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.
On January 19, 2023, Chad adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on \"Women, Peace and Security\". This plan, which aims to strengthen the role of women and their involvement in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and resolution, for a period of five (05) years, will guide the country's actions during the period 2023-2027.
In this context, UN Women Regional office for West and Central Africa will engage a national consultant to deliver technical capacity support through supporting national partners from the government and civil society organisations in designing and implementing initiatives related to Women, peace and Security in addition to providing technical capacity to the ministry of Gender and other stakeholders.
The consultant will be reporting to UN WOMEN advisor in Chad, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
Deliverables
The national Consultant with guidance UN Women advisor shall support and develop key documents related to WPS, ressource mobilisation, coordination and capacity building sessions these include:
Deliverable 1: Support the development of the National Gender Policy (PNG) and support NGOs in 1325 implementation
Deliverable 2: Develop and update the coordination matrix and follow up on 1325 initiatives
Deliverable 3: Support the facilitation of at least two workshops (Elected members and CSOs) and follow up on 1325 initiatives
Deliverable 4: Support the development of the spotlight initiative and follow up on 1325 initiatives
Deliverable 5: follow up on 1325 initiatives/Report
Deliverable 6: follow up on 1325 initiatives/Report Deliverable Expected completion time (due day) Payment Schedule (optional) PNG/SuIvi 1325 15 May Monthly Lump sum Coordination matrix/Suivi 1325 15 June Monthly Lump sum Workshops report/Suivi 1325 15 July Monthly Lump sum Spotlight report/Suivi 1325 15 August Monthly Lump sum Suivi 1325/Report 15 September Monthly Lump sum Suivi 1325/Report 15 October Monthly Lump sum
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is an office-based consultancy with flexible working hours and days.
Competencies :
Core Values:
Integrity; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity.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 Values and Competencies Framework:
Functional Competencies:
Sound expertise in gender equality and women’s empowerment, including on women’s empowerment and WPS Communications or knowledge management experience will be an advantage Fluent in Microsoft word, excel, e-mail, web-based applications and databases Demonstrated leadership and personal examples of promoting knowledge management and a professional learning environment Outstanding networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills Capacity to work with diverse partners including governments, donors and civil society Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with people from varied cultures and professional backgrounds Results based management skills Ability to produce well-written documents demonstrating excellent interpersonal communication skillsEducation
Master’s degree or equivalent in Sociology, Gender, economy or any related field is desirableExperience
Minimum 5 years of experience in the field of women political participation Proven experience in conducting training. Experience with UN Intergovernmental processes including those related to women’s empowerment, gender mainstreaming and gender equality. Experience of working with multi-stakeholder organizations is essential: governments, CSOs, and the UN/ multilateral/bilateral institutionsLanguage
Fluency in oral and written French is required.Statements :
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
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