National Consultant to conduct costing of a study on processing and reprocessing gender indicators and statistics in UN Women Bangladesh

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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.

The 2030 Agenda sets out a historic and unprecedented level of ambition to “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030” (SDG 5) as well as including 37 gender-related targets in 10 other SDGs. To successfully track the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, a robust and equally ambitious monitoring framework is essential to be established. Also, Significant investment in gender statistics is necessary to ensure that evidence-based policies are devised, the impacts of these policies are assessed and the accountability of policymakers and governments to deliver on these commitments is promoted. The demand for gender statistics has been increasingly recognized in Bangladesh as essential to monitor the progress of countries 8th Five Year Plan and SDGs. The National Women Development Policy and the 8th Five Year Plan prioritized the need of high-quality data in a timely fashion by strengthen the capacity and scope of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

UN Women Bangladesh Country Office is implementing the” Women Count” program aimed at Improving the availability, accessibility and use of quality gender statistics to inform policy, advocacy, and accountability for delivering gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments in the SDGs, CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and other national priorities. Under the “Women Count” Programme, a study was conducted to identify gaps in SDGs gender indicators and recommended key interventions for improving data collection to ensure availability of gender statistics in Bangladesh.

Objectives:

The overall objective of the consultancy is to provide support to UN Women and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics to costing exercise of the study “processing and reprocessing” data.

More specifically, under the Women Count programme, the consultant will work closely with Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics to develop a costing plan for “processing and reprocessing” data study and will come up with a policy brief on findings.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work:

• Support UN Women and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in drafting the Time Use Survey.
• Conduct desk review and KII’s with officials of relevant departments/WINGs of BBS, conduct in-depth review of the “processing/reprocessing data” report.
• Conduct costing exercise based on available data and information form the “processing/reprocessing” data study.
• Develop policy brief on the findings of processing and reprocessing data study, particularly focusing on financial need to address gaps in gender statistics in Bangladesh.

Expected deliverables.

Deliverables

No. of days

Support the EVAW Reprogramming

1. Draft a work plan with timelines and deliverables

1 day

2. Conduct desk review and KII’s with officials of relevant departments/WINGs of BBS, conduct in-depth review of the “processing/reprocessing data” report.

7 days

3. Conduct costing exercise based on available data and information form the “processing/reprocessing” data study.

15 days

4. Develop policy brief on the findings of processing and reprocessing data study, particularly focusing on financial need to address gaps in gender statistics in Bangladesh.

10 days

5. Submission of final costing report on processing and reprocessing data and policy brief to address gender data gaps.

5 days

Payment Milestone Linked with deliverables:

Respective deliverables and documents will be reviewed by UN Women before processing any payment.

Payment schedule is as followings:

Deliverables

Target Dates

Payment milestones

1. Draft a work plan with timelines and deliverables

31 August 2021

50 % of the total contract amount shall be paid upon submission of deliverables from 01 to 03 and all acceptance and certified by the UN Women Bangladesh contract administrator.

2. Conduct desk review and KII’s with officials of relevant departments/WINGs of BBS, conduct in-depth review of the “processing/reprocessing data” report.

3. Conduct costing exercise based on available data and information form the “processing/reprocessing” data study.

4. Develop policy brief on the findings of processing and reprocessing data study, particularly focusing on financial need to address gaps in gender statistics in Bangladesh.

15 September 2021

50 % of the total contract amount shall be paid upon submission of deliverables from 04 to 05 and all acceptance and certified by the UN Women Bangladesh contract administrator.

5. Submission of final costing report on processing and reprocessing data and policy brief to address gender data gaps.

Supervision and performance evaluation

The technical expert/consultant will Work under the direct supervision of the UN Women Programme Analyst, Gender Responsive Governance and will be working closely with the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Duty station: Home based

DSA and Travel: No travel required, hence no DSA is applicable under this assignment.

Duration of the Contract: 38 days spread between August and September 2021 starting from 01 august to 30 September 2021.

Competencies

Functional Competencies

• Proven experience in conducting studies and high-quality research in similar field.
• Experience in developing costing of national plans, policies and programmes related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Demonstrated experience in developing policy brief on similar issue with the government and non-government organizations.
• Previous professional experience with the United Nations, especially UN Women.

Ability to produce quality report in Bangla and English.

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
• Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, statistics, public policy/administration, governance, gender studies or similar fields.

Experince:

• At least 07 years’ experience in issues related to gender equality, statistics, governance, and research.

Language:

• Excellent writing and editing skills, as well as strong communication skills in English and Bangla.

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

Consultant must send a financial proposal based on Lump Sum Amount. The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive and include all costs components required to perform the deliverables identified in the TOR, including professional fee, only and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the SSA in completing the assignment. The contract price will be fixed output-based price regardless of extension of the herein specified duration. Payments will be done upon completion of the deliverables/outputs and as per below percentages

Evaluation Method and Criteria: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology.

Cumulative analysis-

The award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant up on Cumulative Analysis/evaluation and determined as: 1. Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and 2. Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 70. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points (49) will be considered as technically-qualified candidate.

Interested candidates will submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications.

Criteria-01; Academic qualifications- Max Point 10 Criteria-02; Proven experience in conducting studies and high-quality research in similar field.- Max Point 15 Criteria-03; Experience in developing costing of national plans, policies and programmes related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.- Max Point 20

Criteria-04; Demonstrated experience in developing policy brief on similar issue with the government and non-government organizations.- Max Point 15

Criteria-05; Ability to produce quality report in Bangla and English. - Max Point 10

To be included as part of the proposal:

• A brief expression of interest: a brief narrative presenting your suitability for this assignment ·
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/ employment
• Sample work
• Financial proposal: All-inclusive professional daily fees (per day BDT rate * 38 days)..

Only applications including all items mentioned above will be considered.

NOTE: Documents required before contract signing:

UN Personal History Form; Full medical examination and Statement of Fitness to work and travel for consultants with travel involved. (This is not a requirement for RLA contracts); Security Certificate BSAFE: EN: https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=17891 Individual subscribers over 65 years of age are required to undergo a full medical examination including x-rays at their own cost and obtaining medical clearance from the UN Medical Director prior to taking up their assignment; Release letter in case the selected consultant is government official. Only applications will all items mentioned above will be considered

Note: The individual consultant who does not meet the above eligibility criteria shall not be considered for further evaluation. Necessary documentation must be submitted to substantiate the above eligibility criteria

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