Website UN Women
JOB OPPORTUNITY
National RBM Consultant
Location: Kathmandu, NEPAL
Additional Category : Gender Equality
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 19-Jun-2023
Duration of Initial Contract : One year on a retainer basis (with possible extension)
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
In Nepal, UN Women has embarked on the first year of its five-year Strategic Note (SN) 2023 – 2027 to support the national stakeholders in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in line with internationally agreed normative standards. The SN is aligned with and contributes to national priorities as described in the Constitution of Nepal and the 15th National Periodic Plan, the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023 – 2027 for Nepal and the UN Women Global Strategic Plan (SP) 2022 – 2026. UN Women Nepal Country Office (NCO)’s SN 2023 – 2027 contributes to the following four outcome areas of the UNSDCF 2023 – 2027:
- Outcome 1: Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Economic Transformation
- Outcome 2: Inclusive and Transformative Human Development
- Outcome 3: Environmental Sustainability, Climate and Disaster Resilience
- Outcome 4: Governance, Federalism, Participation and Inclusion
To achieve the above-mentioned outcomes, UN Women NCO is implementing a wide range of programmes and projects with the support of responsible parties, including government, civil society organizations, international development partners and private sector actors.
UN Women NCO uses the results-based management (RBM) approach as one of its management strategies to improve the organization’s effectiveness and accountability. NCO ensures that all project/programme results frameworks are aligned with and contribute to the SN results framework and tracks the progress against it using different monitoring tools. To support this, NCO focuses on strengthening the capacity of its personnel as well as implementing partners (responsible parties), to integrate RBM principles and standards into project/programme design, planning and monitoring. Additionally, NCO ensures that the project/programme progress reports are highly compliant with RBM principles and compelling enough to demonstrate the changes in lives of women and girls. In this regard, UN Women NCO is seeking for a National RBM Consultant to provide technical support on results-based monitoring and reporting. The consultant will work under the direct supervision of MEAL Coordinator, in close collaboration with relevant UN Women personnel.
Area of Work
The consultant will be responsible for the following activities:
- Conduct capacity development training/workshops on results-based monitoring and reporting.
- Review monitoring and evaluation plan (performance monitoring framework) and progress reports of NCO’s partners ensuring that RBM standards are appropriately integrated.
- Provide quality assurance support to produce high-quality and RBM-compliant (including quarterly progress and final reports).
- Develop/strengthen results-based monitoring and reporting tools for NCO’s programme/project partners.
Deliverables
- Delivery of RBM capacity building training package for NCO programme/project partners (including pre and post assessment, presentations and relevant resource material).
- Evidence of support provided to NCO programme/project partners to develop monitoring and evaluation plan/performance monitoring framework and results-based progress reports.
- Evidence of support provided to develop high-quality and RBM compliant reports.
- Monitoring/reporting tools developed/updated.
Timeframe
This is a home-based assignment (with possible travel to Kathmandu and UN Women programme districts) for one year on retainer basis (as and when required).
Payment Schedule
Payment for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification of the immediate supervisor. The payment will be made at the per-day rate proposed by the consultant in the financial proposal. Before starting any task, the required number of working days must be agreed upon between the consultant and supervisor.
Travel and Accommodation Expenses
UN Women will bear the full cost of travel and accommodations for official missions as per the UN Women standard guidelines.
Duties and Responsibilities
Deliverables
- Delivery of RBM capacity building training package for NCO programme/project partners (including pre and post assessment, presentations and relevant resource material).
- Evidence of support provided to NCO programme/project partners to develop monitoring and evaluation plan/performance monitoring framework and results-based progress reports.
- Evidence of support provided to develop high-quality and RBM compliant reports.
- Monitoring/reporting tools developed/updated.
Timeframe
This is a home-based assignment (with possible travel to Kathmandu and UN Women programme districts) for one year on retainer basis (as and when required).
Payment Schedule
Payment for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification of the immediate supervisor. The payment will be made at the per-day rate proposed by the consultant in the financial proposal. Before starting any task, the required number of working days must be agreed upon between the consultant and supervisor.
Travel and Accommodation Expenses
UN Women will bear the full cost of travel and accommodations for official missions as per the UN Women standard guidelines.
Competencies
Core Values and Guiding Principles
- Integrity: Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
- Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
- Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity: Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Functional Competencies
- Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.
- Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
- Development and Innovation: Take charge of self-development and take initiative.
- Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multiethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
- Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.
- Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.
- Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
- Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.
- Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
Master’s Degree in international development studies, gender/women’s studies, economics, political science, related social sciences, or related discipline.
Experience
- Minimum five years of relevant work experience on M&E and results-based management including monitoring and reporting.
- Proven M&E and RBM expertise in the area of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
- Previous experience of working with UN agencies would be an added advantage.
Language skills
- Fluent in English and Nepali languages.
Evaluation and Selection Criteria
A two-stage evaluation procedure will be followed. Evaluation of the technical proposals will be completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical evaluation will be evaluated.
Technical qualification evaluation criteria:
The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100 which will be later converted into 70 points out of total obtainable (technical and financial) score of 100 points. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:
- Required degree and qualification (20 points)
- Relevant work experience on M&E and results-based management including, monitoring and reporting (30 points)
- Proven M&E and RBM expertise in the area of gender equality and the empowerment of women (20 points).
- Previous experience of working with UN agencies would be an added advantage (10 points).
- Relevant writing sample, particularly results-based reporting (20 points).
Only those candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates. Interview with the technically qualified candidates might be conducted to validate the technical scores.
Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:
The financial proposal of candidates who meet the technical assessment threshold will be evaluated. The financial assessment will count as 30% of the total points. In this methodology, the maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion.
The formula is as follows:
p = y (µ/z)
Where:
p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated
y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal
µ = price of the lowest priced proposal
z = price of the proposal being evaluated
How to Apply?
Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org.
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document (all documents are mandatory):
- Expression of interest.
- Completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) of all the team members which can be downloaded: http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment
- A sample of original writing produced within the last twelve months where the applicant is the lead author.
- A financial proposal in a separate page (within the same PDF document).
The financial proposal shall specify the per day consultancy fee based on which the total contract value will be calculated. UN Women HR might request the candidate to share evidence of the per day consultancy fee of the previous assignment(s).
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine your all documents into one single PDF document. Applications without the complete documents will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
Note:
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Application Deadline: 16-May-23 (Midnight New York, USA)