Training Specialist (Gender Responsive Budgeting)

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. UN Women, with financial assistance from Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany, has recently launched a project ‘Improving Gender Parity for Strengthening Gender Responsive Justice in Pakistan’. In order to improve women’s access to quality and survivor-centered justice, it is important to increase women’s participation and trust in the justice system. It is crucial to enhance women’s role and their involvement in the sector for strengthening gender-responsive justice in Pakistan. This project aims to strengthen delivery of gender-responsive justice by increasing gender parity within the justice sector institutions including Police, Judiciary, Bar and the Prosecution in the ICT, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah and Balochistan. There is a dire need to improve the working environment, so that women are incentivized to join and pursue a career in the security sector. To this end, gender-responsive facilities, and policies based on GRB guidelines are needed to facilitate women—especially recruitment policies of the police, levies force, judiciary and the bar councils. This will be done by improving the gender parity in these institutions and also by engaging the existing force in deeper dialogue and capacity building around gender responsive policing. The proposed initiative will help these institutions to improve their understanding and facilitate a conducive environment for professional growth of women in workforce with more focus on training and implementation of anti-harassment policies and human handling and gender sensitization. Mentoring opportunities for the women in these institutions will be supported to catalyse the reform processes like relaxation in recruitment criteria, age limit etc.

UN Women requires the services of a Lead Trainer for developing a training manual on Gender Responsive Budgeting and Planning (GRBP) for Justice Sector Institutions (JSI) including Police, Judiciary, and Prosecution. The consultant will also be required to lead three (3) trainings, in KP, Balochistan and Islamabad for a select group of participants from these JSIs. Reporting to the Project Manager, Gender Parity Project, and in coordination with Programme Officer, Gender Parity Project, the Consultant will lead this entire training programme and help streamline GRBP guidelines in these institutions. The Consultant will also coordinate with relevant federal and provincial institutions to complete this task in a timely manner. The consultant will also ensure that the comments/feedback provided by UN Women and other institutions are incorporated in the methodology, training manual and in the delivery of these trainings.

Duties and Responsibilities

Identification of the training needs of JSIs on GRBP, developing a manual based on these needs and facilitate trainings to improve knowledge and skills on GRBP.

• Finalise the training plan and identifying key methods for the training on GRBP guidelines for JSIs
• Conduct a training needs assessment on GRBP for JSIs
• Conduct meetings with relevant government institutions, UN Women and other relevant institutions to finalize the training manual and plan
• Facilitate three training workshops (tentatively planned for three days) on GRBP in KP, Balochistan and Islamabad
• Mentor/provide guidance to the training participants while implementing these guidelines in their respective institutions as and when required

• This is a lumpsum contract spread over 80 days. Payment will be made in three instalments as per the following schedule

  S.No

  Deliverable

  Deadline

  Deliverables approved by

  Payment %

  1. Develop a detailed training plan, and identifying key training methodologies

  20th September

  UN Women

  25%

  1. Develop training manual, background/training materials including PPT on Gender Responsive Budgeting and Planning for JSIs

  10th October

  UN Women

  25 %

  1. Facilitation of three (3) trainings in KP, Balochistan and Islamabad (three days training is planned tentatively)

  30th November

  UN Women

  50%

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

Education

A minimum academic qualification of a bachelor’s degree in law or Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Human Rights.

Work Experience

• At least 10 years’ experience of developing manuals and leading trainings for government institutions and CSOs on public financial management, governance and issues related to gender equality and women empowerment;
• Experience in coordinating and liaising with the government institutions at federal and provincial level;
• Strong interpersonal, training facilitation and communication skills;
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team and coordinate inputs from various team members and relevant government institutions
• Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations.

Language Proficiency

• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Urdu is essential.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form-en.doc.

Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. HEC Attested degrees are a prerequisite for employment at UN. During the recruitment process candidates may be required to present HEC attested degrees. Foreign Qualified Candidates: Foreign degree holders shall be required to (i) Present a verification/certification letter from the university verifying the degree & student enrollment, or (ii) Foreign degree Equivalence Letter from HEC.

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Accessibility:

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