UNWOMEN-Consultant on Gender evaluation- Mexico

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Background

  • Organizational context

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 Mexico Country Office (CO), in line with national priorities on Gender Equality, and with the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, among other normative frameworks, provides coherent support to government, parliament, academia, indigenous and women’s organizations, justice system and UN entities, through providing “upstream” policy and programme advise, promoting a human rights-based approach to achieve sustainable development, improving national systems, sharing of good practices and lessons learned, strengthening normative and operational linkages, and promoting South- South and triangular cooperation. The programme in Mexico aims to guide, promote and coordinate actions to drive national partners to better develop strategic interventions in five priority areas:

1. Strengthen and implement a comprehensive and dynamic set of global policies and norms on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

2. Strengthen mechanisms that enable women to lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems.

3. Promote that women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy.

4. Ensure that all women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence.

5. Contribute to women and girls´ active participation in the prevention of natural disasters and to have a greater influence in policies related to humanitarian action.

Background:

In Addis Ababa in 2015, the UN coined the term Financing for Development (FfD) to incentivize and catalyze private finance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 Agenda. In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, stakeholders committed to working “for a significant increase in investments to close the gender gap”. Since then, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), donors and private investors have developed new ways to use capital to blend private and public funds, alongside technical assistance, to achieve historic levels of purpose driven financing in support of development. Yet, the path towards increased financing for sustainable development has been significantly disrupted by COVID- 19, reducing public and private allocations towards the achievement of the SDGs.

In that context, UN Women has begun to work with ministries of finance in the articulation of budget plans and processes that are gender-smart, that is, they unleash the power of female inclusion to benefit society as a whole—economically or otherwise. As a next step in developing this ministerial relationship, UN Women is offering help with the issuance of “gender bonds”—securities in which the issuer commits to spending the funds on expenses that advance gender equality. These bonds would tap on the broader thematic-bond market, which is on a path of exponential growth—with over $300 billion in issuances in 2019 alone. Buyers in this market are mostly signatories of the UN Principles of Responsible investment and manage an estimated $100 trillion in financial assets.

Consultancy objective:

UN Women seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, with a focus on the public sector and government budgeting, to support the ex-ante design of monitoring frameworks for public sector gender financing, and the ex-post evaluation against those, and other, frameworks.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope:

Working under the guidance of the Innovative Finance Advisor and reporting to the Programme Specialist and UN Women Country Representative in Mexico, the Gender Evaluation Consultant will:

Deliverable products

Deadline

Activity 1: Inputs, concept notes, fact sheets, systematizations, and specialized reviews and documents.

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Activity 2: Monitoring and evaluation reports

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Activity 3: Inputs, concept notes, fact sheets and specialized documents.

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Activity 4: Fact sheets, systematizations, and specialized reviews.

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Activity 5: Specialized reviews, systematizations, fact sheets, specialized documents.

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Activity 6: Evaluation reports, systematizations, minutes/ reports of meetings

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Activity 7: Evaluation reports, systematizations, minutes/ reports of meetings

Based on demand during the consultancy.

Contract execution arrangements:

Payments for the services will be made per working day in Mexican pesos based on the UN Women Local Consultant Scale Level B, according to the delivery and approval of each of the deliverables on a monthly basis.

Payments for the services will be made after the delivery of each product established in the table above, subject to satisfaction and approval by UN Women in accordance with the established schedule.

The deliverables shall be delivered according to the dates as per the work schedule previously approved by UN Women, for the deliverables listed.

Payment will be made upon delivery of a monthly report of deliverables subject to satisfaction and approval by UN Women, detailing the activities carried out on each working day necessary for the delivery of the products requested. The maximum number of hours per working day is 8 hours, and the maximum number of working days per month is 21.75 days.

Payment will be made in Mexican pesos at the United Nations exchange rate in effect at the time the contract is signed.

In order to process the payment, the consultant must submit an invoice receipt showing the number of working days reported in the monthly report.

When processing the last payment, it must be accompanied by the Consultant Performance Evaluation.

The SSA establishes that the remuneration for this contract type is an all-inclusive fee, the organization will not be liable for additional cost or benefits. Hence, it is the responsibility of the consultant to take out adequate medical insurance for the duration of the contract and it is recommendable that the policy includes coverage for COVID-19 related illness. The medical coverage should be international when the contract requires missions or international assignment.

