National Consultant - to support private sector companies to implement Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business (WEPs).Vacancy Number: Pr21/02335
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, the 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. 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 and exchange of good practices and advocates for women’s rights and gender equality in all areas of life. The work of UN Women in the Republic of 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. The overarching vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is inclusive and sustainable growth with its promise to leave no one behind. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, target 5.5. calls to “ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of the decision-making in political, economic and public life”; target 8.5 calls to “achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value” etc. To achieve gender equality by 2030, is required urgent actions to eliminate the many root causes of discrimination that still curtail women’s rights in private and public spheres. The UN Women Strategy for Moldova 2018-2022 focuses on three main areas where gender equality gaps are still present: 1) strengthening women’s participation in politics and decision making, 2) advancing the economic empowerment of women and 3) preventing and combating violence against women and girls. To achieve progress under these areas, UN Women works with variety of national and international partners and as part of different national and regional initiatives. UN Women’s interventions are contributing to the realization of the National Strategy on Gender Equality (NSGE) for 2017-2021 and its associated Action Plan, approved in early 2017, focus on ten areas of interventions such as: women’s participation in decision-making, labor market and gender pay gap, social protection and family policies, health, education, climate change, institutional mechanism, stereotypes in the society and non-violent communication, gender equality in the security and defense sector and gender responsive budgeting. Scope of work
To implement the above-mentioned in close cooperation with the business community, UN Women is looking to hire a National Consultant. The National Consultant will need to: 1. Cooperate with UN Women office Moldova and regional office on promotion of WEPs in Moldova. 2. Identify gaps and opportunities related to WEPs implementation within the business community. 3. Support the private sector to adopt WEPs and become official signatories, including support for the previously assisted 7 companies to subscribe to WEPs on the official platform 4. Organize and deliver the workshop programs for on Women Empowering Principles, organize capacity building for companies on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment and human rights-based approach. 5. Identify and outreach to potential new WEPs companies in Moldova. Collaborate with companies to ensure their support, interest and understanding of possible next steps with regards to WEPs implementation, objectives and engage in discussion on their needs and areas for further support in this area; 6. Offer support in developing detailed WEPs Action Plans in close coordination and collaboration with companies, through consulting support, training, technical support, field meetings, etc.; 7. Organize experience sharing meetings among WEPs companies (UN Women will cover the venue costs and related). 8. Identify international best practices, propose, and implement relevant practices in Moldova. 9. Ensure overall coordination of all UN Women Moldova efforts within all women economic empowerment initiatives (under cooperation with ODIMM, Economic Council under the Prime Minister, business associations, etc. ) 10. Implement other tasks related to implementation on WEPs in Moldova. The consultant will support companies through organizing capacity development activities that address existing knowledge gap, promote implementation of concrete measures WEPs related, and build connections amongst multiple stakeholders from the private sector, government, NGOs, international institutions, gender experts and academia. The Consultant will be responsible for regularly informing UN Women on the progress, and for submitting the required deliverables. Requirements for experience
Education: - University degree economics, gender equality or other relevant field; Experience: - At least 2 years of professional experience in developing, managing and/or altering corporate social responsibility policies in public or private sectors. - At least 1 year of experience in the fields of gender equality. - At least 1 year of experience in providing advisory services to private sector companies. - Experience in working with international organizations is an asset. Language Requirements: - Fluency in written and oral Romanian and English are required; knowledge of Russian language is an asset. Documents to be included
Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications by October 20, 2021 with the following documents. 1. Duly filled Personal History Form P11 and the CV 2. Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. 3. Financial proposal (Annex I and II); Financial proposal
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.
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