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Announcement No.
UNWOMEN/PAK/2012/003
Position : Re-advertisement
- International Consultant – Gender profile for FATA and Baluchistan
Duty Station : Islamabad,
Pakistan
No of days: 40 days (half
based in country and half based home)
Type of Contract : SSA –
(Short Service Agreement)
1. Background and Purpose:
The United Nations General
Assembly voted unanimously on 02 July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate
progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. The establishment
of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – known as UN
Women – on 1st January 2011, is a result of years of negotiations
between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women’s movement.
UN Women’s vision is one where
men and women have equal opportunities and capacities, where women are
empowered and where the principles of gender equality are firmly embedded in
all efforts to advance development, peace and security. UN Women’s fundamental
objective is to enhance national capacity and ownership to enable national
partners to formulate gender-responsive laws and policies and to scale up
successful strategies to deliver on national commitments to gender equality.
To meet this objective, UN
Women will centre its work around 5 core principles:
1.
providing demand-driven support to national partners to enhance implementation
of international agreements and standards;
2.
supporting intergovernmental processes to strengthen the global normative and
policy framework on gender equality;
3.
advocating for gender equality and women’s empowerment, championing the rights
of women and girls – particularly those who are most excluded;
4.
leading and promoting coherence in UN system work on gender equality; and
5. acting as a global broker of
knowledge and experience, aligning practice with normative guidance
UN Women Pakistan provides
technical assistance and support to innovative approaches aimed at fostering
women’s empowerment and the gender equality agenda in Pakistan. UN Women is
uniquely positioned to support initiatives of the government and non
governmental organizations leading towards a full realization of gender equality
and women’s empowerment commitments in 2
line with the national and international gender equality and
human rights commitments such as, amongst others, the Constitution, National
Action Plan for Women’s Empowerment as well as the Beijing Platform for Action,
CEDAW, Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals.
Tasks and
Responsibilities:
Under the
overall guidance of UN Women’s Country Programme Director (CPD) and in close
coordination with the programme team, the international consultant will be
responsible
·
To
take cognizance of the disaggregated data collected for FATA and Balochistan in
the areas of education, leadership, decision making and governance, economy,
poverty and vulnerability, employment, and previous research and sectoral
anaylsis to finalize the gender profiles for FATA and Balochistan.
·
Advise
the CPD on an appropriate dissemination strategy
·
Advise
the CPD on priority issues in FATA and Balochistan and possible entry points
·
Carry
out any other duties and/or responsibilities assigned by the Country Programme
Director
Deliverables:
·
Completed
Gender profile FATA encompassing all sectors mentioned above
·
Completed
Gender profile Balochistan encompassing all sectors mentioned above
Requirements,
Qualifications, and Experience:
·
Minimum
ten years experience working on similar assignments
·
Bachelors
degree in social sciences – focus on gender equality issues considered an asset
·
Experience
in communication and writing assignments in English
·
Previous
experience of work in Pakistan with specific attention to FATA
Duty
Station: Islamabad(20
days) and home based(20 days) depending on the actual work requirement during
the duration of the contract
Travel:- Cost of 1 economy class ticket from
the home station of the consultant to Islamabad and back will be borne by UN
Women.
Application
Process:
Interested
applicants may apply to this announcement, using the “UN Personal History Form
- P 11” and the latest CV. To download P-11 please visit the website
http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment/
All
applications to this vacancy should be sent to :
Please
insert Announcement Number in the Subject of the E-mail. Applications without
the SSA Announcement Number or with the incorrect Announcement Number will not
be accepted.
NOTE :
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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