Location : Belgrade, SERBIA
Application Deadline : 14-Apr-09
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required : English
Starting Date :
(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 20-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : 30 Days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project “Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights” with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women’s human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women’s Economic Rights,including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles.
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[1] Under UN Security Council resolution 1244 without prejudice to its final status. It will be referred to neutrally as “Kosovo” throughout this ToR.
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives of the Evaluation
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
1) Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women’s economic security and rights?
2) Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
3) Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project. The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM´s Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of the Regional Program Director in Bratislava, the Evaluation Team Leader will be responsible for the following:
Key responsibilities of a Team Leader
* Clarify the evaluation ToR with the Gender Adviser/ Project manager and review the key Project document
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Coordinate and manage the work of national consultants;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant’s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page.
The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
* Thorough understanding of gender, human rights and development, especially their legal aspects;
* Knowledge and experience around the thematic areas under review (gender equality mechanisms, legal frameworks and labor issues);
* Experience in leading an evaluation and managing an evaluation team;
* Demonstrated ability and excellent communication skills to facilitate group discussions;
* Demonstrated ability to produce high quality evaluation reports, including recommendations for future work of the funding organization/donor
* Experience and understanding of the regional and sub regional context; knowledge of local language an asset.
Required Skills and Experience
* The team leader is expected to have proven experience in the evaluation of developmental projects for at least 7 years.
* The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years.
* Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports.
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Sunday, 5 April 2009
EXPERTS FOR EVALUATING UNIFEM PROJECT (TEAM MEMBER)
Location : Throughout BiH, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Application Deadline : 15-Apr-09
Additional Category Poverty Reduction
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required :English
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 20-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : from 20 April to 15 June 2009
Expected Duration of Assignment : Maximum 20 working days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation's Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project "Accountability for Protection of Women's Human Rights" with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo .
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women's human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women's Economic Rights, including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles.
Duties and Responsibilities
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women's Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons? learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women's economic security and rights?
Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM's Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of Evaluation Team Leader, the National Consultant/Team member will be responsible for the following:
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant?s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page. The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
* National consultants (in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia)
* Knowledge of the status of women and gender equality agenda in the relevant country
* Excellent communication skills;
* Excellent writing skills and ability to extract key findings from documents and interviews;
* Willingness and ability to travel within the region;
* High proficiency in English.
Required Skills and Experience
The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years. Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports.
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Application Deadline : 15-Apr-09
Additional Category Poverty Reduction
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required :English
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 20-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : from 20 April to 15 June 2009
Expected Duration of Assignment : Maximum 20 working days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation's Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project "Accountability for Protection of Women's Human Rights" with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo .
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women's human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women's Economic Rights, including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles.
Duties and Responsibilities
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women's Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons? learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women's economic security and rights?
Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM's Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of Evaluation Team Leader, the National Consultant/Team member will be responsible for the following:
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant?s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page. The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
* National consultants (in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia)
* Knowledge of the status of women and gender equality agenda in the relevant country
* Excellent communication skills;
* Excellent writing skills and ability to extract key findings from documents and interviews;
* Willingness and ability to travel within the region;
* High proficiency in English.
Required Skills and Experience
The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years. Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports.
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CONSULTANT: EXPERTS FOR EVALUATING UNIFEM PROJECT/TEAM LEADER
Location : Belgrade, SERBIA
Application Deadline : 14-Apr-09
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required :English
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 20-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : 30 Days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project “Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights” with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo[1].
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women’s human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women’s Economic Rights,including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles.
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[1] Under UN Security Council resolution 1244 without prejudice to its final status. It will be referred to neutrally as “Kosovo” throughout this ToR.
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives of the Evaluation
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
1) Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women’s economic security and rights?
2) Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
3) Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project. The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM´s Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of the Regional Program Director in Bratislava, the Evaluation Team Leader will be responsible for the following:
Key responsibilities of a Team Leader
* Clarify the evaluation ToR with the Gender Adviser/ Project manager and review the key Project document
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Coordinate and manage the work of national consultants;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant’s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page.
The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
* Thorough understanding of gender, human rights and development, especially their legal aspects;
* Knowledge and experience around the thematic areas under review (gender equality mechanisms, legal frameworks and labor issues);
* Experience in leading an evaluation and managing an evaluation team;
* Demonstrated ability and excellent communication skills to facilitate group discussions;
* Demonstrated ability to produce high quality evaluation reports, including recommendations for future work of the funding organization/donor
* Experience and understanding of the regional and sub regional context; knowledge of local language an asset.
