Application Deadline: 7 Feb 2013
Starting Date: 1 March 2013 (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announces vacancy of Short Term Consultant – Women In Economic Empowerment Programme and it requires applications from the eligible candidates. Excellent written and spoken English is required and knowledge of one or more of the language of the countries in the Region would be an asset. Job location is Suva, Fiji. Initial contract period is of 4 months and the expected duration of assignment is 4 – 4.5 months.
Duties and Responsibilities:
UN Women Pacific SRO seeks the services of a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to further develop and expand the existing draft Women in Economic Empowerment programme document.
The key tasks are indicated below:
Core Tasks:
Reporting to the Representative & Regional Programme Director, the Consultant will work with the Regional Programme Specialist WEE/PIM to –
- Convene potential regional and national partner organizations (inter-governmental, academic, institutional, civil society and private sector) to validate the project concept and ensure harmonization of efforts
- Meet with other UN agencies to identify synergies and opportunities for joint and complementary activities
- Identify missing areas and target groups in the current draft programme document and develop the full regional umbrella programme document including log frame and budget
- Carry out countries analysis and define priority countries for the WEE programme
- Develop priority countries based logframes, implementation arrangements and budgets
- Identify interested and appropriate donors and outline a Resource Mobilization Strategy for the Women in Economic Empowerment Programme
- For each priority country define partnership and resource mobilization strategy
- Facilitate mobilization of resources.
Education:
- Minimum of Masters degree in economics/social science and a practicing feminist economist.
Experience:
- Minimum ten years working experience, with a focus on social and economic change/transformation for gender equality and the empowerment of women
- Demonstrated commitment to and track record in enabling women’s political engagement with macroeconomic policies and regional/global economic governance structures
- Experience in-
- Analysis of regional and international trade policy from a gender perspective
- Development economic and trade literacy training for non-specialists
- Designing programmes for policy-related research, policy analysis and economic literacy
- Planning technical and advisory services to promote adoption and implementation of gender-responsive budgeting
- Providing technical and advisory services for the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting
- Familiarity with UN and the UN inter-agency collaboration in the field of gender and development and economic security and rights
- Experience in project validation and preparation of full project documentation, resource mobilization in UN and donor formats
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and liaison skills with government, inter-governmental civil society academic, UN system and international and regional development partners.
Language Requirements:
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Knowledge of one or more of the language of the countries in the Region would be an asset.
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