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, 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 centre 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. UN Women provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
supports the government to implement commitments to international normative standards on gender equality and women’s human rights. UN Women’s strategic engagement in Bangladesh is guided by the , launched in 2021, and the corresponding UN Women Bangladesh Strategic Note (SN) 2022-2026. The country strategy focuses on strengthening the national structures and mechanisms for gender mainstreaming in policies, plans, and budgets; supporting efforts to prevent and eliminate violence against women; promoting women’s access to decent and safe work; promoting policies and government investment in women’s empowerment and resilience building in the context of climate change, humanitarian crisis as well as other threats to peace and security. UN Women works with a range of stakeholders in Bangladesh, including the government, civil society, women’s organisations, youth, UN agencies, and donors, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
UN Women is implementing projects to equip government institutions and actors with the knowledge and skills necessary to address the distinct needs and priorities of women, girls, men, boys, and gender-diverse groups in climate change adaptation and mitigation. BCO is supporting government in implementing the newly adopted Climate Change and Gender Action Plan (CCGAP) to enhance the resilience of the most climate-vulnerable groups, enabling them to better withstand and cope with future climate-induced shocks. Towards that end there would be training for government officials on gender-responsive actions, strengthening institutions to plan and monitor the CCGAP, enhancing the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust’s capacity to assess gender responsiveness of climate change adaptation projects, support key sectoral Ministries to adopt CCGAP, and help women led organisations to become the most powerful agent for influencing gender mainstreaming agenda in climate change actions. Activities involve advocacy, training, developing monitoring frameworks, fostering ownership amongst target ministries through a co-creation approach and WLOs.
UN Women also co-chairs the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) working group under the leadership of the Department of Women’s Affairs, MOWCA. The objective of GIHA is to ensure effective mainstreaming of gender equality in humanitarian action in Bangladesh. GiHA Bangladesh has supported the realization of gender-responsive programming since 2017 to ensure that the needs of all affected populations – women, men, girls, boys, gender-diverse people, and people with disabilities – are addressed equally. GiHA currently has 62 members and holds quarterly meetings. Most recently, GiHA has initiated local chapters in four of the country’s most disaster-prone areas namely Khulna, Sathkira, Jamapur and Kurigram in its efforts for better localization of the humanitarian action in Bangladesh.
II. Objective:
UN Women in Bangladesh is seeking the services of a national consultant to provide technical and coordination support for monitoring, procurement, contracting, and reporting for the “Increase the Resilience of Women and Girls through the Acceleration of Gender-Responsive Climate Change Action in Bangladesh” project, and support the coordination efforts of UN Women for the gender equality and women’s empowerment agenda through GiHA Working Group.
Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, and overall guidance of the Deputy Country Representative, the consultant will be responsible for the following:
IV. Duration of the assignment:
The assignment will commence in October 2024, for a duration of about 3 years with maximum 18 days of engagement per month.
V. Deliverables:
Respective deliverables and documents will be reviewed by UN Women before processing payment. The consultant will be expected to submit a monthly work plan at the beginning of each month with an indicative list of tasks and deliverables to be completed. The deliverables will include the following (this is not exhaustive):
Tasks and Deliverables | Evidence / Milestones | Target Dates | Payment Schedule |
1.Provide technical and coordination support for implementation
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| Intermittent | Payment will be processed at the end of each month for the number of days worked based on submission of progress report on tasks completed during the month with deliverables produced. |
2. Support the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group
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3.Support resource mobilization efforts.
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Payment will be made on a monthly basis on the submission of a monthly report with all the completed deliverables and the total number of days worked.
VI. Supervision & Performance evaluation:
The consultant will work under the supervision of the Programme Specialist DRR/CCA of UN Women Bangladesh. Performance of the consultant will be evaluated based on timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the services delivered.
VII. Duty Station(s): UN Women Country office, Dhaka, (with occasional field visit as needed).
VIII- Travel and DSA: No DSA will be paid at the duty station(s) – For this consultancy, the duty station is considered Dhaka. Travel outside the duty station, Dhaka upon prior agreement/approval of the line manager(s), shall be UN Women’s expenses and the individual contractor shall receive a per-diem not exceeding United Nations daily subsistence allowance rate in location(s) of destination.
Core Values
Core Competencies:
Functional Competencies:
Education:
Experience:
Language:
Fluency in English; knowledge of French would be an asset.
Evaluation criteria:
The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on the following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
Criteria-01; Educational Qualification – Max Point 10
Criteria-02; Proven experiences working in the fields of gender equality, especially, climate change, humanitarian action in Bangladesh. Max Point 20
Criteria-03; Proven experience in developing high quality analytical reports, research papers, and background papers. Max Point 20
Criteria-04; Demonstrable track record in coordination with multi-stakeholders, including government, donors, academia, and civil society organizations on DRR, humanitarian, and Gender Equality. Max Point 20
Criteria-05; Interview. Max Point 10
Interested Individual Consultants will submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications.
The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:
How to Submit the Application:
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, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All recruitment/procurement 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.
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