Vacancy: National Consultant on Strategic Planning, UNDP Moldova

National Consultant on Strategic Planning

Vacancy Number: Pr19/01920

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	11 Nov 2019, 11:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	18 Nov 2019
Reference to the project:	UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Procurement Notice Annex 1 Annex 2 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.

UN Women supported the process of developing the National Strategy for Gender Equality for 2017-2021 adopted in April 2017. Under its “Gender Equality in Peace and Security Sector” area of intervention and forthoverall objective on “Ensuring gender equality in the security and defense sector”, the Strategy envisages two specific objectives to be achieved as a result of implementation of a set of 13 activities, such as promotion of women in managerial positions in security and defense institutions, enhancing capacities of the personnel of in-line institutions on promotion and implementation of policies on ensuring gender equality in security and defense sector, raising awareness of the personnel from in-line ministries on equal treatment and work-life balance, including in the Curriculum of subjects on gender equality in security and defense sector, development of mechanism to prevent and control sexual harassment, ensuring implementation of the CEDAW Committee’s General Recommendation no. 30 and of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UN SCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security, etc.

The cooperation between UN Women and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of Moldova, were consolidated with the signing of 2 Memoranda of Cooperation in 2018 (July and August respectively). The main objective of the Memoranda is to increase institutional capacities and knowledge of the institution in the areas of gender equality and implementation of UN SCR 1325 and other WPS-related Resolutions.

In the framework of the Memoranda of Understanding between UN Women and the Ministry of Defense, and UN Women and Ministry of Internal Affairs, UN Women has committed to provide support to the National Army Women's Association (NAWA), National Association of Women in Internal Affairs System (NAWIAS), and Association of Women in Police (AWP) to strengthen its internal capacities on gender mainstreaming and advancing the WPS agenda.

Scope of work

The selected national consultant will support the National Army Women's Association (NAWA), National Association of Women in Internal Affairs System (NAWIAS), and Association of Women in Police (AWP) in developing their specific strategic development plan for each association.

Requirements for experience

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: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

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;

Flexible and open to learning and new experiences;

Displays cultural, gender, religion and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Minimum Requirements:

Education

Master’s Degree in gender, human rights, law, political science, sociology, international relations, international economics, security or other related fields.

Experience

At least five (5) years of proven track record of working on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Republic of Moldova;
At least three (3) years of professional experience in coordinating and managing strategic planning and evaluation processes of policy documents;
Previous work experience in analyzing/developing policies or provision of recommendations and/or amendments to national legal framework.
Experience in conducting participatory trainings, workshops, and presentations will represent an asset.
Experience in working with UN agencies is an asset.

Language Requirements

Excellent command of Romanian, Russian and English languages.

Documents to be included

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

Letter of Intent with justification of being the most suitable for the work, vision and working approach, specifically indicating experience of promoting gender equality especially in the security and defense sectors
Duly filled Personal History Form (P11), including records on past experience in similar project/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 include a breakdown of the lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days). Please see TOR Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template and Price Proposal Submission Form.

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