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National consultant to support the development of scoping study on sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces and development of a safe city and safe public spaces programme in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 positions)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Grade: Consultancy - National Consultant - Locally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Criminology, Extremism, Police Affairs and Anti-Corruption
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Sexual and reproductive health
    • Scientist and Researcher
    • Gender-based violence
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Drugs, Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism and Human Trafficking
  • Closing Date: Closed

Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) 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. Rooted in UN Women’s mandate on ending violence against women, UN Women has been working since 2011 to implement a Global Flagship Initiative “Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces” including a Safe Cities Free of Violence against Women and Girls Global Programme, in over 40 cities. The Initiative is the first ever global effort to develop model approaches to prevent and respond to sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces, which can be assessed for impact .

The Flagship builds on over 40 years of sustained efforts undertaken by women’s organizations, grassroots, and international networks, local governments in cities around the world to create safe inclusive and sustainable cities for women and for all. It was designed with local, regional and global partners in response to the growing concerns about every day experiences of women and girls all over the world, as they experience sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces as they go about their daily routines, whether on city streets, parks, market, pathways to schools, buses and trains or in their own neighborhoods. Such occurrences infringe upon women and girls’ rights and freedoms as equal citizens to enjoy and pursue freely opportunities for autonomous mobility, education, work, recreation and participation in political life. Despite affecting millions of women and girls, such forms of violence have long been tolerated, and the issue is largely neglected in policy and practice.

Impact level results of each safe city/safe public spaces with women and girls’ programme include:

  • Women and girls enjoy a greater sense of safety, and increased comfort in public spaces;
  • Increased use of public spaces and increased autonomous mobility of women and girls in the city;
  • A reduction in different forms of sexual violence in public spaces, especially in the intervention sites.

Violence against women and girls and domestic violence are widespread social problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), constituting serious violations of fundamental human rights. This type of violence is still seen and tolerated as “socially acceptable behavior” and is justified by the prevailing socially accepted gender norms on the role and status of women in the family and in society. Results of the latest OSCE led survey Well- Being and Safety of Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina  (2019) indicated that almost half of women older than fifteen (48%) have experienced some form of abuse including intimate partner violence, non-partner violence, stalking and sexual harassment. More specifically, 28% of women since the age of 15 have experienced sexual harassment and 10% were sexually harassed in the 12 months prior to the survey. 

In 2020, UN Women Bosnia and Herzegovina office will work with local authorities and policy makers, gender institutional mechanisms, first responders, grassroots women organizations, and other partners to assess the potential in developing a multi-year Safe City and Safe Public Spaces Programme in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. City of Banja Luka, the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has expressed high level of interest and motivation to take part in this initiative. The city has a good track record on the work on gender equality and eliminating violence against women, has established support services for survivors of domestic violence and strong network of CSO, including women’s rights organizations. The city has recognized the need to address the issues of violence and public safety in a strategic way and has established a Committee for Safety from members of local government and civil society. Committee has conducted a research to collect information on the level of violence in different neighborhoods, that informed the development of strategic directions of work. Committee represents one potential local platform for the work on Safe City and Safe Public Spaces. 

In this context, UN Women Bosnia and Herzegovina seeks a two national consultants to conduct a scoping study in the city of Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina (one per each of 2 selection sites) guided by the UN Women’s Global Framework on the Flagship Programme on Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces with Women and Girls and Guidance Notes on Scoping Studies and Programme Design, which can be adapted to local city context, and provide technical assistance in developing a comprehensive and evidence based safe city programme involving multi-stakeholders.  

Duties and Responsibilities

In this consultancy, UN Women aims to identify gender-responsive locally relevant and owned interventions to address sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces through conducting a scoping study and through holding consultative proposed intervention workshops.

Scoping study objective:

  • To provide the evidence-base for stakeholders to identify solutions;
  • To provide valid and specific data to ensure a deep understanding of local forms of sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces and the context in which it occurs.
  • To build local ownership by creating multi-stakeholder partnerships through inclusive and participatory process;

The Scoping study will collect data from both literature review and local stakeholders including local authorities, civil society organizations and groups of women with particular vulnerabilities and who may be more likely to experience such violence (such as women with disabilities or Roma women) to understand safety concerns for women and girls in public spaces.The study will be implemented in two areas in Banja Luka (concrete areas will be discussed and agreed with the local stakeholders, guided by UN Women’s Guidance on Scoping Studies in Safe Cities).

Proposed intervention for the safe cities’ consultative workshops:

  • To engage key stakeholders in active reflection on the findings of the scoping study in a selected area(s) of Banja Luka and to identify key priorities and safety concerns in public spaces.
  • To engage key stakeholders to identify common outcomes and outputs to address sexual violence and enable them to develop proposed intervention with a specific set of results, based on the local context, vision, and joint stakeholders’ accountability.

Tasks and responsibilitiesUnder the overall supervision of UN Women Programme Specialists, direct supervision of the UN Women EVAW Project Manager in Bosnia and Herzegovina and with technical input from UN Women’s Technical Team in the Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) Section in Headquarters, consultants will undertake the following tasks during the period 01 January 2020 to 30 March 2020.

