JOB DETAILS

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the National Consultant WEPs Coordinator are:

Support companies in becoming WEPs signatories

• Conduct sector mapping to identify potential new members;
• Approach and promote WEPs membership and partnership and serve as a central point of contact for liaison purposes;
• Serve as a helpdesk for companies that need support in the onboarding process;
• Review applications (i.e. verify eligibility, check status on the UNGM platform, etc.), approve and publish companies to the WEPs website;
• In collaboration with UN Women communications team, implement communications plan of the WEPs community to ensure visibility and increase outreach;

Provide technical guidance and inputs to companies signatories

• Support signatories companies to identify needs and opportunities to implement WEPs principles;
• Design and implement capacity building programmes for WEPs signatories including through webinars and workshops;
• Schedule and organize regular dialogues and knowledge exchange sessions to support the creation of a community of practice approach;
• Prepare demand-driven substantive guidance on WEPs implementation;

Provide ongoing technical support to UN Women Tunisia on WEPs engagement and support

• Identify and implement strategies to strengthen UN Women WEPs portfolio, aligned with the regional initiative “Surging Women’s Employment”
• Attend regular meetings with WEPs global focal points and represent UN Women Tunisia;
• Lead tasks forces to pilot new approaches and conceptualize new workstream and processes;
• Organize an introduction section for UN Women personnel on WEPs signatories principles, approval and publishing process.?

Provide WEPs advocacy and communication support

• In collaboration with the communications team, develop and implement WEPs advocacy and communication strategy;
• Identify and collect impact stories from WEPs signatories and lead the development of case studies;
• Support the creation and post of social media assets .

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel This is a home-based consultancy.

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#_Value

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• In depth understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, challenges and motivations in the private sector;
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and competing priorities;
• Experience in establishing and sustaining effective relationships with clients; anticipating needs; being clientoriented.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree or equivalent in business, finance, economic or related fields.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

• At least 10 of experience in the related field with progressive responsibilities;
• Experience working in the promoting of women’s empowerment gender equality in the world of work is an asset;
• Experience in establishing, building and sustaining effective relationships with network of clients is an asset;
• Excellent analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently.

Languages

• Fluency in French and Arabic is required.
• Work knowledge of English is required;