International Consultant - Gender-based Discrimination

Background

In terms of existing measurements of women’s economic empowerment, according to the Global Gender Gap Report?2015, among 145 economies, Georgia ranked 82, on how well the country uses its “female talent pool, based on economic, educational, health-based and political indicators”. In 2016, 53% of women were reportedly employed in Georgia compared to 67% of men. The gender gap widens even more among younger population with only 47% of women in the age group of 25-34 employed compared to 74% of men. In addition to gender wage gap (36.4% in 2015), large gaps also exist between women’s economic groups, and 61% of women’s employment is considered vulnerable. Gender inequalities are most acute in the rural areas. Furthermore, important labor protections and policies to promote women’s decent work are still not in place, with inadequate legislation on sexual harassment and poor implementation of parental leave.

Despite some progress made by Georgia to improve legislative and policy frameworks to support gender equality and women’s rights, there still is space for improvement in the field of important labor protections and policies to promote decent work, challenges remain in further mainstreaming of gender into sectoral policies, strategies and service delivery to advance women’s economic empowerment. In its 2014 report, the ILO Committee of Experts again urged the State Party "to take concrete steps to give full legislative expression to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value" and expressed concern at the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms to ensure the fulfilment of this right.

Against this background, with the support of the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, UN Women launched the project “Joint Action for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Georgia” in December 2017. The project seeks to strengthen the private sector’s engagement in the promotion of women’s economic empowerment and in this way contribute to the achievement of the SDGs in Georgia. One of the focus areas is to support the Georgian government agencies to create an enabling environment that promotes both corporate sustainability and women’s economic empowerment. The project focuses also on strengthening capacity of the Public Defender’s Office (PDO) to work on enhancing protection of women’s rights at the workplace.

In order to contribute to building of understanding of the labour inspectors, trade unions and employers’ associations on gender discrimination and women’s rights at the workplace, as well as strengthening capacity of the PDO to address these issues in the future, UN Women would like to hire an International Consultant who will be responsible of developing modules and conducting trainings on gender discrimination and women’s rights at the workplace for labour inspectors, trade unions and employers’ associations.

Duties and Responsibilities

More specifically, the duties and responsibilities of the International Consultant are:

• To develop a detailed work plan for the assignment;
• To elaborate a training needs assessment questionnaire and conduct the needs assessment of the participants;
• Based on the results of the needs assessment to develop detailed agendas and modules, presentations and relevant training materials for the 3 one-day trainings of labour inspectors, trade unions and employer’s associations;
• To develop and conduct pre and post-training tests;
• To conduct 4 (four) trainings on gender discrimination and women’s rights in the workplace for Labor inspectors (2 groups), trade unions (1 group) and employers association (1 group);
• To draft and submit the final training report outlining the training process, as well as the best practices and roles of labor inspectors, trade unions and employer’s associations in supporting women’s economic empowerment and recommendations on follow up actions, including on further capacity development needs of the participants.

Deliverables:

• A detailed work plan for the assignment submitted to UN Women (1 working day) - by 15 September 2018;
• A training needs assessment questionnaire developed, assessment conducted and analyzed (2 working days) - by 20 September 2018;
• Based on the results of the needs assessment detailed agendas and modules, presentations and relevant training materials for the 3 one-day trainings (labour inspectorates, trade unions and employer’s associations) prepared and submitted to UN Women (8 working days) - by 30 September 2018;
• Pre and post-training tests developed, conducted and analyzed (2 working days) – by 15 October 2018;
• 4 (four) one-day trainings on gender discrimination and women’s rights at the workplace for Labor inspectors (2 groups), trade unions (1 group) and employers association (1 group) conducted (4 working days) - by 15 October 2018;
• The final training report outlining the training process, as well as the best practices and roles of labor inspectors, trade unions and employer’s associations in supporting women’s economic empowerment and recommendations on follow up actions, including on further capacity development needs of the participants written and submitted to UN Women (2 working days) - by 20 October 2018;

Competencies

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: http://www.unwomen.org//media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree in Law or gender/women’s studies, international development or a related field

Experience:

• At least 5 years’ experience in gender-based discrimination and women’s rights at the workplace;
• At least 3 years’ proven experience in developing training manuals;
• At least 3 years’ experience in delivering training to government officials, international organizations, civil society or NGOs;

Language:

Fluency in English

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.