Required Skills and Experience
* The team leader is expected to have proven experience in the evaluation of developmental projects for at least 7 years.
* The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years.
* Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports.
Read More..
Application Deadline : 14-Apr-09
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required :English
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 20-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : 30 Days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project “Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights” with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo[1].
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women’s human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women’s Economic Rights,including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles.
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[1] Under UN Security Council resolution 1244 without prejudice to its final status. It will be referred to neutrally as “Kosovo” throughout this ToR.
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives of the Evaluation
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
1) Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women’s economic security and rights?
2) Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
3) Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project. The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM´s Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of the Regional Program Director in Bratislava, the Evaluation Team Leader will be responsible for the following:
Key responsibilities of a Team Leader
* Clarify the evaluation ToR with the Gender Adviser/ Project manager and review the key Project document
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Coordinate and manage the work of national consultants;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant’s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page.
The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
* Thorough understanding of gender, human rights and development, especially their legal aspects;
* Knowledge and experience around the thematic areas under review (gender equality mechanisms, legal frameworks and labor issues);
* Experience in leading an evaluation and managing an evaluation team;
* Demonstrated ability and excellent communication skills to facilitate group discussions;
* Demonstrated ability to produce high quality evaluation reports, including recommendations for future work of the funding organization/donor
* Experience and understanding of the regional and sub regional context; knowledge of local language an asset.
Required Skills and Experience
* The team leader is expected to have proven experience in the evaluation of developmental projects for at least 7 years.
* The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years.
* Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports.
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941 - CONSULTANT: EXPERT FOR EVALUATION OF UNIFEM PROJECTS - TEAM MEMBER
Location : Belgrade, SERBIA
Application Deadline : 13-Apr-09
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required : English
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 27-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : By June 15th, max 20 working days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project “Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights” with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo[1].
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women’s human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women’s Economic Rights,including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles
[1] Under UN Security Council resolution 1244 without prejudice to its final status. It will be referred to neutrally as “Kosovo” throughout this ToR.
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives of the Evaluation
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
1) Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women’s economic security and rights?
2) Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
3) Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project. The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM´s Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of Evaluation Team Leader the National Consultant/Team member will be responsible for the following:
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant’s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page. The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
b) National consultants (in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia)
* Knowledge of the status of women and gender equality agenda in the relevant country
* Excellent communication skills;
* Excellent writing skills and ability to extract key findings from documents and interviews;
* Willingness and ability to travel within the region;
* High proficiency in English
Required Skills and Experience
The team leader is expected to have proven experience in the evaluation of developmental projects for at least 7 years. The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years. Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports
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Application Deadline : 13-Apr-09
Type of Contract : SSA
Languages Required : English
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start) 27-Apr-2009
Duration of Initial Contract : By June 15th, max 20 working days
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Background
During a period of great political and economic transition in the Western Balkans, the United Nation’s Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched the project “Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights” with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project began in August 2006 and came to an end on 01 March 2009. The project had a sub-regional scope and activities were implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo[1].
The purpose of the project was twofold, on the one hand to strengthen the commitment, capacity and accountability of key government institutions to support gender equality (GE) and women’s human rights (WHR) through partnership with civil society, and on the other hand to enhance the capacity of gender equality advocates to use global frameworks, mechanisms and tools to advance a human rights agenda in the target countries. The project was implemented at the national/local level, as well as through sub-regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
UNIFEM interventions under this project focused on two areas/components: i) Gender Equality in Constitutional Reform and ii) Implementation of Women’s Economic Rights,including implementation of relevant ILO and EU standards and more specifically ensuring the rights of women in the process of privatization and prevent sexual harassment and mobbing at a work place.
Activities within the project were anchored in national-level legal frameworks and processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), and plans of action to advance gender equality, as well as recently adopted gender equality laws, and were guided by relevant international legal frameworks, namely, the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as well as international human rights treaties (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenants respectively on Civil and Political Rights and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights) and their jus cogens principles
[1] Under UN Security Council resolution 1244 without prejudice to its final status. It will be referred to neutrally as “Kosovo” throughout this ToR.