If selected for this vacant post, proof of medical coverage should be presented within the first two months of the contract.

Where a decision is made that travel is required, prior to going on mission consultants/individual contractors should be requested to provide a signed “Statement of good health” to confirm their insurance coverage and inoculations in line with paragraph 5.24.1 in the SSA Policy.

No travel is contemplated for the development of the consultancy; however, if travel and/or transfers are required, the costs will be covered by UN Women, following the Organization's current rates for such purposes.

In the current crisis due to COVID-19, no travel is foreseen for this consultancy, but rather remote and virtual work. This may change after the present situation.

UN Women does not make advances.

Performance monitoring and evaluation:

The Gender evaluation consultancy will be managed by UN Women Mexico Country Office, in close collaboration with UN Women HQ. The Economic Empowerment Area in Mexico and the global team on Innovative Finance will carry out the supervision of this consultancy. The consultant is not a United Nations staff member and will carry out the activities related to his/her consultancy in a virtual way, from his/her workspace under the work plan.

For the consultancy's good development, the supervisor will provide the consultant with the existing documents and information that UN Women has related to the consultancy's topics. It is the consultant's responsibility to obtain primary and secondary data from other sources, if necessary.

The consultant will maintain permanent coordination with her/his supervisor to execute and develop the products requested by this consultancy effectively. He/she will also provide information as requested within the framework of the terms of reference.?

Performance indicators:

  • Products / deliverables timely presented according to the TORs
  • Work quality
  • Compliance with expected results.
  • Compliance with the competencies

Intellectual rights, patents and other property rights:

The right to equipment and supplies provided by UN Women to the consultant for the performance of any obligation under this contract shall remain with UN Women. Such equipment shall be returned to UN Women at the end of this contract or when the consultant no longer needs it. When returned to UN Women, such equipment shall be in the same condition as when it was given to the consultant, subject to normal wear and tear. The consultant shall be responsible for compensating UN Women for damaged or broken equipment regardless of normal wear and tear.

UN Women shall be entitled to all intellectual property and other proprietary rights including but not limited to: patents, copyrights, and trademarks, concerning products, processes, inventions, ideas, know-how, documents and other materials that the consultant has prepared or collected in consequence of or during the execution of this consultancy, and the consultant acknowledges and agrees that such products, documents and other materials constitute work carried out under the engagement of UN Women. However, if such intellectual property or other property rights consist of any intellectual property or property rights of the consultant (i) that existed before the consultant's performance of his or her obligations under this contract, or (ii) that the consultant may develop or acquire, or may have developed or acquired, independently of the performance of his or her obligations under this contract, UN Women shall not and shall not claim any ownership interest therein, and the consultant shall grant UN Women a perpetual license to use such intellectual property or other property rights solely for the purpose and the requirements of this contract.

Recruitment Process:

In order to be considered in the selection process, you must submit at least the following supporting documentation:

  1. P-11 Form (Personal History Form) in English, duly completed and signed, detailing the main activities and/or functions performed in each position and place of work, specifying start date and end date. It must contain at least what is established in the section of required Skills and Experience. The P-11 Form can be downloaded from: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=2740
  2. Submit two electronic samples (one of the samples must be in the English language) of previous work (published or unpublished) related to the topics and areas established in the section of required Skills and Experience.

NOTE:

-Samples must be of your authorship or mention your participation in the coordination of it.

-Samples will be treated confidentially.

-They may be submitted as follows:

-Include them in the only file that the platform allows to upload, or

-Include the electronic links for consultation in Form P11 (without password).

The applicant who meets each of the requirements requested and who obtains the highest cumulative total score according to the following evaluation criteria will be selected:

The applicant who meets each of the requirements requested and who obtains the highest cumulative total score according to the following evaluation criteria will be selected:

Stages of the evaluation process

PRELIMINARY REVIEW

The proposals will be verified in accordance with the provisions established in Proposal submission section. If any of the documents are not submitted, the application will be disqualified and will not be considered for the next stage.

STAGE 1: Curricular evaluation according to the information contained in P-11 form.

In this stage the information presented in the P11 Form will be evaluated and weighted according to Proposal submission section.

