National Consultant to support development of the Country Gender Equality Brief

Consultant

Overview

Support development of the Country Gender Equality Brief for Kazakhstan.

You have:

• Advanced (Masters) degree in relevant fields such as international affairs, sociology, monitoring and evaluation, gender studies, or human rights is required.
• Proven experience in conducting research and analysis of complex developments is an asset.
• Fluency in English language is mandatory.
• Fluency in Kazakh and Russian languages is an asset.
• Ability to provide a financial proposal for the consultancy tasks specified in the TOR.

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.

As part of the UN System-wide investments, and leveraging UN Women’s three-pronged mandate—supporting strengthened global norms and standards; promoting effective coordination, coherence?and commitment across the UN System towards gender equality; and supporting Member States to?translate global norms and standards into national policies and action—the UN Women’s global?Strategic Plan 2018-2021 commits to increased national-level knowledge and strengthened national?systems to monitor international, regional and national commitments to Gender equality and the?empowerment of women (GEWE). In support of the above, effective 2019, UN Women regional offices (ROs) and country offices (COs)?are supporting UN Coordination on gender through developing Country Gender Equality Briefs (CGEB).

CGEB serve to capture up-to-date state of the gender equality in the country; they summarize the?existing sex-disaggregated data and map the data gaps, provide up to the date information on the?country’s compliance with internationally agreed commitments to gender equality and women’s?empowerment (CEDAW, UPR, SDGs. etc.), and map GEWE policies, analyze institutional mechanisms,?capacities and partnerships upholding national and local level work towards achieving gender equality.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the UN Women CO Kazakhstan Representative and with support by the?Programme Specialist the national consultant will develop the CGEB for Kazakhstan, which will include,?but will not be limited to the following tasks: • Develop a detailed work plan in support of the development of the Country Gender Brief in?line with the detailed outline for CGEB (to be provided by the UN Women Programme?Specialist); • Collect the key national GEWE policies, plans and initiatives (ideally available in English) and?provide an overview, including their implementation in line with the country’s international?commitments to GEWE; • Compile and provide an analysis of the statistical data related to GEWE from reliable sources,?including qualitative date from CSOs, local think-tanks, etc., based on guidance from UN?Women Regional Office or HQ; • Organize and lead consultations with key informants and national partners as well as?UNCT/GTG as agreed in the work plan; • Provide inputs in a draft and a final CGEB and its sectoral parts, based on findings of review?and feedback provided by UNCTs and the Gender Theme Group; • Support validation of the CGEB, including organization of workshop (as appropriate). • Conduct any other related work as agreed with UN Women CO Kazakhstan Representative and Programme Specialist.

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

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications Education: • Advanced (Masters) degree in international affairs, sociology, monitoring and evaluation,?research, management, international development or development studies with focus on?gender/women’s and/or human rights, public administration or other social sciences fields?relevant to the requirements of the TOR;

Experience: • Proven experience in conducting research and analysis of complex developments country-wide?is an asset; • Proven experience with other international organization is an asset;

Languages and other skills: Fluency in English language is mandatory; Fluency in Kazakh and Russian languages is an asset

Application Process The application should include: - Personal History Form (P-11 form) - including past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at (available at https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process), a signed copy should be submitted; - Financial Proposal: Specify a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this Terms of Reference. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (per deliverable, all travel costs, per diem any other possible costs as relevant); - Candidates should have the ability to quickly produce degree certificates and medical certification (of good health) should they be short-listed in consideration of the consultancy post.

Evaluation process Consultants will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of qualifications and financial proposal. Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.

Criteria

Maximum points

Education

Advanced (Masters) degree in international affairs, sociology,

monitoring and evaluation, research, management, international development or development studies with focus on gender/women’s and/or human rights, public ?dministration or other social sciences fields relevant to the requirements of the TOR

0: without relevant university degree

20: relevant university degree

Professional work experience

Proven experience in conducting research and analysis of complex developments country-wide is an asset

Proven experience with other international organization is an asset

40

0: without relevant expertise and

experience

0-20: 3 years of experience

0: without experience/expertise

10: proven experience

Languages

Fluency in English language is mandatory Fluency in Kazakh and Russian languages is an asset

Mandatory

Maximum total technical scoring (70%)

Minimum technical scoring to be qualified for financial evaluation (70%)

70

49

Kindly note, that the system will only allow one attachment, hence all supporting document e.g. P11, CV and financial proposal must be scanned as one attachment. Applications without the completed UNDP P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Full ToR available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tQ-tkMnWyOtRdTn5DobE2Ip1DU29x9Sp/view?usp=sharing

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