UNDP National Consultant to conduct Leaving No One Behind Assessment Jobs in Uganda

UNDP National Consultant to conduct Leaving No One Behind Assessment Jobs in Uganda

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.

Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

UW Women Country office in Uganda undertakes to deliver and translate the LNoB principle into results. In this regard, the CO seeks to hire the services of a consultant to undertake a comprehensive LNoB Assessment to establish the inherent biases, exclusion practices, institutional frameworks, perceived attributes and other setbacks due to climate change.

Rationale

UN Women developed and commenced implementation of a new Generation Strategic Note aligned to the Global UN women Strategic Plan, the Country level United Nations Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDCF) and National Development Plan (NDP III) – all covering the period 2022-2025.

To ensure equitable, non-discrimination and inclusive programming, UNWomen Uganda Office undertakes to conduct a comprehensive Leaving No One Behind Assessment to illustrate with evidence - who is left behind? Or at risk of being left behind.

The assessment is expected present an analysis of the interplay of factors causing and reinforcing inequality and discrimination; document the inherent biases, exclusion practices, perceived attributes that lead to exclusion; the factors accounting for spatial isolation, vulnerability, inferior and sometimes missing public services, and any other infrastructure gaps due to place of residence or geographical location.

In 2020, Uganda was hard hit by the Covid-19 outbreak. Women and girls, men and boys including persons with Disabilities (PWDs), adolescent girls and young people, refugees and other marginalized communities were greatly affected by the outbreak due to interruptions in access to opportunities, prejudice and the unfair distribution of resources for risk reduction and incident management.

Additionally, the country is faced with the risk of slow and unequal economic growth, loss of jobs for youth and women that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak, financial exclusion, low literacy and school completion rates for female learners across levels and food insecurity1 especially for those affected by humanitarian crises.

Purpose

The principal objective of this assignment is to conduct a comprehensive assessment to establish who is left behind in development and humanitarian work – and analyze the data using a multi-dimensionalapproach to zero down on who among those left behind faces severe and intersecting forms of vulnerability.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work and Specific Tasks

Geographic Scope:

The scope of the assessment is national level with specific focus on women and girls/youth in their diversity covering both development and humanitarian contexts.

Specific Tasks:

Compile inception report detailing the study approach, tools and review pathway.

Establish and document the factors causing and reinforcing inequality and discrimination; document the inherent biases, exclusion practices, perceived attributes that lead to exclusion; the factors accounting for spatial isolation, vulnerability, inferior and sometimes missing public services, and any other infrastructure gaps due to place of residence or geographical location.

Profile some

of the governance and institutional frameworks that affect the participation of certain populations including women and girls.

Establish any setbacks due to the impacts of climate change, natural hazards, violence, conflict, displacement, health emergencies, economic downturns, commodity and service price, or other shocks relevant.

Lead in conducting review meetings with national and district level stakeholders including Government, the UN, CSOs and other development partners.

Make recommendations by LNoB factor analyzed to reduce inequality and promote equity in the short, medium and long term.

Compile a 10-pager summary report of the assessment findings and a short PowerPoint slide for ease of dissemination.

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 and Amharic.

Language Requirements

Fluency in English is required
Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

Interested applicants must submit

Signed Curriculum vitae with contact details of 03 clients for whom you have rendered preferably similar services.

Proof of previous written work in English.

Application with separate Resume, clearly described technical proposal and financial proposal for all anticipated activities including travel to West Nile for data collection.

Only applications with all items mentioned above will be considered.

NB: All raw data files, consent forms and relevant documentation must be returned to UN Women Uganda before release of final payment.

Confidentiality and Proprietary Interests:

The Consultant shall not either during the term or after termination of the assignment, disclose any proprietary or confidential information related to the consultancy service without prior written consent. Proprietary interests on all materials and documents prepared by the consultants under the assignment shall become and remain properties of UN Women.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualification and Experience

The selected consultant should fulfill the following requirements:

Education

Master’s degree in public health, economics, development studies, gender studies or any other relevant field preferably with both national and international consultancy experience in the mentioned areas.

Experience

A minimum of 10 years of experience working with gender programme design, action research and analysis

Previous experience in conducting gender analysis studies

Working knowledge of policy and/or programming in human rights, non-discrimination and equality are a requirement

Previous experience in assessment and analysis of programs in both development and humanitarian settings is required.

Excellent analytical, management and coordination skills.

Excellent understanding of Uganda’s development planning landscape including for humanitarian settings.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNDP National Consultant to conduct Leaving No One Behind Assessment Jobs in Uganda

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