Technical Support for Policy Research, Documentation and Coordination assistance for UN Women Philippines
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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.
There are key areas of concern as the Philippines grapple with the impact of the pandemic which is seen to continue to affect women and girls’ lives differently. Further slipping into the global gender equality ranking from 17th to 19th, with so far the lowest recorded since WEF started reporting on it in 2006, clearer and stronger actions are needed to address ongoing barriers.
Women continue to be underrepresented in parliaments, critical ministries, police and security forces, in business and private sector top management roles, with numbers far from meeting minimum figure of 30%, said to be the number that could make a transformative difference in the space. We still see a wide gap in women’s labour force participation, often taking on vulnerable work here and abroad, and still receive unequal pay for equal work or value.
They continue to be highly vulnerable to gender-based violence and suffer disproportionately in conflict areas as well as communities vulnerable to various disasters and humanitarian crises.
But, beyond challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities that they face, women continue to play significant roles across the different economic, social, cultural, and political spheres as caregivers, workers, frontliners, first responders, organizers, leaders, peacebuilders among many other roles and tasks.
When given an enabling and empowering environment, we know that women will be able to realize their fullest potential and transform lives and communities towards an inclusive, progressive, resilient, and sustainable Philippines. This is where UN Women would like to ensure that these critical areas of concerns are reflected, articulated, and tackled in key documents within the UN and addressed in various programming, policies and operational work.
And, with the ongoing efforts to consolidate work and enhance programme delivery of UN Women Philippines Programme Office, it hopes to continue to engage with key stakeholders and strengthen relationships within and outside the UN structures through regular contributions of technical inputs as well as provision of support on various initiatives that would promote achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. This will be done guided by the new UN Women Strategic Note for 2022 – 2025.
It is in this regard, that UN Women hopes to continue to host dialogues and consultations, conduct policy research, develop gender snapshots, provide technical support via capacity building, gender assessments and co-create programmes and projects too.
Objective
Given the UN Women’s overall mandate to promote policies and standards, deliver programmes and ensure that women and girls’ rights are upheld to ensure they all live up to their fullest potential, UN Women PPO would like to secure that critical contributions are recorded and articulated in key documents for the Philippines. This we hope to do through:
- Making available platforms for conversations and dialogues that would surface issues affecting women and girls and identify key actions and recommendations to tackle them;
- Contributing to various research, profiling/assessments, as well as analytical pieces to ensure that women and girls’ lives and realities are incorporated within the broader context of development work and agenda in the country and region;
- Developing, co-creating and implementing programmes and projects that would deliver and support promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment, including campaigns, communications, advocacy work and awareness raising linked to this.
In line with this, UN Women Philippines Presence office needs a technical support consultant to help and assist in preparing, organizing, and documenting high level meetings and dialogues, reviewing technical documents and related literature in the preparation of briefing and policy notes; support in drafting reports and agreed actions/conclusions in high level meetings.
These would include:
- Planning, preparation and coordinating weeklong engagement of UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific (please see details below) which includes:
- Drafting invitations and concept notes linked to the dialogues;
- Coordinating invitation and confirmation of attendance
- Documentation and reporting (photo/video, process and substance)
- Participation in debriefing sessions as needed
- Reviewing technical documents, reports and papers that would substantiate discussions for above as well as help build a gender responsive common country analysis and country development framework and other related documents;
- Assist in drafting policy notes and gender snapshots to support and contribute to the development of gender inclusive Philippine Development Plan and framework.
The technical consultant is expected to leverage on existing work, expertise and networks and adding to it the resources and groups already identified and working with the UN Women.
Duties and Responsibilities
To prepare, document and submit reports linked to dialogues, meetings and consultations to be conducted by UN Women PPO as well as support in reviewing technical documents to support the development of common country analysis and country development framework.
Specifically, the consultant will undertake the following:
- Plan and prepare for several dialogues as we launch UN Women’s consultation to contribute to the gender assessments, CCA and UNSCDF;
- Draft invitations, develop programme flow and help prepare concept and briefing notes;
- Identify list of resource persons, invitees and support in the registration;
- Document and prepare report including photo documentation/video highlights.
- Assist in drafting policy notes and gender snapshots to support and contribute to the development of gender inclusive Philippine Development Plan and framework.
