National Consultancy – Lead Gender Consultant

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each baby, a hero!

Pakistan was the sixth nation on the earth to signal and ratify the Conference on the Rights of the Little one lower than one yr after it was adopted by the United Nations Common Meeting in 1989. Nonetheless, kids and adolescents dwelling in Pakistan nonetheless face acute challenges.

UNICEF helps the Authorities of Pakistan to speed up progress for youngsters, work to attain Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs), and assist kids understand their rights beneath the Conference on the Rights of Youngsters. This can be made by way of, amongst others issues, robust partnerships with provincial authorities, academics and well being professionals, frontline staff and social mobilizers, communities, and households, and naturally, the youngsters and adolescents themselves. 

Specifically, UNICEF will work in order that:

• Each baby survives and thrives — being in good well being, immunized, shielded from polio, and accessing nutritious meals.
• Each baby learns.
• Each baby is protected against violence and exploitation and registered at beginning.
• Each baby lives in a secure and clear setting, with entry to secure ingesting water and sufficient sanitation.

To study extra about UNICEF’s work in Pakistan, please go to the nation web site www.unicef.org/pakistan and videos on YouTube and Vimeo

Beneath the supervision and steering of the Gender and Growth Specialist, the Lead Gender Guide together with Gender Help Officer to finalize the UNICEF Nation Workplace Gender Technique to be launched on 08 March 2024. The consultants for this task should be somebody with broad expertise on creating gender methods, toolkits, checklists for each Programme and Finance, and possess the power to impart trainings throughout all sections of UNICEF at federal and provincial degree.  The marketing consultant is predicted to work in shut collaboration with the Gender Focal Factors and Communication and Social and Habits sections in UNICEF.

You may make a distinction by executing the next duties and deliverables as per timelines as beneath:

Scope of labor:

UNICEF Pakistan Nation Workplace undertook Gender Programme Overview in 2020-2021 and within the gentle of suggestions, this task entails key strategic steps involving the next:

UNICEF to develop a complete Gender Technique with imaginative and prescient for Pakistan Nation Workplace, for the remaining length of the present Nation Programme Doc (CPD), that pulls power from UNICEF’s GAPs and the South Asian Gender Mainstreaming Technique. The Gender Technique might then be up to date on the time of subsequent CPD. The Gender Technique ought to embrace:

• A bit contextualizing gender evaluation for every part at nationwide and provincial ranges together with humanitarian by way of consultative course of.
• Develop gender toolkit for every part in PCO according to regional HQ tips to comply with gender responsive programming throughout planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and budgeting.
• Indicative gender-responsive approaches for programming and indicator setting.
• Present sector-specific gender methods to be subsumed within the PCO’s gender technique.
• Motion plans for every part to trace progress in the direction of gender outcomes and motion by programmes alongside the gender continuum.
• Prompt threat administration approaches to advance gender equality in programmes, in a context the place Authorities hardly ever requests UNICEF to take a high-risk method.
• Launch UNICEF PCO’s Gender Technique in any respect ranges.

This task entails finalization of UNICEF Gender Technique together with aforementioned key steps.  For this consultancy UNICEF is searching for the providers of an skilled  nationwide marketing consultant who can be answerable for constructing applicable strategic networks, work with all key sections in UNICEF at provincial and federal degree, meet with companions, together with Gender Thematic Group, Consequence 2 members of UNSDCF, together with communities with whom UNICEF works instantly, authorities together with Ministry of Planning Fee, Ministry of Schooling, Ministry of Nationwide Well being Companies, Rules and Coordination, Ladies Machineries, civil society, and different associated actors. Lead Gender Guide will work intently with all sections in UNICEF, which shall be included on this consultancy and beneath the direct supervision of the Lead Gender Guide.

The marketing consultant can be answerable for:

• Finalization and launch of UNICEF Gender Technique for Pakistan: Creating a complete UNICEF Gender Technique together with principle of change for each growth and humanitarian nexus, sector smart gender evaluation, gender toolkits together with guidelines, and gender coverage briefs for every part for venture growth, planning, implementation, reporting and financing. Maintain consultations with every part at federal and provincial degree together with Gender Retreat after which set up nationwide session for consensus constructing and endorsement from whole UNICEF PCO. Help UNICEF PCO to launch this technique on eighth March 2024.  together with key messages, goal audiences, and supply channels.
• Gender Content material Creation and Dissemination: The marketing consultant will present help in planning and ideation of modern content material for communications property equivalent to internet articles, explainers, and statements from group’s movies, together with leveraging social listening insights, evaluation of efficiency of earlier content material, and monitoring of social media to establish new alternatives to reply to wants, considerations and questions from on-line communities. He/she can be answerable for making certain that gender responsive messages are delivered by way of the suitable channels which he/she is going to establish as a part of the scope of labor. This can require figuring out key actors, creating a plan for engagement, and constructing relationships over time.

Duties:

1a. Inception Planning Assembly to outline consultancy goal, and to develop a complete workplan and timeline for finishing duties.

