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Consultant - Training Expert on Gender Responsive Census (Open to Indian Nationals Only)

home based (with travel assignments)

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: home based (with travel assignments)
  • Grade: Consultancy - National Consultant - Locally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Education, Learning and Training
    • Population matters (trends and census)
  • Closing Date: Closed

Background

The Census is a vital repository of information on different characteristics of the people of India. It is a complex exercise that involves listing of all houses and enumeration of the entire population in India. The next decennial Census in India is going to take place in 2021, spread over two separate phases between April 2020 and March 2021. The Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner India (ORGI) supervises this operation for which the field work is primarily carried out by enumerators and supervisors of the State Governments/Union Territories and Local Bodies. The information collected during the census is based on the principles of neutrality and inclusivity.

Given that the Census of India provides valuable data for planning and tracking progress in development, the Census is critical to plan and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UN Women, the custodian of SDG 5, is supporting the ORGI on the upcoming Census; to strengthen the enumeration for gender disaggregated and responsive data, critical for gender sensitive policy formulation and programme planning. The guiding principle of UN Women’s work on Census is ‘leaving no one behind’ i.e. to facilitate the counting of every person and to collect correct and complete information from each Indian, especially the poor, vulnerable and excluded people, with a special focus on women, children, adolescents and the disabled.

Objective:

The Census of India mirrors the population profile of the country and provides critical data on demographic and socio - economic condition of the population. In order to ensure that the enumeration of data is gender responsive, it is important to build capacities of data enumerators, to facilitate correctness and comprehensiveness of data collection through effective training. Therefore, training is a key aspect of the census. Quality of census is greatly dependent on the capability of census officials including enumerators, which in turn, depends on the quality of the trainings received.

The objectives of the training:

  • Imparting gender inclusive training to Master Trainers identified for Census 2021.
  • Enhance knowledge and skills of Master Trainers to further train the enumerators to count everyone eligible for enumeration without omission or duplication and collect accurate individual information of each individual without any bias.

Scope:

The gender training modules will focus on building gender sensitivity, knowledge and skills of Master trainers to make 2021 Census a gender responsive Census. As such, a gender module will be integrated in all trainings of Master Trainers.

UN Women seeks the services of an expert to draft a gender response training module and  undertake training of Master Trainers with the aim of engendering Census 2021. Total of 2 gender training sessions will need to be developed: 1) 45 minutes duration and 2) 90 minutes duration. The trainings will be attended by 30 – 35 participants from various National Statistical Offices.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Training Expert will design the two session plans; one for 45 minutes and another for 90 minutes, including any handouts/materials to be distributed during the training. The Training Expert will also share the report of each training with a pre and post assessment of the participants included.

The Training Expert will work with the UN Women India and ORGI to ensure that the training includes diverse perspectives and meets the requirement of Census 2021.

The Training Expert will have the following tasks:

  • Review the House Listing and Population Enumeration Questionnaire and the instruction manual developed by the ORGI for 2021 Census;
  • Organise inception meetings to define the scope of work with ORGI and UN Women;
  • Develop two session plans for the gender training of master trainers identified by ORGI, one for a 45 mins session and other for a 90 min session;
  • Develop training content for the gender training to be imparted to the master trainers;
  • Finalise training content in consultation with the UN Women team and ORGI;
  • Develop pre and post training assessment tools to analyse the effectiveness of the gender training sessions;
  • Conduct 2 sessions to train Mater Trainers identified by the ORGI for 2021 Census on engendering census (45 minutes to 90 minutes duration);
  • Prepare reports on the trainings including the pre and post assessment to highlight the findings.

Deliverables & Timelines:

  • Preparatory meetings with UN Women and ORGI, to understand the context and plan the assignment – 2 days
  • Develop session plans – 6 days
  • Finalise training content - including developing new contents, meeting with ORGI and UN Women to take feedback – 10 days
  • Pre and post training assessment format – 2 days
  • 2 trainings sessions - 2 days (includes travel time)
  • 2 National Training report with Pre and post training assessment highlighting the key findings and any follow up actions required along with recommendations if any – 8 days

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

  • Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism:

  • Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

  • Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

  • Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

  • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Work in teams:

  • Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

  • Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

  • Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behaviour towards others.

Conflict Management:

  • Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

  • Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Functional Competencies:

  • Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
  • Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
  • Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Master’s Degree in Social Sciences/ Social Work /Gender Studies/Public Administration/Policy or related fields.

Experience:

  • Minimum 15 years of experience at the national/state level on conducting trainings related to gender responsive design, implementation and monitoring/evaluation;
  • Experience on data analysis, statistics and quantitative and qualitative research is required;
  • Substantive experience of conducting trainings/workshops/capacity building exercises essential;
  • Experience of working with national/ state governments; particularly on administrative surveys is a must.
  • Previous experience of training for the Census is desirable.

Language:

  • Proficiency in Hindi and English.

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org.

Application:

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  http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs;
  • 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;
  • Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
  • Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria: 

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

  • Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
  • Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (10 points);
  • Working knowledge and experience of working with National /State Government (5 points);

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

  • Interview

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.

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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