National Consultant to edit the report on the Analysis of Uganda’s Gender Equality Legal and Policy Landscape and policy brief and include information on the Role of the Judiciary in Enforce

Contract

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Background

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.

Law reform more broadly, and the repeal or revision of discriminatory laws specifically, are fundamental to the achievement of gender equality and a requirement for realizing the transformative Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet, progress in eliminating discriminatory laws has been uneven. UN Women, with other partners, has developed “A multi stakeholder strategy for accelerated action as a roadmap for the elimination of laws that discriminate against women and girls: Equality in Law for Women and Girls by 2030”. In line with the above, UN Women Uganda Country Office undertook a comprehensive legislative analysis from a gender perspective to provide an in-depth understanding of the current legal framework and the existence of gaps and discriminatory provisions in Uganda, with the long-term vision of advocating for law reform to enact new laws or repeal or revise discriminatory legislation.

UN Women requests the services of a national consultant to edit the report on the Analysis of Uganda’s Gender Equality and Policy Landscape and Policy Brief in line with the scope of work and deliverables outlined below.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work:

Under the direct supervision of UN Women Programme Specialist, Access to Justice for Women in Uganda Country office, the Consultant will complete the following specific tasks:

1. Editing the report on the Analysis of Uganda’s Gender Equality and Policy Landscape and Policy Brief checking its consistency and grammatical and factual accuracy and coherence.
2. Include Ugandan judicial decisions that promote gender equality norms and standards.

3. Ensure that the overall structure, clarity and style are in conformity with the UN Women Book Style and branding guidelines.

   Description of Assignment: Editing of the report on the Analysis of Uganda’s Gender Equality and Policy Landscape and Policy Brief and including judicial decisions that promote gender equality norms and standards. This includes compliance with the UN Women style and branding guidelines, grammatical accuracy, and coherence.

   The consultant will review the above document and will propose corrections with track changes function in MSWord application. The consultant will ensure the consistency of specific concepts in the edited version with the previous documents edited and approved by the UN Women. The consultant will consider inputs from UN Women in finalizing the document.

   Working mode

The consultant will carry out this work in close collaboration with UN Women. Communication by email and phone to provide updates on the progress made on the assignment will be expected from the consultant at least every week.

Deliverables

1. Edited report and policy brief.

2. A document that adheres to UN Women’s style and branding guidelines.

   Timeline

The total period of this consultancy is 15 working days.

Payment Schedule:

No.

Task

Deliverable

Timeline

Payment Schedule

1.

Edit the report and policy brief and include judicial decisions that promote gender equality norms and standards

2 copies edited report and policy brief (a clean copy and one with track changes)

13th Sept 2023

100%

2

Revise report and policy brief in line with inputs provided

Semi-final report and policy brief

18th Sept 2023

3.

Alignment of document with UN Women style and branding guidelines

Final report and policy brief aligned with UN Women style and branding guidelines

22nd Sept 2023

Competencies

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles:

• Integrity.
• Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of the UN system in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and a high degree of professionalism when dealing with survivors and sensitive information.
• Cultural sensitivity/valuing diversity.
• Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff, and of those of Government of Uganda entities.
• Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values, and learning from cultural diversity.

Corporate Competencies

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN, particularly relating to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, sexual orientation, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Treats all people fairly and without favoritism.

Functional Competencies

• Strong analytical and writing skills and track record in copy editing relevant reports and other materials.
• Strong ability to grasp, analyze and explain complex ideas and with a high level of attention to detail.
• High level of communication skills and experience in working effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Demonstrated strong technical and practical knowledge in issues relating to women’s rights and access to justice.
• Experience with editing UN documents and familiarity with UN Women’s style, lexicon and terminology, and UN editorial manual desirable.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• A master’s degree or Advanced degree in law, gender, communication studies, journalism, or in any of the other relevant fields.

• Additional training in editing, proofreading and editorial writing is required.

  Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of proven experience (at national and or international level) in writing and editing reports, studies and other communication materials.

• Experience in editing of legal documents is required (should share 3 documents edited).
• Experience working in the legal field at the national or international level (added advantage).

• Proven experience editing and proofreading UN documents would be an asset.

  Language

• Fluency in English (oral and written) is a requirement.

  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 experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at at https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process.
• Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.

Interested applicants must submit by 22nd August 2023 17:00hrs.

Payment schedule

The payment shall be affected only if the deliverables in this TOR are submitted to and approved by the UN Women Representative in Uganda and the Rule of Law Advisor at UN Women Headquarters.

Evaluation process

The applications will be evaluated using the required qualifications as stated above.

The candidates will be short-listed based on the minimum qualification criteria mentioned above:

CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROPRIETARY INTERESTS

The Consultant shall not either during the term or after termination of the assignment, disclose any proprietary or confidential information related to the consultancy service without prior written consent. Proprietary interests on all materials and documents prepared by the consultants under the assignment shall become and remain properties of UN Women.

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.)