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.

In the Philippines, it has played an important role in supporting critical agencies in aligning mandates and their articulated commitments to the global normative standard of human rights, gender equality and empowerment of women and including important international conventions particularly the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the Beijing Platform for Action and UN Security Council Resolution 1325. With the continued work and strengthened resolve to deliver on its normative, coordination and operations mandate as articulated and further committed through its new Strategic Plan for 2026 – 2029, UN Women deliver on various actions through coordination, technical and policy support across key thematic areas to include women’s economic empowerment, ending violence against women, and in particular governance, peace and security.  

The consultant will be reporting to the WPS Programme Specialist, with oversight from the Country Programme Coordinator, and will be supported by the WPS Programme Associate, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues. The national consultant will help ensure delivery of technical, coordination and policy support across critical thematic areas in the Philippines especially in the work stream for Governance, Peace and Security. 

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work

1. Provide coordination and substantive technical support to the implementation and management of key initiatives and interventions linked to governance, peace and security including the emerging work on women, climate, peace and security through: 

• Lead the implementation of GPS Philippine portfolio to include the following activities.
• Support technical coordination across national and regional government agencies, particularly OPAPRU and PCW
• Support the organizing of two workshops on finalizing the M&E of the NAP WPS 2023-2033
• Support mainstreaming and localization initiatives of the UNSCR1325 through the NAP WPS 2023-2033
• Support conduct of relevant capacity building activities which may include GAD Courses for key agencies and officials and other stakeholders

2. Provide implementation support to other UN Women and W/CPS programs, such as the Women Peace Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), MTCP Project, “Securing Peace, Advancing Equality: Women, Peace and Security in the Indo-Pacific” and Joint Programme on “Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in the BARMM”

• Provide support in coordinating with Manila-based and national partners for advocacy, partnerships, project implementation and other monitoring activities related to WPS, GPS and CPS
• Ensure participation and engagement of UN Women to BARMM, regional and national activities and other WPS/GPS network activities 

3. Advocate and facilitate knowledge building and management and communication 

• Contribute to the exchange of information and provide inputs to the development of knowledge products internally and externally of the GPS and other key programmes;
• Coordinate the organization of major advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products. 
• Provide inputs from GPS programme activities and results to Philippines Office reporting.
• Ensure the documentation of the GPS activities and communication products are developed in coordination with local WPS Team and the ROAP GPS Team

4. Provide policy support across key thematic areas, aligning to international and regional UN Women frameworks and normative standards

• Review and provide input on key policy proposals linked to GPS/WPS, EVAW and WEE 
• Host and support policy dialogues among stakeholders towards meaningful normative engagement
• Help prepare and draft policy notes and position papers linked to priority policies for the Philippines

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

The National Consultant is expected to be based in Manila, Philippines, with applicable field missions in GPS project areas (BARMM,

Region V, Region VIII, Region CAR, Region CARAGA). UN Women will provide the National Consultant with substantive inputs to ensure the completion of deliverables in line with the objectives of the organizations. This is a home-based consultancy, with reporting to UN Women Philippines office as needed. The consultant may access the UN Women Philippines office for printing of relevant documents or when required to work on-site at any point during the assignment.

As part of this assignment, there will be a possible mission outside the duty station. Any travel linked to the deliverables will be arranged by UN Women according to its rules and regulations. 

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: 

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong knowledge of UN Women processes and systems
• Strong networking skills
• Strong inter-personal skills, communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization;
• Ability to work in a highly pressured environment
• Excellent facilitation skills

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, political science, human rights, gender equality, management or other related areas is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two(2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least one (1) year of relevant experience in gender, peacebuilding or Women Peace and Security with a demonstrable ability in project coordination networking and support programming is required.
• Capability and proven experience in coordinating and implementing development projects and activities is required.
• Strong understanding and experience in the areas of gender equality and women’s empowerment, gender mainstreaming, gender analysis, elimination of violence against women (EVAW) and the related mandates within the UN system is desirable.
• Excellent analytical, facilitation and communications skills and the ability to engage and negotiate amongst a wide range of stakeholders is desirable.

Languages:

• Proficiency in English and Filipino is required. 

Statements :

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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