1b. Desk analysis gender dimensions, social obstacles, present gender analysis in Pakistan for all of the sections UNICEF is figure for. This analysis will present insights that can inform the UNICEF Gender technique.

02. Stakeholder engagement Plan: Participating with PCO. FO and part chiefs, UN companions, GTG, civil society organizations, and group members, to grasp their views and collect suggestions.

03. Develop gender toolkits, checklists as listed above, coverage briefs for use by UNICEF implementing companions in venture growth, planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring and budgeting. The marketing consultant, with help of UNICEF sections will take a look at these instruments in 02 sections

4. Three Op-Ed items (English and Urdu) can be written and printed through the course of the consultancy (begin, center and finish)

05. With help of UNICEF nation workplace, facilitate and reasonable 04 provincial workshops together with classes on gender with key stakeholders (part chief, authorities, service suppliers, community-based organizations, and so on) to organize for the nationwide degree gender technique launch. Workshop findings to tell primary thrust of nationwide degree occasion for launch of UNICEF Gender Technique.

06. Share Draft Gender Technique primarily based on the consultative course of at provincial degree, together with toolkits, checklists and coverage briefs for all UNICEF key sections and current to UNICEF Gender Focal Factors, Chief of Sections, Chief Subject Workplaces for his or her suggestions and inputs and incorporate accordingly

07. Lead the planning and implementation of 1 high- degree nationwide occasion in partnership with the Authorities of Pakistan, UNICEF, main donors, growth businesses and others for launch of UNICEF Gender Technique on the eve of Worldwide Ladies’s Day

09. Closing detailed marketing campaign report

Deliverables:

• Inception Report/Workplan and Timeline: The inception plan will clearly outline the target of the UNICEF Gender Technique. This can embrace outlining the contours of technique, checklist of key gender coverage briefs, place papers for UNICEF. It should additionally embrace particulars of questionnaires, FGDs and KIIs, content material wants and a calendar of key occasions and key messages in agreed upon content material.
• A short report offering a concise assessment of present analysis and knowledge on gender obstacles, evaluation in Pakistan which is able to inform the event of the technique. The report will act as a complete scenario evaluation report on gender in Pakistan, together with related legal guidelines, insurance policies, cultural practices, social norms.
• Stakeholder Engagement Plan: A plan outlining the technique to interact stakeholders, PCO, FO, Part Chiefs at provincial and federal degree, together with UN companions, authorities our bodies, civil society organizations, and different related stakeholders. The plan will define easy methods to leverage varied channels to succeed in and interact these stakeholders, together with electronic mail, and in-person conferences, FGDs and KIIs.
• Gender toolkit, guidelines and gender coverage briefs  
• Two Op-Eds (one in Urdu and one in English) for publication in suitably acknowledged nationwide Urdu and English language newspapers. This primary Op-Ed can be an exposition of the problems round gender obstacles, together with obstacles to alter and the affect on people, communities and common society and final one can be on key contours of UNICEF gender technique
• 04 Provincial Workshops Stories

Technique doc to be shared and incorporate suggestions and feedback:

• Occasion Plan, together with, idea word, agenda, and plan of engagement with invitees/audio system/visitors
• Press Launch for all main information shops
• 1 Nationwide Launch Occasion to be held on eighth March 2024 at an acceptable location in Islamabad. The agenda of the occasion can be designed to interact and encourage a various vary of stakeholders, together with authorities officers, civil society organizations, girls led organizations, parliamentarians, youth leaders, media, and donors.
• IEC materials and develop giveaways (baggage, folders with key message on UNICEF Gender Technique)
• Actual-time movies of occasion for UNICEF Web site and wider media consumption

• A remaining report summarizing the venture’s achievements, challenges, and suggestions for future initiatives. The report ought to embrace all of the annexures that can be developed throughout the complete course of task.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have… 

• A complicated college diploma (Grasp’s or greater) in social sciences, social work, gender research, public coverage or legislation.
• *A primary College Diploma (Bachelor’s) in a related subject mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.
• A minimal of 06 of related skilled expertise in gender technique or coverage growth, programming, reporting and implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise in partaking with authorities, UN businesses and CSOs on delicate social points, ideally in Pakistan.
• Familiarity with baby rights, gender points, and human rights within the Pakistani context.
• Sturdy writing and modifying expertise, with expertise in creating high-quality communications supplies in each English and Urdu languages.
• Sturdy facilitation and coaching expertise, with expertise in conducting trainings on delicate social points in Pakistan.
• Expertise in monitoring and evaluating social communications campaigns in Pakistan.
• Creating nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

For each Little one, you show… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

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 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further info to conduct a background examine. 

Remarks:  

• Estimated Period: 120 working days unfold over a interval of 8 months
• Candidates should submit a monetary citation indicating a month-to-month payment as a part of the applying in opposition to every deliverable.
• Islamabad/ with travels in Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistan and KP.
• On the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate should have in place present medical insurance protection.
• Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

People engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought of “workers members” beneath the Employees Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (equivalent to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service can be ruled by their contract and the Common Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF during their consultancy contracts.