International Consultant - Mapping of Justice Services for Women and Children Survivors of Violence with Disabilities

Background

UN Women is grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. It 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 also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.

In support of Timor-Leste’s legislative and policy commitments to address violence against women, as outlined in its Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, and reinforced by its international human rights obligations, the United Nations is supporting the Government’s implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence 2017-2021, with attention to the accessibility of services and prevention of violence against persons with disabilities.  Under the Empower for Change project, the United Nations in Timor-Leste focuses on reducing discrimination and violence against persons with disabilities and advancing the equal rights of particularly women and girls with disabilities facing multiple forms of discrimination. The project partners with organizations of persons with disabilities (DPOs), State Institutions and civil society towards reducing harmful attitudes that perpetuate tolerance of gendered discrimination against persons with disabilities. It aims to strengthen capacities of service providers to refer and deliver coordinated, inclusive and accessible services, in particular the coordinating Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (MSSI), the Ministries of Education, Youth and Sport, Health, the National Rehabilitation Centre, the National Police and the Judiciary. The project is funded by the United Nations Partnership for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD). It is implemented by UNFPA, UNICEF, the UN Human Rights Adviser’s Unit (HRAU), UN Women and WHO.

Under the Empower for Change project, UN Women and the UN Human Rights Advisor’s Unit are working with the Community Based Rehabilitation Network (CBRN), and Timor-Leste Association for Disability (ADTL) to strengthen service provision of the judicial actors on gender based violence and disability. They jointly developed a toolkit for the prevention of GBV for women and children with disabilities, which was finalized in 2019, and trained 10 lead facilitators from organizations of persons with disabilities to roll out the toolkit through training. In 2020, ADTL plans to engage justice and security actors, specifically the National Police’s Vulnerable Persons Unit, NGOs working on legal assistance as well as Public Defenders and Prosecutors. In support of systematic justice sector capacity development on accessible justice services for women and girls with disabilities, the UN will conduct further mapping of the available judicial services as well as existing capacity to deliver disability inclusive gender-based violence responses services.

In support of the Empower for Change Project and UN Women’s wider efforts on ending violence against women, UN Women is seeking an international consultant to work jointly with UN Women, the UN Human Rights Advisor’s Unit, the Ministry of Justice, the National Police of Timor-Leste, and ADTL to map the accessibility of available judicial services as well as existing capacity of justice actors to deliver disability inclusive gender-based violence response services, with a special focus on the Police and the Public Defenders’ Office. The consultant will also support the lead facilitators of the GBV Toolkit to design training sessions to the specific needs of the judicial sector, and help develop an action plan to address the gaps to provide disability inclusive judicial services for women and children with disabilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall objective of the proposed consultancy is to support UN Human Rights Advisor’s Unit, UN Women, the Ministry of Justice, the National Police of Timor-Leste, and ADTL to map available judicial services as well as existing capacity to deliver disability inclusive judicial services for women and children victims of violence, with a special focus on the Police, the Public Defenders’ Office as well as to support the lead facilitators of the GBV toolkit to adapt the training to the specific needs of the judicial sector, and help develop a capacity development plan for the DPO lead facilitators to contribute to addressing the gaps to provide disability inclusive judicial services for women and children victims of violence.

1. Scope of work/Duties and Responsibilities

Under an overall guidance of the UN Women Head of Office in Timor-Leste, and supervision of the EVAW Program Officer, the Consultant will implement the following tasks:

1. Mapping and gap assessment of judicial services to deliver disability inclusive judicial services for women and children victims of violence, with a special focus on the Police and the Public Defenders’ Office
   1. Desk review of existing reports, assessments done on disability and justice services
   2. Development of mapping methodology and research tools
   3. Key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussion with Ministry of Justice, Public Defenders, Judges, Legal Training Centre, National Police of Timor-Leste (VPU, Gender Cabinet, Police Training Centre), National Parliament -GMPTL, National Children Rights Commission, Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (lead of the referral network), Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion, DPOs (CBRN, ADTL, RHTO), other civil society organizations (JSMP), including GBV and legal service providers (Fokupers, Alfela, Pradet, JU’S), development partners (Partnership for Human Development, The Asia Foundation, Oxfam) and UN Agencies (UN Women, UNICEF, UNHRAU, UNDP, UNFPA).
   4. Drafting of initial findings and validation with key stakeholders
   5. Drafting of report (including 4-page summary with key points) mapping the available judicial services for women and children with disabilities who are victims of violence highlighting good practices, areas for improvement, capacity of service providers.