Duties and Responsibilities
Objectives of the Evaluation
The evaluation will be carried out between 20 April and 15 June and will be for a maximum of 30 working days. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent in-depth assessment of the development results of the project "Accountability for Protection of Women’s Human Rights". The evaluation will specifically aim at the following:
* Based on analysis of the Project outcomes and outputs to evaluate the extent to which the stated project results as identified in the log-frame have/ have not been achieved (a special emphasis should be placed on measuring the achievements or non-achievements of the expected result in both components of the project);
* Consolidate lessons learnt and make recommendations to guide future programming for UNIFEM, focusing mainly on the results from the economic component of the Project;
* Review the efficiency of the project management and provide recommendations for the management of future programs.
Scope of the evaluation:
The evaluation will address the following questions:
1) Program Results, Relevance and Sustainability
* Achieving program results: To what extent has the program achieved its expected results and how (ie. outputs and contribution to outcomes)? What factors account for these results? Were there any unanticipated results? What was not achieved and why?
* Assessing program relevance: To what degree have changes in the political context merited a change in project outcomes? At what point in time during the implementation of the project should changes to project outcomes have been made?
* Strengths and weaknesses: What programmatic strengths and weaknesses emerge from the aforementioned analysis of the project?
* Sustainability: What evidence exists about the sustainability of the interventions and other initiatives supported by the program and the results that have been achieved? What measures have been put in place? What are the key challenges? Was the project strategy effective in terms of achieving the expected results?
* Future programming: Where could UNIFEM provide a meaningful contribution to support further the area of women’s economic security and rights?
2) Program Management
* How effective was the management of the program overall?
* How effective was program monitoring at different levels (the project team, UNIFEM sub-regional office and UNIFEM headquarters)?
* To what extent was monitoring undertaken and used to improve program design and implementation?
3) Lessons learned and Recommendations
* What lessons can be drawn from the goals, implementation and achievements of the program that could be of value to UNIFEM's further programming in this field, and to its donors and implementing partners?
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation should focus on the coherence, relevance and achievements of the project as a whole while taking into consideration uneven progress of the two different components of the project. The evaluator will be selected based on a proposed methodology for the evaluation. The methodology will then be finalized in details at the beginning of the contract based on feedback by UNIFEM. The evaluation will ensure that key stakeholders will be consulted and it will be results-oriented and provide evidence of achievement of expected outputs and outcomes through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. The evaluation will involve the following:
* Desk review of all relevant documents of the program, e.g., those relating specifically to the program context at the regional and country levels, the program document, log-frame, implementation plans, monitoring reports, assessment and learning mission reports, donor reports, expenditure reports etc. This will be done prior to any field visit, focus group discussion, or individual interviews.
* Interviews and/or group discussions with stakeholders and partners - Selected 'face to face' individual interviews and phone interviews.
* Field visits (Serbia, Kosovo [under UN SCR 1244], Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working in coordination with UNIFEM´s Gender Adviser/Project Manager in Belgrade and under overall supervision of Evaluation Team Leader the National Consultant/Team member will be responsible for the following:
* Conduct analysis of the key Project documents and desk review of other relevant documents
* Identifying key informants/resource persons, conduct focus group meetings, face-to-face interviews and phone interviews;
* Present preliminary evaluation results to UNIFEM project team and key partners and stakeholders and collect their feedback in order to finalize the report;
Products/ deliverables:
* A detailed evaluation work plan, including detailed results based work plans for the national consultants with clear time lines and related deliverables;
* The evaluation methodology including questions listed herein;
* The final evaluation report and performance monitoring framework, taking into account feedback given by UNIFEM, partners and stakeholders on the draft within 7 days, and submit it to the Gender Adviser/ Project Manager (In case of serious discrepancies between the consultant’s findings/ conclusions and those of the commentators, these should be included and explained in an annex attached to the final report).
The final evaluation report shall be written in English (maximum 35 pages) with an Executive Summary of maximum 1 page. The Final Report should be written fully in line with UNIFEM and UNEG quality criteria and standards. The structure of the Final Report should include as minimum follows:
* Executive Summary;
* Project description;
* Evaluation purpose;
* Evaluation methodology;
* Analysis and Findings;
* Lessons learnt;
* Recommendations;
* Annexes (including interview list, data collection instruments, key documents consulted, ToR).
