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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN WOMEN West & Central Africa Regional Office has been supporting multi-initiatives through programming, global advocacy and building strategic partners with national governments, civil society, UN agencies and other bilateral and multi-lateral development organizations. EVAW Regional unit supports several initiatives at regional, at country levels and intends to document good or emerging practices which emerge from UNWomen’s interventions.

Under the direct supervision of the EVAW Regional policy specialist, the consultant will collaborate closely with the Regional, and Country Offices’ (RO/ /CO) colleagues to document good or emerging practices which emerge from UNWomen’s interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall objective of the mission is to document good practices and lessons learned with a focus on gender equality and women’s empowerment approaches in the projects implemented under Ending violence against women and girl’s portfolio.

The consultant will be required to produce six (6) documents presenting successes and lessons learned/good practices, illustrated with achievements, including induced changes for women and girls. The good practices and lessons will focus beyond the results on:

1. The Involvement of Traditional, Religious and Cultural Leaders in Changing Social Norms
2. Preventing GBV through Economic Empowerment
3. Mobilizing women’s rights organizations

Methodology

The Consultant will conduct the activities according to the methodology described below.

• Preliminary phase: production of documents per themes, data collection; analysis and writing of documents.
• Organization/facilitation of a virtual validation workshop by EVAW community of practice
• Production of final Documents

Deliverables

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an office-based consultancy.

As part of this assignment, there will be a maximum of 10 trips out of the duty location.

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
• Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and French, with an excellent understanding of structure and form of official UN documentation.
• Excellent organizational skills and proven ability to deliver projects within assigned deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and objectivity.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team structure in a multicultural environment.
• In-depth substantive knowledge of Knowledge Management and Development Policy issues, particularly in gender equality and ending violence against women.
• Solid familiarity with current Knowledge Management technologies, including social media-based systems.
• Demonstrated capacity to strongly promote knowledge sharing and knowledge products and systems.
• Good knowledge of gender issues and EVAW.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to different audiences

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:

• Graduate degree in social sciences, sociology, public health, or any other equivalent field
• Excellent knowledge of the socio-economic and cultural context of West and Central Africa

Experience:

• At least five years of relevant experience in capitalizing on development projects and conducting experience-sharing workshops in the field of ending violence against women.
• Excellent command and proven experience in gender analysis, excellent ability to integrate gender issues into the planning, implementation and analysis of results achieved.
• Proven work experience on VAW projects and programs
• Previous work experience in the countries where the project is involved.
• Excellent analytical, synthesis and writing skills in French and English
• Excellent command of computer tools and Office suite
• Autonomy, ability to work in a team, flexibility, initiative, leadership, ability to multi-task, ability to lead teams.
• Ability to adapt to a multicultural work environment, demonstrated skills in considering cultural diversity.
• Ability to work under pressure, sense of rigor and respect for deadlines.

Languages:

• Fluency in French and English is required.

Application

• Personal CV or P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc )
• A cover letter (maximum length: 3 pages)
• Proof of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns, or other materials

Note

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion

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.