National Consultant - to support private sector companies to implement Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business (WEPs).

Vacancy Number: UN23/02745

Location:Chisinau
Application Deadline: 12 Jun 2023, 11:00 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:
19 Jun 2023, 11:00 (GMT+2:00)
Reference to the project: UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:5 months
Supporting Documents:
Annex I
Annex II
P- 11 Form
TOR national consultant on WEPs
UN Women Conditions of Service



Background

The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) is a joint initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact, launched in 2010 following a year-long international, multi-stakeholder consultation process. UN Women is engaged  on supporting the already-committed companies to implement WEPs actions and further expanding the number of companies committed to the WEPs. 

In consideration of your qualifications, we are hereby inviting you to submit an offer for this particular assignment.  To assist you in understanding the requirements of this assignment, we have attached hereto the following : 

  • The Terms of Reference for the assignment described above;
  • UN Women Condition of Service

Should you be interested and decide to submit an offer for this assignment, kindly submit directly in the online supplier portal no later than the deadline indicated in the system.

Scope of work

To implement the above-mentioned work in close cooperation with the business associations, UN Women is looking to hire a National Consultant.

The National Consultant will need to coordinate the work with an International Consultant and with the selected business associations. The overall role of the National Consultant is to increase the knowledge and skills of companies’ representatives on WEPs and gender-related policies, and support signatory companies with the implementation of WEPs through following detailed assignment:

  1. Cooperate with UN Women Moldova and regional office on promoting WEPs in Moldova.
  2. Conduct due diligence processes and update the contact list of WEPs signatories, including potential member database
  3. Compile updates from the WEPs signatory companies and allies on individual and/or group activities.
  4. Work in partnership with an international consultant on the WEPs-2023 outputs and outcomes in Moldova, as well as with the communication consultant
  5. Facilitate the exchange of information, knowledge, and experiences of the WEPs Community members.
  6. Promote WEPs membership and partnerships and serve as a central point of contact for liaison purposes with the aim of growing the WEPs community
  7. Hold a series of WEPs community quarterly meetings, and other side events, participate in the meetings and prepare and disseminate minutes.
  8. Support the companies with templates for WEPs implementation (incl. templates of survey assessing the employees perception on different issues (paygap, small companies don't have the capacity to develop such surveys but they can adapt existing ones). Drafts are available on weps.org
  9. Develop the concepts and carry out WEPs online course.
  10. Together with international consultant develop the concept and carry out the Responsible Procurement Guide
  11. Incentivize companies to publicly report on progress against WEPs implementation.
  12. Quarterly updates on the status and activities of the WEPs community
  13. Provide WEPs consultation to up to 5 companies in Moldova
  14. Undertake other activities connected with the coordination and organization of the WEPs activities.

The consultant will support companies by organizing capacity development activities that address existing knowledge gaps, promote the 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. 

Submission Instructions:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site 

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document: 

  • All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc); 
  • Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment; 
  • Letter of Intent to include a brief overview of the consultant’s previous experiences makes the candidate the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. It should reflect the above-mentioned required skills and experience. 
  • 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. 
  • Applications received after the close date will not be accepted; 
  • Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 
  • NB: Open for Moldova Nationals Only.