Competencies
Evaluation will be conducted by a team composed of an international consultant as Evaluation Team Leader and three national consultants (the later being based in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro). The Evaluation Team Leader should have proven expertise and track record in evaluating developmental projects and qualifications around the specific thematic issues under evaluation. UNIFEM is looking for applicants with the following qualifications:
b) National consultants (in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia)
* Knowledge of the status of women and gender equality agenda in the relevant country
* Excellent communication skills;
* Excellent writing skills and ability to extract key findings from documents and interviews;
* Willingness and ability to travel within the region;
* High proficiency in English
Required Skills and Experience
The team leader is expected to have proven experience in the evaluation of developmental projects for at least 7 years. The evaluation team members are expected to have an experience in evaluation for at least 3 years. Prospective candidates may be asked to provide examples of recently completed evaluation reports
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Country Programme Manager
Location : Nairobi, KENYA
Application Deadline : 09-Apr-09
Type of Contract : ALD International
Post Level : ALD-4
Languages Required :
English
Duration of Initial Contract : 1 Year
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Background
United Nation's Development fund for Women (UNIFEM) is mandated by the General Assembly to work towards achieving gender equality goals and commitments through providing financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. In fulfillment of its mandate, UNIFEM partners with governments, civil society organizations and regional bodies. Within the UN system, and in accordance with the United nations triennial comprehensive Programme Review,(TCPR) UNIFEM has been mandated to avail its technical expertise to the UN for the promotion of gender equality and women human rights. In doing so she is called specifically to link women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas and policies by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
UNIFEM's Kenya program builds on the achievements, lessons learned and challenges of the previous programme (2004 - 2007) and on UNIFEM's continued recognized leadership in facilitation and convening of key stakeholders in Kenya. UNIFEM's Kenya program works in the four thematic areas decided in its strategic plan ,i.e. governance, women's economic security and rights, women's participation in decision making, HIV and AIDS and violence against women. It implements its programs in close partnership with government institutions, civil society organizations, the UN system and donors. In addition, In Kenya, UNIFEM manages the multidonor basket fund on governance with a resource base of nearly 8 million dollars. UNIFEM coordinates the UN gender theme group and the Gender Donor Roundtable, and actively cooperates with other UN agencies.
In order to ensure quality support to the various stakeholders in this programme and the efficient and effective delivery and implementation of its programme activities, UNIFEM seeks to recruit a country program manager for Kenya.
The CPM will need to have a clear vision and understanding of issues of gender equality and Women human rights in Kenya to be able to provide leadership and technical support on substantive issues related women participation in decision making to governments and civil Society as well to the UN system. This competencies should be coupled with proven expertise in program development, implementation and management, partnership building and resource mobilization.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Regional Program Director, East and Horn of Africa, the Country Program Manager will provide technical and program support services ensuring project delivery, high quality outputs, with accuracy and consistency of work for UNIFEM's projects in Kenya.
The Country Program Manager works in close collaboration with the UNIFEM Nairobi team in operations and program, UNIFEM HQ Africa section and thematic advisors . The Country Program Manager will also work with the Kenya UN Country Team, as required to exchange information and support program delivery.
More specifically, the Country Program Manager will be responsible for the following:
Strategic Policy Coordination and Partnerships:
* Monitor trends and issues affecting women in Kenya and develop strategic responses to opportunities and challenges including the formulation of programs, strategies and activities,
* Participate in and represent UNIFEM in various UN coordination mechanisms and activities as related to the sectors covered. Ensure coordination and harmonization of projects covered within the region and those of other development partners. Maintain relationships with UNIFEM's external partners including donors, government agencies and NGOs and represent UNIFEM in meetings as deemed appropriate by the Regional Program Director.
* Provide leadership and quality oversight over the efforts to strengthen Government institutions, especially the Ministry of Gender and women affairs to effectively implement national development strategies.
* Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing at the country and regional level focusing on achievements, lessons learned and methodologies utilized in project implementation. Participate in the training sessions of knowledge networks and communities of practice.
* Build strong partnership with donors agencies based in Kenya to ensure synergy or efforts in line with the Paris declaration Principles
Programme Management;
* Provide technical and management support to project/program activities in the following assigned sectors: Mainstreaming gender in governance and economic management and capacity development for government and women's organizations, support to women human rights organisations for promotion and protection of women's rights in Kenya, gender justice, participation of women in reconciliation processes,
* Prepare background and project documents and briefs within the context of UNIFEM's work in Kenya and provide technical leadership in implementation on the above sectors.
