international Consultant on Technical Support to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on Gender-Responsive Official Development Assistance

international Consultant on Technical Support to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on Gender-Responsive Official Development Assistance |
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Advertised on behalf of : |
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Location : |
Kyiv, UKRAINE |
Application Deadline : |
21-Jun-19 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Time left : |
8d 20h 42m |
Type of Contract : |
Individual Contract |
Post Level : |
International Consultant |
Languages Required : |
English |
Starting Date : |
14-Jun-2019 |
Duration of Initial Contract : |
50 days (within period of 14 June – 30 November 2019) |
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Background |
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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. The Ukrainian Constitution, policy and legal frameworks guarantee equality for men and women in Ukraine in all sectors. The country adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), joined the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action (BPfA) of the 4th World Conference for Women (1995) and ratified the main international instruments on gender equality and women’s rights, including the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol. UN Women in partnership with the Office of the Deputy-Prime Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration (DPM) launched the project “Enhancing accountability for gender equality and women’s empowerment in national reforms, peace and security” (referred to as Reforms Project hereafter) with the goal to support the Government in achieving transformative results in Ukraine by integrating gender equality and women’s human rights commitments into the national reforms and the peace and security processes, and by putting mechanisms in place for adequate financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The efforts on increasing aid effectiveness have made clear that reform of aid management systems should translate into enhanced performance and results for development and gender equality. The Paris Declaration for Aid Effectiveness (2005), Accra Agenda for Action (2008), and Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (2011), as well as subsequent meetings and actions have clearly articulated the need for gender responsive ODA and acceleration and deepening of the implementation of the national priorities through gender responsive budgeting. In 2012-2013, UN Women with support from European Commission, conducted a baseline study Gender Analysis of Official Development Assistance to Ukraine. The baseline contributed to enriching the knowledge and subsequent efforts related to gender-responsive ODA in Ukraine and regular mapping of gender equality commitments in the Official Development Assistance and creating an online Gender Equality Dashboard in Ukraine. The Government has demonstrated the commitment to gender-responsive ODA through the Gender Donor Coordination Group, led by Deputy-Prime Minister for EU and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Aimed at contributing to the increased volume and effective use of aid to implement national commitments to gender equality and women's empowerment, UN Women Reforms Project is working with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on introducing systems for tracking the allocations for gender equality in the ODA. UN Women will provide policy advice and technical support to the Government on establishing international standards of data generation; establish systems for evidence generation on gender financing gaps; thereby, establish systems to ensure the quality, volume and sustainability of the ODA that corresponds to the gender equality commitments related to national priorities in compliance with the Addis Ababa Action Plan. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade will also be supported in using Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Gender Equality Policy Marker for a systematic approach to track the gender-responsiveness of ODA. Given the importance of DAC gender equality policy marker as a key monitoring and accountability tool in the context of 2030 Agenda, the gender equality tracking system will also enable the Government of Ukraine to strengthen the monitoring of progress on SDG Agenda 2030. As outlined above, UN Women seeks to hire an International Consultant in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT) to undertake gender analysis of the ODA and introduce OECD-DAC Gender Equality Policy Marker for ODA tracking. The international consultant is expected to work in collaboration with a national consultant to be recruited by UN Women, and work closely with the MoEDT focal point during the entire assignment. |
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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Under the overall guidance of the Representative of UN Women in Ukraine and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the International Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
TOTAL - 50 days
Performance evaluation: Contractor’s performance will be evaluated against such criteria as: timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered. The evaluation will be carried out and cleared by the hiring manager, which will also be the basis for payment on a delivery-by-delivery basis to the consultant. Financial arrangements Payment will be disbursed in four instalments as per below schedule as certified by the UN Women Programme Specialist that the services have been satisfactorily performed. First installment – upon submission of Deliverables 1 (methodology and workplan) and 2 (report) - 20 days; Second installment – upon submission of Deliverables 3 (the first field mission and consultations) and 4 (locally adapted methodology) - 11 days; Third installment – upon completion of Deliverable 5 (2nd field mission and consultation), and 6 (development of training manual) – 14 days; Fourth installment – upon completion of Deliverable 7 (3rd mission and training with the event report) – 5 days. |
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Competencies |
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Core Values
Core Competencies
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 |
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Required Skills and Experience |
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Qualifications/Education:
Experience:
Languages and other skills:
Evaluation of Applicants: Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of their qualifications, financial proposal and interview. A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical proposal being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. The award of the contract should be made to the individuals whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
Technical criteria and interview, 70% of total evaluation – max 45 points for technical criteria and max 25 points for interview. Total max 70 points: The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 45. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on a desk review and the following technical qualification evaluation criteria: Technical Criteria Criterion A – Relevant education (max. 5 points):
Criterion B – Language skills (max. 5 points):
Criterion C – Relevant Experience with total for all of the following criterion (max. 35 points) including:
Total Obtainable Score for technical criteria – 45 points Maximum Obtainable Score for the interview – 25 points Total Obtainable Score for technical criteria and interview – 70 points Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:
Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 30 (S - score received on financial evaluation; Fmin - the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round; F - financial offer under the consideration). The candidate’s application should include:
Interested candidates are requested to apply no later than 02 June 2019, 23:59 EEST by submitting 2 attachments: 1) technical (a Letter of Interest and P-11) and 2) financial proposal to the following e-mail address: hr.ukraine@unwomen.org with a subject “International Consultant on Technical Support to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on Gender-Responsive Official Development Assistance”. Applications without financial proposal may be treated as incomplete and may not be considered for further assessment. Sample of Financial Proposal The format shown on the following tables is suggested for use as a guide in preparing the Financial Proposal A. Cost Breakdown per Deliverables*
*Basis for payment tranches UN Women applies fair and transparent selection process that would take into account the competencies/skills of the applicants as well as their financial proposals. |