Republic of Moldova

Local Individual Consultant to provide programmatic support to UN Women within EVA project on violence prevention programs in schools

Vacancy Number: Pr20/02127

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	01 Dec 2020, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	N/A
Starting date:	08 Dec 2020
Reference to the project:	UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:	Up to 145 days, from November 30, 2020 to July 20, 2022
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted on-line no later than 1 December 2020, 23:59 EST. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail veronika.dobrioglo@unwomen.org. Please notice that this address is for information requests only, please do not send or copy your application package to this address. UN Women staff will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.
Supporting Documents: Annex I & II ToR Personal History Form (P11) UN Women UN Women Conditions of Service Consultants

Contacts:

Ms. Veronica Dobrioglo.

veronica.dobrioglo@unwomen.org

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 the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.    

The work of UN Women in Moldova is guided by its Country Strategic Note for 2018-2022, aligned with the Republic of Moldova–United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development 2018–2022, the Global Strategic Plan of UN Women for 2018-2021, the National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2017-2021 (NSGE), the National Strategy for prevention and combating violence against women and domestic violence for 2018-2023 developed in line with the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). UN Women Strategy for Moldova 2018-2022 focuses on three main areas: 1) strengthening women’s participation in politics and decision-making, 2) economic empowerment of women and 3) ending violence against women and girls. To achieve progress under these areas, UN Women works with a variety of national and international partners, as part of different national and regional initiatives.  

Based on the European Commission Decision ENI/2018/041-302 regarding the Annual Action Programme 2018 in favor of the Republic of Moldova for supporting the implementation of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, UN Women Moldova CO is implementing a three-year project under the name “Strengthened Gender Action in Cahul and Ungheni districts” (hereinafter EVA). The project is implemented in line with and in contribution to the Gender Action Plan II (GAP II) of European Commission “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the lives of girls and women through external relations 2016-2020”, adopted in September 2015. 

The project started in January 2020, being funded by the European Union, co-founded and implemented by UN Women Moldova Country Office and in partnership with UNICEF. The overall purpose of the EVA Project is to promote gender equality, women’s empowerment through strengthened implementation of gender mainstreaming in local policies and combating gender-based and domestic violence affecting women and children in two focal regions: Ungheni and Cahul.  

The principles of gender equality and women empowerment are central to the EVA Project, as women in Moldova continue to face gender inequalities when it comes to decision-making, the labor market, the gender pay gap, as the regulatory framework still impedes women to participate and have certain occupations and allows for discrimination based on age, disability, marital status, etc.  

One of the expected results under EVA Project is that gender equality is promoted and mainstreamed in local policy making and decision-making. Thus, it is envisaged to integrate gender equality in local policies and budgets (or in local policy making), through training elected and appointed representatives of the LPAs on gender equality and gender mainstreaming and its implications for decisions taken by the LPAs;  supporting LPAs to contribute to the principles of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life; raising the awareness and capacities of local CSOs and gender advocates – as rights holders - to monitor the implementation of policies and budgets from the gender equality perspective and demand accountability of duty bearers; raising awareness of local population from selected regions on gender equality and empowering women to actively participate in local decision-making processes. 

Another set of expected results under EVA project refers to a greater access to effective survivor - focused multidisciplinary services for the victims of domestic violence, including sexual violence; and violence prevention programmes piloted in local schools and communities. These should be achieved through a range of interventions, inclusively through strengthening the capacities of the multidisciplinary teams for an effective protection of women/children victims of domestic violence, empowering domestic violence survivors, and using innovative tools to raise the capacities of local civil society to change attitudes and behaviors on violence against women and gender-based violence.    

Scope of work

RATIONALE 

To successfully implement the EVA project activities related to promoting innovative approaches for engaging civil society and local professionals in advancing gender equality (GE) and preventing violence against women (VAW) and gender-based violence (GBV), UN Women will contract a national consultant with experience in EVAW as a short term individual programmatic consultant.  

The national consultant will be working closely with the international company contracted in the framework of the project to provide liaison with the local stakeholders and local professionals, facilitation activities, and analytical work to support the violence prevention measures taken in secondary schools, and the co-creation and piloting of models of violence prevention programs for secondary schools in Moldova. 

 SCOPE OF WORK 

The UN Women within EVA project seeks to contract one Consultant on EVAW (hereinafter “the Consultant”) to provide analytical support, consultancy, and assistance in the implementation of the institutional contract with the foreign company promoting innovative approaches in engaging local professionals in preventing violence against women and gender-based violence in Cahul and Ungheni districts for up to 145 days.   

The incumbent is expected to exercise full compliance with UN Women programming, financial, procurement and administrative rules, regulations, policies and strategies, as well as implementation of effective internal control systems.  

The consultant is expected to work under the supervision of the EVA Programme Manager and in close collaboration with the EVA Programme Officers for effective achievement of results, anticipating and resolving complex programme-related issues and information delivery. 

 

For detailed information regrding the tasks and activities, please refer to Terms of Reference attached.

Requirements for experience

Education: 

• Master's degree or equivalent in Human Rights, Gender Equality, Law, Social Sciences, Public Administration or other development related sciences. 
• A first-level university degree in combination with three additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. 
• Additional training and certification in programme/project management would be an advantage. 

 

Experience: 

• Minimum three (3) years of relevant practical experience in preventing and ending violence against women and girls. 
• Extensive knowledge and/or experience in working with schools' personnel and/or civil society. 
• Experience in applying co-creation, design thinking and other innovation tools and techniques in the development area is an asset. 

• Experience in programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. 
• Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative social research will be considered an asset.  
• Experience in working with international organizations (successful experience in working with UN agencies is an asset). 
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Office, Outlook, etc.). 

Language requirements:  

• Fluency in written and oral Romanian, Russian, English are required. 

Other skills/ requirements: 

• Good business writing skills.  
• Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, IT tools, ability to use Internet and email. 
• Availability to travel within Moldova for the implementation of the contract.  

Documents to be included

Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications with the following documents.

• Duly filled Personal History Form PHF11/CV (downloadable from http://www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P_11_form_UNwomen.doc);
• Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
• Financial proposal – specifying a total lump sum amount for the task specified in Terms of References. The Financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (daily rate). Please see ANNEX I and ANNEX II.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of the lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days). Please see Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template and Price Proposal Submission Form.

 

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