International Consultant on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

Description:

Location: Yerevan, ARMENIA
Application Deadline: 10-Dec-08
Additional Category: Women’s Empowerment
Type of Contract: SSA
Languages Required: English

The UN Development Group (UNDG) has approved the Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (Scorecard) at its meeting on 24 April 2008. These Performance Indicators, along with the Users’ Guide, should serve as a valuable tool to help UN Country Teams (UNCT) understand the standard practices in which they should be engaging to support national priorities for advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment, a goal that is central to achieving the MDGs. They can be used for the UNCT’s self-assessment and for identifying gaps and corrective actions.

The UNDG requests all UNCTs to use Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. In particular, the request goes to the UNCTs that are developing UNDAFs for 2008 and 2009 to establish a baseline using the performance indicators, so that they can measure changes over the period of the next UNDAF. The UNDG will monitor their use and make adaptations as needed, based on feedback from the UNCTs. Eventually, every UNCT will be using these indicators systematically as an internal accountability mechanism, and to identify where progress is made or additional support is needed.

In view of the above, following the UNDG request, the UNCT Armenia, having started the 2010-2014 UNDAF preparation process in 2008, has agreed to commission preparation of the Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in line with the User’s Guide to an independent local expert, who will work closely with the UNCT.

Objective:

The main objective of preparation of the Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment is to establish a baseline, which will enable the UNCT Armenia to measure and monitor the gender equality and women’s empowerment at least twice during the new 2010-2014 UNDAF cycle: once in the beginning of the cycle and another time during the mid-term review of the UNDAF document.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The main objective of preparation of the Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment is to establish a baseline, which will enable the UNCT Armenia to measure and monitor the gender equality and women’s empowerment at least twice during the new 2010-2014 UNDAF cycle: once in the beginning of the cycle and another time during the mid-term review of the UNDAF document.

Under the overall supervision of the UN Resident Coordinator, direct supervision of the UN Coordination Analyst and in close consultation with the UNCT the consultant will perform the following duties and responsibilities.

• Reviews the Scorecard and User’s Guide;
• Reviews relevant documents, such as UNDAF, CCA/UNDAF preparation guidelines by UNDG, February 2007; National Plan of Action on Gender Equality and/or Women Empowerment; CEDAW related documents, etc.;
• Refines the generic questionnaire, sets up and conducts interviews with the RC, UN Agencies’ Gender Focal points and other relevant UN staff members; Regional Director’s Team; counterparts, including government ministries and civil society representatives;
• Drafts the Scorecard and narrative report;
• Conducts verbal debriefing with RC/UNCT to present the draft Scorecard and narrative report. During the meeting a follow-up tracking matrix should be completed as well;
• Finalizes the Scorecard and narrative part based on UNCT comments and follow-up matrix;
• Participates in a follow-up debrief with the UNDG Task Team.

Expected Output:

The consultant will complete the Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Scorecard, narrative report and follow-up matrix. The report will be presented in electronic format to the RC Unit, in English language, and prepared taking into account the comments and inputs of the UNCT.

Competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of the gender instreaming;
• Proven qualities of synthesis and strong ability to analyze, prepare and present written materials in excellent English;
• Knowledge of the work of the UN Agencies in Armenia and the development situation of the country will be an asset.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Advanced university degree in gender, human rights, international affairs, development studies, political or social science;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in similar type of assignments;

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Application Deadline: 10 December 2008.

Website: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=7576