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Job Title:  National Consultant to conduct the Mid Term Review of Uganda’s National Action Plan III on Women Peace and Security 2021 – 2025

Organisation: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide.

Job Summary:  The MoGLSD with support from UN Women will lead the midterm review process which will offer recommendations and a way forward for the full implementation of NAP III WPS. The midterm review will provide an opportunity to capture the gains made at the national and sub national levels by highlighting implementation progress, gaps and challenges, as well as emerging trends and priorities on WPS.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The consultant will have the following roles:

• Provide technical leadership in development of the MTR methodology and conducting the MTR
• Ensuring that deliverables meet quality and timeliness expectations.
• Conduct data collections at both regional and national level
• Designing and facilitating the MTR validation workshop
• Produce the MTR report.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Education

• A Master’s Degree or equivalent in Gender / Women’s studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Sciences, Human Rights, or a related field is required.
• A first-level relevant university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 7 years’ progressively responsible experience in conflict prevention and peacebuilding programming, training, and/or analysis with significant experience mainstreaming gender into analysis processes.
• Technical experience working on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda.
• Strong understanding of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, normative frameworks, and WPS programming.
• Demonstrated experience in doing research and analysis on areas of gender, development, peace, and security and demonstrated publications.
• Demonstrated working relationships with state actors at the national, sub national level, peace actors, women’s human rights and gender equality organizations, development partners that can be activated for the purposes of the data collection and analysis.
• Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently and deliver on tight timelines.

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies

• Ability to synthesize programme performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making
• Strong analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills and capacity to liaise with parties concerned
• Strong facilitation, writing and presentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written English

How to Apply:

All interested candidates are requested to submit electronic application to the UNDP link below.

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Interested applicants must submit

• Signed Curriculum vitae with contact details of 3 clients for whom you have rendered preferably similar services.
• Application package will include; summary of candidates’ experience against each of the work experience requirements, technical proposal detailing a clear methodology and workplan and financial proposal. The financial proposal must cover all anticipated activities including travel to the field for data collection.
• Only applications with all items mentioned above will be considered.

Deadline: 2nd October 2024.

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