STAGE 1

Evaluation of Format P11 "Experience"

In this stage, the information presented in P11 Form will be evaluated and weighted according to Proposal submission section

REQUEST

SCORE

Education an Languages:

Master’s degree in Finance, Economics or Business Administration.

10 pts.

If the candidate does not have a master's degree, a bachelor's degree in the same subjects will be considered if the candidate demonstrates two additional years of professional experience to those requested below.

Fluency in oral and written Spanish and English

10 pts.

Al least 8 years of relevant work experience in gender issues, gender-budgeting, public financial management, and monitoring and evaluation; with an emphasis on the Mexican context.

14 pts.

Experience:

At least 3 years of experience in public financial management.

14 pts.

At least 3 years in monitoring and evaluation with an emphasis on the public sector.

14 pts.

Demonstrated quantitative skills and ability to write reports in English for the attention of senior management.

14 pts.

Experience dealing with and awareness of protocols related to the engagement with high level government officials.

14 pts.

Publications in the general area of fiscal and financial management.

10 pts.

TOTAL, OF MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS

100 PTS

MINIMUM TO GO TO THE SAMPLE REVIEW

70 PTS

STAGE 2

Sample review

At this stage, the two written samples will be evaluated and weighed.

REQUEST

SCORE

Sample 1 (Spanish)

· Quality of the product

50 pts (25 for each item).

· Relevance of the topic to UN Women's work

Sample 2 (English)

· Quality of the product

50 pts (25 for each item).

· Relevance of the topic to UN Women's work

TOTAL, OF MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS

100 PTS

MINIMUM TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW

70 pts.

STAGE 3

Interview

Only applicants who have passed the previous stages will be interviewed.

Competencies

Core Values

•Integrity: Demonstrate coherence in the defense and promotion of UN Women's values in actions and decisions, in line with the United Nations Code of Conduct.

•Professionalism: Demonstrate professional capacity and expert knowledge of the substantive areas of work.

•Respect for diversity: Demonstrates an appreciation for the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff.

Core Competences:

• Awareness and sensitivity regarding gender issues

• Responsibility

• Creative problem solving

• Effective communication

• Inclusive collaboration

• Commitment to Counterparties

• Leadership and example.

Visit the following link to know more about UN Women 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:

•Substantive knowledge and understanding of gender equality.

•Ability to conceptualize issues and analyze data.

•Excellent analytical and communication capabilities.

Managerial comepencies:

· Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks related to results management, including support to program design, planning and implementation, data management and reporting.

· Distinctive competence in consulting and communication skills, as well as the ability to work independently and with virtual teams.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in Finance, Economics or Business Administration. If the candidate does not have a master's degree, a bachelor's degree in the same subjects will be considered if the candidate demonstrates two additional years of professional experience to those requested below.

Professional Experience:

•Al least 8 years of relevant work experience in gender issues, gender-budgeting, public financial management, and monitoring and evaluation; with an emphasis on the Mexican context.

•At least 3 years of experience in public financial management.

•At least 3 years in monitoring and evaluation with an emphasis on the public sector.

.Demonstrated quantitative skills and ability to write reports in English for the attention of senior management.

• Experience dealing with, and awareness of protocols related to the engagement with high level government officials.

• Publications in the general area of fiscal and financial management

IMPORTANT NOTES.

· Making the application, only one (1) file must be uploaded in PDF format. A guide is attached for you to perform this step. https://www.wikihow.com/Merge-PDF-Files.?

· UN Women assumes no responsibility and only describes one of the many ways to compress documents related to the application. You may use whichever one you deem appropriate.

· Applications received incomplete or after the closing date will not be considered.

· Only those applications that fit on the shortlist will be contacted for an interview (if applicable).

· Consultants who have an employment relationship with public institutions can only be hired if they present proof of a work permit (license) without expiration and a letter of no objection to the consultancy's performance, issued by the employing institution. If the candidates are linked to a research institution, academic center, or university, presenting a letter of no objection issued by the employing institution is sufficient.

· The selected consultants must have medical coverage and present proof of their coverage within two months of signing their contract.

· If the consultant needs to travel, medical coverage, required vaccines according to the destination, and travel insurance must be confirmed.

· If the consultancy is international, the currency will be US dollars or the local currency.

UN Women is committed to achieving workplace diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. People from minority groups, indigenous groups and people with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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