Result of Service1. Draft of Country Results Report 2. Advice on drafting reports and presenting information Work LocationRemotely Expected duration10 days Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe annual UN Country Results Reports are guided by the 2019 United Nations Sustainable Cooperation Framework Guidance. To help countries best illustrate the UN’s contribution to the advancement of the SDGs, these guidelines replace the previous UNDG One UN Country Results Report template from 2015. These guidelines are designed to assist UN Country Teams in producing higher quality and timelier Reports, with reduced transaction costs. The report's primary audience is the government, CSO, development partners, and other stakeholders of the UN. The report uses existing country-specific data points in UNINFO, the IMS, and other platforms as relevant, that are kept up to date by the Resident Coordinator’s Office and the UNCT. The UNCT Country Results Report will inform other mandated reports at regional and global levels, including the annual report of the Chair of the UNSDG to the Economic and Social Council on the UN Development Coordination Office, which showcases the work of the Resident Coordinator system and the system-wide contribution to the advancement of the SDGs. Under the UN Resident Coordinator's guidance and overall supervision of the Head of the RCO, the selected consultant will be responsible for writing the Bahrain UNCT Country Results Report for 2024. As indicated in the UN Country Results Report Guidelines for UN Country Teams, the writing task of the UNCT Results Report will entail, but not limited to, the following: - Integrate comments that are reported into the Review of the UNCT Bahrain Annual Country Results Report 2023 provided by RCO - Write and finalize draft United Nations Country Result Report for final clearance of UNCT and RC in compliance with United Nations Country Results Report Guidelines. - Ensure that all content is free of spelling mistakes and professionally and logically presented, removing redundant content. - Review, verify, and edit to ensure the use of gender and culturally sensitive language in the document. Deliverables should include the following: • Draft of Country Results Report • Advice on drafting reports and presenting information Supervision and Performance Evaluation: The consultant will work under the overall guidance of Head of Office, United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) Bahrain Timeframe and deadlines: The assignment will be completed in the period from 13-22 March 2025. The overall duration of work has been estimated to not exceed 10 days. Reports: Consultancy fees will be paid upon satisfactory completion of services after submission of deliverables timesheets and invoice. Qualifications/special skillsAn advanced University Degree (Master's or equivalent) in social sciences (economics, political science, international development, public or business administration), human rights or a related field is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of 10 years of professional work experience in visioning and strategic planning, including sustainable development strategies and programs through multi-stakeholder processes is required. Excellent writing and analytical formulation skills with demonstrated experience in preparing strategic and programming documents or similar analytical documents is required. Strong comprehension of the sustainable development concept and knowledge of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs is required. Extensive experience in Results-Based Management principles, logic modelling /logical framework analysis, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, and participatory approaches is required. Strong experience in process facilitation and inclusive stakeholder engagement processes is desirable. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English is required. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas. Additional InformationNo conflict of interest such as recent or expected employment by UNCT members or implementing partners, private relationships with any UNCT members of staff or government counterparts or implementing partners; participation in the design, implementation or advising CRR being evaluated, among others) is needed. No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.