UN Women Consultancy Services Jobs in Uganda
UN Women Consultancy Services Jobs in Uganda
BackgroundUN 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 through financial support from the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls is launching this call for applicants to conduct an analysis of the existing national legal and policy framework to more effectively protect the rights of women and girls, address discriminatory implementation of laws, ensure integration of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and harmful practices (HP) into sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), and address barriers to women’s and girls’ access to essential gender-based violence (GBV) and SRHR services.
Duties and Responsibilities
Developing uniform criteria and an assessment tool to evaluate laws, policies, and regulations based on Uganda’s legal and policy framework and commitment made at regional and national levels to GEWE, prevention and response to violence, and human rights standards for women and children.?
Analysing the existing national framework – including laws, policies, regulations, and action plans – to identify gaps, ensure non-discrimination, inclusiveness, and gender-equality, and well as
For compliance with Uganda’s commitments to international and regional norms and standards, To respond to the rights of target vulnerable groups Including vulnerabilities and discrimination based on poverty, limited education, remoteness from government services and protection systems, marital or parental status (orphans, widows, divorced or single women), refugees or migrants, adolescents and youth, women and children living with disabilities or HIV/AIDs, ethnicity, religion or tribe, among others.
To respond to treaty bodies’ recommendations,
To promote women’s and children’s rights, gender equality, and the elimination of violence against women and children,
ntegrate ending VAW/VAC/HP into SRHR, and
A review of the institutional setting – including barriers to effective implementation, supervision and mechanisms.
This will include assessing discriminatory disposition of existing laws and policies and will involve civil society organizations (CSOs), in particular CSOs representing vulnerable groups of women and children.
Making recommendations to Government for strengthening, reforming, amending and repealing discriminatory laws and policies – to more effectively protect the rights of women and children from violence and harmful practices, integrate SGBV/HP into SRHR, and address barriers to women’s and children’s access to essential services and SRHR services.
Proposing a mechanism for monitoring implementation and compliance to existing GBV, VAC and SRHR laws and policies and holding duty bearers accountable to implementation of these laws.
Developing a policy brief on the discriminatory laws with recommendations to Government to reform, amend and repeal discriminatory laws, policies, regulations, and action plans to more effectively protect the rights of women and children, address discriminatory implementation of laws, ensure integration of SGBV/HP into SRHR, and address barriers to women’s and children’s access to essential GBV, VAC and SRH services.
Deliverables/ Tasks:
An inception report on the content, methodology, and tools for analysing the existing national framework - laws, policies, regulations, and action plans to identify gaps, ensure non-discrimination, inclusiveness, and gender-equality.
A report on the ?analysis and review of the existing national framework - including laws, policies, regulations, and action plans – to identify gaps, ensure non-discrimination, inclusiveness, and gender-equality, as well as
For compliance with Uganda’s commitments to international norms and standards,
To respond to the rights of target vulnerable groups Including vulnerabilities and discrimination based on poverty, limited education, remoteness from government services and protection systems, marital or parental status (orphans, widows, divorced or single women), refugees or migrants, adolescents and youth, women and children living with disabilities or HIV/AIDs, ethnicity, religion or tribe, among others
To respond to treaty bodies’ recommendations,
To promote women’s and children’s human rights, gender equality, and the elimination of violence against women and children,
Integrate ending VAW/HP into SRHR and
Competencies
Core Values and Guiding Principles:
Integrity
Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values
of the UN systemin actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
Ability to maintain confidentiality and a high degree of professionalism when dealing with survivors and sensitive information.
Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity
Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff, and of those of Government of Uganda entities;
Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN, particularly relating to gender equality and the empowerment of women;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, sexual orientation, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly and without favouritism.
Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities skills;
Demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail;
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work well with diverse and multicultural supervisors and staff members;
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic qualifications:
A Master’s Degree in Law, Criminal Justice, Policing, Law, Human Rights, Gender, International Relations or related field.
Possession of a PHD in Law, Criminal Justice, Policing, Law, Human Rights, Gender, International Relations or related field is an added advantage
Experience:
A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in reviewing laws, policies, regulations, and action plans related to SGBV/HP and SRHR and women’s and girls’ rights.
Experience in developing mechanisms for monitoring compliance and ensuring accountability to set standards;
Experience in law development and enforcement or prosecution service would be an asset;
Working experience in/on the justice system of a developing country, specifically in sub-Saharan/East Africa would be an asset;
Experience working with the Ugandan justice system would be an asset;
Experience in conducting consultations with diverse stakeholders to elicit actionable information would be an asset;
Experience creating/editing documents for adoption/publication, and use by persons with varying levels of education would be an asset;
Experience working with the UN system would be an asset.
Language:
Fluent level of written and spoken English;
How to Apply
Interested consultant should submit one technical proposal containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):
Online application form with brief description of why the Offeror considers her/himself the most suitable for the assignment; and
A Filled Personal UN Women P11 Form, indicating all experience from similar projects and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references;
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around the specific and measurable deliverables of the TOR. Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR, and deliverables accepted and certified by UN Women.
In general, UN Women will not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should an International Consultant wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.
Please provide a short (1000 words) writing sample, or link to a similar project that you have completed. Applications without sample/link will not be considered.
Note: The above documents need to be submitted and uploaded to the online application system as one PDF document.
Deadline for application: All applications must be submitted not later than 15th August 2019.
For more information and job application details, see; UN Women Consultancy Services Jobs in Uganda
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