Local Individual Consultant on economic empowerment of the survivors of domestic violence to provide programmatic support to UN Women within EVA project .Vacancy Number: Pr21/02170
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. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. 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), the National Strategy for prevention and combating violence against women and domestic violence for 2018-2023 elaborated in line with the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). 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. Based on the European Commission Decision ENI/2018/041-302 regarding the Annual Action Programme 2018 in favor of the Republic of Moldova for support for the implementations of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, UN Women Moldova CO is implementing a three-year project (January 2020 – December 2022) under the name “Strengthened Gender Action in Cahul and Ungheni districts” (hereinafter EVA). The project is implemented in line with and in contribution to the Gender Action Plan II (GAP II) of European Commission “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the lives of girls and women through externa relations 2016-2020”, adopted in September 2015. The project started in January 2020, funded by the European Union, co-founded and implemented by UN Women Moldova Country Office and in partnership with UNICEF. The overall purpose of the EVA is to promote gender equality, women’s empowerment through strengthened implementation of gender mainstreaming in local policies and combating gender-based and domestic violence affecting women and children in two focal regions: Ungheni and Cahul. One of the expected results under the EVA project is that gender equality is promoted and mainstreamed in local policy making and decision-making. The project supports Cahul and Ungheni localities to integrate gender equality in their policies and budgets through training elected and appointed representatives of the LPAs on gender equality and gender mainstreaming and its implications for decisions taken by the LPAs; coaching LPAs to adhere to the principles of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life; raising the capacities and knowledge on women’s rights of local CSOs; raising awareness of local population on gender equality and empowering women to actively participate in local decision-making processes. Another set of expected results under EVA project refers to a greater access to effective survivor - focused multidisciplinary services for the victims of domestic violence, including sexual violence; and violence prevention programmes piloted in local schools and communities. In this sense, UN Women EVA project supports strengthening the capacities of the multidisciplinary teams for an effective protection of women and children victims of domestic violence, empowering domestic violence survivors, and the usage of innovative tools to raise the capacities of local civil society to change attitudes and behaviors on violence against women and gender-based violence. RATIONALE To successfully implement the EVA project activities related to empowering domestic violence survivors in reaching out to employment and income-generating activities, a Partnership Agreement was signed with the Ungheni established NGO Faclia (here forth Responsible Party). UN Women will contract a Moldovan national expert with experience in providing support and assistance to survivors of domestic violence and/ or in the area of gender-based violence prevention as a short time individual programmatic consultant. The consultant will provide expert guidance and serve as liaison with the Responsible Party for the implementation of the Partnership Agreement “Women empowerment for Decent Work and Decent Life”, involving guidance in the EVAW area, support for identification and exploring best standards and effective approaches to preventing and responding to gender-based violence through survivors’ economic empowerment, and offering support for improving the coordination between the employment authorities, intermediaries, women who have experienced violence and service providers who are assisting them with provision of services by piloting a referral mechanism at local/district level. Scope of work
The UN Women within EVA project seeks to contract one Consultant (hereinafter “the Consultant”) to provide programmatic support to economic empowerment of survivors of violence in Cahul and Ungheni districts for up to 192 days. The consultant is expected to work under the supervision of the EVA Programme Officer on EVAW for effective achievement of results. More specifically, the consultant will be responsible for the following main tasks:
If the Covid19-situation keeps being an obstacle for safe physical meetings, the sessions/trainings will be conducted online. DELIVERABLE The assignment should be carried out within a period of 17 months, not exceeding 192 working days, with the incumbent being responsible for delivering services in agreement with the weekly workplans established, including the deliverables stated in the table below. The consultant should be ready to conduct the assignment inclusively8 if the COVID-19 restrictions are maintained.
DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT It is expected that the consultant shall begin work in Mid-February 2021 with work being completed by the end of July 2022, in conformity with the indicative timeframe described under “Deliverables and Timeframe” section. Note: The mentioned number of working days has been estimated as being sufficient/ feasible for the envisaged volume of work to be completed successfully and is proposed as a guideline for the duration of the assignment. It cannot and shall not be used as criteria for completion of work/assignment. The provision of envisaged deliverables approved by the UN Women EVA Programme Manager shall be the only criteria for the Consultant’s work being completed and eligible for payment/s. INPUTS UN Women will provide the Consultant with the background materials, UN Women project documents, proposals submitted by the Responsible Partner, as well as other relevant materials with regards to implementation of the tasks under this TOR. TRAVEL AND OTHER LOGISTIC ARRANGEMENTS All travel and logistics needed for the successful implementation of the tasks and deliverables presented above should be organised and covered by the contracted party. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Consultant’s performance will be evaluated against such criteria as: timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered. All reports must be provided in English, electronically. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS Payment will be disbursed to the consultant in monthly instalments, upon submission of the monthly timesheet and reports on deliverables and achieved results and certification by the supervisor that the services have been satisfactorily performed. COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONS The Consultant is expected to report and coordinate regularly with the EVA Programme Officer on EVAW concerning the the progress of the completion of the deliverables. The proposer is also expected to inform in a written form UN Women of any unforeseen challenge or risk that might occur during the duration of the assignment, as well come with a backup plan to ensure the accomplishment of deliverables. VALUES AND COMPETENCES Core Values
Core Competencies
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf Requirements for experience
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Documents to be included
Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications by February 10, 2021 with the following documents.
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