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International Consultant/Expert on Sexual Harassment

Tbilisi

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: Tbilisi
  • Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Sexual and reproductive health
    • Gender-based violence
  • Closing Date: Closed

Background

Millions of women and girls worldwide suffer some form of gender-based violence, be it domestic violence, rape, female genital mutilation/cutting, dowry-related killing, trafficking, sexual violence in conflict-related situations or other manifestations of abuse. Among different forms of abuse and discrimination, sexual harassment has gained increasing recognition in the recent years as one of the most widespread, yet underreported form of violence and discrimination permeating governments, private sector, international organizations and even civil society. A study of 42,000 people in the European Union found that every second woman (55%) has experienced sexual harassment at least once since the age of 15, and one in five women (21%) has experienced it in the 12 months before the survey. In the so-called post #metoo era and in the aftermath of the highly publicized campaigns such #MeToo, #NiUnaMenos, #BalanceTonPorc, #PrimeiroAssedio, #Babaeko and #WithYou6 there is strong recognition that states have an obligation to protect women from sexual harassment, to hold perpetrators accountable and to provide justice and remedies to victims.

Sexual harassment, as discrimination and violence against women as well as broader gender-based violence, is counter to global, regional and many national standards. It violates human rights. Eliminating sexual harassment, along with other forms of violence against women and girls (EVAWG) remains one of the most serious challenges of our time. The knowledge base and tools to prevent and eliminate violence against women developed over the past decade must be utilized more systematically and effectively to eliminate all forms of violence against women. This requires clear political will, outspoken, visible and unwavering commitment at the highest levels of leadership of the State and the resolve, advocacy and practical action of individuals and communities.

In 2017 UN Women in partnership with GEOSTAT and financial support from the EU conducted a National Study on Violence against Women in Georgia, which found that 20 per cent women has experienced sexual harassment in Georgia and 10 per cent of women have reported experiencing it at the work-place. The reported prevalence rates are high provided also that the field work for the research was carried out in the beginning of 2017, before the globalization of #metoo campaign and few high profile sexual harassment allegation cases brought to public attention also locally in Georgia. These events further increased public’s awareness and sensitivity to sexual harassment prompting the Parliament of Georgia to come forward with an initiative to regulate sexual harassment in the Georgian legislation in line also with the recently ratified Council of Europe Istanbul Convention. As a consequence, in the first half of 2019, Parliament of Georgia adopted legislative amendments establishing legal definition of sexual harassment and regulations for preventing and responding to it in the workplace and public spaces.

In line with its mandate and in order to support the government of Georgia in delivering on its international and national commitments, inter alia, in light of the recent legislative amendments on sexual harassment, UN Women plans to support the Inter-Agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence – an entity responsible for coordinating gender equality efforts in the executive branch of the government by  strengthening capacity of line ministries and state agencies on sexual harassment. More specifically, capacity development support will be provided to the Inter Agency Commission’s Communication Task Force on Ending Violence against Women comprised of public relations officers from respective ministries and state institutions in designing and implementing awareness raising campaigns on sexual harassment.

In line with the above-mentioned efforts, UN Women, within the framework of the EU supported project “Unite to Fight Violence against Women” is planning to recruit an international consultant/expert on sexual harassment who will strengthen capacity of government’s Communication Task Force on EVAW on sexual harassment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of UN Women EVAWG Programme team, the international consultant will be responsible for the following activities:

  • To carry out desk review on Georgia specific challenges related to gender equality, violence against women, domestic violence and sexual harassment (including the National Study on Violence against Women as well as recent legislative changes introduced to regulate Sexual Harassment in Georgia) as well as international best practices on governmental awareness raising efforts to curb sexual harassment;
  • To develop communication tool-kit for awareness raising on sexual harassment in line with internationally established best practices and lessons learned;
  • To conduct capacity development training for the representatives of the Communication Task force on EVAW under the Inter-Agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

Deliverables

  1. Communication tool-kit on sexual harassment (the toolkit shall consist of following chapters a. Background information such as an overview of global trends around sexual harassment prevention, main challenges and key learnings; b. Goals and objectives; c. Target groups; d. Key communication approaches/principles; e. Key messages and target group specific messages including rebuttal of key misconceptions and myths around sexual harassment developed by September 06, 2019 (8 working days)
  2. PPT presentation, handouts and other relevant material developed by September 09, 2019 (2 working days);
  3. A training conducted with PR specialists from line ministries and state agencies to strengthen their capacity on preventing sexual harassment by September 25, 2019 (2 working days);
  4. Final report briefly outlining main activities carried out and results achieved submitted to UN Women by September 30, 2019 (1 working day); 

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

Functional Competencies

  • Knowledge of Results Based Management
  • Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings
  • Good knowledge of technical area
  • Good organizational skills and ability to pay close attention to detail

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • At least master’s degree social sciences;

Experience:

  • At least 5 years of experience on sexual harassment and broader violence against women prevention issues;
  • At least 3 years of experience in designing and conducting trainings on sexual harassment and violence against women;
  • At least 2 years of experience in designing and implementing preventive interventions/awareness raising campaigns on sexual harassment;
  • Experience in communication for behavioural impact (COMBI) will be an asset;
  • Relevant experience in Eastern Europe or Central Asia regions will be an asset;

Languages:

  • Excellent command of English

Evaluation Procedure:

The candidates will be evaluated in three stages: according to minimum qualification criteria; technical and financial evaluation.

The candidates must possess following minimum qualification criteria to be eligible for further technical evaluation:

  • At least master’s degree in social sciences;
  • At least 5 years of experience on sexual harassment and broader violence against women prevention issues;

Technical evaluation criteria (including minimum qualifications):

  • At least master’s degree in social sciences (50 points);
  • At least 5 years of experience on sexual harassment and broader violence against women issues (100 points);
  • At least 3 years of experience in designing and conducting trainings on sexual harassment and violence against women (80 points);
  • At least 2 years of experience in designing and implementing preventive interventions/awareness raising campaigns on sexual harassment (90 points);
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English (max 30 points)

Maximum total technical score amounts to 350 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 245 points out of maximum 350 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 150S – score received on financial evaluation;Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;F – financial offer under consideration.

The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical scoring + financial scoring).

Management arrangements:

The contractor will report to and work under direct supervision of UN Women Programme Analyst and UN Women Project Analyst with overall guidance from UN Women’s international lead consultant on VAW study.

Financial arrangements:

Payment will be disbursed upon submission and approval of deliverables and certification by UN Women Programme Analyst that the services have been satisfactorily performed as specified below:

  • Deliverable 1,2 – 50 %
  • Deliverables 3,4 – 50%

Application submission package:

  • CV;
  • Dully filled Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
  • Financial Proposal - lump sum proposal/offer* in USD (including breakdown of this lump sum amount indicating all necessary costs to complete this mission: total remuneration, travel expenses (per diems, tickets, lodging and terminal expenses, if applicable)

*The applicants are required to submit an aggregated financial offer (“aggregated financial offer” is the total sum of all financial claims of the candidate for accomplishment of all tasks spelled out in this ToR).

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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