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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network. Headquartered in New York City, UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It provides expert advice, training, and grants support to developing countries, with increasing empha...
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 East and Southern Africa Region, UN Women maintains presence in 13 countries with programme presence in Somalia.
The ESAR faces numerous humanitarian challenges ranging from prolonged droughts, cyclones/flooding, conflict induced displacement into refugee camps and internal displacement with huge impacts on communities particularly women and girls. COVID 19 outbreak has worsened the situation given the weak health systems and fragile livelihoods that women and girls depend on.
Although women and girls are the majority recipients of humanitarian assistance, their role in decision making and leadership structures remains inadequate. In 2019, UN Women carried out a regional mapping of women’s organization engaged in humanitarian and DRR activities across the 13 countries. During the mapping, women organization raised a number of challenges that continue to hinder their effective engagement in humanitarian work such as inadequate funding; inadequate knowledge on how the humanitarian systems works; limited leadership skills; capacities of their staff to develop programmes and proposals that will attract donor funds; negative gender & social norms and perceptions around the leadership of women among others.
As part of its humanitarian programmes at national level, UN Women is addressing the leadership challenge through various capacity building initiatives, including in IDP and refugee camps. However, there is no standardized common tool, manual and agreed structure for such trainings. To bridge the gaps identified in the 2019 of women’s organizations engaged in humanitarian and DRR activities across the ESA region, UNW seeks to improve knowledge and capacities of women and women’s organizations in humanitarian interventions areas such as needs assessment, planning and coordination processes.
To achieve the above stated objectives, UN Women ESARO seeks the services of an international consultant to support in developing a standardized training approach for women to effectively participate, lead and influence humanitarian action.
Duties And Responsibilities
Reporting to UN Women Humanitarian Specialist, the consultant is expected to carry out the following responsibilities:
Deliverables
Work Schedule
Activities/deliverables
Estimated time
Payment Allocation
Undertake a desk review of all training manuals and tools being used by UN Women in training women and identify gaps,
4 weeks
30%
Conduct literature review of existing manuals on women’s leadership in humanitarian action to inform and enrich the process
Develop a draft standardized training manual for use within the region
4 weeks
40%
Facilitate for a consultation meeting with humanitarian focal points and other relevant staff to provide feedback and validate the draft training manual
Finalize on the Training Manual incorporating feedback received from the training and other relevant stakeholders within UN Women.
4 weeks
30 %
Deliver a targeted Training of Trainers from each of the Country Office within the ESA region and a work-plan on how they can replicate training within their countries
Competencies
Core Values
Core Competencies
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and 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
Education
Required Skills
and Experience
Experience
Language Requirements
Take Note
UNWOMEN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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