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.

Part of the Strategic Partnerships Division (SPD), the Private Sector Partnerships Section Services (PSP) Section leads UN Women’s engagement with the private sector, corporations, philanthropy, foundations, and individuals – both in terms of a substantive components and resource mobilization – and it drives a wide range of UN Women’s global initiatives: HeForShe, Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and Unstereotype Alliance (UA). It also leads the work with all UN Women National Committees, and on the development of the individual/digital giving as well as Advisory Services business line for private sector. PSP’s main aims are to ensure that UN Women develops and sustains high quality and impact focused partnerships to achieve maximum results for gender equality and women’s empowerment.

UN Women has just launched a new Private Sector Engagement Strategy and to ensure this strategy is monitored and reported upon, the PSP Section requires consultancy support to assist with results reporting to set a baseline for the strategy’s Results Framework. This will include a baseline assessment of results achieved through engagement with the private sector for the last five years enabling the PSP Section to devise indicators to measure the new strategy and provide useful results and case stories for advocacy and communications in the first full year of the strategy.

Under direction of the PSP Section Chief and working closely with the Private Sector Strategy and Knowledge Management Adviser (Consultant) the Analyst will support on the following key deliverables: (1) rapid desk review of PSP results achieved through an assessment of available UN Women reports and knowledge products; (2) consolidation of results into a clear and concise report for internal and external use (including case stories / examples); (3) development of indicators including baseline data to the measure the PSES’s Results Framework; (4) other work in relation to PSP Section results monitoring, reporting and other knowledge products as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities

Deliverable 1: Support a rapid desk review of results achieved by UN Women through engagement with the private sector.

Activities (15 May – end June):

• Identification of sources of knowledge and results on engagement with the private sector (e.g. UN Women HQ, Regional and Country Office results reports on the Results Management System, Due Diligence database etc.).
• Rapid desk review of available sources of results to extract results achieved over the last five years (2019-2023) by outcome and output area of the PSES.
• Identification of case stories and examples that illustrate results achieved.
• Draft an outline of the results report to be developed from the rapid review, including snapshot of results that can be shared internally and externally.
• Share the outline and findings from the above with key UN Women HQ, RO and CO teams for feedback, quality assurance and validation and incorporate any feedback.

Deliverable 2: Support the production of a results report on UN Women’s private sector engagement.

Activities (1 July – end August):

• Based on the above, support the drafting of a results report from the rapid review on the results and lessons learned from UN Women’s private sector engagement over five years.
• Include case stories and examples from key UN Women HQ, RO and CO initiatives that can be used in results reporting as well as communications and advocacy materials.
• Consult with other UN Women HQ, RO, CO teams to validate and quality assure the draft results report and address comments and feedback from teams consulted on the draft report.
• Contribute to presentations on the results report for senior management as requested.

Deliverable 3. Support the development of indicators and baseline assessment to measure the PSES.

Activities (15 May – 14 November)

• Provide support to the PSE Knowledge Management Adviser (consultant) on the development of a Results Framework for the PSES
• Support the identification of key indicators to measure progress towards the PSES, including through the desk review noted above.
• Support the development of a baseline for the RF, collecting baseline data, including through the results identified in the reporting produced under output 2.
• Contribute to the development of a results monitoring approach for the PSES to ensure results reporting can be continued annually.

Delliverable 4. Support other work in relation to PSP Section results monitoring, reporting and other knowledge products as needed.

Activities (15 May – 14 November)

Workplan to be agreed monthly.

Deliverables:

Key Deliverables (informed by the responsibilities above)	Due date
1. Support a rapid desk review of results achieved by UN Women through engagement with the private sector	Delivered end June 2024
2. Support the development of indicators to measure the PSES (for the Results Framework)	Delivered end July 2024
3. Support the production of a results report on UN Women’s private sector engagement	Delivered end August 2024
4. Support the baseline assessment / baseline collection of data for the PSES Results Framework	Delivered end September 2024
5. Support one other deliverable in relation to PSP Section results monitoring, reporting and other knowledge products (to be agreed mid contract).	Delivered 14 November 2024

P11 and CV should also be provided, uploaded as one document in the application system.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Required Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications, Experience and skills:

• Master’s degree in development management, business administration, organizational strategy, international relations, gender studies or another related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least 2 years of experience in partnerships, private sector engagement and/or business intelligence is required.
• Experience in policy, programming or advocacy in gender equality and women empowerment is required.
• Experience in monitoring, reporting, data collection, evaluation and/or knowledge production is an asset.
• Familiarity with UN Women’s private sector engagement is an asset.
• Excellent research & analysis skills with experience synthesizing and summarizing large amounts of results data is an asset.
• Experience producing results reports and/or communications and advocacy materials an asset.
• Strong IT literacy in standard applications is mandatory (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,etc) required.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills required.

Language:

• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.