Gender Based Violence Consultant – Amman

Background

Background

UN Women (UNW), 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, the UN Women leads and coordinates the 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.

UN Women Jordan Country Office leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action. As the Syrian conflict continues and its impact on neighbouring countries and host communities deepens, there is an increasing recognition among all partners that the development and humanitarian challenges arising from the crisis must be met with accelerated action and enhanced capacity. In this respect, UN Women is contributing to the United Nations processes to support the Government of Jordan’s efforts and the UN humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on Jordanian host communities.

Since 2012, UN Women has been operating its Oasis programme in Jordan. Since launching in 2012 with one Oasis in Za’atari, UN Women has now expanded to four Oases in camp settings (three in Za’atari and one in Azraq) and eighteen centers in non-camp settings by end of 2022. The Oasis centers have evolved over time to become multi-sectoral service centers focusing on resilience and empowerment for women and girls, while also engaging men and boys in dialogue and mobilization for gender and social equality. The Oases have been recognized by partners as highly successful models and are conceptualized around three building blocks: 1) Secure livelihoods opportunities provided via cash for work that graduates into sustainable employment opportunities whether through job placement, entrepreneurship, or work permit applications, 2) Gender based violence prevention, protection and awareness raising services, 3) Education opportunities linked to the labor market, leadership, and civic engagement initiatives for women, while also engaging men on social issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Oasis model provides these three service streams in a holistic manner designed to empower vulnerable women in their personal lives; improve their self-esteem and dignity; translate into sustainable job placements and income generation; reduce their experiences of violence; and engage them in their communities. These efforts target the most vulnerable women in Jordan, both Syrian refugee and Jordanian women, through partnerships with UNHCR and the Ministry of Social Development (MOSD) on vulnerability assessments.

UN Women’s monitoring using the UN Women Gender Sensitive Resilience Capacity Index, revealed that the Oasis programme had a significant impact on providing income generating opportunities for women reducing the use of negative coping mechanisms and increasing women’s overall sense of self-worth and dignity. Nonetheless, the analysis also indicated that the more transformative forms of empowerment of women were not fully achieved. This related to their increased decision-making power and leadership, as well as transforming gender norms, attitudes and practices including tolerance of gender-based violence within their households and communities. Notably a key lesson learned is that this would require a more holistic programming approach with a stronger emphasis on 1) awareness of women of GBV reporting mechanisms and services available, and 2) wider community engagement especially targeting men and boys and social norms reference groups. This is being prioritized as a part of the ongoing Oasis programme redesign process in 2023 and hence the JCO has decided to hire a GBV consultant to provide the required expertise and support in relation to the GBV response and prevention component.

Objective Of The Assignment

The objective of this assignment is to ensure the strengthened and localized progress of UN Women’s humanitarian protection programming under the Oasis programme through the provision of national technical and capacity building expertise within the area of gender based violence for UN Women and Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) Oasis staff.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide institutional capacity-development support to national stakeholders, Jordan country office teams, partners and Oasis programme beneficiaries: I. Develop GBV training material and conduct sessions during MoSD/Oasis workshop. The training materials will be made available in both English and Arabic – including monitoring and evaluation assessments tools and all related handouts and supporting documents to be used during training workshops. – end of May II. Develop GBV awareness raising material including legal aspects of GBV response and provide Training of Trainer to relevant key Oasis staff (protection) – end of June
• Support the design and development of relevant knowledge products on gender-based violence for the Oasis programme: I. Develop community service map for GBV survivors’ assistance in Jordan, highlight main GBV focal points, address, hotlines and contacts. – end of July II. Conduct mapping of entry points and good practices for Oasis programme work on gender transformative community engagement for GBV prevention, including based on community consultations and key informant interviews with key partners and stakeholders and based on UN Women published study https://jordan.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/01/understanding-masculinities-international-men-and-gender-equality-survey-images-jordan-0?fbclid=IwAR3th-VQvDK3h0OQHoZBcwvv5T_p3yhJDs-sCHcuVkQurEkJ6td1lP8JcTo – end of August III. Support protection team in developing key protection and GBV Information, Education and Communications (IEC) material and messages to be used for protection information provision among oasis beneficiaries; this includes multimedia messages on civic and legal documentation, legal rights, reporting (GBV) abuse, legal services points, GBV related services – throughout the consultancy

Deliverables

Deliverables

Payment

Timelines

• Monthly time-sheets and brief progress reports about implemented activities and achieved results with supporting documents (summary of strategic meetings, training reports, above referenced key deliverables and other materials) submitted.

5th of every month

• Develop GBV training material and conduct sessions during MoSD/Oasis workshop (10 days)

20%

End of May 2023

• Develop GBV awareness raising material including legal aspects of GBV response and provide Training of Trainer to relevant key Oasis staff (30 days)

40%

End of June

• Develop community service map for GBV survivor assistance in Jordan, highlight main GBV focal points, address, hotlines and contacts (25 days)

End of July

• Conduct mapping of entry points and good practices for Oasis programme work on gender-transformative community engagement for GBV prevention (25 days)

End of August

• Final report about the key activities, progress and achievements performed during the period of performance. The report will reflect on lessons learned and recommendations for future JCO action in each area. (3 days)

40%

End of contract

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies

• Strong knowledge and experience related to current laws, policies and practices in the fields of gender equality,protection, gender based violence and humanitarian action;
• Strong knowledge of the region;
• Strong networking skills;
• Strong training and facilitation skills to conduct sessions, FGDs, KIIs, seminars;
• Ability to interact with beneficiaries and vulnerable individuals;
• Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative policy research;
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice and recommended actions;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Ability to write policy papers, speeches, briefings; and
• Strong knowledge of programme development, implementation, results-based management and reporting.

Education

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in Law, human rights, gender, international relations, international development, international law or other social science fields is required;
• 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 5 years of progressively responsible experience in designing and implementing gender based violence programming, in humanitarian settings;
• Technical expertise in GBV law, legal service provision and legal aid; GBV prevention and gender norms programming
• Technical expertise in conducting research and facilitating focus group discussions and key informant interviews
• Experience in capacity building and training initiatives, with a particular focus on gender based violence;
• Experience in community based protection mechanism and campaigning
• Experience in policy analysis and strategic planning;
• Experience working with, and building partnerships with governments, donors and civil society organizations internationally and in the field;
• Experience working with the UN is an asset; and
• Experience working in the region is an asset.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required;

Evaluation Criteria

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70% (70 points):

• Education: 15%
• Experience: 40%
• Language: 15%

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points) The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financialand technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid ofthe Consultant) x 30;
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technicalevaluation.

Application

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment ;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all them, since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

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UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

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