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National Consultant to provide technical support and expertise in gender equality within EU4GE and EVAW programmes.

Vacancy Number: Pr21/02158

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	10 Feb 2021, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	22 Feb 2021
Reference to the project:	UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:	Up to 60 working days, from February 2021 until the end of December 2021
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted on-line no later than 10 February 2021, 23:59 EST. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail olga.chisca@unwomen.org. Please notice that this address is for information requests only, please do not send or copy your application package to this address. UN Women staff will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.
Supporting Documents: Annex 1-2 Terms of Reference Personal History Form (P11) UN Women UN Women Conditions of Service Consultants

Ms. Olga Chisca.

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, peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women lead and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

Through its programmes and projects, UN Women is providing technical assistance to national partners (governmental and non-governmental), including private sector, in the implementation of existing international and national commitments to women’s rights and gender equality, it facilitates networking, exchange of good practices and advocates for women’s rights and gender equality in all areas of life.

UN Women’s presence in the Republic of Moldova has evolved from being a project-based office in 2007 to a Country Office with fully delegated authority as of 2015. The work of UN Women in Moldova is guided by its Country Strategic Note for 2018-2022, aligned with the Republic of Moldova–United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development 2018–2022, the Global Strategic Plan of UN Women for 2018-2021, the National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2017-2021 (NSGE), and aims to contribute to the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

UN Women Strategy for Moldova 2018-2022 focuses on three main areas: 1) strengthening women’s participation in politics and decision making, 2) economic empowerment of women and 3) ending violence against women and girls. To achieve progress under these areas, UN Women works with a variety of national and international partners and as part of different national and regional initiatives.

Since March 2020, with support from the European Union, UN Women and UNFPA are implementing the joint regional programme called “EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence (2020-2022)". The programme aims at challenging gender stereotypes in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and at strengthening equal rights and opportunities for women and men through shifting social perceptions, gender stereotypes and men’s participation in caretaking. The Programme has been informed by situation analysis, lessons learned, consultations with the respective countries and outcomes of intergovernmental processes. It has been re-calibrated to focus on gender norms change for achieving behavioral change and partnering with men and boys for gender equality and elimination of gender-based violence and harmful practices in the Region. The project is implemented by UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office at the regional level and national level in six countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

The regional project aims at strengthening equal rights and opportunities for women and men through shifting social perceptions, gender stereotypes, and men’s participation in caretaking. The specific objectives are threefold: 1. Shifting Societal perceptions around gender stereotypes and patriarchal norms which limit women's rights; 2. Men's involvement in the caretaking of their children and participation in fathers' programmes have increased; 3. Social workers (mediators) and CSOs have increased knowledge and tools on how to conduct evidence-based violence prevention programmes targeting perpetrators of domestic violence.

Under the EU4GE programme, UN Women and UNFPA are aiming to address the GE issues and strengthen equal rights and opportunities for women and men, through shifting social perceptions, gender stereotypes and men’s participation in caretaking. One of the main activities within the programme under Objective 1 is implementation of a communication campaign and other communication actions, on behavioral change at grassroots and national level to increase the awareness of communities of gender transformative approaches, and to mobilize the influential actors support to shift cultural norms, particularly on issues concerning the dynamics of gender relations in families.

In addition to this, ongoing activities on raising awareness on gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence and on promoting positive behavior change are conducted within the programme Ending Violence against Women.

Scope of work

The main objective of this consultancy is to provide technical and expertise support in gender equality during the implementation of programme activities. The activity of the consultant will consist of providing technical assistance, guidance, regular exchange of knowledge and expertise, including under the PA (Partner Agreements) signed recently with local CSO’s (detailed tasks can be found in the attached ToR).

Requirements for experience

Education:
1. Master’s degree in psychology, human rights, sociology, gender studies, public relations, development studies and/or other social science related areas relevant for the assignment;

2. Other formal education relevant for the assignment is an asset.

Experience:
1. At least three (3) years of proven work experience in the field of gender equality/eliminating violence against women and girls, human rights and development;

2. At least two (2) years of proven experience in delivering gender equality informational/ trainings sessions;

3. Experience of collaboration with public authorities, NGOs in coordinating initiatives and implementing strategies in the field of gender equality, human rights, eliminating violence against women would be considered as a strong asset;

4. At least one (1) year of previous successful collaboration with international organizations, especially UN agencies, would be an asset.

Language Requirements:

5. Fluency in written and oral Romanian, Russian. Working language of English is required.

Documents to be included

Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications with the following documents.

• Duly filled Personal History Form PHF11/CV (downloadable from http://www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P_11_form_UNwomen.doc);
• Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
• Financial proposal – specifying a total lump sum amount for the task specified in Terms of References. The Financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (daily rate). Please see ANNEX I and ANNEX II.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of the lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days). Please see Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template and Price Proposal Submission Form.