* Prepare periodic internal reports, donor reports and contribute to UNIFEM's annual reports in consultation with relevant program officers. Ensure that reports are in accordance with specific requirements of donors and/or UNIFEM.
* Monitor and evaluate ongoing programs/projects for delivery and impact; Asses implementation ,analyze work- plan, prepare progress reports, draft summary reports, participate in tripartite meetings, recommend actions and solutions, analyze objectives and results, distill and write lessons learned.
* Provide close guidance and direction to ensure strategic focus, result orientation and effectiveness and efficiency in all aspects of UNIFEM's operations and programs.
* Support the Regional Program Director in resource mobilization ad reporting for donors. Identify and follow up opportunities for resource mobilization for UNIFEM's work in Kenya in consultations with UNIFEM Regional Program director. Prepare annual and donor reports on Kenya and for the project for review and approval by the Regional Program director. Support the UNIFEM Kenya program staff.
* Perform other duties as required by the UNIFEM Regional Program Director.
Financial and Human Resources Management
* Ensure effective management of resources for achieving results,
* Prepare annual budgets and work plans for approval by the regional program Director,
* Review budgets and work plans, and bring any proposed changes to the attention of Regional Program Director.
* Prepare project budget revisions to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of inputs and realization of targeted expenditures.
* Ensure delivery of program resources in line with UNIFEM regulations and procedures to track project budgets and expenditures.
* Identify human resource needs, in line with the requirements of the program. Take appropriate action for recruitment of staff, in line with UNIFEM regulations,
* Provide the strategic guidance to staff members,
* Perform other duties that support and strengthen UNIFEM's role in Kenya
Competencies
* Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
* Good planning, goal setting and prioritization skills.
* Ability to lead and inspire staff and partners toward shared goals
* Good inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
* Capacity to write clearly and concisely;
* Ability to take decision under pressure and to deal with matters that are politically and cultural sensitive.
* Ability to work across multi-cultural context and build partnership to ensure achievement of results in a post conflict environment.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Background
* Advanced university degree in social sciences i.e. Political Science; International Development Studies; gender/women's studies; economics; or sociology.
Technical Expertise:
* Gender analysis and mainstreaming in programming and implementation, knowledge of legal and policy framework on women's right/roles and analytical skills particularly in post conflict environment and peace building.
* Substantive knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices in the fields of women's rights, gender equality programming, and mainstreaming gender in governance, economic management and capacity development nexus.
* Strong communication skills, with proven expertise in writing cogent and convincing policy and programme documents for development practitioner;
* Proven experience in advocating for women's empowerment and rights along with gender equality programming in developing countries, including in-depth knowledge of regional organizations and women's organizations working on gender, governance and human rights.
Work experience
* At least 7 years work experience in any of the following fields: women's rights and gender equality programming in developing countries with specialized experience in Gender and Development and Program Management. At least 7 years work experience in any of the following fields: women's rights and gender equality programming in developing countries with specialized experience in Gender and Development and Program Management.
* Experience of having managed an organization in the relevant field an advantage;
* Working experience with UN joint programming frameworks and result-based management systems.
Language:
Fluency in English. Knowledge of local language (Kiswahili) an added advantage
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Application Deadline : 09-Apr-09
Type of Contract : ALD International
Post Level : ALD-4
Languages Required :
English
Duration of Initial Contract : 1 Year
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Background
United Nation's Development fund for Women (UNIFEM) is mandated by the General Assembly to work towards achieving gender equality goals and commitments through providing financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. In fulfillment of its mandate, UNIFEM partners with governments, civil society organizations and regional bodies. Within the UN system, and in accordance with the United nations triennial comprehensive Programme Review,(TCPR) UNIFEM has been mandated to avail its technical expertise to the UN for the promotion of gender equality and women human rights. In doing so she is called specifically to link women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas and policies by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
UNIFEM's Kenya program builds on the achievements, lessons learned and challenges of the previous programme (2004 - 2007) and on UNIFEM's continued recognized leadership in facilitation and convening of key stakeholders in Kenya. UNIFEM's Kenya program works in the four thematic areas decided in its strategic plan ,i.e. governance, women's economic security and rights, women's participation in decision making, HIV and AIDS and violence against women. It implements its programs in close partnership with government institutions, civil society organizations, the UN system and donors. In addition, In Kenya, UNIFEM manages the multidonor basket fund on governance with a resource base of nearly 8 million dollars. UNIFEM coordinates the UN gender theme group and the Gender Donor Roundtable, and actively cooperates with other UN agencies.
