Expression of Interest Reference No.: FJI30OTHERS434 - UN Women Fiji Multi Country Office for the Pacific For Call for Consultants' Expertise in ...
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Expression of Interest
Reference No.: FJI30OTHERS434
UN Women Fiji Multi Country Office for the Pacific
For Call for Consultants’ Expertise in Gender Equality Work
1Seeking Expression of Interest / EOI for Consultants’ Expertise in Gender Equality Work for the Pacific with
the UN Women Fiji Multi Country Office.
The UN Women Fiji Multi Country Office in the Pacific invites interested Pacific Island and International
Consultants to apply for the following:
Advertised on behalf of :
Objective: The aim of this call is to establish a qualified pool of international
and Pacific Island consultants who can deliver professional services
on a short-term basis across the Pacific.
Location: Home-based and / or in one or more Pacific Island Countries &
Territories / PICTs.
Type of Contract: SSA / Individual Consultant
Duration: 2 years (2020 – 2021)
Application Deadline: 13 October 2019 (5pm Fiji time)
Additional Category: Gender Equality
Expressions of Interest EOI
Languages Required: English
Starting Date: 01 January 2020
(date when the selected individual is
expected to start)
Expected Duration of Assignment: Varied.
21. 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 is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create
an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential.
The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) based in Fiji covers 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories
(PICTs): Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Republic of the
Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Currentl y, UN Women’s
programmatic countries are: Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu with
programming to commence in 2020 in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The UN Women Fiji MCO works to progress gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Pacific
through five key programmatic areas:
1. Women’s Economic Empowerment: UN Women’s Markets for Change (M4C) Project is a multi-year
initiative promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment that focuses on marketplaces in
rural and urban areas in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The project’s goal is to ensure that
marketplaces in rural and urban areas are safe, inclusive and non-discriminatory, promoting the
gender, social and economic empowerment of market vendors, with specific attention to the needs
and aspirations of women market vendors.
2. Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership: To address the chronic under-representation of
women in politics in the Pacific and to strengthen the voice of women leaders in governance issues,
the Fiji MCO ensures transformative programming in the areas of women’s political empowerment
and leadership through two projects, Consolidating Peace, Stability and Social Cohesion in Solomon
Islands and Women in Leadership Samoa (WILS).
3. Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: To address the high levels of violence against women
and girls in the Pacific, the Fiji MCO has modelled its EVAW programme on the best global evidence
on prevention of VAW to transform the social norms that perpetuate gender inequality and violence
against women and girls, leading to a reduction in violence in intervention sites, and strengthening
services for survivors of violence. The Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls
Programme is a partnership with the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
and brings together governments, civil society organizations (CSOs), and communities, among other
partners, to promote gender equality, prevent violence against women and girls (VA WG) and to
increase access to quality VAWG response services for survivors.
4. Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action, climate change and disaster risk reduction: UN
Women’s Humanitarian and resilience programme focuses on two streams of work: ensuring that
humanitarian planning, response frameworks and programming are gender and protection inclusive;
and supporting Pacific women and women’s CSOs to lead preparedness for and response to natural
disasters including increasing women’s role in leading resilience work across the Pacific.
5. Normative – Advancing Gender Equality – UN Women supports PICTS to engage regionally and
globally in reporting and monitoring gender equality and women’s empowerment including through
CEDAW and the Commission on the Status of Women, with the support of the UN, the Pacific
Community (SPC) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS).
3In order to connect UN Women Fiji MCO with a diverse range of knowledgeable and experienced gender
experts and trainers in the Region and around the world who possess expertise in the areas of work covered
by UN Women’s mandate, UN Women Fiji MCO is establishing a Pacific-wide roster of experts and trainers.
This roster will facilitate the recruitment, hiring and evaluation of consultants from several thematic areas.
2. Call for consultants
In order to connect UN Women with a diverse range of knowledgeable and experienced gender experts who
possess expertise in the areas of work covered by UN Women´s mandate, UN Women Fiji MCO is establishing
a regional consultant pool/ roster of expertise in gender equality work. This roster will facilitate the
recruitment, hiring processes and evaluation of consultants across all UN Women’s key thematic areas in
order to support and/or assist the Fiji MCO based in Suva, Fiji and its five field offices (Kiribati, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu) to support programming across 14 Pacific Island Countries and
Territories.
Profiles and Expertise
In this context, UN Women Fiji MCO is currently inviting experienced experts (individuals, not firms /
companies / entities) to apply, in order to be considered for the registration and prequalification of the
consultant´s pool in the following thematic and specialist areas:
Area Description
1 Women’s political empowerment and leadership
2 Gender responsive budgeting as an advocacy and planning tool for gender equality and women’s
empowerment
3 Women, Peace and Security
4 Gender Statistics
5 Gender Mainstreaming
6 Gender legislative review
7 Ending Violence Against Women – Prevention and Social Norms Policy and Programming
8 Ending Violence Against Women – Administrative Data Systems
9 Ending Violence Against Women – Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Services (counselling,
shelters,)
10 Ending Violence Against Women – Training and Curriculum Development
11 Ending Violence Against Women – Monitoring and Evaluation
12 Women’s Economic Empowerment – financial inclusion and socio-economic programming
13 Women’s Economic Empowerment – agribusiness and climate smart training and capacity
building
14 Women’s Economic Empowerment – entrepreneurship and business skills training
15 Women’s Economic Empowerment – policy
16 Global norms, policies and standards on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
17 Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action
18 Gender responsive climate change and disaster risk reduction
20 Programme and project design
21 Monitoring and evaluation
22 Strategic planning,
23 Communications, editing, graphics
43. Scope
A consultant pool/gender roster will be created to provide support and ensure that UN Women delivers on
its normative, programmatic and coordination mandates in a timely, effective and efficient manner to
promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Pacific Region.