  • Support the international consultant to prepare outline and methodology of a scoping study in line with UN Women’s Guidance on Scoping Studies. The methodology should propose questions in line with the general lines of enquiry in the Guidance note.
  • Conduct a scoping study (one national consultant in one designated site) using qualitative methodologies to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls (SVAWG) in selected areas of Banja Luka. Ensure WHO ethnical guidelines on researching violence against women  are enforced throughout the research process.
  • Support the international consultant in the development of draft and final scoping study report.
  • Organize a validation meeting among key stakeholders on findings from the scoping study.
  • Provide technical and logistical support to international consultant in ensuring the development of a robust program design in design workshops, engaging multi-stakeholders (the central government, local authorities of Banja Luka, civil society organizations, UN agencies and others). This includes but is not limited to, developing a theory of change, intervention model, This includes but is not limited to, organizing logistics, inviting participants, taking notes. This process is conducted in consultation with UN Women Guidance on Program Design for Safe City Safe Public Space with Women and Girls Program and involves the adaptation of a Global Theory of Change (TOC) developed for the Flagship, with inputs from UN Women BiH, and UN Women’s Global Policy Advisor, Safe Public Spaces.
  • Support the international consultant to draft program design, incorporating all inputs and comments from UN Women and key stakeholders.

Key deliverables, activities and timeframe

The consultant is responsible for the complete delivery of the following indicative tasks:

Tasks/Deliverables

Days

Delivery date by

Written inputs to international consultant in developing methodology for the scoping study in consultation with the Scoping Study Guidance Note as suitable for the specific context of Banja Luka

3

January 13th 2020

 

Written inputs to international consultant in developing an outline of the main findings from desk review by analysing sources in local language

4

January 20th 2020

Report to international consultant containing data collected from scoping study, including inputs to the international consultant in drafting scoping study report

14

February 7th 2020

Written inputs to international consultant in developing second draft of scoping study report

1

February 19th  2020

Report from participatory proposed intervention workshops in Banja Luka aimed at presenting and validating the results of the scoping study and designing a robust programme

7

March 5th 2020

 

Written inputs to first draft programme design document, including preliminary inputs from relevant local stakeholders.

5

March 9th 2020

Provide inputs to final draft programme design incorporating feedback and comments from relevant local stakeholders and UN Women

1

March 20th  2020

Total

35

 

Reporting

Under the overall supervision of UN Women BiH Programne Specialist, the consultants will work closely with EVAW Project Manager who will manage the contract.  If needed UN Women Safe Cities Technical Team will be included for provision of programmatic guidance.  All deliverables should be submitted to the UN Women EVAW Project Manager in English.

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: https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:Knowledge Management and Learning

  • Shares knowledge and experience
  • Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside UN Women
  • Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills
  • Development and Operational Effectiveness
  • Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills. Communicates sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies
  • Demonstrates very good understanding of and experience in communications and outreach/advocacy
  • Ability to perform a variety of standard specialized and non-specialized tasks and work processes that are fully documented, researched, recorded and reported
  • Ability to review a variety of data, identify and adjust discrepancies, identify and resolve operational problems
  • Uses Information Technology effectively as a tool and resource

Leadership and Self-Management

  • Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback
  • Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
  • Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure
  • Proven networking skills and ability to generate interest in UN Women’s mandate
  • Identifies opportunities and builds strong partnerships with clients and partners

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

  • BA in psychology, sociology, law, economy, or other relevant related field.

Skills and Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in participating in social research and its analysis related to human rights, preferably in gender and women’s rights, with special focus on violence against women and girls, and/or sexual harassment (please submit 1 writing sample/research paper to underpin this information);
  • Knowledge of legislative and institutional framework for combating gender-based violence
  • Knowledge of mechanisms for preventing and combating violence against women at the local level in BiH will be considered as asset
  • Previous experience organization of validation workshops, meetings for representatives of government institutions and non-governmental organizations;
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills;
  • Previous experience working/consulting for international projects/programmes will be considered as an asset;

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents:

  1. Expression of interest and 1 writing sample/research paper to underpin previous work;
  2. Detailed financial proposal inclusive of all costs (which includes consultancy fees, travel to Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (is applicable), accommodation (if applicable), subsistence etc.);
  3. UN Women Personal History Form (P11)  http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment

Please note: All documents have to be uploaded in 1 single file.

EVALUATION OF OFFERS

UN Women applies a fair and transparent selection process that takes into account both the technical qualification of potential consultants as well as the financial proposals submitted in support of consultant applications. Candidate applications will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of applicant qualifications and financial proposal. The contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

  • responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
  • having received the highest score out of below defined technical, interview and financial criteria.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 points) in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation. Candidates who have accumulated the highest technical scores, will be invited for an interview.

Evaluation Criteria:1. Technical Evaluation – documents and interviewed based (70%)

  • Degree in psychology, sociology, law, economy, or other relevant related field (10 points).
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in participating in social research and its analysis related to human rights, preferably in gender and women’s rights, with special focus on violence against women and girls, and/or sexual harassment (25 points);
  • Knowledge of legislative and institutional framework for combating gender-based violence (10 points)
  • Knowledge of mechanisms for preventing and combating violence against women at the local level in BiH will be considered as asset (5 points)
  • Previous experience in organization of validation workshops, meetings for representatives of government institutions and non-governmental organizations (15 points);
  • Previous experience working/consulting for international projects/programmes will be considered as an asset (5 points);

Financial Evaluation - based on submitted offer (30%)• Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 30

  • S - 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 the consideration.

Qualified women and men and members of minorities are encouraged to apply. UN Women applies fair and transparent selection process that would take into account the competencies/skills of the applicants as well as their financial proposals.

Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.

For any additional information, please contact unwomen.bih@unwomen.org

How to Submit the Application: To submit your application online, please follow the steps below:

  • Download and complete the UN Women Personal History Form (P11)- http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
  • Merge your UN Women Personal History Form (P11), the Financial Proposal, and Expression of Interest into a single file. The system does not allow for more than one attachment to be uploaded;
  • Click on the Job Title (job vacancy announcement);
  • Click 'Apply Now' button, fill in necessary information on the first page, and then click 'Submit Application;'
  • Upload your application/single file as indicated above with the merged documents (underlined above);
  • You will receive an automatic response to your email confirming receipt of your application by the system.

 

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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