In order to ensure quality support to the various stakeholders in this programme and the efficient and effective delivery and implementation of its programme activities, UNIFEM seeks to recruit a country program manager for Kenya.
The CPM will need to have a clear vision and understanding of issues of gender equality and Women human rights in Kenya to be able to provide leadership and technical support on substantive issues related women participation in decision making to governments and civil Society as well to the UN system. This competencies should be coupled with proven expertise in program development, implementation and management, partnership building and resource mobilization.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Regional Program Director, East and Horn of Africa, the Country Program Manager will provide technical and program support services ensuring project delivery, high quality outputs, with accuracy and consistency of work for UNIFEM's projects in Kenya.
The Country Program Manager works in close collaboration with the UNIFEM Nairobi team in operations and program, UNIFEM HQ Africa section and thematic advisors . The Country Program Manager will also work with the Kenya UN Country Team, as required to exchange information and support program delivery.
More specifically, the Country Program Manager will be responsible for the following:
Strategic Policy Coordination and Partnerships:
* Monitor trends and issues affecting women in Kenya and develop strategic responses to opportunities and challenges including the formulation of programs, strategies and activities,
* Participate in and represent UNIFEM in various UN coordination mechanisms and activities as related to the sectors covered. Ensure coordination and harmonization of projects covered within the region and those of other development partners. Maintain relationships with UNIFEM's external partners including donors, government agencies and NGOs and represent UNIFEM in meetings as deemed appropriate by the Regional Program Director.
* Provide leadership and quality oversight over the efforts to strengthen Government institutions, especially the Ministry of Gender and women affairs to effectively implement national development strategies.
* Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing at the country and regional level focusing on achievements, lessons learned and methodologies utilized in project implementation. Participate in the training sessions of knowledge networks and communities of practice.
* Build strong partnership with donors agencies based in Kenya to ensure synergy or efforts in line with the Paris declaration Principles
Programme Management;
* Provide technical and management support to project/program activities in the following assigned sectors: Mainstreaming gender in governance and economic management and capacity development for government and women's organizations, support to women human rights organisations for promotion and protection of women's rights in Kenya, gender justice, participation of women in reconciliation processes,
* Prepare background and project documents and briefs within the context of UNIFEM's work in Kenya and provide technical leadership in implementation on the above sectors.
* Prepare periodic internal reports, donor reports and contribute to UNIFEM's annual reports in consultation with relevant program officers. Ensure that reports are in accordance with specific requirements of donors and/or UNIFEM.
* Monitor and evaluate ongoing programs/projects for delivery and impact; Asses implementation ,analyze work- plan, prepare progress reports, draft summary reports, participate in tripartite meetings, recommend actions and solutions, analyze objectives and results, distill and write lessons learned.
* Provide close guidance and direction to ensure strategic focus, result orientation and effectiveness and efficiency in all aspects of UNIFEM's operations and programs.
* Support the Regional Program Director in resource mobilization ad reporting for donors. Identify and follow up opportunities for resource mobilization for UNIFEM's work in Kenya in consultations with UNIFEM Regional Program director. Prepare annual and donor reports on Kenya and for the project for review and approval by the Regional Program director. Support the UNIFEM Kenya program staff.
* Perform other duties as required by the UNIFEM Regional Program Director.
Financial and Human Resources Management
* Ensure effective management of resources for achieving results,
* Prepare annual budgets and work plans for approval by the regional program Director,
* Review budgets and work plans, and bring any proposed changes to the attention of Regional Program Director.
* Prepare project budget revisions to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of inputs and realization of targeted expenditures.
* Ensure delivery of program resources in line with UNIFEM regulations and procedures to track project budgets and expenditures.
* Identify human resource needs, in line with the requirements of the program. Take appropriate action for recruitment of staff, in line with UNIFEM regulations,
* Provide the strategic guidance to staff members,
* Perform other duties that support and strengthen UNIFEM's role in Kenya
Competencies
* Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
* Good planning, goal setting and prioritization skills.
* Ability to lead and inspire staff and partners toward shared goals
* Good inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
* Capacity to write clearly and concisely;
* Ability to take decision under pressure and to deal with matters that are politically and cultural sensitive.
