National Consultant to support the Mid-Term Review of UN Women Uganda Country Office Strategic Note 2022-2025 Consultancy

Background

A.UN Women Organizational Context

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. UN Women provides support to Member States’ efforts and priorities in meeting their gender equality goals and for building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women Uganda Country Office is implementing its Programme based on the Strategic Note (SN) 2022 – 2025 which was approved by the Deputy Executive Director of UN Women in 2021. The SN outlines the overall strategy and plan of action for UN Women Uganda Country office for the years 2022-2025. It includes a Development Results Framework (DRF) and the Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency (OEE), with expected results and targets/ indicators/ baselines. The 2022-2025 SN was designed to consolidate the gains of the previous SN (2016-2021), while expanding further and addressing the emerging challenges in Uganda, such as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UN Women Uganda Country Office SN is aligned to the SDGs, NDPIII 2020/21-2024/25 and the UNSDCF 2021-2025 for Uganda. The programme incorporates the strategic direction and focus given by the UN Women Global Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and global frameworks. The SN is fully aligned to the 3-strategic priorities of the UNSDCF with the following following outcome areas: (1) Inclusive and accountable governance and women’s access to Justice; (2) Increased protection of women’s rights, gender responsive peace and security; (3) Increased productivity, income and access to resources for women and girls; (4) Vulnerable women mitigate and adapt to climate change & Disaster Risk Reduction; (5) Women & girls enjoy quality basic social and protection services; and (6) gender equality and women rights fulfilled in a culturally responsive environment.

B.Objectives & Scope of the SN Mid Term Review

Under UN Women’s policies and procedures in relation to Programme management, a mid-term review (MTR) is mandatory for Programmes of at least three years duration. The SN MTR is NOT meant to be an evaluation and hence should focus more on a strategic reflection of UN Women’s work and progress rather than an in-depth analysis. The MTR will be contextualized in the context of UN Women’s work which is part of the UN Country Team’s work in Uganda that in turn aligns with the national government’s vision and plans.

The objectives of the MTR of UN-Women Uganda’s SN are as follows:

1. To analyse and reflect on the progress of the 2022-25 programme, operations, and the validity of UN-Women’s strategy in Uganda.
2. To re-examine the Strategic Note Theory of Change for each of the six outcomes areas

3.To examine the context, noting national developments and how these have changed since SN was adopted

4.To check in on key management issues, such as availability of data and evidence to allow informed and credible analysis of performance, risk management and the ‘evaluability’ of the programme.

5.To serve as an early launching point for the subsequent process of developing a new UNSDCF and SN for the forthcoming cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities

C.Tasks and responsibilities:

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Head of Office of UN Women Uganda Country Office, the consultant will be responsible for following tasks:

1. Develop a short and strategic position paper on UN Women’s work in Uganda outlining relevance and programme balance.
2. Review and make recommendations on position papers to be prepared together with the CO team on Programme, Partnerships, Normative Issues, Coordination Issues, Operations and Communication.
3. Conduct data analysis of the partner survey data and produce a 1–2-page discussion paper based on the findings.
4. Facilitate the Uganda Country Office Mid Term Review meeting and summarize results and decisions in a short 2-page report.
5. Prepare and finalize SN MTR report including summarizing findings from the MTR workshop discussions.

 D.Expected Key Deliverables by the Consultant and its timeline

Competencies

E.Competencies

Core Values:

• 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

Functional Competences

• Excellent analytical and research skills
• Strong facilitation skills;
•  Strong interpersonal and good communication abilities
• Excellent writing skills both in Albanian and in English
• Proven ability to work within limited time constraints in the preparation of high-quality documents;
• Ability to organize work efficiently and deal with multiple tasks;

Required Skills and Experience

F.Minimum Requirements, Qualifications and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree or advanced university degree in social science, gender/women’s studies, programme management, Development studies or other related fields

Experience:

• 10 years of professional work experience in programme development and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Experience working on gender equality and women’s empowerment Programmes within East & Southern Africa region.
• Proven experience in guiding and documenting programme reviews and evaluations.
• Proven knowledge of programme monitoring and evaluation theory, including theories of change, methodology, technology and tools;
• Experience working on programming, monitoring and evaluation with the UN agencies, similar international organizations, NGOs, multi/bilateral and/or government institutions would be an advantage.

Language requirements:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

G.Application process

The application should include:

1. Personal History Form (P-11 form) – including past experience in similar assignments; the P-11 form can be downloaded at  https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process
2. Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
3. Minimum two examples of analytical/monitoring work to be provided.
4. Financial Proposal (in UGX): Specify a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days for the tasks specified in this Terms of Reference. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of all costs related to completion of the task under the current Terms of Reference.

Interested applicants must submit by 04 July 2023 17:00hrs.

Evaluation process

The applications will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of qualifications and financial proposal.

The candidates will be short-listed based on the minimum qualification criteria mentioned above:

CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROPRIETARY INTERESTS

The Consultant shall not either during the term or after termination of the assignment, disclose any proprietary or confidential information related to the consultancy service without prior written consent. Proprietary interests on all materials and documents prepared by the consultants under the assignment shall become and remain properties of UN Women.

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