- Technical support and reports linked to CCA and gender assessments. Draft report/information to contribute to the CCA and Philippine’s gender profiling/assessment
- Updated Philippines gender profile and collated information for CCA, UNSCDF, end of year report and debriefing meeting
Activities
Deliverables
Target Date of completion
Payment
- Develop programme flow and facilitate discussion;
Identify list of resource persons, invitees and registration;
Approved programme flow and concept note
- Timeline of preparation and activities
- List of resource person/s to be invited
- List of participants to be invited
18 October 2022
30%
Planning, preparation and hosting of dialogue/s/RTDs (19 – 21 October 2022)
Dialogue/high-level meetings/consultation series
19 – 21 October 2022
Documentation and Report
Substance, Photo and Video documentation with captions / narratives
- End of consultation/ dialogue report, debrief and planning
30 November 2022
50%
Technical support and reports linked to CCA and gender assessments
Draft report/information to contribute to the CCA and Philippine’s gender profiling/assessment
15 December 2022
10%
Updated Philippines gender profile and collated information for CCA, UNSCDF
End of year report
- Debriefing meeting
30 December 2022
10%
Contract period and work location
The consultancy is expected to be completed in 20 days within the period of 17 October 2022 – 30 December 2022. The consultant will be based in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Contract Supervision
The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Country Programme Coordinator of UN Women Philippines Presence Office who will be responsible for the quality assurance of the deliverables.
Payments
Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. Payment will not be based on the number of days worked but on the completion of each stated deliverable within the indicated timeframes on satisfactory completion of task.
Competencies
Values
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Functional Competencies:
- 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 highly pressured environment
Core Competencies
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
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Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in social science, gender studies, research and policy development or other related fields.
- Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.
Experience and skills:
- Minimum 2 years of experience working on gender, gender equality, women’s empowerment, policy research and development, documentation and report writing/publication.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research in areas of women’s empowerment and gender equality, social, political, economic and cultural development issues and concerns, gender and development, preferably in the Philippines.
- Strong understanding of issues related to gender equality in the context of governance, leadership, access to justice, violence against women, economic empowerment, peace and security, preferably in the Philippines.
- Previous working experience with Philippines women’s rights and/or socio, civic, political rights’ organizations.
- Experience in planning, organizing, and supporting high level meetings and/or dialogues.
Language Requirement:
- Strong written and communication skills in English and in Filipino based on sample written work.
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 utilised 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.
Applications will be evaluated based on the Technical Qualifications:
The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on the following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
Obtainable
Score
- Education
- Master’s degree or equivalent in social science, gender studies, research and policy development or other related fields.
- Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.
15%
- Experience and skills
- Minimum 2 years of experience working on gender, gender equality, women’s empowerment, policy research and development, documentation and reporting writing/publication.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research in areas of women’s empowerment and gender equality, social, political, economic and cultural development issues and concerns, gender and development, preferably in the Philippines.
- Strong understanding of issues related to gender equality in the context of governance, leadership, access to justice, violence against women, economic empowerment, peace and security, preferably in the Philippines.
- Previous working experience with Philippines women’s rights and/or socio, civic, political rights’ organizations.
- Experience in planning, organizing, and supporting high level meetings and/or dialogues.
70%
- Language and report writing skills
- Strong written and communication skills in English and in Filipino based on sample written work.
15%
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 mariafe.mejia@unwomen.org, not later than 11 October 2022.
Submission package includes:
- Cover letter outlining relevant work experience.
- UN Women Personal History Form(P11)
- Writing sample work such as Gender assessment, Policy brief, Research, Evaluation Report, etc.
- Financial proposal in PHP which shall specify a total lump sum amount, breaking down the daily professional fee, proposed number of working days. Please see the financial proposal template as below:
Lump Sum fee (equivalent to daily fee x no. of days)
Number of days refers to actual days that the consultant works in order to produce deliverables as required by the ToR, NOT the number of days covering the whole period of consultancy.
Deliverables:
Amount
PHP
1
- Approved programme flow and concept note
- Timeline of preparation and activities
- List of resource person/s to be invited
- List of participants to be invited
- Dialogue and High-Level Meeting and Consultation Series
2
- Substance, Photo and Video documentation with captions / short narratives
- End of consultation/ dialogue report, debrief and planning
3
- Draft report/information to contribute to the CCA and Philippine’s gender profiling/assessment
4
- End of year report
- Debriefing meeting
5
- Others (please provide details as applicable)
Total financial proposal
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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