* Ability to work across multi-cultural context and build partnership to ensure achievement of results in a post conflict environment.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Background
* Advanced university degree in social sciences i.e. Political Science; International Development Studies; gender/women's studies; economics; or sociology.
Technical Expertise:
* Gender analysis and mainstreaming in programming and implementation, knowledge of legal and policy framework on women's right/roles and analytical skills particularly in post conflict environment and peace building.
* Substantive knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices in the fields of women's rights, gender equality programming, and mainstreaming gender in governance, economic management and capacity development nexus.
* Strong communication skills, with proven expertise in writing cogent and convincing policy and programme documents for development practitioner;
* Proven experience in advocating for women's empowerment and rights along with gender equality programming in developing countries, including in-depth knowledge of regional organizations and women's organizations working on gender, governance and human rights.
Work experience
* At least 7 years work experience in any of the following fields: women's rights and gender equality programming in developing countries with specialized experience in Gender and Development and Program Management. At least 7 years work experience in any of the following fields: women's rights and gender equality programming in developing countries with specialized experience in Gender and Development and Program Management.
* Experience of having managed an organization in the relevant field an advantage;
* Working experience with UN joint programming frameworks and result-based management systems.
Language:
Fluency in English. Knowledge of local language (Kiswahili) an added advantage
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COUNTRY PROGRAMME MANAGER
Location : Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
Application Deadline : 09-Apr-09
Type of Contract : ALD International
Post Level : ALD-4
Languages Required :
English
Duration of Initial Contract : 1 Year
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Background
UNIFEM is United Nation's Development fund for Women with the objective of providing financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Within the UN system, UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
For the last several years, UNIFEM has been supporting gender equality work in Ethiopia through support to women's rights organizations and the Federal government through the Ministry of Women's affairs. UNIFEM has also been instrumental in the development of the current UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Ethiopia.
In order to support the continued growth of the Ethiopia program, UNIFEM seeks to recruit a program manager with proven expertise in program development, project management, partnership building and resource mobilization.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Regional Program Director, East and Horn of Africa, the Country Program Manager will have overall responsibility for ensuring the timely implementation of the program's activities as per the program document and program work plan. She or he will also be responsible for monitoring other UNIFEM supported projects in Ethiopia.
More specifically, the Country Program Manager's role and responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordinate and manage program activities including substantive, administrative, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of program activities.
* Provide leadership advocating program objectives and in assuring that all interested parties are well informed about program activities and goals.
* Ensure coordination with and involvement of EC delegations, UNCTs and national partners.
* Facilitate, support and contribute to the process of undertaking mapping studies.
* Ensure productive national consultations on mainstreaming gender equality perspectives in national development planning and development cooperation;
* Ensure development and monitoring of indicators on the impact of gender equality on aid effectiveness including through the use of gender responsive budgeting;
* Provide feedback on programme resource materials developed by ITC-ILO, as well as develop resource materials to support in-country capacity-building activities as needed.
* Provide information and ensure adequate use of the on line courses and the website provided by ITC/ILO by national stakeholders;
* Document national experiences in mainstreaming gender in aid delivery as they emanate from project implementation
* Produce programme reports on mainstreaming gender equality in aid effectiveness, SCR 1325, and in EC policy instruments (i.e. EC mid-term reviews).
* Monitor other UNIFEM supported programmes in Ethiopia, ensuring effective implementation, timely reporting and ongoing technical support to UNIFEM partners.
* Evolve a programme strategy for UNIFEM in Ethiopia.
* Represent UNIFEM as necessary at various levels
* Any other duties that may be assigned by the Regional Programme Director.
Competencies
* Good planning, goal setting and prioritization skills.
* Ability to lead and inspire staff and partners toward shared goals
* Good inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
* Capacity to write clearly and concisely;
* Ability to take decision under pressure and to deal with matters that are politically and cultural sensitive.
* Ability to work across multi-cultural context and build partnership to ensure achievement of results in a post conflict environment.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Background:
* Advanced university degree in social sciences i.e. Political Science; International development Studies; gender/women's studies; economics; or sociology.
Technical Expertise:
* Gender analysis and mainstreaming in programming and implementation, knowledge of legal and policy framework on women's right/roles and analytical skills particularly in post conflict environment and peace building.
* Substantive knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices in the fields of women's rights, gender equality programming, and mainstreaming gender in governance, economic management and capacity development nexus.
