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Background
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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.
The
UN Women Training Centre (TC) is dedicated to supporting the UN and
other stakeholders to realize commitments to gender equality, women’s
empowerment and women’s rights through transformative training and
learning. Its mission is to become the leading UN Centre that
contributes, through training for gender equality, to building a society
that respects and promotes human rights for all women and men. The
gender capacity-development programmes range from basic and introductory
levels to specialized and advanced levels for diverse audiences with
different backgrounds. In terms of capacity-development strategies and
techniques, the TC makes maximum use of on-line training techniques,
paying special attention to e-learning courses and an active learning
approach.
The
Training Centre also promotes articulation and knowledge exchange among
gender training specialists and other relevant groups and the
development of tools and materials in the area of training for gender
equality. It supports the documentation of existing good practices and
innovative processes, as well as discussion and analysis of training
methodologies and approaches directed towards contributing to ongoing
capacity development as a concrete means for achieving gender equality
and women’s empowerment.
Communications
can be a powerful catalyst for political, social and economic
transformation. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted
at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women (1995), clearly
recognized the potential of communications to make a greater
contribution to the advancement of women and gender equality. The
Declaration called on governments and international organizations to
take action to address gender stereotyping and inequality in women’s
access to and participation in all communication systems. In order to
assist governments and international organizations in undertaking this
task, UN Women Training Centre shall develop a training course aimed at:
(i) highlighting the need for reflecting gender perspectives in
communications and media content, and (ii) strengthening capacities of
communications practitioners to strategize communications for gender
equality and women’s empowerment.
The
objective of this consultancy is to conceptualize a course on
communications for gender equality. The consultancy includes tasks such
as: conducting a training need assessment and mapping existing work
related to this topic, and developing a concept note and detailed
outline for the course.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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Under
the direct supervision of the Training and Capacity Development
Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the following
activities and deliverables:
- Analysis
Report of the training need assessment, including activities such as
developing a training/learning need assessment tool (based on the UN
Women Training Capacity Assessment Tool), conducting and analyzing the
assessment to identify needs, demand, and gaps for a course on
communications for gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- Report
of mapping analysis to take stock on what has been done in terms of
communications for gender equality and women’s particularly in terms of
training and including literature review and a list of existing training
materials, initiatives, and institutions on this topic;
- Concept note for the course based on key findings from the need assessment and the mapping exercise for the course;
- Detailed outline for a course on communications for gender equality including suggested reading materials and training methods.
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Competencies
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Core Values and Guiding Principles:
Integrity:
- Demonstrate
the values of United Nations and UN Women, act without consideration of
personal gain, resist undue political pressure in decision-making, no
abuse of power or authority, stand by decisions in the organization’s
interest, and take action in cases of unprofessional or unethical
behavior.
Professionalism:
- Show
pride in work and achievements, demonstrate professional competence and
mastery of subject matter, conscientious and efficient in meeting
commitments and achieving results, motivated by professional rather than
personal concerns, show persistence when faced with challenges, and
remain calm in stressful situations.
Respect for Diversity:
- Work
effectively with people from all backgrounds, treat all people with
dignity and respect, treat men and women equally, show respect for and
understand diverse opinions by examining own biases and behaviours to
avoid stereotypical responses, and do not discriminate against any
individual or group.
Core Competencies:
Ethics and Values:
- Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents.
Organizational Awareness:
- Building support and political acumen.
Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring:
- Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation.
Working in Teams:
- Building and promoting effective teams.
Communicating Information and Ideas:
- Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication.
Self-management and Emotional intelligence:
- Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:
- Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards
Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:
- Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning
Functional competencies
- Excellent level of conceptual and analytical capacity.
- Demonstrates use of initiative and ability to make appropriate linkages in work requirements.
- Able to work virtually, using communication technologies.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Proven skills in desktop computer software such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
- Advanced
degree in communications for development, education, gender or women’s
studies, human rights, international development, social sciences or
related area.
Experience:
- A
minimum of 10 years of experience in the field of gender equality and
women’s empowerment, communications for development, and gender justice;
- Of
which a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in the field of
training for adults, training of trainers, capacity building, and
transformative education;
- Work experience in knowledge management and capacity development projects;
- Experience in facilitating participatory, interactive, multi-cultural training for adults;
- Work experience in coordinating participatory processes;
- Experience working with civil society, NGOs and other development and cooperation organizations at national level;
- Familiarity with the UN system and specifically on gender equality and women’s empowerment within the UN system.
Language Requirements:
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
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