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.
UN Women Jordan Country Office supports the Government of Jordan to implement global norms and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment; promotes women’s economic empowerment; and implements a resilience and empowerment model for Syrian refugee women and vulnerable Jordanian women. The country office is implementing its Strategic Note for the period 2018-2022 and is prioritizing coherence and interlinkages across its projects and programmes under these three pillars. This requires effective implementation, monitoring and reporting on progress and results and coordination with key stakeholders in government, civil society and the international community.
Reporting to the Head of Programmes, the Strategic Planning Specialist works with and provides support to the members of the Programme Team in the development and implementation of effective programmes consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. The Strategic Planning Specialist contributes to the overall coherence of UN Women Jordan’s programme design and supports programme planning and implementation. The Strategic Planning Specialist works in close collaboration with Head of Programmes, project management specialists and technical experts in the Jordan CO to ensure delivery of intended results under UN Women Jordan’s Strategic Plan.
Under overall guidance of the UN Women Country Representative and direct supervision of the UN Women Head of Programmes the consultant will perform the following tasks:
Participate in the Jordan Country Office Strategic Note Mid-term Review exercise.
Provide high-quality technical and policy advisory support to country office management on coherent programme design under the framework of the Strategic Note
Support programme/project planning and implementation processes, based on the Strategic Note and Annual Work Plan
Inter-Agency Coordination Support
Support knowledge management efforts
Duration of the assignment
The total duration of the contract assignment will be a 12-month period.
Expected Deliverables
The consultant is expected to deliver the following:
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Deliverables
1.
Monthly reports on progress made against the tasks and responsibilities of the TOR
Upon receipt of the deliverables and prior to the payment of the installment, the deliverables, related reports and documents will be reviewed and approved by UN Women within one week of submission.
Performance evaluation:
Contractor’s performance will be evaluated based on timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered.
Core Values:
Core Competencies:
UN Women Values and competencies link : https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637
Education
Experience and skills
Language and other skills
Submission of application
Interested candidates are requested to submit electronic application not later than 21 April 2020.
Submission package
Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated based on the Cumulative analysis.
A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical proposal being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.
Technical qualification evaluation criteria:
The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
Technical Evaluation Criteria
Obtainable Score
Education
10 %
Experience and skills
80 %
Language skills
10 %
Total Obtainable Score
100 %
Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidate.
Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:
This vacancy is archived.