Consultancy at UN Women

Consultancy Job Purpose

• The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct discussions with the ministries of women and human rights development, planning, statistical bureaus and other relevant federal and state/interim state level institutions, key Somali research institutions, universities and think thanks, the World Bank and UN Women as well as with relevant UN AFPs and Mission Components, GTG members, Women CSOs on what different options that could be relevant for the State of Somali Women and Men Report with regards to the content and depth of analysis, ownership arrangements between the government level women machineries, roles and functions of  national think thanks and universities/research institutions, frequency of the State of Somali Women and Men Report, and options for backstopping and support functions by an international reputable institution.
• The objective of the consultancy is to lay the ground for a process whereby data collection and analysis as well as publication of reports on gender equality, and WPS Agenda is increasingly conducted in-country by Somali institutions, thereby building capacity of Somali institutions and further supporting knowledge development and evidence-based programming.
• The consultant will work under the guidance of the UN Women Country Program Manager and the World Bank Social Development Specialist, and in close coordination with the UNSOM Gender Advisor, and the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office.

Consultancy Job Responsibilities

• Consult with key UN and World Bank stakeholders, development partners and institutions currently engaged in knowledge generation and data publication; consult with ministries of women and human rights development and planning, statistical bureaus and gender machineries at federal and state/interim state level to solicit what type of information they would like to see included in a report of this nature, and identify relevant key indicators that are currently collected (and by whom), to help identify where there are key gaps, and discuss proposed list of indicators that should be developed/collected moving forward. Assess what ownership modalities that would be most relevant;
• Review current publications addressing gender issues in Somalia, to outline what is available and where the gaps are;
• Meet with key Somali research institutions, universities and think thanks to assess capacity for engagement, what key capacity building needs to be included in the State of the Somali Women and Men Report, and what role national institutions best can play, and what role would be the most relevant for the international institutions;
• An annotated bibliography of existing literature addressing data collection with an analysis of and/or reference to gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data;
• Draft an options paper and present and discuss with key government partners, UN Women, UNSOM, the RCO and the World Bank;
• Draft a Request for Proposals to be advertised by the federal and state/interim state level ministries of women and human rights development (MWHRD);
• Develop the scoring formats and criteria for selection.

Deliverables:

• The Consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs:
• Phase I: (to be completed on or before 15 December 2015):

Qualifications For Consultancy Job

• Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Core Values and Ethics

• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and able to work in a multi-national environment;
• Support the Organization’s corporate goal;
• Comply with UN WOMEN rules, regulations and code of conduct;

Integrity.

• Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Build effective client relationships and partnerships;
• Interact with all levels of staff in the organization;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Build and share knowledge;
• Make valuable practice contributions.

Communicating and Information Sharing

• Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication;
• Excellent oral and written skills;
• Listen actively and respond effectively.
• Self-management and Emotional Intelligence
• Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behaviour towards others.

Education

• Master degree in a relevant field such as economics, statistics, social studies with gender as a major or gender studies with economics/statistics as a major.
• Minimum 7 years’ extensive experience in data analysis and statistical analysis in fragile contexts, some of which on gender equality and women, peace and security issues;
• Experience working with gender machineries in fragile contexts a significant advantage;
• Experience from similar engagements an advantage;
• Experience working with UN agencies and/or the World Bank required;
• Knowledge of Human Rights and Gender programming in Somalia or similar fragile and conflict affected states an advantage;
• Multi-stakeholders’ coordination experience is an asset;
• High level of proficiency in computer systems, internet navigation and various office applications