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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

In Nepal, UN Women focuses on strengthening women’s voice, agency, and leadership across sectors to advance women’s rights, provide space for women’s meaningful participation, and contribute to tangible differences in their lives. The UN Women Nepal’s Strategic Note (SN) for the period 2018-2022 lays out the agency’s unique role and comparative advantage in supporting national stakeholders in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in line with internationally agreed normative standards. The SN is aligned with and contributes to Nepal’s national priorities and commitments as described in the Nepal Constitution 2015 and the Fifteenth Periodic Plan, the needs of women’s organizations, and the UNDAF 2018-2022 with a commitment of leaving no one behind. UN Women will advance its efforts in Nepal in accordance with its unique role and triple mandate (normative, operational and coordination) and lessons learned to “achieve gender equality and social inclusion and empower women and girls in Nepal to realize their human rights”. Currently, UN Women Nepal Country Office (NCO) is in the process of developing its new SN 2023 – 2027 in line with the UN Women global Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025 and the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023 – 2027.

Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Head of Office and in close consultation with Youth Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and relevant UN Women personnel; the consultant is responsible for supporting UN Women NCO in integrating Results-Based Management (RBM) standards and principles into the programme design, monitoring and reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Support the development of results statements and corresponding indicators for UN Women NCO’s SN 2023 – 2027 from RBM perspective, in line with global Strategic Plan and Nepal UNSDCF
  • Support in collecting baseline data for SN 2023 – 2027 results indicators.
  • Support the preparation and editing of NCO quarterly, annual and donor reports ensuring clear and results-based language and sufficient data and evidences are provided.
  • Review monitoring and evaluation plan including performance monitoring framework of NCO’s partners ensuring that RBM standards are appropriately integrated.
  • Conduct refresher sessions on results-based reporting for NCO personnel and project/programme partners in consultation with Youth Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
  • Design/review of monitoring and reporting tools/guidance notes.
  • Support to develop project documents/proposals ensuring that RBM standards are integrated.

Deliverables

  • Revised set of results statements and indicators of the draft SN 2023 – 2027.
  • Set of baseline data for SN 2023 – 2027 along with reliable source of data.
  • Evidence of at least two refresher sessions (2 hours each) on results-based reporting (presentations, pre- and post-assessment results and relevant resource material)
  • Edited quarterly, annual and donor reports including track-change and clean versions
  • New/revised monitoring and reporting tools/guidance notes.
  • Evidence of support provided to develop project documents/proposals that are RBM compliant.

Competencies

Core Values:

  • Integrity
  • Professionalism
  • Respect for Diversity

Core Competencies:

  • Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
  • Accountability
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Effective Communication
  • Inclusive Collaboration
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Leading by Example

Functional Competencies

  • Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management
  • Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting
  • Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports
  • Good analytical and report writing skills
  • Knowledge of UN programme management systems

Required Skills and Experience

Education

  • Master’s Degree in international development studies, gender/women’s studies, economics, political science, related social sciences, or related discipline.

Experience

  • Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience on project design, monitoring and reporting integrating the RBM standards and principles.
  • Proven expertise in the area of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
  • Experience in working with the UN previously is an asset.
  • Proven track record development work in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Language skills

  • Excellent command of written and oral English.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria

A two-stage procedure is utilized 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. If required, an interview will be conducted before making the final decision on selection of the consultant.

  1. 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:

  • Required degree and qualification (15 points);
  • Relevant years of experience on issues related to project design, monitoring and reporting integrating the RBM standards and principles (40 points)
  • Working knowledge and experience in the area of gender equality and the empowerment of women (15 points);
  • Writing sample (30 points).

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

  1. Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

The financial proposal of candidates who meet the technical assessment threshold will be evaluated. The financial assessment will count as 30% of the total points.  In this methodology, the maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion.

A formula is as follows:

p = y (µ/z)

Where:

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

How to Apply?

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

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

  • Expression of interest
  • Completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) of all the team members which can be downloaded:  http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment
  • At least two samples of original writing produced where the applicant is the author/co-author
  • A separate page of financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify the per day consultancy fee based on which the total contract value will be calculated. UN Women HR might request the candidate to share evidence of the per day consultancy fee of the previous assignment(s).

Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form and the written sample will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

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.

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