Duties and Responsibilities
Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work
Rostered consultants will provide a range of advisory services to clients (UN Women Divisions, Regional Offices or Country Offices, UN Women Training Centre, project teams, and partners as needed). Any other reporting lines and working relationships will be specified at the time of contracting for a specific assignment.
When demand arises in a particular thematic area, pre-selected consultants will be called upon to provide demand-driven services. The range of tasks for the consultant may include applied research, diagnostic missions, provision of strategic and operational advice, training and capacity development activities, strategic development of policy papers, on-site support to programmes, programme evaluation, drafting of policy papers, among others.
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
Consultancy services provided will be home-based by experts from various geographical regions.
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:
-Demonstrates commitment to UN Women’s mission and vision;
-Strategic, strong technical capabilities;
-Strong reporting and writing abilities;
-Ability to work in a team, develop synergies and establish effective working relations with government counterparts, donors, NGOs and other development and humanitarian partners;
-Strong interpersonal and communication skills, resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgment, tact, and negotiating skills, and the ability to cope with situations that may pose conflict;
-Demonstrates integrity by modeling UN Women’s values and ethical standards;
Sensitivity and adaptability to culture, gender, religion, nationality and age;
-Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
-Ability to deliver assigned responsibilities within specified timeframes and with minimum supervision;
-Ability to accommodate additional demands on short notice.
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