support budget users on implementing gender responsive budgeting;
• Contribute to capacity development training of oversight bodies on GRB, with tailored sessions on disaggregated data and gender statistics.
• Prepare presentations, briefs and short reports including participation in relevant meetings as requested by the Program Manager.

Under LNB

• In collaboration with INSTAT and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection identify the needs for capacity building of authorities at the local level in charge of data collection in relation to social services;
• Undertake an assessment of the relevant administrative data as primary data sources to inform gender responsive planning, monitoring and evaluation of sectorial policies at local level, in 15 Municipalities as per LNB 2 pool of municipalities and provide concrete recommendations for improved data disaggregation and use.
• Based on the results of the assessment, support the mainstreaming of disaggregated data and relevant gender indicators including support for data collection and statistics through suggested formats and piloting digitalization of data at the local level;
• Support the development of training modules on disaggregated data and gender statistics to increase the statistical literacy of different target groups and policy makers at local level;
• Participate in meetings, consultations and other events as requested by the Program Manager.

Expected deliverables:

• A work plan comprising a detailed methodology, workplan and timelines
• Training package (Agenda, presentations, handouts and exercises, evaluation form etc) for the set of trainings listed above
• Quarterly report on progress achieved.
• Assessment report on the administrative data at the local level.
• Final consultancy report in English including minutes of main meetings and workshops with counterparts and partners.

All deliverables should be agreed with UN Women and be provided in English, in electronic copy. Reports and timesheets need to be duly signed and submitted to UN Women as per agreed deadlines.

Duration and remuneration:

The duration of the initial contract will be up to 60 working days in the period between March 2023 – February 2024 with the possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance and availability of funds. The payment will be made in installments upon satisfactory completion of all tasks and deliverables in the assignment, and submission and approval by UN Women.

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/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats, using appropriate IT functionality;
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
• Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints;
• Ability to establish, build and sustain effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client’s perspective; anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly;
• Ability to thoroughly and methodically collect, verify and record data, demonstrating attention to detail and identifying and correcting errors on own initiative; maintains databases.
• Strong understanding of the Albanian context on gender equality as well as the legal and policy framework related to gender statistics
• Strong knowledge of gender statistics.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic requirements:

• Master's degree or equivalent in statistics, gender statistics, mathematics, economics, social sciences, human rights, demography, gender/women - studies or related fields.

Work Experience****:

• At least 5 years of experience in socio-economic statistics in the context of a National Statistical System;
• Demonstrated work experience in conducting needs assessment and in developing and/or building capacities on gender statistics and indicators in policy development and monitoring;
• Previous experience or familiarity with the UN system or other international organizations would be an asset

Language Requirements: Excellent written and oral English and Albanian communication skills are required.

Scope of Financial Proposal and Schedule of Payments:

• Financial Proposal specifying the total fee in Albanian Lek for the tasks (60 days).

Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services and travel- missions).

• Payment will be made as per the payment schedule in the contract upon (i) satisfactory completion of tasks; (ii) provision of deliverables specified in the ToRs; (iii) submission of and approval of final draft; and (iv) submission of the respective invoice.

Recommended Presentation of Offer:

Qualified and interested candidates are required to apply online:

• A Letter of Confirmation of Interest including a brief description explaining why the individual considers her/himself as the most suitable for the assignment.
• Completed and signed UN Women Personal History Form (P11) that can be downloaded at link:UN Women Personal History Form (P11) or http://www.unwomen.org/en/about- us/employment
• Copies/links/samples of previous research/analyses/assessments or trainings developed/conducted on GE with use of sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics.
• Financial Proposal specifying a daily fee in ALL (Albanian Leke) for the tasks specified in this assignment, following the instructions under the above section on Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments.

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 has been evaluated and determined as:

• Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
• Having received the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria.

Technical Evaluation –70 points:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in statistics, gender statistics, mathematics, economics, social sciences, human rights, demography, gender/women -studies or related fields (max 10 points);

• At least 5 years of experience in socio-economic statistics in the context of a National Statistical System; (25 points);

• Demonstrated work experience in conducting needs assessment and in developing and/or building capacities on gender statistics and indicators in policy development and monitoring(25 points)
• Previous experience or familiarity with the UN system or other international organizations would be an asset (10 points)

Financial Evaluation – 30 points

• Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 points) in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.
• 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. The calculation formula applied is as follow:

p = 30 (µ/z); where: p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated; µ = price of the lowest priced proposal; z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

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.)