Technical Consultant to Support WeEmpowerAsia Philippines end of project evaluation and reporting (Philippine National only)

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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.

In 2015, on 25 September, the United Nations General Assembly adopted unanimously the Resolution 70/1 Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Gender equality and women’s empowerment is at the heart of the agenda, as numerous goals and targets address structural barriers to achieve equal rights and opportunities between women and men, girls and boys.

One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. It is expressed in targets and indicators of SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) and SDG 8 (Promote inclusive and sustainable development, decent work and employment for all). Progress toward it depends not only on the adoption of a set of public policies by governments, but also on the existence of an enabling environment and active engagement of the corporate sector. This is also relevant to the achievement of SDG 1 (Poverty Reduction), SDG 10 (Reduced inequalities) and SDG 17 (Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development).

About 90 per cent of jobs in the world are in the private sector. This represents a huge potential to implement transformative actions in the world of work and social responsibility in favour of women, benefiting the whole society. There is an increasing consciousness, interest and commitment of private and public sector companies on the value and benefits of gender equality and the economic empowerment of women and its role to achieve it.

UN Women - in partnership with the European Commission is working together on a regional programme “Promoting Economic Empowerment of Women at Work in Asia – WeEmpower Asia” to contribute to the economic empowerment of women, recognizing them as beneficiaries and partners of growth and development, by increasing commitment of private companies to gender equality and women´s empowerment and strengthening companies’ capacities to implement these commitments.

The programme will ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through enabling women’s labour force participation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment and thus their full and equal participation in society.

The guiding platform will be the Women’s Empowerment Principles. The WEPs are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. Coordinated by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, the Principles emphasize the business case for corporate action to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and are informed by real-life business practices and inputs gathered from across the globe.

Targeting women led enterprises and networks, multi-national companies, and relevant stakeholders in selected Asia countries, the project will promote business opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women-owned enterprises in Asia and their business relations with Europe, while supporting inter-regional dialogue and exchange of good practices to increase the capacity of the private sector more broadly in the implementation of gender-sensitive business culture and practices. The programme will cover seven countries: India, Indonesia, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It will also have a regional component under the responsibility of UN Women Region Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP).

In the Philippines, given dynamic engagements and commitment of various women’s organizations, pro-active national machinery on women’s empowerment and gender equality and key government agencies - women’s economic empowerment is a new thematic and programmatic area for the UN Women particularly in the space of private sector and business community engagement. Through the WeEmpowerAsia programme - it will enable meaningful interaction, active participation, and harness contributions from key stakeholders to put forward women’s empowerment, gender equality and ensure their full participation in society towards an inclusive and sustainable economic development.

Duties and Responsibilities

With the upcoming project closure for WeEmpowerAsia, UN Women needs a service provider with technical expertise and experience in consolidating, analysing and putting together end of project reports documented and submitted by project partners, implementors and consultants.

These would include:

1. Conducting preliminary consultations with members of the project team
2. Reviewing and revisit all project results, outputs and outcomes from 2019 – 2022 implementation.
3. Developing tools required to conduct KII and FGD with implementing partners and key stakeholders to substantiate reports and lessons learned;
4. Taking part in end of project events and conversations to assist in documentation and output consolidation;
5. Organizing, collating and analyzing data and put together a country end of project report with key recommendations to strengthen WEE portfolio programming of UN Women PPO.

The service provider is expected to use existing and submitted reports of implementing partners and consultants, leverage on existing networks aside from the networks and groups already identified and actively working with the UN Women and expand / add to existing related literature (global, regional and national) that UN Women PPO Women’s Economic Empowerment portfolio should look into to set up stronger programming work.

Expected deliverables and timelines

Tasks and Deliverables

Target Dates

Upon approval of the following:

• Data consolidation and consultancy work plan
• Approved additional tools required to conduct KII and FGD with implementing partners and key stakeholders to substantiate reports and lessons learned

15 March 2022

Upon approval of the following:

• Draft consolidated end of project report including M&E summary for

2019 – 2022

15 May 2022

Upon approval of the following:

• Final project end of project report with recommendations
• Project debrief with team

15 June 2022

Supervision

The consultant will be supervised by Philippines Programme Manager, WeEmpowerAsia

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

Functional Competencies: (below are examples to be adjusted to each assignment)

• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong knowledge of UN Women processes and systems
• Strong networking skills
• Strong inter-personal skills, communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization;
• Ability to work in a highly pressured environment

Required Skills and Experience

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in International Development Studies, Social Sciences, Politics, Law, Human Rights, Gender, Women Studies, Economics or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation and report writing work
• Knowledge of the issue on women economic empowerment is desirable
• Experience working with UN or other international development organizations and donor agencies would be an advantage

Language requirement:

• Excellent command of English writing, technical report/documentation is a must
• Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, Internet and email

Evaluation

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

Obtainable Score

A) Education

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in International Development Studies, Social Sciences, Politics, Law, Human Rights, Gender, Women Studies, Economics or related field.

20%

B) Experience and skills

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation and report writing work
• Knowledge of the issue on women economic empowerment is desirable
• Experience working with UN or other international development organizations and donor agencies would be an advantage

70%

C) Language and report writing skills

• Excellent command of English writing, technical report/documentation is a must

• Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, Internet and email

10%

Total Obtainable Score

100 %

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically-qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview.

Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

• Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
• The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
• The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.
• Submission of application

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org, with cc to jean.ricohermoso@unwomen.org not later than 4 February 2022.

Submission package includes:

• Cover letter outlining relevant work experience
• UN Women Personal History Form(P11);
• Submit sample written work
• Financial proposal which shall specify a total lump sum amount based on deliverables

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.)

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