Gender Advisor до UNFPA, Фонду ООН у галузі народонаселення в Україні

Purpose of consultancy:

Since 2015, UNFPA GBV Response and Prevention Programme works to develop a comprehensive national system of response and prevention of domestic and gender-based violence in Ukraine. The Programme provides support to the Government of Ukraine to strengthen policy and legal framework, improve access of survivors to quality assistance and transform social norms that condone GBV in Ukrainian society.

The National Consultant will advise UNFPA Programme on effective gender mainstreaming in policy and legal framework development, specialised services operation and design of GBV prevention interventions and other UNFPA programme streams.
The Consultant analyses and assesses relevant political, social and economic trends and provides substantive inputs to project formulation and evaluation, joint programming initiatives and national policy frameworks. Gender Advisor will guide and facilitate the delivery of UNFPA programme by incorporating gender-sensitive approach into monitoring of results achieved during implementation.

Scope of work:
As part of the assignment with the UNFPA GBV Programme, the National Consultant will:

• Provide technical advice to the GBV Programme and UNFPA Country Office to facilitate integration of the gender transformative approach into programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Contribute to improvement of existing results-reporting and data-collection systems of GBV programme and UNFPA country office and introduce new mechanisms where necessary, ensuring gender sensitivity of frameworks and data collection tools.
• Analyse, edit and contribute to UNFPA strategies, plans, position papers, knowledge products and capacity development materials in the area of gender equality, women’s empowerment and GBV to ensure their gender sensitivity and contribution to transformative change of fostering gender equality and zero tolerance to GBV in Ukrainian society.
• Develop expert recommendations and inputs on gender equality to policy papers, strategies, development frameworks and national plans.
• Prepare briefs and inputs on gender equality for UNFPA policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination, and humanitarian response and development frameworks.
• Analyse and interpret the political and socio-economic environment relevant to gender equality and equity, women’s empowerment and men engagement and identifies opportunities for UNFPA intervention.
• Help create and document knowledge about trends in the areas of gender and human rights by analysing programme, projects, strategies, approaches and ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices, and share with management for use in knowledge sharing and planning of future strategies.
• Contribute to the work of thematic government intersectoral and interagency working groups by presenting relevant updates on UNFPA work and providing expert recommendations to discussed documents and plans.
• Act as an active member of the UNCT Gender Theme Group to advocate for issues within the UNFPA mandate, develop strategic partnerships with UN agencies to enhance UN coordination, and strengthen the overall UN agencies’ performance on gender equality by mainstreaming gender into all key policies and programmes.
• Perform other duties as may be required by UNFPA country office management.

Duration and working schedule:
Starting date: 10 September 2022 (tentatively)
Duration: till 10 July 2023

Place where services are to be delivered:
Kyiv, Ukraine

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.):
Brief progress notes on work assignments should be made electronically in the UNFPA progress tracking document (access to which will be granted by UNFPA) weekly (on Mondays for the preceding week).
A monthly progress report (up to 4 pages) in the UNFPA template should be submitted electronically by the 23rd day each month via email: [email protected] accompanied by draft documents developed/reviewed.
Final report on the assignment completion (up to 10 standard pages A4 in English) to be delivered electronically via email to [email protected] with [email protected] and [email protected] in the copy by the end of the assignment before 22 June 2023 accompanied with the recommendations for further work on integrating gender transformative approach in UNFPA GBV Programming.

Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline:
Daily work monitoring will be done by Nadiia Kovalevych, UNFPA Project Coordinator (GBV Prevention), [email protected].

Supervisory arrangements:
The consultant will directly report to UNFPA Project Coordinator (GBV Prevention) Nadiia Kovalevych, [email protected].

Expected travel:
No travel expected

Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:
Education:
● Master’s Degree in gender studies, social sciences, political studies, international relations, law, public administration or related areas.
● Completed certification or extensive professional capacity development programme on gender equality.

Experience:
● At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in gender equality and/or GBV.
● Experience in advising and supporting initiatives to address GBV and gender inequality in Ukraine would be an asset.
● Working experience in programmes funded by international donors is desirable.
● Excellent analytical, writing and interpersonal skills.
● Strong knowledge of MS Office-Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet, e-mail applications, etc.

Language:
● Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required.

Inputs/services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable:
Additional services could be provided upon UNFPA request and authorisation.
UNFPA will provide the Consultant with background materials related to the assignments.

Other relevant information or special conditions, if any:
The consultancy fee will be paid monthly upon UNFPA’s approval of the Consultant’s monthly report and developed/reviewed documents.

Any remarks, proposals, complaints or claims to the consultant regarding services being provided in line with these terms of reference should be submitted to the consultant in writing within 10 days of submission of consultancy deliverables or reports by the consultant.
The scope of work to be performed by the consultant under these terms of reference, as well as other conditions of the consultancy, could be modified, if required, through a written agreement between the consultant and UNFPA.

Intellectual property
All information pertaining to this project (documentary, pictures, digital, cyber, project documents, etc.) belonging to UNFPA, which the consultant may come into contact with in the performance of his/her duties under the assignment shall remain the property of UNFPA, which shall have exclusive rights over their use. Except for purposes of this assignment, the information shall not be disclosed to the public nor used in whatever manner without written permission of UNFPA in line with the national and international Copyright Laws applicable.

Application Process

The consultant will be identified via open-call competitive selection process.

To be considered for the role, one needs to submit to [email protected] by 05 September 2022 an application comprised of the following documents (all prepared in English):

• Professional CV;
• List of published reports/developed documents on gender equality (with relevant links);
• 1 page motivation letter describing interest in and suitability for the role;
• Expected remuneration per month for full-time engagement in the assignment (in USD).

Only complete applications received by the deadline will be evaluated.
Selected candidates may be invited for an interview.
In the subject of the letter, please state: Application for ICC Gender Advisor