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Consultant To Develop SIDS Briefs (Homebased) External Post level International Consultant Appl[...]

United Nations Development Programme • Bridgetown, OH, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

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Location :

Bridgetown, BARBADOS

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

18-Mar-2024

Application Deadline :

08-Mar-24 (Midnight New York, USA)

Duration of Initial Contract :

Maximum of 40 working days between 18 March 2024 and 31 July 2024

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women MCO-Caribbean (MCO) covers 22 English and Dutch speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The MCO maintains a physical presence in several countries but there remains high and consistent demand for the exercise of UN Women’s integrated mandate across the 22 countries and territories.

The MCO Caribbean 2022 -2026 programme builds on the works of the 2017-2021 Strategic Note with a focus on the Normative Framework (Proposed Outcome 1), Women’s Economic Empowerment (Proposed Outcomes 2 and 3), Ending Violence against Women and Girls (Proposed Outcome 4) and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Resilience (Proposed Outcome 5). All the Outcomes like the SDGs are interconnected and interrelated.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women MCO - Caribbean Representative, with direct supervision by the Planning and Coordination Specialist, Barbados and Eastern Caribbean, the Consultant will collaborate closely with relevant programme staff to write six briefs in preparation for the SIDS Gender Equality Forum.

Scope of Work and Deliverables:

Develop a workplan.
Draft six policy briefs (no more than 5 pages each) on the following areas:
- Gender Equality as an Accelerator to Revitalise SIDS Economies
- Transformative Actions to Enhance Environmental and Disaster Resilience
- Forging a Path to Empowerment, Equity, Inclusion, Peaceful Societies and Safe Communities
- Strengthening Institutional and Statistical Capacity
- Inclusive Health Solutions
- Innovative Financing for Gender Equality
Integrate feedback from key stakeholders into six policy briefs.
Support development of draft communique.
Update policy briefs.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master's degree (or equivalent) in international development, public administration, public policy, or other relevant social science field is preferred.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

At least 15 years’ experience developing policy briefs is required.
At least 10 years’ experience working on sustainable development and gender equality is preferred.
At least 5 years’ experience in SIDS is required.
At least 3 years’ experience with the UN is preferred.

Languages:

Fluency in oral and written English is required.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

The consultancy will be home-based.
The consultant will be engaged for a maximum of 40 working days within the period, 18 March 2024 to 31 July 2024.

Remuneration

The consultancy fee will be negotiated before contracting. Each payment will be based on a predefined and formal agreement between UN Women and the consultant and will be disbursed based on satisfactory completion of agreed deliverables.

Other:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

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