Programme Support Expert on Women, Peace, and Security and Humanitarian Action

Consultant Human Rights

Overview

Provide substantive inputs to programme design, implementation, and evaluation.

You have:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent in international affairs, law, human rights, gender/women's studies, or related field is required.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience working on women, peace and security, human rights, and/or gender equality.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of other UN official languages is an asset.

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.

Under the Women, Peace, and Security and Humanitarian Assistance Portfolio, UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) are implementing the flagship regional programme Women, Peace and Security in the Arab States- Phase II” (2019-2021), with the overall objective of enabling the implementation of women, peace, and security commitments through policy change and community-level action. The programme also contributes directly to the partnership between UN Women and the Department of Women, Family, and Childhood within the League of Arab States (LAS-WFCD) on a variety of areas of cooperation including implementing the regional agenda of women, peace, and security.

Objective of the Assignment:

Reporting to Regional Advisor on Women, Peace, Security– Regional Office for the Arab States, the Programme Support Expert contributes to the effective management of UN Women programmes in the RO by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. S/he guides and facilitates the delivery of UN Women programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation and ensuring appropriate application of systems and procedures and develops enhancements if necessary. She/he works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, League of Arab States, and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

Duties and Responsibilities

Description of Responsibilities

Timeline

• Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the women, peace, and security NAP SCR1325 programme through overseeing the annual work plan and budget and contributing to the implementation of the programme activities;
• Lead on the coordination of inputs for Phase III of the programme;
• Coordinate with implementing country offices;
• Provide technical assistance and capacity development to the programme partners including LAS-WFCD in implementing programme activities and developing knowledge products;
• Lead on the programme reporting;
• Support in organizing conferences, workshops, and meetings as requested;
• Maintain and organize up-to-date hard and electronic files for easy access and retrieval. Ensure safekeeping of confidential materials;
• Prepare presentation material/slides in Powerpoint for presentations of UN Women for the meetings/workshops and keep all papers ready for meetings;
• Support in drafting correspondence in English or Arabic, and some translation as required;
• Any other programme support tasks as requested by the supervisor.

Monthly bases

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/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:

• Good programme formulation, implementation, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management;
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations;
• Good analytical skills;
• Good knowledge of technical area;
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising;
• Familiar with the Arab Region, and the League of Arab States in particular and has sound knowledge of inter-governmental processes;
• Ability to organize workshops and conferences, draft speaking points, minutes and progress reports;
• Knowledge of the GEWE and WPS agenda in the region an asset.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent in international affairs, law, human rights, gender/women's studies, or a related field is required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience working on women, peace and security, human rights, and/or gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, including at the international level, or related fields;
• Demonstrated technical experience in the area of Women, Peace, and Security required;
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors required;
• Experience coordinating and technically supporting donor, non-governmental, and UN coordination mechanisms at the technical level is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required;
• Knowledge of other UN official languages is an asset.

Evaluation Criteria

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70% (70 points)

• Education: 20 points
• Professional relevant experience: 40 points
• Language proficiency in English and Arabic: 10 points

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)

The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• The contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

Application:

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to the portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all of them since the online application submission does only permit uploading one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality, and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW, and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

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