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.

Care work is fundamental to human well-being and essential for a vibrant, sustainable economy and society, given that all people receive and give care at various points of their lives (Esquival 2014, Razavi 2007). Care encompasses the provision of face-to-face personal services to meet the physical and emotional needs of individuals, as well as daily household chores, and activities for the benefit of the community. Yet all over the world, women and girls take on a disproportionate share of this work, which is frequently unpaid, unrecognized and undervalued, and subsequently can entrench women in the cycle of poverty (ILO 2018, Sepulveda Carmona 2013).

To address the inequities in unpaid care, UN Women developed the Transformative Approaches to Recognize, Reduce, and Redistribute (3R) Unpaid Care Work in Women Economic Empowerment Programming in Rwanda to be implemented in Rwanda,  from 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2026 with a global component to support the development and implementation of global policy tools. The overarching goal of the programme is to remove the structural barriers to women’s full and equal participation in the economy by recognizing, reducing, and redistributing unpaid care work. 

The consultant will be reporting to the Unpaid Care Work Programme Coordinator, and will be supported by the communications consultant. The Unpaid Care Work Programme Coordinator will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

Deliverables

1. Design the impact assessment of Time and Energy Saving Equipment and Technologies (TESET),
2. Design a mapping report of care initiatives to foster dialogue between partners in Rwanda.
3. Design a policy brief on Unpaid Care Work.
4. Design 4 project briefs,
5. Develop 6 fact sheets that were generated based on existing study reports and two care tools.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

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

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Functional Competencies:

• Strong commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Strong organizational skills and self-direction.
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure with colleagues at all levels.
• Strong communication and interactive facilitation skills.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Demonstrate ability to produce quality results on time.

Required Qualifications.

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in graphics design and communication, or B.A. degree in Visual Arts or a related field 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 experience, progressively responsible work experience in professional graphics design, evidenced by substantial consultancy experience with a record and proofs of completing similar work from previous assignments.
• Experience in Infographics design is required.
• Experience in working with UN and international organisations can be an asset.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages. 
• Experience in handling web-based management systems is required. 
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, HTML, Adobe suite, photo editing and other related software design, is desirable

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.

Diversity and inclusion:

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