1. Duration of the assignment

The total duration of the contract will be between 20 October and 10 December 2020, Expect to have consultant based in Timor-Leste.

1. Key Deliverables

The assignment deliverables shall be:

#	Deliverables	Deadline
1	Mapping methodology and research tools reviewed by UN Women and the HRAU	30 October 2020
2	Validated report (including 4-page summary with key points to be used for advocacy) mapping the available judicial services for women and children with disabilities who are victims of violence highlighting good practices, areas for improvement, capacity of service providers, and recommendations, accompanied by short (4 page) report on the validation with annex of power-point presentation of initial findings and other relevant documents.	10 November 2020
3	Draft action plan for Ministry of Justice to consider based on inputs from training and consolidated based on mapping recommendations.	30 November 2020
4	Final mapping of judicial services (12 pages) for women and children with disabilities who are survivors of violence and all supporting document such as tools, any power point presentation and action plan.	10 December 2020

All the documents, including reports, consultation materials, presentations and reports should be submitted in English language or if developed in Tetum, with an English summary.

Upon receipt of the deliverables and prior to the payment of the instalments the deliverables related reports and documents will be reviewed and approved by UN Women, in collaboration with the UN HRAU. The period of the review is one week after receipt.

1. Inputs

• UN Women and UN HRAU will provide reference materials and facilitate coordination with key stakeholders, and will provide office space, printing facilities, and internet access as required during the Consultancy.
• UN Women will provide transportation to/from meetings, when available.

Competencies

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

Required Skills and Experience

Contractor’s performance will be evaluated against such criteria as: timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered.

 

1. Required skills and experience

Education:

• Master Degree in Law, Social Science, Human Rights, Gender and Development or other relevant field.

 

Experience

• 5-years of relevant work experience on gender-based violence and disability rights.
• Past experience in the Judicial Sector in any country
• Proven experience in qualitative research and data analysis
• Experience with development and facilitation of adult-centred training material (inclusive of organizations of persons with disabilities)
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and coordinate among diverse stakeholder groups

Language and other skills:

• Proficiency in oral and written English, and working knowledge of Tetum
• Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, IT tools, ability to use Internet and email, and attention to accessibility in communication.

 

1. Submission of application

Interested candidates are requested to submit electronic application to

UNDP JOB SITE not later than 05 October 2020 COB Timor-Leste time.

Submission package

 

1. Cover letter:
2. Sample of written report or material (not edited by someone else)
3. CV, including contact information for 3 references & copy of the latest education certificate;
4. Financial proposal. The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount per each deliverable, including any travel, per diem and administrative fees, based on the template in Annex 1. The approximate number of working days for each deliverable are intended to provide a guide only in the computation of the lump sum per deliverable, and the actual payment will be payable based on the stated lump sum for each satisfactorily achieved deliverable.

All applications must include (as an attachment) the CV, letter of interest and the financial proposal. Applications without financial proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be invited to the interview.

Selected candidates will need to submit prior to commencement of work:

1. UN Women P-11 form, available from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
2. A statement from a medical doctor of ‘good health and fit for travel

 

1. Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated based on the Cumulative analysis.

• Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
• Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical proposal being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

 

Technical qualification evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

          

Technical Evaluation Criteria	Obtainable Score
Education	20 %
Experience and skills	70 %
Language and other skills	10 %
Total Obtainable Score	100 %

 

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically-qualified candidate.

 

Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

• Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
• The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.

The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

 

 

Annex I: Financial Proposal

BREAKDOWN OF COSTS SUPPORTING THE ALL-INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

Breakdown of Cost by Components:

#	Deliverables	Weight (%)	Amount (USD)
1	Mapping methodology and research tools reviewed by UN Women and HRAU (deadline 30 October 2020).
2	Validated report (including 4-page summary with key points to be used for advocacy) mapping the available judicial services for women and children with disabilities who are victims of violence highlighting good practices, areas for improvement, capacity of service provider, and recommendations, and short (4 page) report on the validation with annex of power-point presentation of initial findings and other relevant documents (deadline 10 November 2020).
3	Draft action plan based for MoJ to consider on inputs from training and consolidated based on mapping recommendations (deadline 30 November 2020).
4	Final mapping of judicial services (12 pages) for women and children with disabilities who are survivors of violence and all supporting document such as tools, any power point presentation and action plan
	TOTAL

 

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount per each deliverable, specifying breakdown of costs, including daily fee, any travel, per diem and administrative fees.