The consultants will be responsible for providing programmatic, technical and/or operational support to
programmes, projects, initiatives, events and activities (including those of relevant UN Women and UN Trust
Funds) at country or regional level as assigned by the Country Representative or Deputy Country
Representative.
4. Duties and responsibilities
The Consultants, under the supervision of an assigned UN Women advisor or specialist, analyzes and stays
abreast of trends related to UN Women focus areas, as well as others relevant to the organization’s
programming and mission of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. In addition, he/she
provides technical and substantive assistance to UN Women in the field for Programme/project design and
implementation.
Consultants will provide a range of services to clients (UN Women Regional Office, Country Offices, Program
Presence Offices and/or RC and/or UNCT Projects). Specific reporting and working relationships will be
specified at the time of contracting for a specific assignment when demand arises, pre-selected consultants
will be called upon to provide demand-driven services. The range of tasks for the consultant may include:
• Advisory services in a particular thematic or specialist area,
• Technical assistance and/ or support in any of the areas of UNW mandates (coordination,
programmatic, normative),
• Applied research and diagnostic missions,
• Provision of strategic and operational advice,
• Training, facilitation and capacity development activities,
• Strategic development of policy and positioning papers, plans, projects and programme documents,
• On-site support to programmes and/or projects,
• Programme evaluation,
• Liaison with country offices, partner institutions and UN Agencies,
• Structuring of country portfolio,
• Knowledge products,
• Management of programmatic and/or operational activities,
• Strategic planning
5. Eligibility Criteria
Competencies • Demonstrates commitment to UN Women´s mission and vision.
• Strong technical capabilities in the area of application.
• Ability to work in a team, develop synergies and establish effective working
relations with government counterparts, donors, NGOs and other
development and humanitarian partners.
• Excellent communication and writing skills with demonstrated abi lity to
carry out research in order to contribute with the formulation of project
designs, policies and/or reports.
• Proficiency in IT.
• Sensitivity and adaptability to culture, gender, religion, nationality and age.
5• Openness to change and ability to receive/ integrate feedback.
• Ability to accommodate additional demands on short notice.
• Familiarity with result-based management and rights-based programming.
Education • Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent (*) in
International Affairs, Law, Social Sciences, Economic and Political
Development, and/or a closely related discipline.
• (*) A first-level university degree in combination with 7 years of qualifying
experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Gender studies are an asset.
Experience • Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in international
development work preferably focused on, or strongly involving gender
equality and/or the empowerment of women at national, regional and
international levels.
• Experience in design, formulation, coordination, implementation and/or
evaluation of projects and/or programmes is an asset.
• Experience with UN financial and programmatic systems and other related
procedures is an asset.
• Experience working in the Pacific region is an asset.
Language • Written and spoken English is required
• Working ability in Pacific languages is an asset.
Core values • Integrity: Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values
of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert
knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work
• Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity: Demonstrate an appreciation of
the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff.
• Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference s in values
and learning from cultural diversity
6. Evaluation of Applicants
• All applicants will be reviewed and go through a selection and assessment process to demonstrate
their technical and organizational capabilities.
• Successful applicants will be considered for individual engagements with UN Women in diverse areas
of work.
• Please specify the area of expertise you are applying for.
• Consultants should identify the thematic / specialist area(s) that best fits his / her range of experience
and expertise.
• If applicable, it is strongly recommended to apply for more than one thematic / specialist area.
• Applicants will be assessed against the eligibility criteria outlined in section five.
7. Contracting Arrangements
• Successful candidates will be included in the relevant thematic area of the UN Women Roster of
Experts;
• Entry into the roster system does not necessarily mean a guaranteed contract with UN Women. This
will depend on forthcoming needs;
• When a request for services arises, pertinent UN Women Fiji MCO HR personnel will contact the most
appropriate consultant from the roster.
• While a formal direct selection process will not be conducted, there may be some selection
procedures that would be considered (i.e. verification interview).
6• A specific Terms of Reference / TOR outlining the outputs for each assignment will be provided and
a Special Service Agreement (SSA) Contract will be issued to the Consultant, detailing the timeframe
and deadlines for the position.
• Conditions of an assignment may be negotiable.
• Only applicants who pass all screening procedures will be included in the ros ter.
8. Application Submission Procedures
All submissions should be emailed to: unwfiji.hr@unwomen.org with the subject line “EOI – ROSTER OF
EXPERTISE IN GENDER EQUALITY WORK”.
Any questions can be directed to the same email above.
Interested Consultants MUST provide the following:
• A brief cover letter (not exceeding one page), clearly outlining your: (i) Qualifications and country
experience in the Pacific, if applicable, in the area(s) of interest and expertise (as per list in Section 2
above); and (ii) period of availability.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) and professional referees for relevant experience.
• Sample of written work (e.g. report, design, training package)
• A current completed and signed P11 form/ UN Personal History Form in English (blank form can be
downloaded from:
http://www.unwomen.org/-
/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-
history-form.doc?la=en&vs=2740
• Contact details for 3 references.
• Please note that your previous employers could also be contacted.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you provide all requested materials
Please note that only applications in the specified format will be eligible.
The deadline for submission of applications is: 13th October 2019 (midnight Suva, Fiji Local Time).
Consultants will be selected in accordance with UN Women Rules and Regulations.
Only short-listed applications will be considered and contacted.
This call does not entail any commitment on the part of UN Women, either financial or otherwise. UN
Women reserve the right to accept or reject any or all applications without incurring any obligation to
inform the affected applicant/s of the grounds.
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