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.

Under the UN-Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) regional Strategic Note (2022-2023) Outcome 7.1 – Arab States accelerate the implementation of global and regional gender norms and standards with quality comparable data particularly on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Cairo Declaration for Arab women – UN-Women has established GenTrack a data visualization platform, which offers easily accessible data that facilitates analyses and informs policy decisions. The platform currently hosts 194 gender indicators from nine credible global datasets and indices, covering a variety of thematic areas, including insights into the links between gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, gender and governance, and violence against women and girls.
UN Women also created the Gender Justice and Equity Before the Law initiative which delivers a regional monitoring tool on the quantitative status of gender-responsive legislation across 17 Arab states. The initiative is a collaboration with member states, UNDP, UNFPA, and UN-ESCWA. The first regional dashboard of 18 countries was produced in 2019 covering 27 indicators across multiple sectors and was further expanded to 74 indicators in 2022.
In bringing together these two tools, UN Women is now adding a qualitative trends analysis to selected indicators in the GenTRACK on (18) women’s economic and empowerment and (3) women’s political empowerment, including through the use of the Gender Justice and Equality Before the Law dashboard covering 17 countries from the 2022 dashboard. This qualitative trends analysis will be fed into the nascent GenTrack Phase II portal aligning to relevant women’s economic and political empowerment indicators in the GenTrack.
UN Women plans to recruit an international consultant to provide technical support in terms of reviewing the structure of GenTRACK to incorporate the qualitative analysis, and lead a technical discussion with a potential vendor to develop the GenTRACK Phase II. The consultant will be reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, and will be supported by Programme Management Specialist for Resilience and Monitoring and Programme Analyst, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

Review the structure of GenTRACK Phase II

• Review the developed structure of GenTRACK Phase II to incorporate qualitative analysis;
• Define technical requirements and the estimated costs for the development of the designed platform.

Manage and upgrade the quality of GenTRACK to maintain performance and reliability

• Undertake maintenance and quality assurance services of existing GenTRACK by fixing bugs, as well as updates to address any performance challenges and vulnerabilities.

Lead technical discussion with a vendor 

• Develop TOR for a vendor to develop GenTRACK Phase II;
• Support technical negotiation with a potential vendor;
• Support technical discussion with an identified vendor throughout the process of the GenTRACK Phase II development.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel: This is a home-based consultancy.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

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 Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent strategic planning, goal-setting, and prioritization skills;
• Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision;
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Strong data analysis and visualization skills including advanced skills in the use IT tools;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Strong writing and communication skills.

Required Qualifications:

Education and Certification:

• Masters degree in social sciences, international development or another relevant field;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years work experience carrying out research and/or driving data and statistics, and examine analysis in a development policy and/or research context is required;
• Experience in statistics and indicators, as well as administrative data and data systems is required;
• Concrete knowledge of Application Programming Interface is required;
• Proven track record of conducting a comprehensive and systematic analysis of data, including data trends, outliers and patterns is an asset;
• Experience of developing data/knowledge products, preferably online is an asset.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of Arabic is an asset.

Statements :

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.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)