UN Women 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.

UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities:

•               Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems

•               Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy

•               All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence

•               Women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action

UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.

Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality

Established in Seoul in 2022 with support from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of the Republic of Korea, the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality (the Centre) seeks to function as a ‘knowledge hub’ to facilitate research, education and training, sharing of innovations and lessons learned, networking, and development of multi-stakeholder partnerships for the achievement of gender equality in the Asia-Pacific region. The Centre aims to contribute to operationalizing normative frameworks on gender equality and the empowerment of women, informing innovative approaches to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”), transforming harmful social norms in the fast-changing and unique social landscape of Asia and the Pacific, and forging partnerships across sectors. The Centre’s working language is English, and it offers an international working environment, while Korean language skills are required for this particular consultancy, given the nature of the work involved.

In 2023, the Centre will implement its annual work plan with various training, research, and partnership-building activities. It plans to host several large-scale international/regional meetings and training in Seoul with overseas participants from Asia and the Pacific region. In this context, the Centre is looking for a qualified national policy and programme consultant who will work closely with the Gender Specialist to provide technical and logistic support for the organization of the programme activities.

Objective of the consultancy

The objective of the consultancy is to ensure that the policy and programme activities under the Centre’s work-plan will be implemented to a high quality.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Gender Specialist, the consultant will perform multi-task, with practical skills with related activities and events organization for UN Women, including learning workshops and programme development. In particular, the consultant must be able to creatively prepare, and organize policy dialogues, learning workshops or trainings and other activities with international participants from Asia and the Pacific Region. The consultant needs to have good communications skills in both Korean and English, so as to support various policy, programme and capacity development activities.

The consultant will work in close collaboration with other CoE staff to provide support to all aspects of the activities. The consultant must have an independent, problem-solving mindset, with proactive attitude to overcome any operational challenges along the way, by working closely with all members of the Center.

The specific tasks of the consultant:

• Participate in technical meetings to prepare for the activities, including the formulation of the concept note, agenda and logistic notes, and technical presentations.
• Prepare and design pre-learning workshop need assessment and draft the draft evaluation report.
• Deploy feedback tools to assess the effectiveness of the capacity development activities.
• Develop supporting materials for the organization of the training and programme activities.
• Attend relevant activities and provide technical and logistic support for the organization of the activities.
• Draft the TORs, concept notes for the policy and programme activities per guidance.
• Attend meetings with relevant stakeholders for the implementation of the programme activities.
• Support the development of reports on key learnings from the policy and programme activities to inform further work of a similar nature.
• Provide logistic support for the implementation of the activities.
• Participate in the staff meetings if needed
• Support the translation of the documents from English into Korea and via versa.

Other tasks requested by the Gender Specialist to ensure the deliverables for the Annual Work Plan

Duration of Assignment: The tentative contractual period is from 1 August to 30 July 2024 with a maximum of 20 working days per month.

Duty Station: The consultant is expected to come to the office four days per week and one day will be working from home. The consultant may need to come to the training venue when the policy and programme activities are organized and attend meetings outside of the CoE Office to prepare and implement activities. If there is requirement for travelling, the work-related travel of UN Women’s SSA consultant is considered as official mission and will be arranged by UN Women in line with UN Women’s Travel Policy.

Expected deliverables and schedule of payment

Payments for the consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each is satisfactorily completed. Payments will not be based on the number of days worked but on the completion of each stated deliverable within the indicated timeframes.

In addition to aforementioned requirements and qualifications, it is important that the consultants shares the core values and core competencies of the organization.

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

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 Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Application Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis:

• Technical qualification (100 points); weight: (80%)
•  Financial proposal (100 points): weight (20%)

A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates who may be contacted for written test and validation interview and 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.

1. Personal History Form (P11). The P11 Form can be downloaded from the following website: http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
2. Application letter explaining your interest in the consultancy and why you are the most suited candidate for this position
3. Updated CV
4. The financial proposal includes the proposed daily consultancy rate in Korean Republic Won which shall specify a total lump sum amount, breaking down the daily professional fee, proposed number of working days. Please see the financial proposal template as below:

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. 

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application. 

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.  All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.) 

NOTE: Documents required before contract signing:

• UN Personal History Form
• Full medical examination and Statement of Fitness to work and travel for consultants with travel involved. (This is not a requirement for RLA contracts).
• Completed UNDSS BSAFE online training course.

EN: https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=17891

• Individual subscribers over 65 years of age are required to undergo a full medical examination including x-rays at their own cost and obtaining medical clearance from the UN Medical Doctor prior to taking up their assignment.
• Release letter in case the selected consultant is government official.