Republic of Moldova

National consultant to design and deliver capacity building on gender equality and effective leadership / UN WOMEN

Vacancy Number: Pr17/01531

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	15 May 2017, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	22 May 2017, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	01 Jun 2017
Reference to the project:	Enhancing Women's Political Representation through Improved Capacity and Enhanced Support in Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	Up to 15 working days in the period of June- November, 2017
Submission Instructions: This is a local position; therefore, only citizens of the Republic of Moldova are eligible to apply. Applications should be submitted on line and include fully completed UN Women Personal History Form as attachment instead of CV/resume, with the mark “National consultant to design and deliver capacity building on gender equality and effective leadership” by 15 of May, 2017, COB. Failure to disclose prior employment or making false representations on this form will be grounds for withdrawal of further consideration of his/her application or termination, where the appointment or contract has been issued. Note: The system will only allow one attachment, hence all supporting document e.g. P11, CV and Cover letter must be scanned as one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. Only qualified, shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 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.
Supporting Documents: Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Annex II Terms of Reference Personal History Form (P11) UN Women UN Women Conditions of Service Consultants

Contacts:

Ms. Elena Ratoi.

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. UN Women is operational in Moldova since 2010 on the basis of former UNIFEM projects, which were laid and active in the country from 2007. It extended continuous support to the Government of Moldova, to key stakeholders from national and local levels, through various programmes and activities aimed at creating an enabling environment for gender equality, recognized as a prerequisite for sustainable development with a strong and active policy on gender equality.

In the period 2014-2017, UN Women jointly with UNDP and in partnership with the civil society organizations (CSOs) East Europe Foundation (EEF) and the Centre Partnership for Development (CPD) is implementing a joint programme in Moldova: “Enhancing Women’s Political Representation through improved capacity and enhanced support in Moldova” (Women in Politics ), implemented with the financial support of the Government of Sweden. The programme aims at ensuring an increased participation of women in politics and in the decision-making process by creating an environment conducive to their meaningful participation, and providing support to capacity development of women before, during and after the elections at the central and local levels. It is also seeking to promote increased public awareness of women’s contribution to political leadership. The programme supports the realization of women’s rights and commitments undertaken by the Government of Moldova.

In the Republic of Moldova, women are still underrepresented in the decision-making fields. Despite reaching some slight progress related to increasing representation of women in leading positions, Moldova is far away to achieve the international main goal to have “a Planet 50/50 by 2030”, with actual 23% of women’s representation in Parliament, 20.6% of women mayors and 30% of women in local councils. After the local elections, which took place in June, 2015, the share of women mayors increased slightly with 3,6 p.p.- from 17% (166 women mayors) in 2011 to 20.6% (185 women mayors) in 2015. Out of 185 women mayors elected in 2015, almost half of them are new.

In its Report on Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of the Republic of Moldova issued in 2013, Committee in the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)  expressed its concern regarding the continued low representation of women in Parliament and in government positions at the State, national and local levels and urges Moldova to “increase its efforts to provide training and capacity-building for women to enable them to enter public office and enhance awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of women’s full and equal participation in political and public life”, among other recommendations.

National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2017- 2021 , adopted on March 9, 2017, envisaged under the General Objective No. 1 Ensuring complex mainstreaming of gender equality and Specific Objective No. 1.1 Enhancing institutional and legal mechanisms on women’s promotion in decision making a concrete result oriented towards enhancing leadership skills of women and girls, accompanied by defined activities set up in the Action Plan: building capacities of women in decision making positions on gender equality and strengthening Women Mayors’ Network established under the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM).

Scope of work

Following international recommendations and national strategies on ensuring gender equality, one of the Programme’s overall objective is to strengthen capacities at all levels to promote women’s participation within electoral processes through organization of a series of capacity development programs for elected women leaders to improve their abilities to exercise their functions effectively.

In this respect, UN Women and UNDP, under “Women in Politics” Programme is planning to provide support to Women’s Network of Congress of Local Public Authorities from Moldova (CALM) on their institutional strengthening and to provide capacity building to all women mayors at their first mandate on gender responsive and effective local governance. A comprehensive capacity building program for the 90 women mayors at their first mandate will be organized in partnership with CALM. The program will cover topics such as gender equality, gender responsive local governance, communications, citizens’ engagement, outreach and effective leadership and will be delivered in two modules. It will aim at equipping the women mayors with knowledge, skills, tools and peer networks to overcome challenges in carrying out their mandate, which are often compounded by gender stereotypes.

Therefore, UN Women, under “Women in Politics” Programme is looking for a national consultant to deliver a series of training sessions on gender equality and effective leadership for up tp 90 women mayors at their first mandate, capacity building to be provided within 8 (eight) training sessions for approximately 22 women mayors at their first mandate during each session, delivered in two modules (4 trainings on effective and gender responsive local governance and 4 trainings on effective communication, engagement and leadership for gender equality).

The national consultant will work under the overall guidance and direct supervision of Women in Politics UN Women Component Manager and in close collaboration with representatives of CALM

Requirements for experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• Advanced university degree in gender equality, women’s studies, law, human rights, social studies, development studies or related field;

II. Years of experience:

• At least five years of proven track record of working on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Republic of Moldova;
• At least three years of proven trach record of delivery trainings and capacity building programs for women, on topics as gender equality, effective leadership, feminism movement and other related areas;
• Demonstrated experience of working with women in decision making and leadership positions, like women mayors, women councilors, women MPs, etc.;
• Previous work experience with international organizations will be considered an asset.

III. Functional Competencies:      

• Mature judgment and initiative;
• Ability to think out-of-the-box;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams;
• Ability to work under pressure against strict deadlines;
• Ability to present complex issues persuasively and simply;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion and age sensitivity and adaptabilit

IV. Language skills:

• Excellent command of Romanian language.
• Working knowledge of Russian and English language

Documents to be included

Interested candidates must submit via online submission system the following documents/ information to demonstrate their qualification:

-          Letter of Intent with justification of being the most suitable for the work, vision and working approach, specifically indicating experience of mobilization of excluded communities for participation and inclusion 

-          Duly filled Personal History Form (P11) and/or CV, including records on past experience in similar projects/assignments and specific outputs obtained; P11 can be downloaded at http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;

-          Financial proposal (in MDL) - Specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this Terms of Reference). The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days, and any other possible costs);

Please see Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template and Annex II: Price Proposal Submission Form.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR.  In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).  

 

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