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Progamme Analyst – Women Political Participation and Leadership (WPPL)

UN Women Libya has strengthened its presence in Libya, responding to the complex governance, humanitarian, development and security challenges through its triple mandate. UN Women’s Libya’s premise is that peacebuilding efforts, including political dialogues, conflict resolution and humanitarian efforts will be more effective and have higher chances of success if they are inclusive, responding to gendered experiences, needs, capacities and interests the Libyan women across their diversities. Alongside supporting Women’s participation in peace processes on all levels, the programme is also working to strengthen women’s political participation (WPP), gender responsive economic recovery, including women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and coordinating gender mainstreaming within the UN in Libya. The program also looks at the integration of women’s needs into the current humanitarian response and aims to ensure their full participation in the humanitarian consultations and processes. UN Women Libya works closely with the UN Country Team, as well as civil society (including through capacity-building support to grassroots CSOs), higher education institutions and government counterparts including election management bodies (EMB). The program is aligned with the UN Strategic Framework for Libya 2019 – 2020, UN Women Global Strategic Plan (2022-2025) as well as the international conventions on women and human rights such as the Convention on Ending all forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action.

Objective of the Assignment:

Reporting to UN Women Tunisia Libya Conflict Cluster Country Representative, the Programme Analyst for WPPL contributes to the effective management of UN Women Governance programme in the Libya Country office by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation and evaluation. The Programme Analyst for WPPL guides and facilitates the delivery of UN Women Governance programme by monitoring results achieved during implementation and ensuring appropriate application of systems and procedures and develops enhancements if necessary. The Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ personnel, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

• Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives;

• Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme;

• Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the Governance programme;

• Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget;

• Lead the implementation of programme activities;

• Review the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports;

• Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners;

• Provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities;

• Maintain relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the Governance programme;

• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and design and facilitate trainings topartners, including local elected women and members of the House of Representatives, as needed;

• Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project;

• Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools;

• Draft and provide input to UN Women annual and quarterly reports; review and coordinate the submission of implementing partner and Donor financial and narrative reports;

• Provide inputs from program activities and results to Country Office and Regional Office reporting;

• Provide substantive technical inputs to the management of people and finances of the Governance programme;

• Monitor budget implementation and provide substantive inputs to financial reports;

• Supervise Programme Associates and Assistant;

• Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies;

• Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies including inputs to project summaries, briefing notes and donor profiles;

• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated;

• Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on Women Political Participation and Leadership (WPPL) to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country;

• Provide substantive technical support to the Country Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities by supporting the drafting of background reports and briefs;

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and quality inputs to programme development
• Timely and quality implementation of Programme/Portfolio/ activities against set workplans, timelines, and budgets in line with the Annual Work Plan;
• Timely and quality technical assistance;
• Quality and timely inputs to reporting;
• Strong relations with partners and stakeholders;
• Enhanced best practices and lessons learned documented and circulated.

* Consultant are expected to be equipped with all materials and equipment needed to perform their tasks for example laptop, software etc..

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism;

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 Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/-
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Functional Competencies

• Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management;
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations;
•  Good analytical skills;
• Good knowledge of women’s political participation and leadership;
•  Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising;

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women’s studies, international development, 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 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building;
• Experience in the women’s political participation and leadership is required;
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;
• Experience working within the United Nations System in Libya is desirable.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English and French is mandatory;
• Knowledge of Arabic is an asset.

Evaluation Criteria
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.
Criteria Weight Technical: 70% (70 points)

• Education: 20 points
• Experience 30 points
• Language 20 points

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)
The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:
Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;
‘Lowest Bid Offered’ refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

Application
Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all attachments, since the online application submission only permits to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

Note:

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.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided?on the basis of?qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.?

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