* Proven experience in advocating for women's empowerment and rights along with gender equality programming in developing countries, including in-depth knowledge of regional organizations and women's organizations working on gender, governance and human rights.
* Strong communication skills, with proven expertise in writing cogent and convincing policy and programme documents for development practitioners.
* Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
Work experience:
* At least 7 years of work experience in any of the following fields: women's rights and gender equality programming in developing countries with specialized experience in Gender and Development and Program Management.
* Experience of having managed an organization in the relevant field an advantage;
* Working experience with UN joint programming frameworks and result-based management systems is a particular advantage;
* Experience with international organizations, the UN system and civil society is particularly desirable.
Language:
Fluency in English. Knowledge of local language is an added value
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Application Deadline : 09-Apr-09
Type of Contract : ALD International
Post Level : ALD-4
Languages Required :
English
Duration of Initial Contract : 1 Year
apply now
Background
UNIFEM is United Nation's Development fund for Women with the objective of providing financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Within the UN system, UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
For the last several years, UNIFEM has been supporting gender equality work in Ethiopia through support to women's rights organizations and the Federal government through the Ministry of Women's affairs. UNIFEM has also been instrumental in the development of the current UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Ethiopia.
In order to support the continued growth of the Ethiopia program, UNIFEM seeks to recruit a program manager with proven expertise in program development, project management, partnership building and resource mobilization.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Regional Program Director, East and Horn of Africa, the Country Program Manager will have overall responsibility for ensuring the timely implementation of the program's activities as per the program document and program work plan. She or he will also be responsible for monitoring other UNIFEM supported projects in Ethiopia.
More specifically, the Country Program Manager's role and responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordinate and manage program activities including substantive, administrative, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of program activities.
* Provide leadership advocating program objectives and in assuring that all interested parties are well informed about program activities and goals.
* Ensure coordination with and involvement of EC delegations, UNCTs and national partners.
* Facilitate, support and contribute to the process of undertaking mapping studies.
* Ensure productive national consultations on mainstreaming gender equality perspectives in national development planning and development cooperation;
* Ensure development and monitoring of indicators on the impact of gender equality on aid effectiveness including through the use of gender responsive budgeting;
* Provide feedback on programme resource materials developed by ITC-ILO, as well as develop resource materials to support in-country capacity-building activities as needed.
* Provide information and ensure adequate use of the on line courses and the website provided by ITC/ILO by national stakeholders;
* Document national experiences in mainstreaming gender in aid delivery as they emanate from project implementation
* Produce programme reports on mainstreaming gender equality in aid effectiveness, SCR 1325, and in EC policy instruments (i.e. EC mid-term reviews).
* Monitor other UNIFEM supported programmes in Ethiopia, ensuring effective implementation, timely reporting and ongoing technical support to UNIFEM partners.
* Evolve a programme strategy for UNIFEM in Ethiopia.
* Represent UNIFEM as necessary at various levels
* Any other duties that may be assigned by the Regional Programme Director.
Competencies
* Good planning, goal setting and prioritization skills.
* Ability to lead and inspire staff and partners toward shared goals
* Good inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
* Capacity to write clearly and concisely;
* Ability to take decision under pressure and to deal with matters that are politically and cultural sensitive.
* Ability to work across multi-cultural context and build partnership to ensure achievement of results in a post conflict environment.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Background:
* Advanced university degree in social sciences i.e. Political Science; International development Studies; gender/women's studies; economics; or sociology.
Technical Expertise:
* Gender analysis and mainstreaming in programming and implementation, knowledge of legal and policy framework on women's right/roles and analytical skills particularly in post conflict environment and peace building.
* Substantive knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices in the fields of women's rights, gender equality programming, and mainstreaming gender in governance, economic management and capacity development nexus.
* Proven experience in advocating for women's empowerment and rights along with gender equality programming in developing countries, including in-depth knowledge of regional organizations and women's organizations working on gender, governance and human rights.
* Strong communication skills, with proven expertise in writing cogent and convincing policy and programme documents for development practitioners.
* Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
Work experience:
* At least 7 years of work experience in any of the following fields: women's rights and gender equality programming in developing countries with specialized experience in Gender and Development and Program Management.
* Experience of having managed an organization in the relevant field an advantage;
* Working experience with UN joint programming frameworks and result-based management systems is a particular advantage;
* Experience with international organizations, the UN system and civil society is particularly desirable.
Language:
Fluency in English. Knowledge of local language is an added value
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