International Consultant on Gender Responsive Budgeting

Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Location:
Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Administrative support
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
Closing Date: Closed

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, 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.

UN Women in Georgia supports state and non-state partners towards the achievement of substantive gender equality. In line with international and national commitments, UN Women works on the levels of policies and legislation, institutions and grassroots, in order to achieve transformative results for increased gender equality and greater protection of the rights of women and girls.

Within the framework of the Good Governance for Gender Equality in Georgia (GG4GEG), UN Women in cooperation with the Government of Norway works jointly with the Government of Georgia and non-state partners towards the overarching goal of strengthening governance systems for gender equality in Georgia. The project provides technical support to the Government of Georgia to meet their targets under the nationalized Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) particularly SDG 5 to ensure that gender equality and gender mainstreaming are institutionalized at national and local levels and that national and local level capacities for gender mainstreaming are developed and sustained. One of the methodologies/means to achieve results under both objectives is gender responsive budgeting (GRB).

GRB is a public policy tool for assessing the impact of policies and budgets from gender perspective and for ensuring that policies and their accompanied budgets do not perpetuate gender inequalities but contribute to more equal society for women and men. The Convention on All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Beijing Declaration and the Platform of Action (BPfA) identify GRB as central to the achievement of gender equality. BPfA specifically calls on governments to “incorporate a gender perspective into the design, development, adoption and execution of all budgetary processes as appropriate in order to promote equitable, effective and appropriate resource allocation and establish adequate budgetary allocations to support gender equality.”

UN Women started working on GRB in Georgia in 2010 and since then, has supported some of the first pioneering GRB initiatives in dozens of municipalities in Georgia. Within the framework of the GG4GEG project UN Women plans to accelerate its GRB work in Georgia by supporting the Government of Georgia in institutionalizing GRB and developing national GRB capacity at national and local levels. For these purposes, UN Women will hire and international consultant. The objectives of the consultancy are as follows:

To develop roadmap for institutionalizing GRB aligned with the national legislation, international benchmarks and best practices
To develop GRB training modules (online and face-to-face) in partnership with the Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia
To support GRB capacity development of public servants, representatives of CSOs and academia on GRB

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the national consultant are:

To develop content of the GRB online course for public servants replicating best examples of similar work from UN Women in close collaboration with the Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia
To develop a three-day face-to-face training module on GRB in close collaboration with the Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia
To conduct a series of online training/discussion sessions for the Academy of the Ministry of Finance on GRB, including to adjust and validate online and face-to-face training modules after the pilot
To conduct face-to-face Training for Trainers on GRB for the selected trainers of the Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and other stakeholders as appropriate
To engage in consultations with the national machinery for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEW), Ministry of Finance and other relevant state agencies to identify gaps and opportunities for institutionalizing GRB
In close consultations with the national stakeholders, develop roadmap for institutionalizing GRB at the central level aligned with the national legislation, international benchmarks, and best practices
To present the GRB roadmap to different stakeholders (Ministry of Finance, different line Ministries and national machinery on GEWE) to further validate the document with them and ensure its broad ownership
To prepare final report about the work carried out, key observations and recommendations for successful operationalization of sexual harassment complaints mechanisms.

Deliverables:

Work plan/Inception report with timelines in line with duties and responsibilities spelled above submitted to UN Women (1 working day) by 10 August 2020.
Draft content of the GRB online course developed and submitted to UN Women (10 working days) by 10 September 2020.
Relevant online training materials prepared and at least five GRB online training sessions conducted for the trainers of the Academy of the Ministry of Finance (5 working days) by 30 September 2020 (Upon completion of the training, the trainers of the Academy of the Ministry of Finance will be assigned to review and align the content of the online GRB course to the Georgian context as relevant).
Online session validating GRB online course with UN Women and the Academy of the Ministry of Finance conducted and revised GRB online course content submitted to UN Women (2 working days) by 15 October 2020.
Draft a three-day face-to-face training module on GRB developed and submitted to UN Women (15 working days) by 30 October 2020.
Online session validating GRB face-to-face course with UN Women and the Academy of the Ministry of Finance conducted and revised GRB face-to-face training module submitted to UN Women (3 working days) by 15 November 2020.
Consultation meetings with the government of Georgia on institutionalizing GRB conducted and draft roadmap on institutionalizing GRB developed (11 working days) by 30 January 2021
Presentation of the roadmap on institutionalizing GRB conducted (1 working day) by 20 February 2021 (travel to Georgia required - Travel schedule may be changed due to COVID-19 related situation).
Face-to-face Training for Trainers on GRB for the selected trainers of the Academy of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia conducted (5 working days) by 25 February 2021 (travel to Georgia required).
Face-to face training on GRB for representatives of CSOs and academia conducted (3 working days) by 05 March 2021 (travel to Georgia required)
Final report prepared and submitted to UN Women (2 working days) – 30 March 2021

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

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

At least MA degree in public finance management, economics, development studies or related field

Experience and competencies:

At least five years of experience in working on gender equality and GRB
At least five years of experience in developing training material and delivering training courses on gender equality, gender responsive budgeting and programming
Prior experience in working with national and local governments on GRB will be a strong asset
Prior experience of working in Georgia will be a strong asset

Language:

Fluency in 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 MA degree in public finance management, economics, development studies or related field
At least five years of experience in working on gender equality and GRB
At least five years of experience in developing training material and delivering training courses on gender equality, gender responsive budgeting and programming
Fluency in English

Technical evaluation criteria (including minimum qualifications):

At least MA degree in public finance management, economics, development studies or related field (max 80 points)
At least five years of experience in working on gender equality and GRB (max 100 points)
At least five years of experience in developing training material and delivering training courses on gender equality, gender responsive budgeting and programming (max 80 points)
Prior experience in working with national and local governments on GRB will be a strong asset (max 40 points)
Prior experience of working in Georgia will be a strong asset (30 points)
Fluency in English (20 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 * 150

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 consideration.

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

Management arrangements:

The Consultant will work under the overall supervision and guidance of UN Women Country Representative and Deputy Country Representative, and in collaboration and day-to-day management of UN Women GG4GEG project teams.

Financial arrangements:

Deliverable 1, 2 (11 working days) – 19 %

Deliverables 3,4, 5, 6 – (25 working days) – 43%

Deliverable 7 (11 working days) – 19 %

Deliverable 8,9,10, 11 (11 working days) – 19%

Application submission package:

Duly filled in Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=558
CV;
Aggregated financial offer* - lump sum financial proposal/offer in GEL (including breakdown of this lump sum amount, indicating all necessary costs to complete this assignment).

*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. Travel costs (ticket, DSA etc.) should not be included and will be paid for separately by UN Women.

How to Submit the Application:

Download and complete the UN Women Personal History Form (P11)- https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=558
Merge your UN Women Personal History Form (P11), CV, and the Financial Proposal 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.

Notes:

UN Women retains the right to contact references directly. Due to the large numbers of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.
Applications without the financial offer will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
The individual consultants should take the mandatory learning security course prior to commencement of assignment– details will follow before the issuance of contract.

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.