National Consultant - Women’s Political Leadership and Participation in Indonesia

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Background

Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works on 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. 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.

UN Women has been working in Indonesia since 2005 (as UNIFEM until 2010). Current programmes are closely aligned with national priorities, focusing on three thematic areas: ending violence against women, women’s economic empowerment and women, peace and security which includes women’s political participation and humanitarian action. UN Women provides technical assistant to help strengthen national women’s machinery and works with different partners to promote lasting institutional and behavioral change at all levels.

On women’s political leadership and participation, UN Women recognises the important role of women parliamentarians and their engagement to galvanize strategic partnerships across political parties to promote gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in policy decision making processes in Indonesia. Despite the progress, there is still disconnection between women’s representation in the policy decision making process and the advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Indonesia. In reality, women continue to face a number of obstacles and discrimination to participate and lead at the national and subnational levels, resulting in unequal representation of women, particularly on substantive issues.

A research conducted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) shows the multiple obstacles to women’s participation in parliament. These include deeply rooted social norms that tend to confine women to the private sphere, challenges in balancing private/family and public/political life, in navigating in a male-dominated political arena, in getting support from the political parties and in raising funds for campaigning. It is then necessary to take action to widen the space for women’s participation in the parliament as well as to empower women parliamentarians to perform a stronger leadership role policy decision-making and continue to ensure that the parliament as a whole considers all of its policies and process from a gender perspective and to ensure a stronger connection between policy change and implementation necessarily to advance substantive equality, including gender equality in Indonesia.

In light of this, UN Women is currently seeking the services of an experienced consultant to support the development of a concept note, consisting of: a) context analysis through a needs assessment; b) strategies to support women parliamentarians particularly the women’s caucus in the national parliament of Indonesia, as well as the potential women candidates to connect with network of women parliamentarian and increase a number of female representations on substantive issues of gender equality. c) work plan and areas of engagement to support the women parliamentarians in performing their functions and to improve their technical and leadership skills to participate in decision-making processes related to the protection of the rights of women and girls. Working closely with the Programme Coordination Specialist and under the day-to-day supervision of the Head of the Programmes, the consultant is expected to carry out the tasks listed in the Terms of Reference.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Head of Programme, the consultant will work closely with the Programme Coordination Specialist to develop a Concept note consisting of the Strategies that are in line with key gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments of Indonesia, such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action (BPfA), UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations against Women (CEDAW), UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), with following scope of work:

• Desk review of the past and current policy and programmes to support women’s political leadership and political participation in Indonesia and identify challenges and lessons learned.
• Conduct a needs assessment of the women’s caucus and its members in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment, gender-responsive policies, legislation, networking and coalition building.
• Coordinate and organize consultations with different key stakeholders from the Government (representatives of the National Women’s Machinery and line ministries, regional and local authorities), the Parliament (Women Parliamentary Caucus), CSOs and development partners
• Facilitate active participation and consultations of women’s civil society organizations to ensure inclusive representation and voices of diverse women’s groups in Indonesia.
• Develop a concept note which includes proposed strategies and areas for policy and programme interventions to enhance women’s political leadership and participation with particular focus on areas of support to women parliamentarians and potential female candidates (the concept note must be informed by desk review and consultations of key relevant stakeholders).

Note: Consultant will be responsible for the organization of consultation forums with close coordination with UN Women. This includes drafting of ToRs, invitation, selection of resource persons, participant, etc. UN Women Indonesia will be providing logistical and financial support for the approved costs.

Key Expected Deliverables and Timelines

The individual consultant is expected to develop a concept note based on context analysis, stakeholders’ consultations, and with inputs from UN Women Indonesia. The concept note at least should include the following:

• Background: national context, policy and programmes/initiatives to support women’s leadership and political participation, including key issues/challenges in advancing women’s leadership and participation in Indonesia
• Proposed strategies and areas for strategic policy/programme interventions in response to the challenges and opportunities identified through desk review and consultations
• Alignment to UNSCDF and support the development of the Theory of Change (TOC)
• Proposed work plan with a description of potential outputs and activities

No

Deliverables

Percentage

Target dates

(starting date 15 June 2020)

1

Submission of inception report outlining the findings from the desk review of existing policy/programme initiatives as well as a proposed plan for stakeholder consultations, including schedule of activities as well as key questions for stakeholder consultations to inform the concept note (including strategic policy/programme interventions) for promoting women’s leadership and political participation.

20%

15 July 2021

2

Report of the consultations documenting the key highlights and findings from stakeholder consultations

20%

9 August 2021

3

Submission of draft of Concept Note, including

includes proposed strategies and areas for policy and programme interventions to enhance women’s political leadership and participation with particular focus on areas of support to women parliamentarians and potential female candidates (incorporating inputs and feedback from multi stakeholder consultations in Indonesia)

30%

21 August 2021

4

Finalized concept note, incorporating final feedback received from UN Women and key stakeholders in Indonesia

30%

15 September 2021

Duration of the Assignment and Duty Station

The consultant is expected to be based in UN Women Indonesia Office in Jakarta, Indonesia with possibility of working from home. Duration of assignment is expected to start from 15 June 2021 to 30 September 2021 (3 months). The consultant may be required to travel on mission as assigned by hiring unit.

Competencies

Competencies

• Proven knowledge about gender issues in Indonesia and legislative mechanisms
• Proven coordination and management skills, including the ability to set priorities, manage time effectively, and contribute to a team environment of respect, tolerance, diversity and mutual accountability
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be a self-starter with excellent demonstrated teamwork skills
• Strong and proven integrity and analytical skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Understanding of reporting requirements, expectations and working procedures
• Commitment to upholding the organizational values and principles of UN Women Indonesia
• A proven ability to liaise with a myriad of stakeholders and partners, including government, civil society, international organizations and grassroots organizations
• Essential computer skills – familiarity with Microsoft Word programs, internet, e-mail

Required Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced (Masters) degree preferably in a field related to governance and development studies (e.g. law, social science, international relations or political science)

Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience in women’s rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment or any related field;
• Experience working with parliament, parliamentarians and/or legislative issues from a gender perspective. Experience with inter-governmental processes considered as an asset;
• Previous research/analytical experience, including in developing gender strategies;
• Previous professional experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Good working knowledge of both written and oral English;
• Computer literacy and standard applications for concise communication and development of written documentation;
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong writing and editing skills, and experience in writing reports.

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.

• Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; (70%]
• Financial Proposal {100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

Technical qualification evaluation criteria

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Technical Evaluation Criteria

A) Education

• Advanced (Masters) degree preferably in a field related to governance and development studies (e.g. law, social science, international relations or political science)

B) Experience and skills

• At least 3 years of experience in women’s rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment or any related field;
• Experience working with parliament, parliamentarians and/or legislative issues from a gender perspective. Experience with inter-governmental processes considered as an asset;
• Previous research/analytical experience, including in developing gender strategies;
• Previous professional experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations is an asset.

C} Language and report writing skills

• Good working knowledge of both written and oral English;
• Computer literacy and standard applications for concise communication and development of written documentation;
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong writing and editing skills, and experience in writing reports.

Submission of application

The submission package includes:

• CV
• Letter of Interest containing the statement on candidate’s experience in the field of recruitment
• Personal History Form (P11), which can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
• At least 3 references
• Financial proposal. The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount breaking down a daily professional fee

Applications without financial proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Payments

Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverables and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed.

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