UN Women National Consultant – Programme and Communications Support Women’s Economic Empowerment

Contract

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Background

1. 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 Indonesia, UN Women works with government, civil society organizations, academia, the media, the public and private sectors to address national priorities of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

A key area of concern for UN Women is women’s economic empowerment as expressed in UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2018-2021. Empowering women to participate fully in economic life is essential to building strong economies, establishing just societies, and achieving the 2030 Agenda including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 for gender equality and women’s empowerment and several other SDGs relating to inclusive growth, decent work, ending poverty, and reducing inequality, and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. Ensuring women’s participation and leadership and inclusion of their needs, experiences, and skills in the economy requires intentional actions and commitments from both the public and the private sector.

UN Women Indonesia is seeking for National Consultant – Programme and Communications Support to effectively promote the work of UN Women in Indonesia, particularly to support two projects under Women’s Economic Empowerment programme:

1. Entrepreneurship Development (WeLearn)

WeLearn Project is part of the flagship programme of UN Women “Stimulating Equal Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs”. The project aims to support women who want to start their businesses, as well as women micro-entrepreneurs who want to improve their businesses. Through WeLearn’s entrepreneurship training, we empower women to be prepared to deal with the changes in the world of work and in market development. The WeLearn online platform can be accessed via welearn.unwomen.org. As of 2021, WeLearn has benefited over 7,000 new or aspiring women entrepreneurs.

1. WeEmpowerAsia

“We Empower Asia” aims to increase the number of women who lead, participate and access to business opportunities and leadership within the private sector to advance sustainable and inclusive growth whilst fostering more gender-equal trade opportunities in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The programme is funded by and held in partnership with the European Union.

WeEmpowerAsia promotes seven Women Empowerment Principles across seven countries activating 700 companies and training and enabling 700 female entrepreneurs impacting 700,000 people as employees, consumers, and entrepreneurs and mobilising 70 key influencers.

The Consultancy is an excellent opportunity for young professionals looking for meaningful and exciting working experience with UN Women, part of the United Nations System in Indonesia.

The Consultant covers primary tasks as outlined below and works in daily coordination with the

Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme team.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Programme Lead and the WEE Team – the Consultant will assist the implementation of WEE programmes in Indonesia, as well as provide technical assistance in preparation to Indonesia’s G20 presidency in 2022.

1. Assist the development and implementation of communication strategies and plan of the WEE programme, which includes:

• Support the design and implementation of communication strategies in accordance with programme plans and annual communication plans
• Conceptualize and support the production of communication collaterals, including but not limited to external publication, articles, social media posts and multimedia assets
• Ensure effective channels for dissemination of all information products to relevant target audiences identified and distribution supervised
• Provide end-to-end support to WEE special webinars and events, including preparing event concepts and visibility plans
• Ensure the visibility of UN Women and WEE programmes in accordance with the UN Women branding guidelines
• Provide the monthly monitoring communication report of WEE programmes

2. Manage WEE programme media/press relations and external relations:

• Support the organization of online/offline press conferences and facilitate media interviews related to WEE programmes
• Draft press releases and media kits
• Assist day-to-day coordination with UN Women’s media partner in executing campaigns
• Assist UN Women’s outreach strategies to reach and maintain relations with external partners, including but not limited to business networks, entrepreneur networks, individual companies, and other organizations

3. Assist WEE Team’s engagement to support strategic partners in preparing for Indonesia’s G20 Presidency, particularly in G20 alliances, outreach groups and working groups to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment, such as, but not limited to:

• Support various writing and research assignments, including drafting concept notes, terms of reference, and other supporting documents needed by the working groups in the context of preparing Indonesia’s G20 presidency in 2022
• Assist coordination and facilitation between different working groups and government stakeholders involved, help to schedule regular meetings and remind follow-up actions from each discussion
• Plan and implement communication and visibility strategies to highlight gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in Indonesia’s G20 Presidency 2022
• IV. Expected Deliverables

• No

  Deliverables

  Estimated number of working days

  Target dates

  (starting date 1 September 2021

  1

  Submission of report on all activities in supporting WEE Programme during month September 2021 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

  20 working days

  30 September 2021

  2

  Submission of report on all activities in supporting WEE Programme during month October 2021 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

  20 working days

  31 October 2021

  3

  Submission of report on all activities in supporting WEE Programme during month November 2021 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

  20 working days

  30 November 2021

  4

  Submission of report on all activities in supporting WEE Programme during month December 2021 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

  20 working days

  31 December 2021

  5

  Submission of report on all activities in supporting WEE Programme during month January 2022 in line with request and feedback from UN Women

  20 working days

  31 January 2022

Competencies

Essential knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of best practices in communication; including in communication strategy development, media relations, and content creation.
• Excellent writing and editing skills in both English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Familiarity with of women’s rights is an advantage
• Basic to moderate skills in graphic design
• Previous experience in working with UN agencies or other international organizations is an asset

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the United Nations' values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN and UN Women;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce high-quality work.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• At least BA in communication or development-related areas such as Mass Communications, Public Relations, International Relations, Development Studies, and other relevant fields, a recently graduated Master’s Degree holder is also encouraged to join.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in providing support to the formulation and implementation of interal and external communications and advocacy strategies, experience in non-profit and international development organization is an asset;
• Experience in the use of computers applications and software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) as well as web-based management systems;
• Experience in the use of social media and digital communications; and
• Experience in graphic design, photography and photo editing and/or web design is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency (written and spoken) in English and Bahasa Indonesia is required.